January 25, 2014
The Meeting was called to order at 2:21 pm.
The 2014 Executive Committee
President: Chuck Horner
Treasurer: George Kornluth
Secretary: Bayle Emlein
VP Membership: Jan Fagerholm
VP Clubhouse: Sid Jordan
Programs:
Newsletter:
Marketing:
Non-Voting Positions:
Projector Coordinator: Jan Fagerholm
Webmaster: Diane George
Raffle Prize Coordinator: Sally Holt
Publishers' User Group Representative: Elsie Smith
APCUG Representative: Diane George
The December minutes were approved as distributed.
Members present: Bayle Emlein, Chuck Horner. George Kornbluth, Jan Fagerholm. Absent: Sally Holt, Diane George, Sid Jordan, Elsie Smith. Members Michael Wong and Bruce Hevelin attended also.
Old Business:
Chuck will check with his son Aaron about working with Sally in developing a promotional YouTube video.
President's Report — Chuck Horner: Chuck has spoken with the president of
Hayward Adult School. He has a space near the former Clubhouse site. We need to
draft a Memo Of Understanding. He feels that the PCC presence is consistent
with school mission.
Treasurer --- George Kornbluth:
George has contacted several banks. He has found a Wells Fargo account that has no fees, no minimum, and online banking.
It was moved, seconded, and approved that George take all necessary steps to move
the bank account to Wells Fargo.
The Bank of America Account currently has $642.12. We also have $130 from raffle account.
Our 501 (c) (3) nonprofit status has been suspended. George was authorized to take the necessary steps to re-activate our 501 (c) (3) status and spend up to $100 in
doing so.
Secretary --- Bayle Emlein: Nothing special to report.
VP Clubhouse --- Sid Jordan:
The Clubhouse has several questions:
1 – XP support is ending in three months (April 8, 2014?)
2 – Can we trade up to (exchange) for (win 7 or Vista?
3 – Or can we get a refund or credit for unused XP licenses?
4 – Will Microsoft even continue to have a program for refurbishers, using Vista or Win
7, or will it end?
5 – If it continues, will the activation process be the same as it is now (very time-consuming and painful)?
Jan reports that he has emailed the Microsoft Registered Refurbisher program twice and gotten no response. He suggested moving to Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon and using
LibreOffice. Bruce Hevelin will take suggestions to the Clubhouse.
VP Marketing --- Vacant
Michael Wong suggested seeking business sponsorship. George Kornbluth will pursue
re-establishing our relationship with Weird Stuff.
Chuck will bring cards to the main meeting.
VP Membership --- Jan Fagerholm:
No change since last month.
VP Newsletter:
Jan volunteered to provide information about each upcoming Main Meeting presentation for the top page of the website. We hope to have a Newsletter editor soon.
Webmaster --- Diane George:
Calendar: Check the website for the latest updates.
Programs:
February: U-Verse
March: Windows 8, Diane George
Raffle Prize:
February: Lexar 3.0 USB flash drive 32 GB
March: Lite-On DVD burner iHAS 124-04
April: Micro SDHC 32 GB flash card with S/D adapter
May: ADATA 3.0 USB flash drive 32 GB
New Business:
George suggested re-examining the PCC mission statement.
Chuck will create a survey and seek to create presentations based on expressed preference.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 pm
Date and Time of Next Meeting:
Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 2:00 pm;
28924 Ruus Road, Hayward California.
Respectfully submitted,
Bayle Emlein
