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RockComp Computer Club Business Meeting April 01, 2009

Minutes of Exec Meeting...March 31, 2009

President Dale Clark opened the exec meeting of RockComp at 9:00 AM March 31 in the Rickard Lab. Those present were Dale Clark, Dale Fosjord, Chuck Rickard, Jim Lettenmaier, Irv & Penny Swanson.

Penny Swanson acting as substitute secretary read the minutes of the March exec meeting.

Dale Fosjord was unable to open his files on the computer in the lab so decided that his report would be waived and given just at the general meeting.

There was a general discussion on classes for the 09-10 season. Open labs were also discussed at length with the consensus that we have at least one more night. Open labs were well used this year.

Chuck gave his opinion of the new Conflict C worm that is supposed to hit computers on April 1. Chuck feels the ordinary guy need not worry as we are outside the target area, those being big corporations, government, universities etc.

Problems with the internet rose again and not being able to get on line at meeting when it is needed. We batted around various solutions. Decided that Chuck would try his router and then see what happens.

Having a meal as a fund raiser was also discussed. Dale will try to book at date for one with Peggy and then we will decide in the fall what kind of meal, if any that we will have.

Wells Fargo sent out 2 debits cards. Neither Dale F or Dale C feel they want to use them so they have been returned to Wells Fargo. We wish to continue using cheques.

Jim attended and gave a report on the EVAAC and AZAAC meetings.

A discussion followed on whether we should put our old computers in the lobby for use by the general park residents. We have at least 2 computers that could be used for dial up for any one who wanted to use them.

The meeting adjourned at 10:20 AM
Submitted by
Penny Swanson

Minutes of RockComp General meeting April 1,2009

President Dale Clark brought the April general meeting to order at 9:30 AM.

All stood and pledged allegiance to the flag of the USA. Dale then introduced the club officers.

Penny Swanson as substitute secretary made the motion that the minutes the March general meeting be adopted as posted on the RockComp website. Fred Kudym seconded the motion but with the change of time from 6:00 PM to 4-6 PM for the potluck supper. Carried

Dale C read the treasurers report. We have $1559.49 in our account with several cheques still outstanding. Jim Lettenmaier moved the reports as read, seconded by Grace Lunt.

Jim Lettenmaier gave the EVAAC & AZAAC reports. Jim will go to the April meeting at Las Palmas Grande on April 13. The March meeting at Golden Vista revealed that they too are having problems with internet during presentations. We are not alone with that problem. Dale & Jim went to the March 28 meeting and found they are having problems getting speakers and some are using a webcast for speakers.

Chuck bought a Hawking Hi-Gain Signal Booster on EBay (corrected: from Amazon.com) for $30.00 less than he could get it in a store. He paid $61.95 for it. This booster will enable us to receive signal from the lab for our internet.

A general discussion on classes and instructors with various ideas a being put forth.

Grace is working on the manual for next years new members.

Don brought several print outs of an article in the Mesa Tribune regarding the Conflict C worm. These were passed out to all those present.

Don served free coffee this AM. He said people were so generous in their donations that he was able to have $18.00 deposited in the bank as a result.

Fred said it was so good to see so many using the BBS and hoped we'd all continue to use it over the summer.

Fred made the motion for adjournment, seconded by Darlene Johnson Carried.

Submitted by Penny Swanson

News from The Valley of The Sun

Saturday Jery and I are relocating back to Prescott for the summer. Rock Shadows is deserted although Jery said they had four tables of four for Canasta Thursday afternoon.
Last Tuesday the temperature reached 102° in Phoenix for the first 100° degree day for this season. The Valley can look forward to over 100 such days before it cools off again.
Wednesday evening I experienced my third flat tire on our little red car which is less than two years old. The culprit in all cases was a faulty valve stem. I did some research on the internet today and found that 30 million Chinese made valve stems have been recalled. The problem is you do not know if you have a defective Chinese made valve stem without removing the tire from it's rim. I had the fourth one replaced before it went bad. There have been deaths recorded due to this problem. If you have had one failure, do not hesitate to have all of the valve stems replaced. Wal*Mart fixed my flat tire for free but charged me $2.00 for a valve stem on the forth one. I think the defective valve stems were generally installed during 2007. If you bought new tires recently, check with your dealer.
We had a great breakfast at The Village Inn last Sunday morning. Thanks.

The Diamondbacks won two games this past week and lost two games. They are now next to last, ahead of Colorado in the National League West. We hope that better days are ahead. They have now won six games and lost nine for .400%. The pitching has been great but the offence has been way below par.

Chuck