President's Message

December 2008 (v2.9)
Rob Limbaugh - President

We have weathered another year. It has blown by way too fast for me this year. Except for headline news and major events (personal or otherwise), there’s little I can say that I remember about it. I remember going to CES 2008 in January. I recall the bickering—uh… debating—between Presidential hopefuls. I remember the high gas prices. I remember being busy with work, home and DACS. CES 2009 is about a month away. We’ve had a landmark election year. Gas prices are falling. The efforts for the past year in work, home and DACS are starting to pay off.

Last year we had to shift the General Meeting schedule to ‘First Mondays’ for the first six months of 2008. The switch was necessary because Danbury Hospital began a program called “Medical Town Meetings” which has been very successful. They will be continuing that program indefinitely. As such, our General Meetings for all of 2009 will take place on the First Monday of each month. Please update your calendars accordingly.

December is our ‘Annual Meeting’ where business requiring member vote or voice is conducted. There have been many changes in the past year or so. We greatly appreciate the comments—good and bad—we’ve received and have worked to improve things based on that response. We will be having an open forum sound-off prior to “Ask DACS.” The purpose of this is to hear praise, critique, and new ideas from the members. The goal is to end up with a laundry list of what the Board needs to address.

During this meeting we will also be electing Directors. These are Class B Directorships for 2009-2010. We need at least one volunteer from the membership to step forward to run for election. Serving as a Director is an easy way to contribute for the betterment of the whole group and have a direct say in DACS affairs. The Board meets on the second Monday of each month in the Resource Center. Reach out to a Director or Officer for more information.

The modified agenda for this meeting will be as follows:

6:30 p.m. : Registration Opens
6:45 p.m. – 7:10 p.m.: Membership “Sound Off”
7:10 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.: Special Announcements for Members and Guests
7:15 p.m. – 7:40 p.m.: Ask DACS
7:40 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Break
8:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.: “Future of the Internet” by John Patrick
9:15 p.m. – 9:25 p.m.: Elections
9:25 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.: Final Announcements and Prizes

I’m pleased to say that we have an array of prizes this year thanks to the generosity of Culminis, Microsoft, Smart Computing, and others. Details will be given during the “Special Announcements” section of the December meeting. It wouldn’t be any fun if I spoiled it here!

Have a safe Holiday Season. I look forward to seeing everyone at the December Meeting!

 - Rob

ROB LIMBAUGH
relimbaugh@dacs.org