April 19, 2011

Davis Community Network 

Board of Directors Meeting

April 19, 2011   5:15 p.m.

City Training Room, A Street, Davis

Attending (8): Bill Buchanan, Tsui Chang, Sheila Evans, Anne Hance, Teri Greenfield, Russ Hobby,  Kimball Sargeant, Richard Yamagata

Absent (4): Jim Frame, Jan Meizel, Steve McMahon, Robert Nickerson,

1. Called to Order at 5:21 p.m. by Chair Teri Greenfield

2. Agenda approved by consensus

3. Public comment - none

4. The minutes of the 3/15/11 regular meeting of the board were approved unanimously on a motion by Bill Buchanan, seconded by Kimball Sargeant.

5. City Media grant purchases (Sheila Evans)

Sheila reported that she has requested reimbursement from the City for expenses to date. The Adobe software has arrived and the Office Suite (or alternative) is next.

6. Domain name updates (Jim Frame)

Jim was not in attendance and so it was not possible to affirm that the necessary steps have been taken to secure the dcn.davis.ca.us and dcn.org domain names. 

It was recommended that officer positions be provided with appropriate email addresses: President@   Vice President@  Treasurer@  Secretary@ so that transitions can happen without problems.

7. Jason Best meeting recap (Steve McMahon) 

In Steve's absence it was reported by others who had attended the lunch meeting with Jason, on Friday, April 8, that there was a very pleasant conversation with the City of Davis' new IT Director. Jason had little knowledge or understanding about DCN and seemed pleased to be 'put in to the picture.'

8. Internet History Project (Bill Buchanan)

The idea for this video history project about the birth, growth, significance and impacts of DCN had been brought forward b Bill some weeks ago. Today he circulated a rough draft of the idea and asked for questions and comments. The board's interest and enthusiasm was apparent and several people came up with new leads, interesting information and insights into the history and the early participants. The next step is to touch base with other people and groups who might be interested in the project to provide informational input or be able to work on it in some capacity.  Bill will make a start on this and report back on responses.

9. Celebrate Davis (Sheila Evans)

Sheila reported that she will be submitting the application and fee. The new banner is probably ready and could be used even before the Celebrate Davis event. A Theme Poster is needed - featuring volunteers.  The OPC will pull all of this together.

10. Committee reports

RAC: Jan reported that the Soroptomist request this month was approved and that the committee reviewed the plans for a DCN Resource User's Guidebook with interest and suggestions.

OPC - has not met since last month but is planning to meet very soon.

Web Team - classes are going well. One class (Cutting The Cable) with more than 45 sign-ups has been moved to the Senior Center. 

11. Announcements 

A generous donation has been received from the Davis Bike Club which has been working with Steve on the development of their CMS website using DCN tools.

12. Adjournment 6:13 p.m.

NEXT BOARD MEETING: May 21, 2011

Humbly submitted

Anne Hance, Secretary