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Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Attending: Board Members Tom Auciello, Mike Grueter, and Dona McAdam.

The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm.

  1. Approval of the October minutes was postponed.
  2. The Treasurer's report is available on the ExChange.
  3. Old Business
    1. Capital Improvement Project - Resource Center Upgrades
      1. Projection Screen Upgrade - no new news.
    2. Exchange Update Project
      1. No new news.
    3. Fundraising
      1. Classes - to be held following the Saturday Cafés (after 12:30pm), weekdays, or Sunday afternoons.
        1. FileMaker Pro class with Bruce Robertson - Mike will contact Bruce to see when it will be scheduled.
        2. Quarterly Xcode/Cocoa classes with the Xcoder SIG folks - Mike will contact Joe Heck to see when it will be scheduled.
        3. Mike Grueter will lead a class on iWeb in December or January.
    4. Web Site
      1. The server lost SSH access for about a week, so was difficult to update regularly, then it went down on Saturday. Curtis replaced the iMac with one that was out in the main room running Tiger. Mike installed the web data, CGI scripts, Perl Mail program, and modified the Apache settings. We were back up on Sunday.
    5. Newsletter
      1. Dona and Karen completed the October issue of MacNews and are working on the November issue. Dona will be out of town in late November/early December, so article submissions for the December MacNews need to be in by November 17th.
  4. New Business
    1. Upcoming Main Meetings
      1. November Meeting - The Omni Group
      2. December - Holiday Party
      3. January - Macworld recap on 3rd Wednesday
      4. February - VOIP with Tom Auciello and Fred Taub
    2. ByLaws review and possible modification by Nancy Siburg and Skip Knox - The BoD OKed this and Tom agreed to join the committee.
    3. Critical tasks/jobs that need volunteers
      1. New member packets - Dona will duplicate and label CDs and Dick Harrell will send them out to new members who sign-up online
      2. InfoLine - Dick Harrell will join Fred Wright in responding to the InfoLine
      3. Sign-in sheet transcription and e-mail to Sandro for our e-mail mailing list (Henry and/or Stacy might be willing to do this after the Cafe each Saturday)
      4. Dropped membership exit interviews - we should call or at least e-mail people who do not renew their memberships, ask them if they would like to renew, and find out why if hey do not.
    4. There was a lengthy discussion about the benefits of being a dBug Member. The general consensus was that we should look for ways to add value to our membership. What can we give people that they can't get anywhere else? Mike will make sure the member-exclusive offers from vendors is up-to-date on the ExChange. We could offer free raffle tickets or member-only draw prizes at main meetings. A modern ExChange and e-mail system would be of great value. We also need to communicate the membership benefits to current, prospective, and recently dropped members better.
    5. There was discussion on the need to focus on growing our membership.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:20pm.

- Mike Grueter, Scribe