The meeting was called to order at 7:23pm by the DACS President, Dave Green.
In attendance were board members Richard Corzo, Dick Gingras, Bert Goff (Secretary & Treasurer), Dave Green (President), Jim Scheef, and Andy Woodruff. Cathy Quaranta and Tom Zarecki were not present. The minutes were taken by Richard Teasdale.
(Names in italics denote responsibilities for actions.)
- The Minutes of the 8/3/2016 Board Meeting were accepted.
Reports
- The Treasurer’s report for August was discussed. Bert reported that dues receipts in August were much improved from July, and that expenses for the month were again less than usual. The year-to-date loss is about $535, compared to about $458 at the same time last year. Jim mentioned that the Civi reminders are still not working but he will send out e-mails to in-grace members tomorrow.
- Membership committee:
- Jim distributed a report showing 90 current members (including 4 new), and 19 in-grace, for a total of 109.
- Jim will investigate what membership type to use for Judy Taylour, of APCUG, to enable her to receive electronic copies of the newsletter each month.
- Marketing committee: No report.
- Press Coverage:
- Dave reported that the press release for the September general meeting was distributed last month at the usual time. Several responses were received.
- It was agreed to send the press release for the October meeting earlier than usual.
- Website:
- Richard reported that the premium edition of Wordfence has been purchased. No further website hacks have happened since it was installed.
- Some technical issues have been resolved.
Old Business
- Programs:
- Will Callahan is writing the review article for the September general meeting.
- Andy reported on preparations for John Patrick’s Election Attitude talk in October. The meeting will start at 6:30pm. Although few, if any, hospital staff may attend, Andy will ask him to publicize the meeting to staff members he knows. JP has agreed to donate approximately 25 copies of his new book, Election Attitude: How Internet Voting Leads to a Stronger Democracy. Andy is working to complete the preview article as soon as possible. He also will call a contact at the News-Times to ask about their sending a reporter to the meeting. Bert has spoken with a contact at the New Milford Spectrum (Debbie Rose) and we need to provide them with a press release. Andy is contacting the hospital staff member(s) responsible for the Auditorium and Robilotti Room, to ensure that space will be available in October. Andy will film the meeting.
- Bert has arranged with Al Fressola to talk about Intellectual Property at the November general meeting. He will write the preview article. Jim will ask Steve Harkness to write the review article.
- Richard will contact Bill Saturno, with a view to having him talk about “cord-cutting” in December. Other possibilities remain an astronomy presentation, in conjunction with the McCarthy observatory in New Milford, a session by Jay Ferron about Hololens, and a talk from Hi-Link, possibly about Hosting.
- Renovation of the Resource Center (RC): Nothing new to report.
- Topics which might be of interest to the DACS membership: (1) a workshop devoted to Network-attached Storage (NAS) systems, and (2) SLACK, a web-based communication system.
- Jim is working to create a Civi-based survey of the membership, to determine the level of interest.
- Richard volunteered to set up an experimental SLACK group for the Board.
New Business
- Snacks for general meetings:
- Dave (drinks) and Lisa (snacks) will make the arrangements in October.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:46pm.