Board of Directors' Minutes
November 2010

By Bruce Preston

Meeting Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Called to order at: 7:15 PM by President Richard Corzo who presided.

Attendees: Patrick Libert, Charles Bovaird, Jeff Setaro, Jim Scheef, Annette von Ommeren, Bruce Preston, Richard Corzo, Andy Woodruff, Joseph Tobin, Drew Kwashnak

Minutes of Last Meeting - accepted

Treasurers Report as of 11/10/2010

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Current Members 161
Members who receive mailed newsletter 58
Members with email addresses 157

Old Business

1. General Meetings

November: New Trends in Digital Cameras Gary Spring, Preview: Chris Furey, Review: Andy Woodruff

December 12/7: DIY 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping CT Hackerspace, Preview: Rob Limbaugh, Review: Drew
We will inquire about availability of Robilotti Conference Center (across the hall) as that room might be better for the purpose of viewing and demonstrating the hardware.

2011 - The hospital sets dates in December. We do not know what day of the week or even which week. There is a chance that we will have a consistent day of the week if we move to the second week of the month.

January 2011: possible topics were discussed:
3D animation - Jeff has contact in mind;
Accessibility - Andy will talk to person at Ability Beyond Disability (formerly DATAHR)
Job hunting and using technology to search for a job - Richard will talk to John Barry of iTech Consutling Partners possible presenter.

February: State of the Internet - John Patrick (remote from Florida)

March: open

2. Open positions

Charlie has provided descriptions for the first two:

a) Need backup/replacement for Treasurer
b) Membership chairperson
c) Newsletter editor as of Jan. 1, 2011 (replacing Patrick Libert)

The board discussed where to look for recruits.

3. Using Drupal for the DACS Web site - update - it is being configured on 'production' server. It will be on a different port to facilitate going live just by switching port. Discussion of mechanisms for bridging forum to the website.

4. Scholarship committee - after a brief discussion a motion was made to drop the project due to lack of progress, no response from schools, and timing - motion was carried.

5. Report on APCUG Webinar on Saturday, Nov. 6.  

Two board members attempted to attend via free https://join.me/ webinar service, with varying levels of success. This service provides screen cast and voice connections, but the participants must make a toll call to obtain voice connection.  The webinar service provides a means for the presenter to show files; for voice dialog with participants; and for the presenter to allow participants to control the presenter’s computer.  There are several other free telephone webinar services.  We will evaluate for possible DACS use. 

6. dacs.org e-mail and DNS - update - Jim reports that the systems have been moved, tested and are in service. The DNS pointers for dacs.org e-Mail and website are now registered with Register 4 Less, which lets us control which hosts they reference.

New Business

1. APCUG election - Discussion - Does the board want to make recommendations for DACS two votes (DACS president Richard and DACS APCUG representative Patrick)? Our two voting members will discuss with several members and other user groups as we only have personal knowledge of two.

2. Craig Leibensberger Proposal to revive Networking SIG - tabled, Craig was not present.

3. DACS Board Election in December Five incumbents with expiring terms are running for reelection: Richard Corzo, Patrick Libert, Rob Limbaugh, Joseph Tobin, and Andrew Woodruff (who replaced John Lansdale in September). Charles Bovaird has decided not to seek another term. We are soliciting candidates.

Meeting adjourned at 9:20 PM.