Directors' Notes

May 12, 2003

A meeting of the Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, May 12, 2003. Present were Messrs. Bovaird, Buoy, Cohen, Gallichotte, Keane, Ostergren, Scheef and Setaro. President Jim Scheef presided and Secretary Larry Buoy kept the record Minutes of the previous meeting held on April 7, 2003 were approved.

Treasurer Bovaird reported combined bank and postal account balances plus postage on hand totaling $18,186.89 in liquid assets, less a liability of $7,315.00 in prepaid dues, leaving a net of $10,871.89. He also reported a current membership of 453.

Upon initiation of discussion on future presentations for General Meetings, Jeff Setaro announced that he had a commitment from Tony Pereira of Clear & Simple, Inc. for a presentation at the June meeting on DiskJockey 2000, a file organization program. This would replace the canceled program by MyFamily.com. For July, Wade Anderson, Director of Information Technology for the City of Danbury, is expected to make a presentation and Bill Keane was cajoled into preparing a program on desktop applications available for the Linux OS, possibly in August. It was also suggested that a presentation on where employment opportunities exist for the computer technologist and Jeff Setaro agreed to try to organize same for September, and that a similar program to that of last year, where members demonstrated a favorite shareware or freeware application.

In response to a short discussion on the more timely placement of posters for General Meetings, Allan Ostergren stated that he would attempt to choose the clip art and copy for the cover of the upcoming newsletter (the basis of the poster) earlier and distribute same to the directors. Related thereto, the subject of making the content of the newsletter available earlier for inclusion on the Web Site was discussed.

Marc Cohen responded to a query regarding the status of the free business card ads in the newsletter, stating that there were currently six ads, filling the space limit. Also broached was the question of expanding the advantage of DACS’ relationship with the Danbury Chamber of Commerce and it was agreed to include a link from the DACS Web Site to that of the Chamber.

Next discussed was the fact that the sections of the disclaimer on the Web Site and the Copyright Notice contained in the newsletter pertaining to permissions for reprinting of articles, etc., required permissions prior to reprinting; it was agreed that a list of those officers through whom such permission might be obtained should be appended thereto. It was also agreed that receipt by DACs of a copy of any publication containing a reprint of an article appearing in the newsletter or, in the case of a Web Site, access to such Web Site, be mandatory. Likewise, ADCs should provide a copy of its newsletter to the source of any article appearing therein Jeff Setaro will pursue this.

Briefly discussed was the possibility of implementing a bulletin board at the RC to allow networking among the members and the public re: SIG discussions, etc., with no definitive action being taken.
After discussion, it was unanimously agreed that any future loan of DACS-owned equipment be forbidden without specific approval of this action by the Board of Directors and must include custody of such equipment by an officer or designated member of DACS familiar with the operation of thereof.

President Scheef informed the meeting of the request by the Danbury Housing Authority for the donation of the "reception desk" furniture now occupying the entrance room of the RC for its own area across the hall from the RC. Without hesitation, it was agreed to so donate that furniture.

May 12, 2003
A meeting of the Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, May 12, 2003. Present were Messrs. Bovaird, Buoy, Cohen, Gallichotte, Keane, Ostergren, Scheef and Setaro. President Jim Scheef presided and Secretary Larry Buoy kept the record Minutes of the previous meeting held on April 7, 2003 were approved. Treasurer Bovaird reported combined bank and postal account balances plus postage on hand totaling $18,186.89 in liquid assets, less a liability of $7,315.00 in prepaid dues, leaving a net of $10,871.89. He also reported a current membership of 453. Upon initiation of discussion on future presentations for General Meetings, Jeff Setaro announced that he had a commitment from Tony Pereira of Clear & Simple, Inc. for a presentation at the June meeting on DiskJockey 2000, a file organization program. This would replace the canceled program by MyFamily.com. For July, Wade Anderson, Director of Information Technology for the City of Danbury, is expected to make a presentation and Bill Keane was cajoled into preparing a program on desktop applications available for the Linux OS, possibly in August. It was also suggested that a presentation on where employment opportunities exist for the computer technologist and Jeff Setaro agreed to try to organize same for September, and that a similar program to that of last year, where members demonstrated a favorite shareware or freeware application. In response to a short discussion on the more timely placement of posters for General Meetings, Allan Ostergren stated that he would attempt to choose the clip art and copy for the cover of the upcoming newsletter (the basis of the poster) earlier and distribute same to the directors. Related thereto, the subject of making the content of the newsletter available earlier for inclusion on the Web Site was discussed. Marc Cohen responded to a query regarding the status of the free business card ads in the newsletter, stating that there were currently six ads, filling the space limit. Also broached was the question of expanding the advantage of DACS’ relationship with the Danbury Chamber of Commerce and it was agreed to include a link from the DACS Web Site to that of the Chamber. Next discussed was the fact that the sections of the disclaimer on the Web Site and the Copyright Notice contained in the newsletter pertaining to permissions for reprinting of articles, etc., required permissions prior to reprinting; it was agreed that a list of those officers through whom such permission might be obtained should be appended thereto. It was also agreed that receipt by DACs of a copy of any publication containing a reprint of an article appearing in the newsletter or, in the case of a Web Site, access to such Web Site, be mandatory. Likewise, ADCs should provide a copy of its newsletter to the source of any article appearing therein Jeff Setaro will pursue this. Briefly discussed was the possibility of implementing a bulletin board at the RC to allow networking among the members and the public re: SIG discussions, etc., with no definitive action being taken. After discussion, it was unanimously agreed that any future loan of DACS-owned equipment be forbidden without specific approval of this action by the Board of Directors and must include custody of such equipment by an officer or designated member of DACS familiar with the operation of thereof. President Scheef informed the meeting of the request by the Danbury Housing Authority for the donation of the "reception desk" furniture now occupying the entrance room of the RC for its own area across the hall from the RC. Without hesitation, it was agreed to so donate that furniture.

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