Meeting of the Executive
March 15, 2007

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

Secretary’s Report

It was moved by Paul and seconded by Alva that the minutes be approved as presented. Passed.

Treasurers Report

Total Balance as of March 14, 2007 is $ 1,602.99.
Elizabeth moved acceptance of the Treasurer’s Report and Paul seconded. Passed.

Membership Report

George reported that we have 27 members. There were 18 members and one visitor at the March meeting.

Re: enquiry into recent dropped memberships occasioned the reminder that someone who wishes to attend infrequently may pay $5.00 per meeting rather than pay a membership fee.

Publicity

Alva reported she has not placed any further ads. She said that the Examiner has not been printing her notice to publicize our meetings.

Newsletter

There was a newsletter in March.

Webmaster

Paul said that although our url bill has been paid, he is still getting requests for payment. He may have to change the registration company if this continues.

He and Mike are working on a redesign of the site, He is intending to make it easier to find information on the site.

According to our bylaws the webmaster has the final decision on what to post on our web site. The Executive voted in support of Paul that an article submitted by Ken was not suitable for our web site.

Anniversary Committee

No Report

Vintage SIG

Ray reported that the TPUG Site has a link to our Web site. They are selling their Commodore equipment. Seemingly, there is a market for antique equipment and manuals.

PC SIG

Mike sent the following report:

Program presented on March 6, 2007:
Elizabeth: digital Images and Painting: How they work together. Elizabeth brought three of her paintings, and also presented them via Adobe Premiere explaining about how she works with digital Images as a basis for her artwork.

Paul: Constitution Presentation:
Paul outlined the upcoming time line concerning constitutional amendments, and executive changes. Final voting for the 2007-2008 executive will be in June.

Mike: Discussion of Future Programs:
An interactive brainstorming took place concerning program/project possibilities. Many ideas were presented, most of which will be incorporated into our monthly meetings in the future.

Digital SIG

The DI SIG met on Tuesday March 13 in the Georgian Room of the Library. There were 14 members present.

Ken Elliott continued demonstrating “evaluation” with a presentation of his good and not so good slides. Melvina demonstrated collage creation with her new version of FotoFusion.

Other members showed some of their work including an album of stunning black and white photos by Gunter.

We discussed future meetings. There was a request for information on photo blogs. Mike has agreed to give his presentation on “noise” at the April meeting. We may have a photo outing when the weather is warmer. Also another visit to Henry’s was suggested. Kathleen offered to demonstrate “Stationary” at a future meeting.

Video SIG

The Video SIG met on Thursday, February 22, 2007. The evening closed with discussion and decisions on how to apply our specific interests to the club membership as a whole. (See “ Business Arising from the Minutes” regarding Camtasia below.) The greater part of the evening was spent exploring Dave’s new Movie Editing Program; Premiere Elements 2.0 It offers a much broader “canvas” in options of up to 7 audio tracks and video streams.

The next meeting will be in Dave’s office on Thursday, March 22nd. Elizabeth was asked to come and show what she did with Premiere Elements.

Business arising from the Minutes

Computer Show:

Paul investigated Aladdin as a possible venue for a Computer Show during our Anniversary Year. He feels it offers many advantages. It costs $400.00 a day. (There may also be insurance costs.) We can invite other groups to join us.
Purchase of Camtasia: The Executive agreed to consider the purchase of Camtasia for the Club. Paul will get a price and contact members before purchasing it. The program would allow not just videotaping the proceedings, but also incorporating the related computer screen images.

New Business

It was proposed that the Club would benefit by having a speaker system. Dave will look into it.

Adjournment

AT 9.15 pm Paul moved that the meeting be adjourned. Seconded by Dave. Passed