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Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, April 4, 2006

Attending: Board Members Dona McAdam and Allan Swensson, and Members Karen Lindner and Wil Nelson.

The meeting was called to order at 7:20pm.

  1. The March Minutes were unanimously accepted.
  2. dBug has $3,157.05 as of 3/31/06. See the full Treasurer's report on the ExChange in the Board Room and Minutes conferences for details.
  3. Old Business
    1. Capital Improvement Project - Resource Center Upgrades
      1. Allan Swensson is purchasing paint for a new projector screen.
      2. With the new projector in place, dBug is now in the process of selling the old projector.
      3. A new Brother HL-2040 monochrome laser printer was purchased for $120 + shipping and installed by Wil Nelson
    2. Exchange Update Project
      1. At a meeting on 4/1/06, a group of approximately 10 dBug Members took tasks to evaluate various aspects of Web sites (especially evaluating other User Group Web sites) and report back to the group. An E-Plan conference on the ExChange will be available to those who attended for further collaboration. Interested volunteers should contact Curtis Snow.
    3. Fundraising
      1. Classes - to be held following the Saturday Cafés (after 12:30pm), weekdays, or Sunday afternoons.
        1. Bill Campbell's 2nd UNIX Basics class on March 25th was very successful. We would like to continue running this class every other month or so.
        2. Advanced UNIX by Bill Campbell
        3. WebObjects Basics
        4. Various digital imaging or multimedia skills
          1. Time-lapse Video - May 14 - $100
          2. Basic Animation Techniques - TBA - $100
        5. Photoshop by Mackler, Sobota, and Cochoran - TBA
        6. Mac Maintenance - June - $25 (previous attendees free)
        7. A music composition class is another idea.
      2. dBug is selling ladybug themed, 2-button, scroll-wheel, programmable, laser mice at any event held at the Resource Center.
    4. Web Site
      1. Mike reported that normal maintenance and article updates were done this month. More Webmasters are desired to supplement the existing team. Interested volunteers should contact Mike Grueter.
    5. Newsletter
      1. Karen and Dona are looking for more article submissions and contributions as well as more volunteers to supplement the Newsletter team. Interested volunteers should contact Karen Lindner.
    6. Main Meeting
      1. The April Main Meeting topic is "Integrated iLife '06".
    7. Membership renewal notices
      1. Wil Nelson sent an e-mail to Bruce Robertson requesting monthly notices sent after each Main Meeting.
    8. The Board would like a status report on the new "Current Events" SIG.
    9. The building front door has been getting locked after meeting openings by other building tenants, causing late-comers to be locked out. Signs of various sorts have been made - an official printed one is coming soon.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:20pm.

- Karen Lindner, Scribe