The meeting was called to order at 7:18pm by Dick Gingras.
In attendance were Richard Corzo, Dick Gingras (President), Bert Goff (Treasurer & Secretary), Lisa Leifels, and Andy Woodruff. Charlie Bovaird was present as a guest for part of the meeting, and the minutes were taken by Richard Teasdale.
- The Minutes of the 9/30/2015 Board Meeting were approved.
- The Treasurer’s report for October was reviewed and discussed.
- Dick reported on his efforts to identify candidates for new board member(s).
- Options for the proposed 25th anniversary dinner were discussed. Bert volunteered to ask Jim Scheef to further consider the options and develop a firm proposal.
- The dinner discussion included a review of the types of networking opportunities (social, professional, technical, etc.) that appeal to the membership.
- Dick reported on the meeting which he, Richard, and Andy recently had with members of the board of the Trumbull PC Users Group. Options for various levels of collaboration with that group were discussed.
- The continuing difficulty of getting good press coverage of general meetings was discussed. No press release was distributed in advance of the November general meeting. Dick to ask Sean Henderson whether he can help out with press releases.
- Dick reported that he is looking into options for DACS collaboration with WCSU and has begun discussions with Paul Steinmetz, WCSU’s Director of University and Community Relations. Ideas and possibilities were discussed by the board.
- Options for renewal of the resource center floor were discussed, including a possibility that the city of Danbury will pay for renovation. Dick has met and discussed this with Bruce Tuomala, Economic Development Director for the city, and plans to contact Wayne Shepperd – chief of staff to Mayor Boughton.
- It was agreed that the index of articles created by Bruce Preston should be made available via the DACS website.
Committee reports
- Membership committee:
- Total membership: 113. Current members: 93, Grace members: 20. Bert will follow up with Jim Scheef re reminder cards.
- General meeting attendance: believed to have been 39. (Several were members of the amateur radio club.)
- Dick suggested that independent computer support businesses might be a good source of new members.
- Program committee:
- December general meeting – Abby Stokes – Previewer: Dick. Reviewer: Tom Zarecki.
- Jan/Feb general meetings – two possibilities for topics:
- Office 2016 – Richard will contact the Microsoft store about doing a presentation;
- Cloud Computing – Anand Tirumani (assuming there is enough new material since the last presentation on that topic).
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30pm.