Directors' Notes

 

January 10, 2005

 

A Regular Meeting of your Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on January 10, 2005. Present were Messrs. Berger, Bovaird, Cohen, Corzo, Keane, Preston, Scheef, Setaro and Yates. Also present was Larry Buoy.

President Jim Scheef presided and Secretary Larry Buoy kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting held on December 13, 2004 were approved.

Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported current cash assets of $15,708.40, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $15,617.68 plus postage on hand of $90.72. Subtracting a liability of prepaid dues in the amount of $6,414.00 left a net equity of $9,294.40. He also reported current membership of 361.

The normal discussion regarding future General Meeting programs resulted in the following: for March 1, Digital Imaging by Bruce Preston; for April 12, Jeff Setaro will approach the local Apple Store for a possible presentation or, in lieu thereof, a program on the “Smart Home” concept; for May 3 and June 7, respectively, Jamie Yates has obtained a commitment from DACS members Jack Scully for a program on Genealogy and Parker Moreland for a program on Astronomy. In addition, Jeff Setaro expressed the possibility of obtaining Gene Barlow for the October slot for a program on Acronis and White Canyon software, his new affiliations.

In addition, the possibility of a program on Voice over Internet Protocol from either local cable providers or such providers as Vonage was explored. Due to the fact that our local cable providers are segmented and non-competitive, it was deemed that a provider such as Vonage would be a better choice for a program on the technology. Jeff Setaro volunteered to try to establish contacts within that industry.

Howie Berger agreed to attempt contact with Science Horizons to determine what categories of assistance with its projects are needed prior to soliciting the DACS membership for volunteers.

Charlie Bovaird reported on his progress in initiating a “Math” SIG with six interested members.

Jim Scheef announced that there would be a Trenton Computer Festival at the College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College) on April 15 through 17 and that a link thereto should be established on the DACS Web site. In addition, Jim stated that he had received an email from the organizers of C3 Expo, to be held June 28 through 30 at the Javitts Center in New York City, soliciting DACS participation. Jeff Setaro agreed to contact the promoter (Bruno, L.L.C.) for details.

Bill Keane reported that he had investigated software requirements for use of the Linux server at the Resource Center as a mailing list server. With Mandrake’s product still in the development stage. Bill reported he had rummaged through his stock and found older versions of both SuSe and Novell server software which would be installed for assessment purposes prior to any purchase.

At this point, Jim Scheef left the meeting, Vice President Jeff Setaro assumed chairmanship of the meeting and discussion was limited to possible candidates for election as officers of DACS to begin new one-year terms commencing April 1, 2005.

—Larry buoy


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