GIAC Monthly Board Meeting - April 1, 1999
Conference Room, Greenbelt Police Station

S U B M I T T E D   A G E N D A   I T E M S

1.  GIAC Leadership
    - Many Officer duties not fulfilled for many months (or longer)
      - Secretary
        - Meeting notices
        - Meeting minutes
        - Membership kits
        - GIAC forms & web pages
      - Treasurer
        - Interest-earning account for money reserves
        - Billing policies
      - President
        - Meeting agenda
        - Accountability of other jobs and roles
    - Many proposals and action items tabled indefinitely or "lost"
    - Passive recruitment of volunteers & class instructors
    - Minimal planning or preparation; essential activities decided at last 
      minute
    - Apparent disinterest/apathy/irresponsibility ?
    - Progress of the Cooperative stagnated
    - Board responsibility to act
    - New Officer(s)? / new Director(s)?

2.  Secretary vacancy / Director vacancy

3.  Preparation for annual meeting/elections
    - Nominations Committee / candidates
    - Audit Committee report
    - Other issues? (e.g., bylaw changes)
    - Mailing of meeting notice
    - Mailing of coupon books

4.  GIAC Webmaster duties
    - Resignation of administrative duties effective 4/1/99
    - Action plan for administrative duties
      - New volunteer?
      - Transition/training plan?
      - CENTER proposal (last resort)
    - Continued duties
      - Community Webmaster
      - ISP Committee chair

5.  Backlogged agenda items (random order)
    - Class planning
      - Locate other projector source(s)
      - Identify volunteer instructors
      - Investigate outside provider(s)
    - Investigate sources of funds
    - Membership Committee
      - Outside answering service
      - Rotating "duty"
    - Audit Committee
      - Needs one member
      - 1998 audit report
    - Legal Committee
      - Needs one member
      - Tax-exempt status
      - Articles of Incorporation
    - VIP Committee
      - Needs two members
      - Status review
      - Program update
    - Financial reserves
      - Interest-earning account
      - Expenditure guidelines
    - Board procedures
      - Email decision-making
      - GIAC documentation
      - GIAC website updates
      - Posting of agenda & minutes
      - Posting of "Position Paper" issues
    - New Member procedures
      - Activation
      - Connection assistance
      - Macintosh support (Anne Duncan)
      - Follow-up
    - Girl Scout badge program
      - When?  Who?

6.  Webmaster report (brief)

7.  ISP Committee report (brief)


Neil McLeod
Acting Agenda Keeper
April 1999

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