Board of Directors Minutes
April 2008

A regular meeting of your Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, April 14, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. Directors in attendance included Charles Bovaird, Richard Corzo, John Lansdale, Patrick Libert, Rob Limbaugh, Anna van Ommeren and Jeff Setaro. President Rob Limbaugh presided and Secretary Anna van Ommeren kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting held on March 10, 2008, were presented and approved.

Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported current cash assets of $7,374.97, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $7,354.35 plus postage on hand of $20.62. Subtracting a liability of prepaid dues in the amount of $1,762.00 left a net equity of $5,612.97 He also reported that the current membership is at 248 - 152 of which receive the mailed Dacs.doc newsletter.

Flo Ferrara was elected Acting VP of Programs until September 2008. Her goal is to have general meeting programs established up to March 2009. Sean Henderson was unanimously voted to continue as VP of PR. He can commit to contacting media outlets, and moderating the Marketing Committee_DACS forum on Y! Groups, and continue his previous efforts which are starting to take root.

Network Support Solutions will be presenting the Citrix Remote Desktop at the General Meeting in May.
HDTV/DVD/Home Theater will be the topic for June and Digital Photography is scheduled for July.
Rob Suggested listing our past General Meeting topics on the website with links back to the relevant preview and/or review articles on the website. John asked if we could have an operating budget to pay presenters. Rob relayed that Flo suggested a 1 year membership be given to presenters as a reward for their efforts. Rob made the motion to vote and it was unanimously accepted by those present.

Patrick brought up the revised newsletter cover design. The title will be modified to read: “A Computer & Technology Newsletter” under the “DACS.DOC” logo and the left side vertical logo will be removed.
Charlie will research prices for printing color pages, and a discussion ensued about the location of the calendar and membership application within the publication. Patrick will work to improve the cover layout to highlight content with “teasers”, and Rob is distributing copies to local waiting rooms.

Rob mentioned he will be away for the May and August General Meeting. He also brought up the upcoming APCUG conference May 16-18 in Palisades, NJ. The Community site is delayed due to improper loading of the Civi-CRM plug-in for Drupal and Rob is working to correct the installation.

The subject of membership benefits was discussed, and Rob emphasized the need for someone to collect the information. Eventually benefits could be listed on both the web site & newsletter. APCUG offers several benefits DACS members can take advantage of, however this information is restricted to DACS members. Rob agreed to contact New Horizons to see if they offer a training discount to DACS members and Sean is looking into preferred financing for DACS members at local car dealerships.

The Milford Public library has asked DACS to present a talk on “Purchasing a new computer” on November 13, 2008. Rob mentioned DACS will accept, and if necessary offered to do the presentation. Melissa Seder from DAWS is happy to work with DACS for trading info for local PR outlets regarding getting attention from media. Jeff mentioned possible change of web host, as DACS will need additional web space with PHP functionality.

Patrick reported DACS can order Microsoft items from TechSoup in May. Microsoft TechNet subscriptions are available at $40, however, the software has to be owned by DACS. Richard has requested office 2008 for Mac.
It was decided to remove the “What’s News” page from the website as it is no longer being updated.

-Anna van Ommeren