Board of Directors Minutes
January 2008

by Lisa Leifels

A regular meeting of your Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, January 14, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. Present were Charles Bovaird, Richard Corzo, John Gallichotte, John Lansdale, Lisa Leifels, Rob Limbaugh, Jim Scheef and Jeff Setaro. President Rob Limbaugh presided and secretary Lisa Leifels kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting held December 10, 2007, were presented and approved.

Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported current cash assets of $8,809.90, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $8,794.31 plus postage on hand of $15.59. Subtracting a liability of prepaid dues in the amount of $3,045.00 left a net equity of $5,764.90. He also reported that the current membership is at 259, 91 of which are electronic.

As for programs for upcoming General Meetings, Dave Marra will be the featured speaker in February to talk about new Apple Hardware and Software. In March the topic will be ‘IT Solutions for Non-Profits’ and ‘PC Protection’ is coming up in April. Network Support Solutions will do a presentation on the remote desktop in May. Andy McVey has agreed to do an HDTV/DVD/Home Theater presentation in June.

Richard found the following link http://sjw2.adobe.com/AdobeUserGroup/events.asp on the Adobe website on which user groups can request a speaker to present some of their products such as Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. Jeff Setaro suggested trying to get someone from Nikon or Canon to talk about the technical aspects of digital cameras.

Rob attended the January 2008 Association of Personal Computer User Groups (APCUG) Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada and networked with people from other computer user groups. Rob mentioned that one change that is happening is that vendors are starting to move toward favoring 'virtual' meetings using technologies such as WebEx. He also reported that the DACS newsletter won second place in the 'Medium' group Newsletter division. Congratulations to the newsletter team and to all the contributors!

Rob communicated that vendors that make software and hardware donations are looking for a return on their investment. They expect to see reviews of their products either in print or online and need to be thanked.

Rob spoke to former DACS President Dick Gingras and invited him to attend the February board meeting. He will be giving the board some insight on some of the more successful ideas that were implemented while he was President.

The election of officers will take place at the board meeting to be held on March 10, 2008. Rob stated that he will run for reelection as President. If elected, he will work to complete the plans he has already set in motion, and also strive to apply some of the new ideas that he learned from the APCUG conference. A new VP of Marketing and Secretary will be needed since Sean Henderson and Lisa Leifels have relinquished their posts in order to pursue other interests. New candidates for all the officer positions are always welcome and members are encouraged to step forward and take a leadership role in the organization.

Another idea that was suggested by Rob is to add a 'Volunteer Board' to the DACS website showing a list of opportunities to volunteer for DACS. We are fortunate to have Anna on the board now and she continues to come up with new ways to improve the website.



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