SUN
CITY
COMPUTER CLUB
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
August 7, 2008, 9:00 aM
Activities
Center
, Meeting Rooms #3 & 4
The Meeting was called to order at 9:10 A.M. by Gael Miller,
President
.
Present
:
Gael Miller, President
Doug Steinke, Vice-President
Linda Walke, Secretary
Linda Shanhouse, Treasurer
Webmaster – Meredith Mitchell
Don Snapp – CyberCenter - Director
Membership Director
Jodi Salyers, Training Director
Absent
Dick Smith, Communications Director
Rex Davenport, Program Director
Nelda McQuary, Special Interest Groups Director
Dick Doane, Past President
Peter Roll, Founder
Approval of Minutes
Minutes taken by Linda Walke of the June 5, 2008 Executive Board
Meeting were approved by e-vote on June 12, 2008 and published on June 12, 2008.
Minutes taken by Linda Walke at the Special Executive
Board meeting on July 16, 2008 were approved by e-vote on July 17, 2008.
Purchase of Apple Quick Time Pro was approved by
e-vote on July 9, 2008
Financial Report
Linda Shanhouse presented the June and July 2008 Financial Reports. A
motion to accept the report was made by Don Snapp and seconded by Doug Steinke .
The motion passed.
The Financial Report will be filed for audit.
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Highlights of the Financial Report – Pay Pall Account
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Copying expense: SCTXCA $630.23, from 12/7/07 through 6/3/08
(5,822 copies plus tax) Possible ways of reducing the number of copies being made were discussed.
The majority of the copies are for classroom
instruction.
Jodi will discuss the topic with the teachers.
It was agreed that some classes will always need to
make copies for handouts.
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Computer expense: Don Snapp $139,. Linksys Wireless
Router
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Software expense: Peter Roll $602.71, Seven Adobe Photoshop
Elements 6 (Mac) & QuickTime Pro license
DISCUSSION OF DIRECTORS’ REPORTS RECEIVED BY E-MAIL
Communications, Dick Smith
Monthly CC Article for the
Sun Rays -
The CC Article for the August
Sun Rays was submitted during the last week of June.
The CC Article for the September
Sun Rays was submitted during the last week of
July.
CC Website Performance -
The changes made to the website by removing the dropdown menus appear
to have solved the majority of the complaints about the performance concerns when accessing the CC
Home webpage. Thanks to those individuals, particularly Meredith Mitchell, for their efforts in
diagnosing the dropdown menu performance issues and finding resolutions to the
problem.
CyberCenter, Don Snapp
With the assistance of Jan Franklin, I was able to package the
software and cabling for the 7 iBooks that are now ready for disposal as authorized
by the Board.
I now have on hand 2 new computers from Dell to replace L1 &
L2. These units will have XP Pro with Vista available for later installation if found
warranted. The 2 new computers for L13 & L14 will have 2 drives as well as firewire.
XP Pro will also be loaded on these units to
handle video software programs that are not compatible with Vista.
We expect to install a new and improved router on August 16th in
order to begin the process of upgrading our CyberCenter connection with Suddenlink.
Membership,
|
|
Total at
End of Month
|
Joined This
Month
|
Joined This
Year
|
Percentage of
Previous Year
|
|
2006
|
2,353
|
|
724
|
116.5% of 2005
|
|
June, 07
|
2,265
|
37
|
429
|
96%
|
|
July, 07
|
2,318
|
48
|
478
|
98.5%
|
|
August, 07
|
2,389
|
70
|
548
|
101.5%
|
|
September, 07
|
2,434
|
45
|
591
|
103.4%
|
|
October, 07
|
2,467
|
28
|
619
|
104.8%
|
|
November, 07
|
|
103
|
722
|
|
|
December, 07
|
2,660
|
65
|
787
|
113.0% of 2006
|
|
January, 08
|
2136
|
174
|
174
|
80.3%
|
|
February, 08
|
2273
|
52
|
226
|
85.6%
|
|
March, 2008
|
2351
|
61
|
278
|
88.4%
|
|
April, 2008
|
2426
|
55
|
342
|
91.2%
|
|
May, 2008
|
2485
|
47
|
389
|
93.4%
|
|
June, 2008
|
2531
|
46
|
435
|
95.1%
|
|
July, 2008
|
2626
|
75
|
510
|
98.7%
|
A New Member Receptions was held on July 29.
About 145 were invited and approximately 45 attended.
The program was well-received.
I wish to thank the Board members for giving their
time and energy to make these receptions a success.
All good things must come to an end, so with much fondness I bid you
adieu.
Janet Lull will be processing the membership monies, and Ruth Lawrence
will send out invitations for the New Members Receptions.
Ruth does not speak Access, so someone will need to
send her an Excel file containing the email address of those to be invited around Sept. 14.
Perhaps another someone can be found to send out the
Welcome Letters.
It has been great fun.
Programs, Rex Davenport
Aug 4:
Quicken SIG (Jim
Chapman)
Aug 11:
Georgetown Website (Erin McDonald)
Aug 18:
Sudoku
(John Baumann)
Aug 25:
John Bosch
Sept 1:
Holiday -- no
meeting
Sept 8:
Digital Camera SIG
(Chuck Fletcher)
Sept 15:
San Antonio Postmaster (coordinated
by John Bosch
Sept 22
Cavalcade of Classes
Sept 29:
Cybersocial
There will be no Program Committee meeting in August.
Training, Jodi Salyers
Final Class Enrollment for June 2008:
|
Category
|
Class
|
Status
|
# Students
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vista
|
Computer Intro Vista
|
|
4
|
|
|
Windows Vista 1
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
XP
|
Computer Intro XP
|
|
5
|
|
|
Windows XP 1
|
|
4
|
|
|
Windows XP 2
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Internet
|
Outlook Express 1
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac
|
Mac-Intro
|
|
8
|
|
|
iTunes
|
|
6
|
|
|
Mac-Safari
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Graphics
|
Digital Cameras
|
Full
|
8
|
|
|
Picasa
|
|
6
|
|
|
Photoshop 1
|
Full
|
8
|
|
|
Photoshop 2
|
|
5
|
|
|
Photoshop Organizer
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTALS
|
14 Classes
|
|
76 Students
|
Final Class Enrollment for July 2008:
|
Category
|
Class
|
Status
|
# Students
|
|
|
|
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