Directors' Notes

November 9, 1998

The monthly DACS Directors’ Meeting was held on November 9, 1998. Present were Messrs. Bovaird, Buoy, Cohen, David, Gingras, Heere, McIntyre, Ostergren and Setaro and Ms. Owles. Chairman Wally David presided. Secretary Larry Buoy kept the records of the meeting. Minutes of the meeting held on October 12, 1998, were approved Finance & membership Treasurer Charlie Bovaird reported combined checking and postal account balances of $12,901.92 and postage on hand of $127.28, a total of $13,029.20. Elections Tom McIntyre reviewed the potential candidates for election as directors at the upcoming December general meeting. Known candidates at this time include incumbents Charles Bovaird, Wally David, Dick Gingras and Ed Heere, plus Marlene Gaberel. Further solicitations and/or ratification by those previously contacted are to be made. Also discussed were availability of pictures and short bios of such nominees for publication in the December issue of dacs.doc. System crash Discussed next was the recent crash of the principal computer at the Resource Center and the subsequent delay of the printing and distribution of the November issue of the newsletter. The suggested cause of the crash was overloading of the C: drive. After considering alternative methods to avoid a further crisis, it was decided to reconfigure the computer with the new hard drive already installed as drive C:\, the original hard drive as drive D:\ and Windows NT installed as the operating system with password protection. APCUG Newsletter competition President Ostergren mentioned that our entries for APCUG’s (Association of Personal Computer User Groups) editor’s award program for newsletters in connection with the Las Vegas COMDEX show would have to be submitted immediately to the APCUG committee in Las Vegas. Frances Owles was asked to select a few of the past year’s newsletters for submission Community Service Mr. Ostergren also advised that our Voice for Joanie program had been nominated for another award among nonprofit organizations. The group then discussed sources of used equipment for VFJ, C4K, and other outreach programs in which DACS participates. Y2K The videotape of the Y2K program made at the conference held at the Ancell School of Business was unusable for TV broadcast, principally due to time restrictions to prepare for the taping. It was suggested that perhaps a usable "commercial" could be salvaged from it. Also mentioned was the lack of press coverage of the event, despite publicity efforts. Ancell school synergy Acting Dean Ron Benson of the Ancell School of Business entered the meeting as a guest to participate in discussions of activities from which our organizations can mutually benefit. Outside of generalizations about student participation in DACS activities, Ed Heere suggested a follow-up Y2K program be held, perhaps in mid-May. Dean Benson suggested that preparation for such a program begin much earlier to gain better cooperation by the School’s faculty, staff, and student activity groups. Also discussed was the possibility of reduced-rate memberships for WCSU students, links between the WCSU and DACS servers, and DACS input to computer-oriented activities sponsored by WCSU if requested by its staff. Jeff Setaro asked for comments on a suggestion that the Resource Center be open and manned as part of Danbury’s First Night celebration on December 31. It was conceded that, logistically, such an effort would be impractical. A true record. ATTEST: Lawrence Buoy Secretary

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