XCOM Meeting 24 September 2007

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XCom Meeting Minutes

Present: Cort Boylan, Chips Chapman, Stefan Jeglinski, Melanie Crain, Allen Emory, Duane Reaugh

Money Matters 

Treasurer's Report:


Members: 90, 8 in grace period

Cash in bank: $4793 includes rent through Oct includes colo through Sep

new members:

Pamela Tandy, Charles Czysz

renewals:

to be updated later

Future Plans

Old Business:

Our LCD Projector: we may need to decide what we need rather than buying one that is easily available or on sale.


New Business:

Officers approved bringing to the membership the proposal to buy a new projector under $1000 including taxes.

Dealmac listed the following last Saturday (9.22): 

 Saturday's most popular deal   <<http://dealmac.com/deals/188627.html?ref=txt_dealmacdaily>>
 
 * XGA Projector Roundup: Toshiba DLP for $689 shipped after rebate, more...
 
 The Toshiba TDP-T45U DLP Projector costs $688.99 at OnSale.com.
 Shipping adds $14.31 but is $0 after this mail-in rebate. It's one
 of the least expensive 1024x768 (XGA) projectors we've seen.
 Features include a 1024x768 resolution, 2500 lumens brightness,
 2000:1 contrast ratio, and VGA, S-Video, and RCA video inputs. Deal
 ends September 30. Other projector deals with at least a 1024x768
 native resolution:
 
  * Sharp XR-30X Digital DLP Projector for $699.99 + $0 s&h
    after this $100 rebate at Staples.com (ends 9/22);
 
  * ViewSonic PJ556D DLP Projector for $699.99 + $25 s&h at
    TigerDirect.com;
 
  * InFocus IN34 DLP Projector for $851.99 (click for price) +
    $0 s&h after this rebate at OnSale.com (ends 9/30);
 
  * Canon LV7265 LCD Projector for $898.99 + $11 s&h at
    eCOST.com; and
 
  * BenQ W500 720p LCD Projector w/ HDMI for $949.99 + $14 s&h
    at newegg.com.

Oct Meeting Plans

Duane Reaugh will demo Numbers and Keynote from iWork08. Since he hasn't used Pages much, he deferred from demoing that part. Is anyone interested? Those attending can download the free trial version. iWork08 requires OS X 10.4.

Future Meeting Ideas

Ideas from Cort: Icon Factory, Branford Marsalis, Paul Gilster

Next XCom Meeting

NC State

Meeting Adjourned

8:59 pm

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