XCOM Meeting 28 April 2008
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Present and accounted for:
Allen, President
Cort, 1st Vice Pres
Chips, 2nd Vice Pres
Stefan, Treasurer
Melanie, Recording Secretary
Smythe, Past President
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Meeting Programs
May Meeting:
Demos:
Vector Designer - Allen (picking up where we left off in January)
Refreshments: Smythe will try to find someone to pick up trays of snacks & beverages from Harris Teeter.
Carl will be asked to pick up a sheet cake.
Nominations - to be filled by Nominating Committee
TMUG Bylaws state that a nominating committee be appointed to identify suitable candidates for each elective office at least one month in advance of elections. We are moving ahead to hold the elections at the June meeting, since they were postponed from March. Anyone interested in filling an office should contact a current officer on the executive committee or email the XCom list. Newly elected officers shall take office on July 1.
Current officers willing to serve are:
Stefan - President
Chips - Treasurer or Secretary
Q & A
Bob Chandler
Future Program Suggestions:
Mark Williams, founder of Modality, will be contacted. Modality has been named by Apple as one of its 10 Apple Science Innovators for 2008.
Yard Sale
Sit and Share Meeting
Treasurer's Report
Members in good standing: 102, with 10 in grace, 6 in super-grace (last chance for check to come in)
Cash in bank: $4692, includes insurance paid (no, really this time), RTMX through May.
New Business
TMUG Location for monthly meetings: membership voted on Hope Community Church. 71 total votes; split with 30 for McKinney & 41 for Hope
Chips: recommends we alternate meeting places.
Smythe: Explained about the Palm Group which moved its meetings most months. It cut down the core to about 35% members. A concurrent meeting, in his opinion, would keep two groups more active and feeling like they were part of same group. Also suggested three times a year for a full meeting: summer picnic, annual yard sale, and a party. Officers would be at whichever meeting they wish. TMUG East and TMUG West would be equal parts of current TMUG. Each unit would have a vice president, but TMUG would maintain one Pres, Treas, and Sec and one XCom.
Allen: will email McKinney to let them know about our discussion.
Stefan: Likes the idea of video conferencing meeting but wonders who the setup volunteers might be.
Purchasing a PA system was discussed, and we may wait until July when the upper and middle schools will move out of Hope Community Church.
Old Business
Purchase of UPS for our server Mac to install at RTMX:
Stefan requested permission to buy one. Would like to buy one which will be sufficient to manage the server's power unit. XCom voted affirmative. Currently the server reboots every five to fifteen days. Stefan expects the cost to be about $300 max.
Insurance on our equipment:
Check was written; treasurer on business trip; insurance company contacted Stefan; technically the policy had lapsed by that time. Insurance issue now settled, but we have to put the new projector on it. Insurance company wants our policy to match value of equipment. We currently pay $125 annually for $5000 insurance. Question has been asked if this is repair and replacement policy or what does it cover. Smythe mentioned that the insurance once covered two items -- project ($3000) and iMac ($2000) -- and now our equipment costs less. We may need to rethink the amount of insurance we have.
Adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
