September 21 , 2010
DCN Board Minutes September, 2010 (No August Meeting)
Davis Community Network Board of Directors Meeting
September 21, 2010 at 5:15 p.m.
City Computer Lab, A Street, Davis, CA
There was no August 2010 Board Meeting
Members Present (8): Tsui Chang, Jim Frame, Teri Greenfield, Anne Hance, Jan Meizel, Robert Nickerson, Kimball Sargeant (Chair), Richard Yamagata.
Board Candidate: BillBuchanan
Members Absent (3): Brian Gegan, Russ Hobby, Steve McMahon,
1. Call to Order 5:19 p.m. by President Kimball Sargeant
2. The agenda was approved by consensus
3. Public comment: None
4. The minutes of the 07/20/10 meeting regular board meeting were approved by consensus
5. Board nomination committee report
Brian Gegan attended the meeting by phone. He introduced board candidate Bill Buchanan and nominated him for election to the Board to complete a 2-year term ending in February 2012. The motion was seconded by Tsui Chang and approved unanimously.
6. Telecommunications Commission report
Jim Frame noted that a City Council Sub-Committee on City Commissions has recommended some commission changes including the dissolution of the Telecommunications Commission perhaps replacing it with a one-year task force.
7. City Media Grant report and discussion
Kimball Sargeant, Teri Greenfield and Tsui Chang will try to meet with Deputy City Manager Kelly Stachowicz to bring her up to date with DCN activities and ask for clarification of the proposed City Media Grant process.
8. Fall classes report
It was agreed that we need to look critically at class descriptions to ensure that we are describing our classes in ways that will attract attendees because the classes are clearly useful and interesting.
9. Board recruitment update
Brian commented that there are no active candidates at the moment and he is very interested in receiving suggestions.
10. Committee reports
RAC: Jan Meizel reported that the RAC is updating and improving the RAC Web pages and is interested in receiving suggestions for potential new committee members.
Web Team: No report
OPC: New board member Bill Buchanan will be added to the OPC List so that he can contribute to the committee activities.
11. Announcements: At the Oct 7 School Board Meeting Jan will make a presentation about the fact that there is no longer any Computer Science Class at Davis Senior High School, which is a serious omission.
12. Adjournment at 6:05 p.m.
Humbly submitted Anne Hance, Secretary rahance@dcn.org
