Election Slate for December 2009

Candidates

The following DACS members have been nominated for the Board of Directors for 2008-2009. Please show your support by voting at the annual meeting, December 6, or by volunteering to serve on our Board.

Drew Kwashnak — Waterbury (new incumbent).

Drew has had an interest in computers for a long time and managed to teach himself enough to get him out of Accounting and into the IT world.

In the beginning, he taught himself ASP, SQL, database and web technologies.

At his current job he's taken classes on VB.NET and ASP.NET and more. Meanwhile at home, almost all his systems are running Linux and has just resigned from being the Linux SIG Leader to devote time to his new position on the Board. He hopes to help bring ideas and vision to DACS.

Jim Scheef — New Milford (incumbent).

Jim Scheef has been a DACS member since DOG became WCMUG. He has activelyparticipated in the club over the years on the Program Committee, and as head of the Internet Committee. For the past six or more years Jim has been a co-leader of the Visual Basic SIG and started the Back Office SIG.

Jim has been a software developer since the days when mainframes were high-tech. His company, Telemark Systems Inc., provides custom software and networking solutions to businesses around Connecticut.

Jim’s goals for DACS are to provide new services to the members via the DACS.ORG web site and to expand the use of the Resource Center as a learning facility. Jim convinced the board to install a DSL internet connection in the Resource Center as a step in this direction.

Jeff Setaro — Danbury (incumbent).

A lifelong Danbury resident, Jeff has been involved in the computer industry for more than 21 years. He has been a DACS member for 15 years and has served as a DACS vice president for six of them and as president for two. He has been active as Program Chair as well as director of the DACS Web page. He has also served as information coordinator on computer viruses and as director of the Web page design SIG.

He is a member of the 1995 VAR business advisory board, and is frequently called upon to comment on industry issues.

Annette van Ommeren — Katonah, NY (incumbent).

Annette is a freelance Web & Graphic designer, and has run her "AnnaGraphics Design Studio" for the past 11 years. As a past board member she has worked on the redesign of the DACS website, and shares the responsibility for the monthly updates. Annette would like to continue her involvement with future upgrades to the DACS site. She is also the leader of the DACS Web & Graphic Design SIG and enjoys sharing her knowledge with the DACS members.

DACS Members — Residents of one of our regional towns and members of DACS since joining.

Are interested in computers, but do not feel they know everything there is to know about them. Attend meetings regularly, and feel DACS should have an important role in educating the public on new computer technologies.

These members have volunteered for local organizations and community service, but so far think their background is not up to the level of those gurus on the board. Perhaps these persons think that computer clubs are different from other non profit community groups that serve beginners as well as advanced users.

If you know anyone fitting this description, or see them when you get up in the morning, say that DACS needs them to serve on the board. And, to think about it - how about YOU?

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