Directors' Notes

April 12, 2004

A Regular Meeting of your Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, April 12, 2004. Present were Messrs. Berger, Bovaird, Cohen, Gallichotte, Preston, Keane, Scheef and Setaro. Also present was Larry Buoy. President Scheef presided, Secretary Larry Buoy kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting, held March 8, 2004, were approved.

Treasurer Charlie Bovaird reported current cash assets of $16,693.34, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $16,528.28 plus postage on hand of $165.06. Subtracting liabilities of prepaid dues in the amount of $7,402.08 left a net of $9,291.26. He also reported current membership of 403.

The usual first order of business was discussion of forthcoming presentations for General Meetings. President Scheef and Bruce Preston announced that Ed Heere had agreed to present a program on his company’s development of an imaging system whereby physicians, hospitals and other health care givers could exchange MRIs, etc via a Web Site or other electronic transmission. Jim also announced that Amber Coffin, of Smart Computing Magazine, would present a program for the August meeting. Bruce Preston confirmed that he would prepare a program on establishing a home WiFi network for the July meeting, assuming the cooperation of the Hospital in utilizing one of its Internet connections or networks.

Howie Berger announced that he had obtained a tentative commitment from Professor William Joel of WesConn’s Computer Sciences Department to present a program on graphics, or animation or computers in society. Following discussion of probable appeal to the general membership of these proposed subjects, Howie agreed to meet with Mr Joel and firm up a presentation for the July meeting, obtaining more detailed descriptions of each subject’s content to allow a more informed choice.

Briefly discussed was progress in drafting the proposed new Bylaws, with Larry Buoy stating that he would appreciate more time to research the fine points thereof before submitting them to counsel.

Charlie Bovaird discussed with the other directors our possible cooperation with SeniorNet in some of its programs.

Howie Berger apprised the meeting of his conversations with members of Science Horizons regarding how DACS could participate in its programs, other than as judges in the annual Science Fairs or as mentors to students. Particularly emphasized was the need for help in improving the judging process, the online registration program and in holding symposiums on high level projects. In final analysis, it was felt that DACS could help in improving their online registration process and, second, that a list of the categories of projects be prepared and that the DACS membership be canvassed as to its members’ talents and willingness to participate in Science Horizon’s programs.

—Lawrence Buoy
lbuoy@dacs.org

April 12, 2004
A Regular Meeting of your Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, April 12, 2004. Present were Messrs. Berger, Bovaird, Cohen, Gallichotte, Preston, Keane, Scheef and Setaro. Also present was Larry Buoy. President Scheef presided, Secretary Larry Buoy kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting, held March 8, 2004, were approved. Treasurer Charlie Bovaird reported current cash assets of $16,693.34, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $16,528.28 plus postage on hand of $165.06. Subtracting liabilities of prepaid dues in the amount of $7,402.08 left a net of $9,291.26. He also reported current membership of 403. The usual first order of business was discussion of forthcoming presentations for General Meetings. President Scheef and Bruce Preston announced that Ed Heere had agreed to present a program on his company’s development of an imaging system whereby physicians, hospitals and other health care givers could exchange MRIs, etc via a Web Site or other electronic transmission. Jim also announced that Amber Coffin, of Smart Computing Magazine, would present a program for the August meeting. Bruce Preston confirmed that he would prepare a program on establishing a home WiFi network for the July meeting, assuming the cooperation of the Hospital in utilizing one of its Internet connections or networks. Howie Berger announced that he had obtained a tentative commitment from Professor William Joel of WesConn’s Computer Sciences Department to present a program on graphics, or animation or computers in society. Following discussion of probable appeal to the general membership of these proposed subjects, Howie agreed to meet with Mr Joel and firm up a presentation for the July meeting, obtaining more detailed descriptions of each subject’s content to allow a more informed choice. Briefly discussed was progress in drafting the proposed new Bylaws, with Larry Buoy stating that he would appreciate more time to research the fine points thereof before submitting them to counsel. Charlie Bovaird discussed with the other directors our possible cooperation with SeniorNet in some of its programs. Howie Berger apprised the meeting of his conversations with members of Science Horizons regarding how DACS could participate in its programs, other than as judges in the annual Science Fairs or as mentors to students. Particularly emphasized was the need for help in improving the judging process, the online registration program and in holding symposiums on high level projects. In final analysis, it was felt that DACS could help in improving their online registration process and, second, that a list of the categories of projects be prepared and that the DACS membership be canvassed as to its members’ talents and willingness to participate in Science Horizon’s programs. —Lawrence Buoy lbuoy@dacs.org

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