MINUTES OF THE APRIL

DCC GENERAL MEETING

April 2, 2008

At 9:10 A.M. President Judy Gardner called the meeting to order with
35 members 1 guest present. She welcomed everyone.

The minutes of the March meeting were read, approved as read.

Janet Harbaugh gave the Treasurer’s report with a balance of $676.05.The Treasurer’s report was approved.

Pres. Gardner explained that the purchase of the new projector was necessary as the old one failed. The Vista Computer for the Computer Lab was needed as many members were purchasing new computers with this as the operating system and we needed it for demonstration and classes.

Old Business: None brought forward.

The April Calendar was reviewed. Pres. Gardner pointed out that John Shideler’s Thursday afternoon Open Lab would continue for individuals to come and practice on the Room 9 computers.  She also introduced Geoff Herbert who had volunteered to present a class about “Investing Online” on Friday at 9:00 AM.  She announced that Gene Meade would be giving a class on Digital Photography on Thursday, April 10^th at 9:00 AM.

The 50/50 raffle of $13.00 was won by Lois Hainje. She donated her winnings back to the club. Thank you, Lois.

Pres. Gardner announced that she signed a contract with Cox Cable for High Speed Internet Service saying that she had negotiated a $59.00 per month service which included tax, leasing a modem, and the installation. She was hoping the service would be installed in the next 2-3 weeks.

She also reported that she had contact from last month’s speaker, Dave Whittle.  He indicated that there had been so much interest in the “Muvee” Software that he demonstrated that he said he would be willing to give the club software for each of the computers in the computer lab and that he would do classes to help members in using the product. Hopefully this class can be scheduled after the club is hooked up to the Cox Cable High Speed and in the fall when most of the winter members have returned.

Al Hainje made a motion that the DCC board considers two By-Law changes: change the monthly meeting to the second week of each month, and to change the quorum to read 25 members instead of 30 members.  John Kunkel provided a second and the motion passed unanimously.

Our speaker for the morning was Eric Jensen who manages several Data Doctor Franchises in the east valley. He told us about his past experiences and presented information about new trends in computer technology.  He was very informative about a number of questions asked by members.

 Catherine Anderson was the winner of the McAfee VirusScan Plus Software.

Respectfully submitted,    

Kay Hawbaker, Secretary