April 20, 2013
The meeting was called to order at 2:11 p.m. Members present: Bayle Emlein, Jan Fagerholm, Diane George, Chuck Horner, Sally Holt, Tom Smith. Absent: Sid Jordan, Elsie Smith.
The minutes of the February meeting were approved. There was no March meeting.
Old Business: Sally reported that the most popular door prize choice would be an external hard drive (even though they are not available at our price), second is a gift card, third choice is a memory card, flash drive is choice number 4.
President's Report - Chuck Horner: Chuck will try to do more promoting at other organizations. We need a clubhouse: keep your eyes open.
Executive Vice President - Sally Holt: Nothing special to report.
Treasurer - Tom Smith: As of April 20, 2013:
Checking Account: $799.25.
Secretary - Bayle Emlein: Nothing special to report.
VP Clubhouse Report - Sid Jordan: Nothing special to report.
VP Marketing - Vacant:
VP Membership - Jan Fagerholm: Member count as of April 20, 2013:
| Regular | 12 | 36.36% |
| Senior | 18 | 54.55% |
| Associate | 3 | 9.09% |
| Total | 33 | 100% |
VP Newsletter- Elsie Smith:
- April 20, 2013, Saturday midnight, May Newsletter submission deadline.
- May 25, 2013, Saturday midnight, June Newsletter submission deadline.
Diane can generate an e-mail with a link to the Newsletter. Jan will send her the current e-mail database, as accurate as it may be.
VP Special Projects- Bayle Emlein: Nothing special to report.
Webmaster- Diane George:
Diane has added a pass phrase to control erroneous attempts to access the Web page. The Pass Phrase is "PC Community."
Sally pointed out there is a way for a member to upload a photo of him/herself to the Web site.
Calendar: There is a Linux SIG and Mobile Computing SIG still on the calendar.
Programs:
May:
Chuck will investigate a presentation in crime mapping through his contacts. Sally will investigate a possible presentation from Costco, who has several new photo options, including stickers and photo albums. BestBuy will be contacted regarding phone choices.
APCUG has a speakers bureau and a link to recorded presentations. These need to be reviewed to see if there are any appropriate presentations.
Fund Raiser:
Tweakers Mini-Boom Portable Speakers (BLUE) for Laptop, iPhone, MP3.
New Business:
APCUG will be conducting a virtual conference on May 4.
The Southwest Computer Conference will take place June 21-23 in Pomona. There will be another photo contest, if any member is interested in submitting a photo taken with a phone. Try also searching YouTube for APCUG videos. There are also many free webinars. The problem is picking a topic of interest. David Pogue's RootsTech presentation is entertaining, though not limited to the genealogy topic of the conference. Diane will look for a contact at Backplays, an online backup service.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:02 p.m.
Date and Time of the Next Meetings: Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 2 p.m., at 28924 Ruus Road, Hayward.
Respectfully submitted,
Bayle Emlein, Secretary
