September 5, 2006
(Approved)
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 am by
Action 1: Approval of the minutes
The minutes from the June 6, 2006 Executive Committee meeting were accepted without revision
Attendees:
The following people were in attendance:
Treasurers Report:
The balance in the SeniorNet account is $16,915 as of
9/3/06. The balance as of May 10 was $13,299.43. Money has not as yet been
remitted to
Computer Fundamentals is within two students of starting. While capacity is typically 14, Julia would prefer a maximum of 12 students to have better information dissemination during classes.
Spring 2007 course selections will be defined shortly
because the course descriptions need to be inserted in the
We have yet to find a course instructor for Family Tree Maker.
Tech/Webmaster: Ed Glynn
Ed will be undergoing chemotherapy for a recently diagnoses illness but he feels well enough to work on updating our Web Page. He remains interested in working on our web page and will do as much as he can while working from home. His wife Kathy is coping with many family visitors and has expressed appreciation for the many good wishes received from the SeniorNet community.
Work on Lab computers:
The PS’2’s have been corrected. MS Word will be installed on all the Dells and a new disk has been ordered. The program “Go Back” needs to be re-installed on a number of machines.
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Course Manuals: George Fuller
George was not attending this meeting. He was on vacation. The manuals were proofed last week and are being printed. Word manuals are also included in the printing after being proofed.
Staffing for the Fall: John Rittenburg
We are fully staffed for all Fall classes with most all classes having three coaches. The full to capacity classes will have four coaches.
Volunteer Coordinator: Tony Cobourn/ Beth Korn
The new volunteer coordinator will be
Disks and badges:
Bob reports that he has enough disks to cover the needs of all classes.
Bob found a certificate template and has made the badges for
Room readiness:
Barbara reports that the room has been cleaned and is ready for classes. We do need a volunteer to replace Barbara. Don has been working with Barbara but we do need to have a new volunteer for this open position.
Publicity report: Fred Wooten
Updated flyers have been placed in
Efforts will be expended to place our flyer in the
Course information:
The Windows XP course will be taught by
A Quicken 2006 disk was requested from SeniorNet Headquarters and one is on the way. When received it needs to be installed and updated on all Lab computers.
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Other Business:
The Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 Course was without a Manager. Emory Reese would be interested in being the Manager if he could make certain changes. Emory presented the changes which consist of newly purchased Photoshop Elements 4 Manual specifically focused on a step by step use of all it’s capabilities.
We would discard the current SeniorNet Manual and use Simplified Photoshop Elements 4. The cost of the manual is between $12 and $19, but can be purchased in quantity for about $15. Coaches will be loaned a manual which will be returned to the center after the course.
A speedy, quality color photo printer accommodating a 13” wide sheet needs to be purchased. A high quality Epson Photo printer can print an 8x10 picture in two minutes.
Adobe and Photo Imaging will use the high end printer.
The 13” x 19” printer can be used to print posters, banners, etc.
The Executive Committee authorized the purchase of the Epson eight color cartridge printer costing approximately $650 and agreed to the restructuring of the PSE 4 class which would allow students learning and implementing the cropping and color correction capabilities of the Photoshop suite of tools. The first of eight two hour sessions will occur in the Winter Session and will be on Monday morning in January.
Material costs would be $4-$5 a class so that students can display their results.
Nominating Committee: Robert Nelson:
All officers have agreed to serve a 2nd term. The motion was passed.
Officers should be elected for 2 years. The executive committee will consider bi-law changes to make the officer terms two years.
Microsoft Unlimited Potential Sr. Net Grant Application:
Newer students are using Office Suite instead of Works and the manual needs to reflect that. Student Office Program costs $120 to purchase. Office 2003 is in the cabinet.
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New Microsoft Operating System:
Microsoft will be releasing a brand new operating system
presently called, “
Course Issues:
Lab Report – Attendance generally a little lower for the Summer session than other seasons. There was an average of 2.6 students per session as compared with 3.5 for other sessions. Twenty three students were focusing on Fundamentals, Graphics, Word and Intro to Windows.
We will no longer have Saturday Lab sessions. Labs will be on Fridays from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Instructor and Coach Refresher Course:
It was proposed that a committee be established to attend a class in each quarter to monitor the teaching and coaching effectiveness and how well the curriculum content is conveyed to the class. There were a few teachers last session that should be coached before teaching additional classes.
No further business was brought up. Don thanked each of the instructors and Executive Committee members for their efforts. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made and seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 A.M.
Minutes taken by Iris Goldmacher for Secretary Howard Goldmacher who could not attend this meeting.
Respectfully submitted by:
Howard and Iris Goldmacher,