Washington Area Commodore User Group
Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting
19 September 1998

Board Meeting Attendance - Jorn Dakin, Geof Goodrum, Bob Mason, Lu
Spriggs, Mike ten Kate, and Bill Walsh. 

Minutes - Minutes from the August board meetings were distributed and
read.  Minutes were approved as read. 

Comments on General Meeting - Very good meeting which focused on a
presentation of the three leading office suites by Bob Mason.  Bob's use
of PowerPoint slides was particularly effective and helped guide the
presentation in an organized fashion.  Bob's handout also provided a
useful reference guide to the major features offered in each suite. 
Finally, three cheers to Bob for offering a clear-cut opinion on the
relative quality of programs in each of the office suites. 

Attendance at General Meeting - 17

Club Membership - Club membership has risen to 60. 

Treasurer's Report - Jorn Dakin distributed and discussed the club's
September financial report which showed a year-to-date income of $1206.00,
year-to-date expenses of $1,758.89 and a current checking balance of
$1,848.53.  Geof Goodrum noted that the club received $35.00 on the sale
of an Amiga monitor.  The Treasurer's report was accepted without
amendment. 

Disk Sales - Total sales were $29.00 broken down as follows: seven PC disk
sets ($25.00) and two 8-bit disks ($4.00).  A total of four free PC disk
sets were given to new members and as a door prize. 

General Discussion - The article deadline submission for the September
Cursor is September 26.  Bob noted that he is working on business cards
for the club and will email us a sample soon.  He added that he has a
sample of a mouse pad with the club's name on it which could be used as a
sign-up or annual renewal bonus.  He will bring a sample to the next board
meeting. 

Plans for Future Meetings - Lance Cutler was asked at the meeting if his
brother-in-law will be able to give a demo of FrontPage 98 at the October
meeting along with a demo of LiveArt98 by Lois Brant.  As a back up, we
agreed that we would prepare for a "Freebies on the Net" theme meeting
with various individuals assigned to demo assorted freebies.  Bob agreed
to handle the overview discussion of freebies on the net.  Jorn said he
would take Juno.  Geof agreed to handle Bigfoot and Switchboard.  Lou
Spriggs will take ZDNet.  Mike ten Kate agreed to cover Yahoo and Excite. 

Mike mentioned that he can offer two "filler" demonstrations at the
October meeting or some future meeting if necessary.  The first filler
involves an interactive CD which came with the latest edition of "How
Computers Work."  This CD allows you to fly into a computer and view
summary and detailed descriptions of the component parts of a typical home
computer set-up.  The second filler involves an interactive CD which came
with "Upgrading and Repairing PCs" which Mike is currently reviewing for
an article in the Cursor.  This CD shows the book's author performing a
number of "routine" tasks such as installing a new hard drive and doing a
memory upgrade. 

Meeting  adjourned