The meeting was called to order at 7:05pm by the DACS President, Dave Green.
In attendance were board members Richard Corzo, Bert Goff (Secretary & Treasurer), Dave Green (President), Cathy Quaranta, and Jim Scheef. The minutes were taken by Richard Teasdale.
- The Minutes of the 3/2/2016 Board Meeting were accepted as written.
Reports
- The Treasurer’s report for March was discussed and accepted. Bert pointed out that income from membership dues was less than last year both for the month and the first quarter. It was agreed that postcard reminders should be sent out again.
- Membership committee: Jim reported that there are 97 current members + 13 in-grace, making a total membership of 110, which is the same as for the previous month. Three new members were recorded. 15 DACS members and 9 visitors attended the April general meeting.
- Press Coverage: Dave reported that a press release for the April general meeting was sent out on March 23. Some responses were received.
- Website: Richard C. reported that he created a documentation webpage on how to send out the monthly newsletter by e-mail to the membership.
Old Business
- Programs
- Lisa Leifels will write the Review of the April general meeting. (The meeting topic was changed from Genealogy to Danbury History due to the scheduled speaker’s illness.)
- Andy Woodruff is working on arrangements for John Patrick’s presentation at the May meeting. The meeting will start at 6:30pm, one hour earlier than usual. Dave will check with Andy on whether he will write the Preview. Jim agreed to write the Review.
- Bert is working with the owner of Computer Troubleshooters (Brookfield), Rick Van Akin, to have him speak at the June meeting.
- Bert will contact a DACS member known to be a lawyer to ascertain whether he would be interested in giving a presentation about intellectual property.
- Topics covered recently by meetings of the Trumbull user group were reviewed for general meeting ideas. Jim suggested a presentation on RSS, and Richard C. offered to look into the possibility of an Apple Store presentation.
- Renovation of the Resource Center (RC)
- Cathy pointed out that the presence of mold is a problem in the RC. She and possibly others have suffered allergic reactions while in the RC. The nature of the problem, other needed renovation tasks, and possible solutions were discussed but no conclusions were reached.
- Mail that comes to the RC and keys for the RC were discussed.
- The location of the greeter’s box between general meetings was discussed at length. In conclusion, the existing arrangement was left unchanged, i.e. that Cathy will keep the box at her house and bring it to meetings.
- At Jim’s request, a new Gmail account will be established, to support the sign-in form at general meetings.
- Discussion of the search for a Vice-President (and other DACS leadership positions) was deferred.
New Business
- Snacks for general meetings:
- Andy (drinks) and Lisa (snacks) will make the arrangements in May.
- Richard C. (drinks) and Cathy (snacks) will make the arrangements in June.
- Bert will follow up on the ad from Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance.
- Jim will add Dave as backup recipient for the Treasurer’s e-mail address.
- Cathy will update the Membership Application form to remove the interests section.
- Further discussion of how to organize a Music workshop was deferred. Andy is expected to follow up with Chris Aher.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05pm.