Greenbelt Internet Access Cooperative

Monthly Board Meeting – January 7, 1999

Conference Room, Greenbelt Police Station

M E E T I N G M I N U T E S

DIRECTORS: Tom Crompton, Bill Dupree, Jim Heagy, Doug Love, Neil McLeod, Patty Merryman, Chris Morris, Nancy Revis, Brian Schieber

MEMBERS: Nancy Allen, Ed James

GUESTS: David Grey, Wilfred Saul

=== PRELIMINARIES ===

1. The meeting was called to order at 7:05pm, with Nancy Revis presiding.

=== MONTHLY REPORTS ===

2. Secretary (Bill Dupree) [acting]

- Minutes of the Monthly Board Meeting – December 3, 1998

3. Treasurer (Chris Morris)

· Chris distributed financial statements to each Director present. Chris explained that there is enough money in the general operating fund to cover expenses; the current share value is $71.21. This is not what a Member would get if the Cooperative dissolved, but it is a good indicator of the financial health of the organization.

4. Membership Committee (Neil McLeod)

· Neil distributed a membership roster to each Director present. We gained two new members and lost two members in December.

· Bill Dupree will help out with this committee until the elections.

· Nancy Revis asked about the supply of membership kits. Jim Heagy indicated that a supply of kits is needed. Nancy Allen volunteered to make kits; she will need approval for postage, raw materials, and where the kits are needed.

· Greenbelt Homes Inc. has indicated it will be joining GIAC around the end of February.

5. Legal Committee – No report

6. ISP Committee (spokesman unknown)

· Two meetings were held this month at Generous Joe's, including a planning meeting with Sanjay Mishra and Ashok Saxena of SigmaNet about our move to a GIAC-dedicated web and mail server. SigmaNet has Linux servers; Brian, Doug, Neil and Ed will come up with a website migration plan. We will have to have one day of dual e-mail (to two mail servers). Ed James will work out cgi scripts after the transfer. There will be no increase in rates for administration purposes.

7. Audit Committee (Tom Crompton)

· Tom, Nancy Revis and Chris Morris volunteered to conduct the FY 1998 audit of GIAC books and Member journals and to submit the annual audit report by March.

=== OLD BUSINESS ===

8. Classes

· Tom Crompton reported that, although the attendance was small, the “Internet Basics” class held in December was successful. Tom would like to thank all the volunteers who helped set up and take down the room.

· The next class will be “Windows 95 Basics” on Tuesday, February 16, presented by Bill Dupree.

· Doug Love had the borrowed projector serviced and thanks go to him as well.

· It was proposed that we should look into a class provider to offload some of the class burden. A Hyattsville company (Computer Utopia) was mentioned. Decision tabled.

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