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Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Monday, February 14, 2005

Attending: Board Members Allan Swensson, Karen Lindner, Mike Grueter, Cathy Doser, Caryn Roberts and Members Curtis Snow, Dick Harrell, and Nancy Siburg.

The meeting was called to order at 7:07 PM.

  1. Fundraiser - Presentation of Game LAN Party proposal by Kyle and Randy Riley.
  2. Caryn R. and Karen L. moved and seconded the following correction and approval of January BoD Minutes:
    Under Old Business -
      B. Exchange Update Project
        1. Spam Filter Machine - Curtis is still working on this and progress has been made. The spam filtering will continue to be tweaked.
      and, 4. Fundraising ideas...
        (b) An X-code programming group... Follow up will continue by Cathy.
  3. Treasurer's Report (Karen)
      Checking Account $2,220.27
      Savings Account 3,118.60 Total $5,338.87
  4. Old Business:
    1. Portage Bay
      Mike contacted Dan Sharron from Maland Communications (206-323-5266), from whom the projector was purchased. Dan said our Luxeon projector with approximately 1100 hours of use on the bulb is worth no more than $200.

      Karen e-mailed Evan regarding Portage Bay vacating the Resource Center. The letter included an offer to buy any Portage Bay chairs and tables, iMacs and their 1/2 of the projector. It also asks to meet with him for an inventory check and that he remove his old equipment. She has not yet heard back from Evan.
    2. ExChange Update Project
      1. Exchange Restore (Curtis)
        An automatic backup system installation caused problems with FirstClass. The backup system has since been removed and the ExChange is back online, though still having daily trouble. The PostFix mail server now has more spam removal functionality. More will be added as necessary.
      2. New Software Appraisal (Curtis)
        The Collaba pricing structure is changing. Though it is still affordable to dBug, Mike and Curtis are worried that Collaba will end up being pricey and focussed on large groups in the future. Finding a great open-source or free FirstClass replacement is still a priority. PHP-Nuke was suggested by Caryn.
    3. Fundraising
      1. gamers (LAN party)
      2. programming (like the Xcoder class)
      3. digital video
      4. music w/GarageBand
      5. unix (Bill Campbell)
      6. main meeting raffles (move to monthly meetings starting March
    4. Website
      Dick and Mike have been steadily improving the dBug web site. Some of the new features since last month include:
      1. A new re-direct link to the online calendar http://www.dbug.org/calendar/. This should be used for all publications/notices instead of the old (long) URL.
      2. The online calendar has been revised to match the new site layout and style.
      3. The contact page now has a form for e-mail instead of a spam-friendly e-mail address
      4. A new Publications section has been added with web articles, Board minutes, past main meeting notes and newsletter downloads.
      5. The "Track of the Week" box now displays a song at random from a list of songs recommended by dBug members.
    5. Newsletter (Richard Harrell)
      1. Schedule
        The next Newsletter planned ship date is the first week in March so that it announces our March main meeting.
      2. Content
        1. March main meeting announcement
        2. January main meeting recap
        3. Caryn will try to get her iWork review finished for the newsletter
        4. Board member highlight
        5. Mike's article on encrypting Mail Mailboxes
    6. Bylaws Review (Nancy) A meeting will be set separate from the Board meeting to review the ByLaws.
  5. New Business
    1. Bruce Robertson put a copy of Filemaker on the RC Server.
    2. Upcoming Monthly Events (Cathy)
      1. Main Meetings - Need to move to monthly soon
        1. March 9th - Omni Products, iLife
        2. April - SIGs follow-up in detail with iLife and iWork
        3. May - Podcasting (Glenn Fleishman?), Online Radio (Omaha Sternberg)
        4. June - Bohonus QTVR, Adobe?
        5. July - Tiger?
        6. August - Picnic (Place TBD)
      2. Raffle Stuff - Swag from Apple, Shuffle, iLife, iWorks for March? (Cathy, All)
      Meeting was adjourned at 10:30 PM without dealing with the remaining agenda items.
    3. Deals for dBug and members (Caryn)
      1. Using free .Mac account from Apple, Use iCal for Board events
      2. Mac based web service provider deal
      3. Discount on Adam Engst's Take Control series of eBooks
    4. Xcoders join dBug and become SIG (Curtis)
    5. OS X Server 3 year Upgrade contract proposal (Curtis)
    6. MugCenter Info - iLife, iWork deals for dBug (Cathy)
    7. Other New Business
  6. The Good of dBug

- Nancy Siburg, Scribe