Wednesday, August 7, 2002
President Joyce Schowalter called the meeting to order at 7 pm.
Old Business:
(1) Stopping ISP. Members charged for and will receive service until 9/30/2002. The expectation is that the Electric Light Wave lines will be turned off at that point, eliminating that $500 expense. We won't save that entire $525/month, but we will save about $200 each month after this change.
(2) DSL lines are separate from Electric Light Wave. They seem to come into the RC at 256 Kbps
(3) PayPal Sign up on web site progress: It was reported that it will cost dBug $2 for every $60 collected. Jack Alton will complete the application process at the PayPal web site this week. Don Arbow reports that the web site is ready and able to handle PayPal when we have an account with them.
New/Continuing Business:
(1) Dick Carter reports that someone else will need to pick up the mail the last two weeks of August. Dan Neal will be contacted since he already has access to the mail box and knows the process.
(2) Time for the Membership Meeting where we
A. Chose a new slate of Officers for 2003
B. Vote on the Bylaw changes adopted by this board in January 2002.
C. Need an elections committee. Dick Carter is not volunteering having done it for two years. Others were suggested as a possibility.
(3) According to the new bylaws, four board members will be elected and will then chose a president. Mike Grueter, Don Arbow, and Karen Lindner, current board members have agreed to run for the Board again. Austin Wolff agreed to run again if necessary. Jack Alton (treasurer) has agreed to remain on the board but the Treasurer is appointed by the President elected by the board so does not need to be on the slate of officers.
(4) Resource Center relocation is a major job for 2003
(5) Contacting Adobe about doing the Main Meeting in October to round out the membership meeting.
(6) dBug can keep borrowing Mike G's Airport for now.
(7) Fund raising idea: Rent desktop space to other non-profits for their bulletin boards
(8) SIGs: A request that Virtual SIGs be laid out somewhere easier for members to see.
Meeting was adjourned at around 8:30 PM
