The meeting was called to order at 7:06pm by the DACS President, Jim Scheef.
In attendance were Board members Richard Corzo, Dick Gingras, Bert Goff, David Green, and Jim Scheef (President). Andy Woodruff was not present. Mike Kaltschnee attended the meeting. The minutes were taken by Richard Teasdale.
(Names in italics denote responsibilities for actions.)
- Jim proposed that Mike be appointed a Board member, and Bert seconded. A vote was taken and the motion was approved unanimously.
- The Minutes of the 6/6/2018 Board Meeting were accepted.
Reports
- Treasurer’s Report:
- Bert reported that refunding to donors of the unused balance of the Resource Center (RC) renovation fund has been completed. The account balance is now zero.
- The remaining balance of general funds was $538.27, as of 6/30.
- Mike recommended that after all required payments have been made, any remaining funds be donated to Voice For Joanie. Jim stated that he would like to spend the remainder on an event to benefit long-standing members of DACS.
- There was no Membership Report.
- Approximately 25 people attended the 7/3 general meeting.
- DACS membership data needed by the Hackerspace was discussed. Mike outlined two requirements for an export from CiviCRM of all e-mail addresses:
- to send a one-time mailing to solicit e-mail sign-ups for the Hackerspace;
- to send monthly e-mails to the DACS membership list to announce the general meetings, in case there are people who don’t want to use Meetup.
- There was no Press Coverage Report.
- Webmaster’s Report:
- Richard reported that Andy has replaced Annette as co-webmaster.
- The Board decided not to act on a request from Personal Creations to create a link to their recycling page on the DACS website.
Old Business
- Formal Steps to dissolve DACS:
- Mike reported that his review with the lawyer of the tasks listed in Jim’s 4/6/2018 e-mail will take place within a day or two. The main concern is that some step required for the shutdown of DACS may have been overlooked.
- Bert will resign as organizer of the Data Privacy Now meetup.
- The Board agreed to retain the RC for storage space through the end of 2018.
- The security system contract will be terminated, since nothing of significant value remains in the RC.
- Programs:
- August: Mike expects to have a speaker by the end of the week.
- Mike will distribute his list of potential meeting topics.
- Cleanup of the Resource Center (RC):
- The contents of the RC were reviewed by the Board.
- Bert suggested that a work party be organized to perform cleanup tasks at the RC.
- Mike suggested that unwanted books can be deposited in the book recycling bin at the Library.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.