Directors' Notes

 

May 10, 2004

 

A meeting of your Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, May 10, 2004. Present were Messrs. Berger, Bovaird, Cohen, Keane, Preston, Scheef and Setaro and Mrs. Collens. Also present was Larry Buoy. President Jim Scheef presided; Secretary Larry Buoy kept the record. Minutes of the Meeting held April 12, 2004 were approved.

Treasurer Charlie Bovaird reported current cash assets of $16,800.42, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $16,649.11 plus postage on hand of $151.31. Subtracting liabilities of prepaid dues in the amount of $7,362.50 left a net of $9,437.92. He also reported current membership of 390.

Howie Berger announced that he had obtained a commitment from Dr. William Joel of WesConn's Computer Sciences Department to present a program on 3D Animation at the June General Meeting. This was followed by a discussion about rearranging the usual pre-presentation activities for Dr. Joel's convenience and the requirements and limitations of the Hospital's equipment that may affect his presentation.

Bruce Preston confirmed that he and Jeff Setaro would make a presentation at the July meeting on WiFi networking. Jeff advised the meeting that Amber Coffin of Smart Computing Magazine had not as yet confirmed that she would make a presentation in September, followed by a discussion of possible programs for the August meeting, including Linux-oriented subjects, such as IBM's projected release of its Linux version of the Lotus Office Suite, comparisons of software available in either Windows or Linux versions and the setting up of a firewall.

Also briefly discussed was a possible survey of the DACS membership as to individual talents, business connections and education (other than computer-oriented skills) that might be of benefit to DACS itself, or its activities. Methods of accumulating that data was also discussed.
Also broached was the possibility of cooperative effort with Science Horizons or other local organizations in soliciting mutual membership or participation.

Jim Scheef advised the meeting that the Danbury Housing Authority had notified DACS that it required a sign designating its parking area at the Ives Center. After brief discussion, the President was authorized to obtain a quote and, assuming same would be well within discretionary spending limits, obtain such a sign.

—Lawrence Buoy
lbuoy@dacs.org


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