March 2012

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Category: Executive Committee Minutes

March 17, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 2:04 p.m. by President Chuck Horner.

Members present: Bayle Emlein, Jan Fagerholm, Sally Holt, Chuck Horner, Elsie Smith, Tom Smith. Absent: Diane George, Sid Jordan.

The minutes of the February 2012 meeting were approved.

Old Business:

Diane is working a membership form as an interactive PDF. Chuck is looking at the tab-through sequence. Jan is looking at the abilty to save and submit a completed form.

The Southwest Computer Conference will take place in San Diego in June. The photo contest deadline is May 11th.

President's Report - Chuck Horner: No report.

Executive Vice President – Sally Holt: Sally suggested surveying members at the next Main Meeting for program suggestions. Chuck suggested surveying the membership via Survey Monkey or an e-mail survey. Elsie pointed out the difficulty of maintaining current e-mail addresses for the membership.

Treasurer - Tom Smith:

As of March 17, 2012:

Checking Account   $2,528.41
 Total  $2,528.41

Compared to last year, dues are down $125 in the first quarter. We have not received any donations from the Clubhouse. Postage is down also. Tom projects that we will lose $2,000 this year. The PCC domain name is a valuable asset.

Secretary - Bayle Emlein:

Nothing special to report.

VP Clubhouse - Sid Jordan:

No report. Tom reported on the Clubhouse interaction with Alameda County Recycling.

VP Marketing – Position open:

VP Membership - Jan Fagerholm:

Member count as of March 17, 2012.

 Type  Number Percent 
 Regular 27  46.55
 Senior 26  45.83
 Student 2  3.45
Associate 3 5.17
Totals 58 100.00

VP Newsletter - Elsie Smith:

Submission deadline:
March 24, Saturday midnight, April Newsletter
April 21, Saturday midnight, May Newsletter

Elsie has received 8 requests to opt out of the paper newsletter. Some of these e-mails are bouncing.

VP Special Projects - Bayle Emlein:

No report.

Webmaster - Diane George:

No report.

Calendar:

See the Web site for the latest updates and changes in SIG meetings.

Programs:

April: Stay tuned. Possibly Linux applications.

Sally was told by APCUG that their Webinars can be
recorded for time-delayed playback. The presentation will
be available at the end of the month.

Fund Raiser:

April: LITE-ON SATA 24x DVD Writer, Model iHAS424-98 with LightScribe support.

New Business: None.

Date and Time of Next Meeting: Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 2:00 p.m., 28924 Ruus Road, Hayward.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:06 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Bayle Emlein, Secretary