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Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Attending: Board Members Cathy Doser, Mike Grueter, Karen Lindner, Caryn Roberts and Members Dick Carter, Dick Harrell, Nancy Siburg, curtis snow.

The meeting was called to order at 7:15pm.

  1. Caryn R. moved and Karen L. seconded approval of the March Minutes.
  2. Treasurer's Report (Karen Lindner)
    1. Checking Account $1,890.04, Savings Account $3,119.58 - Total $5,009.60 as of 3/31/05.
  3. Old Business
    1. Capital Improvement Project - Resource Center Upgrades
      1. Four 6 foot by 2 foot rolling tables have been purchased and installed at the Resource Center. We will wait on funding before purchasing more.
      2. Mike commented on the Mac hardware specified on the current wish list. Questions about buying iMac G5s instead of Mac minis came up, but the Mac minis can have RAM, hard disk, and optical drive upgrades in the future if needed, and the older G3 iMac is still useful for dBug's needs, and the Mac minis are much faster, so saving money on the Mac minis makes sense.
    2. Portage Bay (Mike)
      1. Nothing new. Evan still needs to return his keys as well as remove some old computer equipment and his sign.
    3. Exchange Update Project
      1. We will test phpBB to see if we can use it in conjunction with LDAP authentication and Postfix.
      2. curtis is working with our landlord (since we are sharing our landlord's Internet connection) to change our DNS servers from Network OS to ELI.
      3. Our domain name (dbug.org) is registered through Network Solutions until 4/8/05. Karen L. will renew with Network Solutions through Network OS for the minimum of time while this issue is being settled.
    4. Fundraising
      1. Preliminary LAN Party - curtis will talk with Randy and Kyle Riley and will arrange a party for a test run. April 24 may be a possible date. Participants will bring their own computers to the RC.
      2. Classes - to be held following the Saturday Cafés (after 12:30pm), weekdays, or Sunday afternoons.
        1. The WebObjects training will be 5/7 - Sat. Cafe will be cancelled that day.
        2. Other ideas including a Final Cut Pro training (Gordon Modin), Introduction to WebObjects (Mike and Baiss), Mac Boot Camp (Karen and Will), Introduction to Unix (Bill Campbell), Cocoa trainings (George and Joe), FileMaker, Mac Basics, Mac Advanced, iMovie/iDVD, iPhoto, Mac OS X, and others are still in the works.
      3. A "Rent Party" fundraiser was suggested, Dick Carter will chair this on a Sunday afternoon. Entertainment, refreshments and...
    5. Web Site
      1. Cathy thanked Dick Carter and Mike Grueter for continuing great work.
      2. Mike reported that work on the web site this month was maintenance and article updates.
    6. Newsletter
      1. Dick Harrell reported he would be meeting with Dona McAdam and will have it at the post office on Thursday.
    7. Main Meeting
      1. The next Main Meeting will be Wednesday, April 13 with Clark Schroeder demonstrating Garage Band 2 and the Mac mini.
      2. Cathy mentioned the need for a form to give to winners of raffles with details needed in reviewing the prizes.
      3. dBug will purchase a new Mac mini for the Resource Center.
  4. New Business
    1. Upcoming monthly main events reported by Cathy
      1. May - Podcasting (Curtis Snow), Online Radio (Omaha Sternberg)
      2. June - Tiger Overview
      3. July - Bohonus QTVR, Adobe
      4. July - Tiger Overview (TBD)
      5. August - Picnic

The meeting was adjourned at 9:45pm.

- Nancy Siburg, Scribe