December 2014 Board Meeting

January 5, 2015 0 Comments

Board Meeting Minutes Meeting Held on Friday 1/2/2015 5:40 to 6:45 pm

Meeting was moved from December 29th to January 2nd due to a snow storm. November meeting minutes were approved as posted. Attendees were:

President	Jim Johnson
Vice President	Gerry Simonson	Present
Secretary	Ron Davenport	Present
Treasurer	Skip Mundy	Present
Director	Mark Griffith	Present
Director	Jeff Jensen	Present
Director	Jean Marsh
Director	Mike Marus	Present
Director	Mark Pedri	Present
Director	Bob Throldahl	Present
Newsletter	Laurrell Davenport	Present

A. Old Business

Treasurer’s report: $ 3274.61 in the bank PayPal: $323.22 70 active members
Jeff Jensen- status of AT&T WiFi hotspot:
- Worked well at December Saturday SIG meeting, will test further at January main meeting
SMMUG projector to be offered to members, Jeff will check cost of repair
Jeff will make inventory of cables
Swap meet to be announced at main meeting and planned to be held in Spring 2015
Mark Griffith will continue to book Carnegie Room, Ron Davenport Station 18
Mark will make travel arrangements for Joe Kissell and find out presentation equipment needs

B. New Business

Club costs reimbursed to Board members
- Bruce Wisz for prizes
- Jeff Jensen for Meet Up and WiFi data usage,
- Mark Griffith for PO Box rental
Due to Gerry Prescott’s death, Gerry Simonson will announce an open director’s position
Jeff and Ralph do send meeting highlights to former members. They will also delete past Directors from the Board e-mail list.
Board members are to encourage former members to rejoin
Mark Griffith renewed PO Box for club
Gerry Simonson will contact Jim Johnson for next Board meeting date/location
Members to be asked for 2015 topics

C. Programs for General Meetings

January 6: Travel apps by Jeff Jensen, Skip Mundy, Mark Griffith; the door prize is a iPad mini giveaway. At the Jan. 6th meeting, we will poll the members for topics they are interested in for all of the General Meetings in 2015, including February and March. Mike Marus will do the poll as part of the Q & A
February 2 program topic: Social media?, useful web sites?
March 3: program topic is TBD
April 7: Program is by TidBITS author Joe Kissell will present

Meeting was adjourned at about 6:45 pm. The next board meeting date, time, and place will be up to new president Jim Johnson. But we tentatively scheduled the next Board for Monday January 26th at 5:30 pm.