Board of Directors Minutes
October 9, 2006

A regular meeting of your Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, October 9, 2006. Present were Howard Berger, Charles Bovaird, Richard Corzo, John Gallichotte, Lisa Leifels, Jim Scheef, Jeff Setaro and Jamie Yates. Also present were Allan Ostergren and Rob Limbaugh. President Jeff Setaro presided and Secretary Lisa Leifels kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting held on August 14, 2006 were approved.

Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported current cash assets of $10,516.92, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $10,441.58 plus postage on hand of $75.34. Subtracting a liability of prepaid dues in the amount of $5,096.00 left a net equity of $5,420.92. He also reported that the current membership is at 305, of which 60 are electronic.

Gene Minasi informed the board that the Danbury Hospital auditorium would not be available on Tuesday, November 7th, because of a town meeting, but it would be available on Monday, November 6th.. Jamie Yates reported that two of the four speakers scheduled for the November meeting were available on November 6th, one speaker could not make it and one he didn’t hear from. Jamie proposed that we seek an alternative location and retain the normal meeting night.

Jeff Setaro said he would look into renting a meeting room at the Maron Hotel. Howie Berger offered to check if the Corporate Center, which was the former Union Carbide building, was available. Jim Scheef said he would find out if Hatter’s Park was available. Jamie suggested we hold the meeting at the Danbury Public Library.
Charlie Bovaird said he would send out an email to the membership communicating the new meeting location. Jamie said he would include the meeting location at the top of his meeting preview which is posted on the web site.

Jamie said that he would do a presentation on Google for the January meeting.

Allan asked if there was any response to his suggestion that Ed Heere do another presentation. Jamie Yates said he would contact him and ask him if there was enough new material to do a new presentation. Jeff suggested that Jamie contact Sounds Incredible to talk about HDTV.

Jamie reported that he spoke to a member of the PC Users Group of Connecticut in Trumbull who said that Microsoft would be willing to do a presentation for two or three computer user groups together. Jamie also mentioned the idea of sharing speakers with them.

Allan Ostergren said he received an email from a member who is interested in editing the newsletter.

Jim Scheef made a motion that was approved for Rob Limbaugh to serve out the rest of Bruce Preston’s term as a board director. Rob is a Network Administrator for a global market research company.

Jim Scheef reminded everyone that we need to notify the membership in the November newsletter about the annual meeting in December. Jeff Setaro said that the following directors are up for re-election in December; Charles Bovaird, John Gallichotte, Bill Keane, Richard Corzo and Jamie Yates.

Jim Scheef said he would like to purchase a standard 19” server rack to house the new servers that Rob Limbaugh has donated. Jeff asked him to research buying one and send him a proposal.

–Lisa Leifels