Washington Area Commodore User Group Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting 20 June 1998 Board Meeting Attendance - Jorn Dakin, Alex Goodale, Geof Goodrum, Bob Mason, Kathryn Perrin, Lu Spriggs, and Mike ten Kate. Minutes - Minutes from the May board meetings were distributed and read. Spelling change made to change "send" to "said." The minutes were approved as amended. General Meeting - The swap meet was well attended with some 30 plus potential buyers, however, it was noted that the seller turn out was not as great as hoped. Lack of advertising was not the problem since it was agreed we effectively got the word out through posting notices at Giant, posting signs around the Government Center, posting the meeting on the web site, etc. Future swap meet options were discussed including combining a swap meet with a general meeting, hosting a computer clinic along with the swap meet, or holding a beginners computer tutorial. Treasurer's Report - Jorn Dakin distributed and discussed the club's June financial report which showed a year-to-date income of $955.00, year-to-date expenses of $1,483.65 and a current checking balance of $1,872.77. Jorn noted that these totals do not include a $75 reimbursement to Mike ten Kate for the APCUG initiation fee and annual dues. The Treasurer's report was accepted. Geof Goodrum provided Jorn with $46.00 from swap meet table sales. Disk Sales - Total sales were $29.00 broken down as follows: five PC disk sets to members ($15.00), two PC disk sets to non-members ($8.00), and three 8-bit disks ($6.00). Membership - Current club membership stands at around 50. Board Business - We discussed the July meeting and agreed that digital cameras and scanners will be the focus of the meeting. Richard and Lois Brant and Bob Mason will bring in their digital cameras and Alex Goodale said he would bring in his scanner. We discussed the possibility of running a demo of the new LS120 floppy drive. Mike ten Kate said he would followup to see if we can get an evaluation copy of the drive. We also discussed the August meeting where demos of FrontPage 97, Windows 98, and Red Hat Linux 5.1 are scheduled. Mike ten Kate said he would follow up with Lance Cutler to see if he is still interested in presenting FrontPage 97 since FrontPage 98 is no longer part of the planned demo. Mike ten Kate is scheduled to give the Windows 98 demo assuming that Microsoft provides two requested evaluation copies. Geof Goodrum will present the latest version of Red Hat Linux. Alex Goodale noted that June production of The Cursor came off without a hitch and added that upcoming article deadline submissions are June 27 for the July issue and July 25 for the August issue. Kathryn Perrin asked Mike ten Kate to followup with Adobe to see if the club can get a copy of PageMaker to use in the production of The Cursor. Geof Goodrum provided additional details on his on-going discussions with TIAC regarding the charge TIAC was planning to impose for forwarding the club's e-mail to Mike ten Kate. Geof noted that after numerous letters, emails, and phone calls, he believes he has reached a clear understanding with TIAC that no charge will be imposed. Mike ten Kate requested a formal motion on changing his title from "Secretary and Vendor Contact" to "Secretary and Newsletter Reviews Editor." The board approved this motion. It was agreed this title change would be made in both The Cursor and on the WAC web site. Geof agreed to also look into adding a "Member APCUG" logo to the club's web site. Meeting adjourned.