Board of Directors Minutes
January 8, 2007

A regular meeting of your Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, January 8, 2007. Present were Charles Bovaird, Howard Berger, Richard Corzo, John Gallichotte, Sean Henderson, John Lansdale, Lisa Leifels, Rob Limbaugh, Jim Scheef, Jeff Setaro and Jamie Yates. President Jeff Setaro presided and Secretary Lisa Leifels kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting held on December 11, 2006 were approved.

Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported current cash assets of $11,980.78, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $11,906.26 plus postage on hand of $74.52. Subtracting a liability of prepaid dues in the amount of $6,733.00 left a net equity of $5, 247.78. He also reported that the current membership is at 282, of which 62 are electronic.

Rob Limbaugh will be doing a presentation on virtual machine technology for the February general meeting. Jamie is working on scheduling a future meeting with Nerds To Go and having them discuss some of the more common questions they are asked. He also would like to schedule a meeting with Sounds Incredible to talk about HDTV and other technical household products. Richard Corzo offered to get in touch with Dave Marra to see if he’ll come back and do another Apple presentation.

Sean Henderson reported that he, Rob Limbaugh and John Lansdale are working with Erik Olson on coming up with six questions for the focus group. They are hoping to get twelve to sixteen people to attend consisting of non-members, current members and past members.

A discussion ensued on the pros and cons of converting to an electronic only version of the newsletter. Patrick Libert reported by email the feedback he had received from two different computer clubs wrestling with the same problems of decreasing membership and trying to reduce their expenses. The focus group may be a way to determine how to address this issue.

Jeff Setaro brought up the topic that the Bylaws of the corporation require additional amendments. Primarily the dates specified for the meetings of both the Membership and the Directors. They also need to be amended to conform to the current Connecticut Statutes. Rob Limbaugh offered to email the board the current version of the Bylaws for review.

With respect to the forthcoming election of officers at the March meeting, Jeff Setaro announced his intention not to stand for re-election as President. Jamie Yates has also decided not to run for reelection as Vice President of Programs.

Charlie Bovaird recommended that the board vote on setting up a DACS PayPal account. The board approved the decision which will enable DACS memberships to be paid directly from the DACS website..

—-Lisa Leifels