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
