Directors' Notes

June 7, 1999

The monthly Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, June 7, 1999. Present were Messrs. Buoy, David, Gingras, Ostergren, Setaro, and Mrs. Gaberel. Chairman Wally David presided. Secretary Larry Buoy kept the minutes. The minutes of the May 10 meeting were approved. Finance & membership In the absence of the Treasurer, the report of the financial status of the corporation and of its current membership were dispensed with. Intergalactic & PCExpo Jeff Setaro advised of the expected attendance of DACS members at the forthcoming (June) InterGalactic and PC Expo meetings. He stated that members had expressed insufficient interest for any day's events to warrant hire of a chartered bus. He also confirmed that, as expected, no free space was available for DACS presence at PC Expo this year. Briefly discussed were arrangements for carpooling by those members of the Board planning to attend; these will be finalized as the dates for attendance at various functions approach. Y2K videotape Also briefly discussed was the editing and broadcast of the videotape of the Y2K Symposium held on May 4. News-Times tech column Discussed at length was the perceived response of The News-Times readership to the Q&A column appearing weekly as part of that newspaper's High Tech section. Judgment of the limited success of the venture was based on the number of questions being submitted as well as adherence to the requested inclusion of system and contact information, etc., to assist those providing answers to problems. Also discussed was the possibility of offering articles from past issues of dacs.doc and/or question and answer formats to other regional publications, with emphasis on weekly publications. It was the consensus that such other publications be contacted to determine if they would be amenable to publishing such material and, if so, to set up a source from past issues of dacs.doc or reader-submitted questions. Wally David advised of his efforts to recruit DACS members to handle the details of outsourcing technical questions and submitting answers to publishers. A true record. ATTEST: Lawrence Buoy Secretary

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