Washington Area Commodore User Group Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting 20 November 1999 Board Meeting Attendance: Lance Cutlar, Jorn Dakin, Geof Goodrum, Bb Mason, Kathy Perrin, Lu Spriggs, Jim Spurlock, Mike ten Kate, and Bill Walsh Minutes - Minutes from the November board meeting were read and approved without amendment. Comments on General Meeting - Good presentation by Debra Pfundstein from Microsoft who covered a wide range of products from Microsoft Works Suite to Picture-It to Flight Simulator Pro. (Kathy Perrin said she would mail Ms. Pfundstein a copy of the December Cursor). Geof Goodrum also showed his wonderful home movies from Comdex. Attendance at General Meeting - Another good turnout with 35 people in attendance. Treasurer's Report/Other Financial Business - The November report was distributed and accepted without amendment. The Board approved the expenditure of $50.00 to cover the annual APCUG renewal fee. Jorn Dakin agreed to submit the renewal form and payment. Geof gave Jorn $70.00 from the sale of the club's Amiga system. Disk Sales - Disk sales came to $36 from the sale of 12 PC disk sets. General Discussion - Geof noted that the November Cursor ran into some production problems (i.e., title run overs, dropped sentences, etc.)and that the final draft must be carefully proofed before going to the printer. The board approved the printing of an additional 50 copies of the Cursor each month to meet increased demand. This will bring the total production run to 155. Bob Mason said he could use 15 copies just to meet his needs. Geof noted that the December Cursor will need to include a notice on upcoming club elections in January. Geof said he will prepare this notice. A number of evaluation software packages were handed out at the meeting. The following have agreed to prepare reviews (within the standard 90-day review period) for publication in the Cursor. Bob Mason Partition Magic 5.0 Andy Narain Star Office Lance Cutlar - Quicken 2000 Deluxe Candy Cleveland - Street Wizard Mike ten Kate Adobe ImageStyler Geof noted that the club should consider preparing a fact sheet for vendors which includes average attendance, club demographics and interests, meeting dates, location, club interests, the(non)availability of a projector, etc. The APCUG has on an on-line survey available where user group members can fill out profile information. This information is then relayed to vendors. Geof said if we don t participate in the on-line survey, we should consider developing our own database of member interests and demographics. This information could then be added to our club fact sheet. He noted that the information we currently collect on the annual club renewal form is not extensive enough for this purpose. Bob agreed to follow-up with the county regarding reserving government center rooms for next year's meetings. Geof said we also need to check whether the government center will permit the sale of vendor merchandise during meetings. Future Meetings Our semi-annual clinic/swap meet will be held December, 11th. The December meeting is expected to run from 12:00 to 3:00, however, Geof said he would have to verify the time. Geof said he would distribute a notice on the December meeting through normal channels including the WAC web site. The January meeting will be set aside for club elections, beginner's day, a demonstration of dual monitors by Bill Walsh, and a short demonstration by Lance Cutlar on cable modems. The February meeting will likely involve our annual review of personal finance and tax software. Mike agreed to follow-up with Microsoft regarding their willingness to demo their personal finance software during the February meeting. Kathy said she would contact Bill Ackerman to see if he would be willing to serve as the nominating committee chairman for the January elections. Meeting adjourned