GREENBELT INTERNET ACCESS COOPERATIVE

Monthly Board Meeting
September 13, 2001

MEETING MINUTES




Present:  Anne Andersen, Gilbert Lee, Mary Camp, Doug Love, Leonie 
          Penney

1.  Meeting called to order at 7:12 PM.

2.  Secretary Report (Leonie Penney)
    No meeting in August (no quorum); no minutes.

3.  Treasurer Report (Gil Lee)
    Gil gave Anne a list of deposited checks.

4.  Vice President Report (Mary Camp)
    UPCOMING CLASSES
    - Last week in September
      - Mary:  "Internet Nuisances" (spam, cookies)
    - October
      - Doug: "Introduction to the Internet" (elementary class)
    Doug will talk with the GATE people to get a phone line for both 
    classes.

5.  System Administrator report (Anne Andersen)
    BOONET
    - Anne will call BooNet to determine the status of WebMail (Is it
      activated and what do you have to enter to use it?)
    - Anne will also ask BooNet how the owner of GIAC web pages can 
      get access in order to update these pages (Margaret Zook did 
      not respond to a relevant e-mail from Gilbert).  Does the GIAC 
      mailbox already exist?  How can we access it?  She will also 
      find out what the privileges are of accounts 'giac' and 
      'sysman'.
    TRANSITION
    - Anne reported that she still gets some questions, but much 
      fewer than before.  Doug mentioned that the Arts Center still 
      has problems, which he will fix.

6.  Additional Items
    LABOR DAY FESTIVAL
    - Information Booth on Saturday, September 1, was a great 
      success.  Gilbert and Peggy staffed the booth with help from 
      Jane Jaworski, Nancy Allen, and Ron Ansted.  The telephone line
      worked fine. Nancy Allen took pictures, which were transferred 
      to a live website.  Many people visited the booth:  10 
      membership kits were picked up, Gilbert sent out 11 more (after
      taking down the names and addresses).
    - Volunteers for the Parade signed on too late so we did not 
      participate.  Next year Mary will start asking for volunteers 
      at the Annual Membership Meeting.
    POSTERS
    - Mary will develop a poster for the "Introduction to the 
      Internet" class, without a date.  Since this class will be 
      given more than once, the date can be filled in for each new 
      class.
    - Mary will also make a GIAC info-bookmark (from hard blue paper)
      to be distributed by us in places such as the Library and the 
      cafeteria in the Community Center.
    VOICE MAIL
    - Leonie will start her (first) turn Sunday, September 16, thru 
      Saturday. 
    CITY ELECTION
    - Doug has been asked by the City to set up, for the upcoming 
      City elections, a webpage for the biographies of the candidates
      for City Council membership.  Doug will use Mary's website and 
      give the City a link to it. 

7.  Meeting closed at 8:00 PM.


Respectfully submitted,
Leonie Penney
Secretary
October 13, 2001