Board of Directors Minutes
December 2007

by Lisa Leifels

The Board of Directors meeting was held on Monday, December 10, 2007. Present were Charles Bovaird, Howard Berger, Anna Collens, Richard Corzo, Sean Henderson, John Lansdale, Lisa Leifels, Patrick Libert, Rob Limbaugh, Christine Novell and Jeff Setaro. President Rob Limbaugh presided and secretary Lisa Leifels kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting held November 12, 2007, were approved.

Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported current cash assets of $8,628.04, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $8,596.14 plus postage on hand of $31.90. Subtracting a liability of prepaid dues in the amount of $4,698.00 left a net equity of $3,930.04.

In January Web 2.0 will be the featured presentation done by Jim Scheef, John Lansdale and Chris Novell. In March the topic will be IT Solutions for Non-Profits and ‘Secure Computing in the Internet Age’ is coming up in April. Network Support Solutions expressed interest in doing a Citrix presentation in May. Mike Kaltschnee offered to give a talk on IPTV Home Theater later in 2008.

Chris summarized the preliminary survey results for future meeting topics. Digital Photography, PC Armor, HDTV, Remote Access and Mobile Devices were five subjects that people expressed interest in. Rob offered to scan in the surveys and convert them into a PDF format.

Sean Henderson suggested the idea of putting together a thank you package to be given to the people who present at the general meetings.

Howie Berger plans to attend a meeting with the Greater Danbury Nonprofit Resource Center (GDNRC) in Danbury on Friday, December 14. He would like to get more information on local projects that DACS can get involved with.

Rob mentioned that he will get in touch with Dick Gingrich, who was the DACS President when the membership was at the highest point. He is hoping to get some ideas from him on how we can increase the membership.

The six board members elected at the December 2007 General Meeting include Howard Berger, Anna Collens, Sean Henderson Rob Limbaugh, Jim Scheef and Jeff Setaro. All are incumbents except for Anna Collens, who has replaced Lisa Leifels.