Directors' Notes

June 10, 2002

A Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors was held at the RC on June 10, 2002. Present were Messrs. Bovaird, Buoy, Neary, Ostergren, Pearson, Preston, Scheef and Setaro and Mrs. Gaberel. President Jim Scheef presided, Secretary Larry Buoy kept the record of the meeting. The minutes of the meeting held May 13, 2002 were approved. Treasurer Charlie Bovaird reported a current bank and cash account balance of $20,911.18, less prepaid dues of $8,560.00, for a net balance of $12,416.09. He also reported current membership of 468. There was a short discussion on the effect of the current advertising initiative. It was agreed to continue the program as authorized, with each ad scheduled to appear on the date of the General Meeting, and that as a gauge of the effect thereof, attendees at the meeting be polled as to who had seen the ad and who attended only in response to the ad. Other old business subjects opened for discussion but requiring additional research were changes to the newsletter format and possible amendment of the Bylaws. Jeff Setaro estimated that a new XGA resolution projector would cost approximately $2,500 to $4,000. Suggested changes to the DACS Web Site were made, principally concerning availability to the general membership of a database of communication information among members. Concern for the vulnerability of such access to abuse was strongly voiced by several Directors, the only alternative mentioned being a "chat board." The current controlled access by SIG leaders to the SIG Notes feature of the Web Site was deemed reasonably secure. President Scheef asked that methods of keeping our Web Site updated be explored, resulting in suggestions that links within same be more obvious, perhaps centralized (via a bulletin board?) to cover SIGs, General Meetings and the calendar, and that an additional month's calendar be provided. Jeff Setaro advised the meeting of his progress in arranging for a representative of the FBI (or an alternative) to present a program on child security while using the Internet. Also briefly discussed were the preparations for the next day's General Meeting and the proposed changes announced by Microsoft in its "Mindshare" program, including possible participation in one of the conference calls thereon. —Larry Buoy

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