Board of Directors Minutes
July 9, 2007

by Lisa Leifels

A regular meeting of your Board of Directors was held on Monday, July 9, 2007. Present were Howard Berger, Charles Bovaird, Richard Corzo, John Gallichotte, Sean Henderson, John Lansdale, Lisa Leifels, Patrick Libert, Rob Limbaugh, Christine Novell, Jim Scheef and Jamie Yates. President Rob Limbaugh presided and secretary Lisa Leifels kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting held June 11, 2007 were approved.

Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported current cash assets of $8,784.67, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $8,745.70 plus postage on hand of $38.97. Subtracting a liability of prepaid dues in the amount of $5,300.00 left a net equity of $3,484.67. He also reported that the current membership increased to 242, 65 of which are electronic.

Rob proposed that we switch the dates for the January through June 2008 general meetings to the first Monday of the month, since the Danbury Hospital is not available on the first Tuesday for those months. The general meetings for July through December 2008 will be on the first Tuesday of the month.

Howie reported that he met with the director and the volunteer coordinator of the Greater Danbury non-profit resource center and discovered that they connect with ninety-three non-profits in Danbury alone. Howie said that he will set up another meeting that we will be invited to so that we can explore ways that DACS can extend its reach to the community by working with the non-profit companies.

Christine has scheduled Andrew McVey from EasyTech, a company that offers technical support at Staples for the August general meeting. She has gotten in touch with the electronic editor of consumer reports in Yonkers to see if they will do an HDTV presentation. Christine is also looking into getting a speaker from Cisco to do a presentation on network security. Sean Henderson has volunteered to talk about using a computer for music production.

Howie recommended that the base DACS membership should be increased to $30 a year and $45 a year for members who receive the newsletter beginning on October 1, 2007. This is to help offset rising operating expenses such as the recent postal increase. The board approved this recommendation along with eliminating the discounted three-year membership, since very few members have taken advantage of this offer.

A discussion ensued on improving the design of the DACS newsletter. Patrick said he will create an outline of all the recommended changes and distribute it to the board.

Rob let everyone know that the new calendar program VCalendar is up and running on the DACS website.