GREENBELT INTERNET ACCESS COOPERATIVE

Monthly Board Meeting
April 11, 2002

MEETING MINUTES




Present: Peggy Bates, Mary Camp, Gilbert Lee, Doug Love, Leonie Penney
Members: Ed James

1.  Meeting called to order at 7:10 PM

2.  Additional issues to agenda: 
    - Removal of inactive Directors
    - Special request from Mayor

3.  Agenda approved (Peggy Bates moved, Doug Love seconded, unanimous 
    approval)

4.  Secretary Report (Leonie Penney)
    - Leonie distributed the minutes of the March 14, 2002, Board 
      Meeting.  Some minor changes were suggested and incorporated. 
      They were reviewed and approved (Peggy Bates moved, Gil Lee 
      seconded, unanimous approval).

5.  Vice President Report (Mary Camp)
    UPCOMING CLASSES
    - Friday, April 19, Community Center Senior Classroom, 
      7:00-8:30 PM
      - Mary: "Basics of Computer Viruses"
    - Third week in May (date TBD)
      - "Ask the Experts"
    MEMBER SUPPORT
    - Marianne Olah is now set up correctly.
    - Mary Camp will go Saturday to Abbie Weiner to get rid of 
      NetZero in registry.
    LAPTOP REPORT
    - Mary will buy a laptop in May.

6.  Treasurer Report (Peggy Bates)
    FINANCIAL REPORT 
    - Net income for March: $118.93
    - Net income to date for 2002: $412.74
    MEMBERSHIP REPORT
    - We have 98 members and 64 connection accounts.
    - Added one (Hanna) removed two (Nancy Allen, Andrew Levin).
    - Nancy Revis is leaving next month.

7.  System Administrator report (Anne Andersen)
    - BooNet was down within the last two weeks.  Ed James called and
      BooNet was aware of the problem and working on it.  

8.  President Report (Gilbert Lee)
    - Nothing to report beyond Articles of Incorporation, to be 
      covered later.

9.  Special Projects
    ANNUAL MEETING
    - Went over the Annual Meeting preparation checklist and set up a
      meeting on April 25 to prepare the agenda and to prepare the 
      membership mailing.
    - Action items:
      - Gil:  Reserve first Tuesday in June (June 4) for the Annual 
        Meeting.
      - Gil:  Determine who is coming and who is going with respect 
        to Directors
      - Mary:  Send an Annual Meeting message to the membership 
        regarding nominees for Directors.
      - Gil:  Find stock postcards to stick into printer and deliver 
        to Peggy.
      - Peggy:  Find Minutes and Actions Items from last year's 
        Annual Meeting and send around.
      - Gil:  Check out the trophy store.
    NEW WEBMAIL SOFTWARE
    - Jim Bates will look into setting up the WebMail professional 
      version to include mailboxes, etc., after he gets Linux up and 
      running on his own computer.
    GIAC ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
    - Anne Andersen was going to work on an application form for 
      GIAC.  Haven't heard from her.
    GIAC LOGO
    - Peggy will call Maureen Gaffney about promotional products to 
      see if she can join us for the next meeting.
    - Mary will bring a catalog with products we could put the logo 
      on.

10. Audit Committee Report (Doug Love)
    - Met April 1, 2002.  Need to write report.
    - Gil is working on the GIAC Audit for Idiots.
    - Still need to audit handling of new members and resignations 
      with respect to member equity transactions.
    - Next meetings on April 15 and April 22, 7:30 PM, at Peggy's 
      house.

11. Legal Committee Report (Doug Love)
    TAX-EXEMPT INITIATIVE
    - Doug is trying to put together the application for GIAC for 
      501c status.
    - Doug will make a copy of the 501c application from the 
      Astronomy Club and give it to Peggy so she can gather the 
      financial information needed for our application.
    ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION UPDATE
    - Each monthly meeting we will review part of the Articles of 
      Incorporation to further the tax exempt initiative.
    - Reviewed Articles I and II in the draft.  There are minor 
      typographical errors that Gil Lee will fix.  (Peggy Bates moved
      to accept the first two articles as amended, Doug Love 
      seconded, unanimous approval.)

12. Voice Mail Duties (301-419-8044)
    - Gil:    Mar 31 - Apr 6
    - Doug:   Apr 7 - Apr 13
    - Anne:   Apr 14 - Apr 20
    - Mary:   Apr 21 - Apr 27
    - Leonie: Apr 28 - May 4
    - Peggy:  May 5 - May 11
    - Gil:    May 12 - May 18

13. Additional Issues
    REMOVAL OF INACTIVE DIRECTORS
    - Karl Grotke has missed three consecutive meetings and no longer 
      has an active email account.  (Gil Lee moved Karl Grotke be 
      removed as a Director for non-performance of duties, seconded 
      by Peggy Bates, unanimous approval.)
    - Anne Andersen has missed two consecutive meetings with no 
      notice.  Gil will call Anne and put her on notice that she is 
      on probation as a Director.  
    2001 ANNUAL MEETING ACTION ITEMS
    - There were action items from last year's Annual Meeting that 
      are still pending.  Peggy will find the minutes and report on 
      what the items from last year were.
    GREENRIDGE HOUSE
    - The Mayor of Greenbelt (J Davis) told Doug Love that Greenridge
      House may need the help of Greenbelt.com.  Greenridge House is 
      getting a high-speed line to allow Internet access for its 
      residents and may need help in getting online. 
    - We might be asked for help in giving classes to Greenridge 
      residents.

14. The meeting was closed at 9:10 PM.

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                       SUMMARY OF ACTION ITEMS
Gil:    Check on room reservations at the Police Station through the 
        rest of the year.
Mary:   Select the "Ask the Expert" class date.
Mary:   Send an email to membership soon, asking for questions about 
        software applications. 
Mary:   Plan the format of the "Ask the Expert" class.
Mary:   Buy the laptop in May.
Gil:    Work on "GIAC Audit for Idiots" guidelines.
Peggy:  Send JPEG logo to Mary.
Peggy:  Call Maureen Gaffney about promotional items for GIAC.  See 
        if Maureen is available for next meeting on May 9, 2002.
Mary:   Bring the catalog with promotional products to next meeting.
Doug:   Make a copy of the 501c application and give to Peggy so she 
        can gather the financial information needed for our 
        application.
Gil:    Call Anne and put her on notice that she is on probation as a 
        Director.  

                SUMMARY OF ANNUAL MEETING ACTION ITEMS
All:    Meeting on April 25, 7:30 PM, at Peggy's house for work on 
        the agenda and the mailing to the membership.
Gil:    Reserve first Tuesday in June (June 4) for the Annual 
        Meeting.
Gil:    Determine who is coming and who is going with regard to 
        Directors.
Mary:   Annual Meeting message to the membership regarding nominees 
        for Directors.
Gil:    Find stock postcards to stick into printer.
Peggy:  Find Minutes and Action Items from last year's Annual Meeting
        and send around.
Gil:    Check out the trophy store.

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Respectfully submitted,
Leonie Penney
Secretary
May 16, 2002