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DACS' Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting on February 9, 1998, at 7:30 p.m. at the Resource Center. Present were Messrs. Bovaird, Buoy, David, Heere, McIntyre, Ostergren, Pearson, Setaro, and Mrs. Owles. Chairman Ed Heere presided, and Secretary Larry Buoy kept the records of the meeting. The minutes of the January 12 meeting were approved. Finance & MembershipTreasurer Charles Bovaird reported current combined checking and postal account balances of $15,488.92, postage on hand of $155.52, and accounts payable in the amount of $5,350.00 for a current net cash position of $10,294.44. He also reported current DACS membership at 672. Equipment UpgradeA discussion about upgrading the principal computer installed at the Resource Center, used by the dacs.doc staff to prepare the newsletter and by various other SIGs, resulted in approving the installation of a second hard drive and additional DRAM, increasing the total installed memory to 64 MB. Rejected offerPresident McIntyre reported an offer from an online user group store that would involve the disclosure of membership e-mail addresses. All directors agreed to reject the offer. Member interest surveyCharlie Bovaird presented his tabulation of the results of the survey distributed at the February 3 general meeting to determine members' current interests. The directors decided to integrate the areas mentioned most frequently into additional New to … program topics, new SIG Groups, and general meeting presentations. Frances Owles advised that a report was forthcoming on the feasibility of installing a server for DACS use as an adjunct to the Public Library's server. A true record. ATTEST: Secretary |
