The meeting was called to order at 7:10pm by Dick Gingras.
In attendance were Richard Corzo, Dick Gingras (President), Bert Goff (Treasurer & Secretary), Cathy Quaranta, Andy Woodruff, Tom Zarecki. Charlie Bovaird was present as a guest, and the minutes were taken by Richard Teasdale.
- The Minutes of the 8/5/2015 Board Meeting were approved.
- The Treasurer’s report was received from Bert and reviewed. Expenses exceeded income by $141 during August, due to two non-monthly expenses and a smaller than usual number of dues receipts.
Committee reports
- Membership committee:
- Numbers of Current members and Grace members: Unknown – Dick will get counts from CiviCRM. Total members: 119.
- Membership renewal effort status: No postcard reminders have been sent yet. Cathy will contact Jim Scheef re address labels.
- 9/1/2015 General Meeting attendance: Head count 41; Members 24; Guests 17.
- Dick reported CiviMail statistics for the e-mail reminders that he sent before the Meeting.
- Program committee:
- September General Meeting discussion: The meeting feedback cards were reviewed and analyzed. Possible ways to improve the capture of guest information were discussed.
- October General Meeting – Android App Dev in < 1 Hour. Cathy to ask Sean Henderson re writing Preview. Reviewer: Andy.
- November General Meeting – Amateur Radio Emergency Service network. Andy to confirm Mike Walters’ availability.
- The urgent need to find a new leader for the Program committee was discussed.
- Marketing committee:
- Preparations for the Hacker Fair on October 17th were discussed. Table count, location in the library, power availability, hours, list of members helping, list of props needed, etc., all remain to be decided. Cathy to get information from Mike Kaltschnee.
- DACS jerseys – available on Café Press – status and specifications were discussed.
- Promotional/Marketing plans
- Tom outlined the DACS requirements for a Marketing intern, which were discussed at length. Tom has announced the opportunity to his classes at WestConn. The deadline for acceptance is approaching.
- Responsibility for Press Releases will be transitioned to Tom from Richard Teasdale.
Old Business
- The progress of video recordings of DACS General Meetings was reviewed and discussed. Tom’s April presentation about Social Media is now on YouTube. Andy is working with John Patrick to prepare videos of the May meeting on the Future of Healthcare.
New Business
- The next board meeting was rescheduled to Wednesday, September 30, at 7:00pm, due to scheduling issues on the regular date.
- Dick’s attendance at a recent meeting of the Trumbull PC User Group was discussed, together with possibilities for cooperation with that group.
- Possible ways to appeal to current members to step up their involvement with DACS were discussed.
- Charlie brought to the meeting copies of the DACS newsletter going back to 1991, together with photographs, received from Allan Ostergren. These will be used for the DACS 25th anniversary celebration.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:25pm.