Minutes of the Roswell SeniorNet Executive Committee Meeting 18 March 2008
Agenda Item		Detail Minutes
1. Greeting & Call to Order	Don Hogan	10 am-- Bylaws do not state a quorum needed for exec meeting
In Attendance		Bert Emma, Julie Fogel, Jessica Barker, Don Hogan, Anne Tilly, Bob Nelson, John Szedon, Jerry Moore, David Printz,
2. Approval of minutes of Jan. meeting	Tilly	Correction to Lois Dean’s name spelling, the rest as they stand, Moved and Seconded
**Announcements	John Szedon	John Szedon reading  a statement, resigning office of Pres of RS immediately, Will continue  to be involved as instructor and help with Labs: Letter attached
		Jerry Moore – discussion of being able to take over from John, Jerry states he is not able to commit in view of medical treatment commitments – unsure of being able to give even  50%-- or less at any time this year In view of medical issues, he is not resigning but not stepping up to new office
3. Treasurer’s     Report Spring registration Quarter end summary	Hogan (for Perry)	Ttreasurer report, Brian Perry not present- There was a good report per Jan meeting. Minutes of Jan meeting approved by those present as published on the roswellseniornet’s website.
4. President’s report Spring course schedules Course cancellation Course coordinator opportunities/needs	Hogan	Per Don, there was no provision in bylaws to determine state the next person in line to assume presidency, since neither person elected in September is able to carry through with the offices. Therefore, the exec comm. can approve a special election, and at volunteer meeting we can organize same. Don states continuing as president is not his first choice, however,  he is willing to help another person with a 4 month transition period. He will carry out the duties of president for now. Executive Committee members present applauded and congratulated him.
		Julie would like to move that Don steps in as pres until next election or new president takes office.  Jerry seconds.  Those present vote unanimously in agreement. So moved.
		Don says he  is happy to let someone else run for presidency and train them.  Thurs Wed Mar 27 is volunteer meeting. We need to hurry because class issues are fast coming due.
5. Coordinator reports: Tech/Webmaster Spring Manuals	Hogan Hogan for Fuller	Bob Nelson reports there are 72 new students signed up at this point for Spring classes. Ebay:3, Photoshop Elements 3, Internet & Email 11, Fundamentals 12 (closed class), Works 8, Memoirs Class 2, Family Tree Maker 6, Antivirus 4, Digital Camera 5. Don reports that George Fuller is taking care of printing manual orders, no issues.
5. Coordinator reports Spring Staffing Volunteer issues	Hogan for Thompson	Don reports Jack has not reported any issues with Staffing, but will remind him of the provision in the Staffing Coordinator duties to notify the COURSE COORDINATOR of anyone volunteering to instruct the class—there should be communication with the coordinator especially if that person has never instructed our classes before.
5. Coordinator reports Room Readiness Publicity	Hogan	No issues reported, except reminder of the new printers installed. No publicity issues except Julie mentions that there were students giving feedback last session who indicated the library and the website as the point at which they found out about classes
5. Coordinator reports: Lab report/ Discs & Badges	Nelson	Bob reports lab sessions average 2 student 3 coaches, Maximum 5 in one session. No session on 9^th week  (reminder) He will post a list for lab volunteers later this week. he is not having issues—making badges for new students as we speak, and the discs will be completed by start of class week. The issue of using flash drives in some classes such as photoshop was discussed. We are currently using CD’s for all classes. Floppies are available if any student wants lessons on a 3 ½ ‘’ floppy. Any changes on class CD versions, please notify Bob. Kudos to Bob for all the great work!
classroom		Don reminds everyone the alcove computers had a volunteer (actually two who submitted their names but never helped maintain those computers), so he and George Fuller have stepped in to maintain the alcove computers. Don also reminds everyone there is a test PC in the front of the classroom that will have VISTA installed in case any students need demos. The new video card installed on the instructor PC has increased the projector brightness because it is not pulling power from the PC memory, has memory of its own. Don has ordered Vista for the test computer via TechSoup, which allows one large Microsoft donation per year. David asks Jessica if the city can install lights which can be dimmed, the current ceiling fluorescents make the projector image difficult to see, at the same time need ambient light for those with vision problems.
5. Coordinator reports: Curriculum	Fogel	Julie states the memoir class went well last session. Digital camera class will be on hold, is not ready. Power point class still in development, there are students still asking for it. There is no new curriculum in Works. There are students requesting intermediate & advanced Works and Excel classes. (none available as we know of- The committee is asked to look for online courses and report to the course coordinator. There may also be online courses for graphics & photoshop.
5. Coordinator reports: announcement:		Joe McDonald has resigned- not teaching any classes this session & will be very much missed.
5. Course issues:
Excel	Printz	Basic (elementary course) would be nice to offer intermediate course
Internet & Email	Emma	No Issues reported—meeting with instructors planned Bill will teach again, needs to communicate with Bert about material in the manual
EBay	Emma	No Issues reported
Quicken	(Goldmacher)	No issues known, no coordinator present. Still teaching ’06 – not able to upgrade?? (Don states an individual user can.)
Fundamentals	Fogel	No Issues except we are looking for another two instructors to rotate starting the Summer Session, to Provide instructor continuity from Fundamentals going into Works.
Works	Fogel	Omitting 9^th lesson because of extreme difficulty registering on discussion sessions with new SeniorNet website.
Computers for terrified	Fogel	Doubled class size last session, hope to continue Evening timing made the difference
Exploring Windows	Hogan for Fuller	No issues
Word		(Szedon- no official coordinator) No issues known
Antivirus	Tilly	No issues, re-vamped manual completed in December—evening classes only
Intro to graphics	( )	No issues known, no coordinator
Photoshop Elements	(Reese)	No issues known, no coordinator present Photoshop 06 is on the classroom computers
6. other business	Hogan	(earlier discussion of donating old PC’s to be refurbished- there is a volunteer at Benson Center who does this_)
7. Adjourn		11:00 am
		Respectfully submitted, Anne Tilly, 18 March, 2008