Minutes of Genesee Free-Net Board of Directors Meeting March 22, 2001

PRESENT

Mary Ann Chick-Whiteside President
Les LeMieux Vice-President
Scott Swedorski Board
Garry Viele Secretary pro tem
Chad Cramer Board and Staff
Kenny Thomas Staff
Kay Schwartz Treasurer
Pat Peterson Board
Darrell Allen Board
Ann Chow Board
Ingrid Halling Guest
Scott Gifford Guest
Dale of the Resource Center Guest

ABSENT:

Sara Lajavic
Jerry Preston
Johanna Brown

Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 5:15, March 22, 2001 by President Mary Ann Chick Whiteside at the Resource Center.

PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no comments from the public

CHANGES TO AGENDA There were no changes to the agenda as published and distributed

OFFICERS REPORTS

Chair. No Report

Vice President. No Report

Secretary's Report No Report

Treasurer's Report
Les L. moved to approve the report. Garry V. supported the motion. Motion passed unanimously. Kay S. proposed a budget for January through December 2001. Ann moved to approve the budget. Les L. supported. The motion passed unanimously.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Finance Committee No Report

Web Site Committee
No submissions. Please watch for bouncebacks and report them.

Office Committee
Discussion of insurance and liability. Les will look into it. The office will move to the Tucows location for the month of April. Voice mail will be changed to give the Tucows number. The telephone number will be changed on the web site. Mail will be picked up at Genesee District Library.

System Administration
No requests for domain names yet.

A motion was made by Scott S. and supported by Garry V. that the Genesee Free-Net would provide domain web hosting to a non-profit provider for a $150.00 annual contribution plus a one-time $50.00 setup fee. This would include 5mb disk-space and 3 e-mail pop accounts. The domain name registration and any fees for such is the provider's responsibility. The motion passed unanimously.

Les L. moved that a regular information provider account be a $75.00 annual contribution with a one-time setup fee of $25.00 effective July 1, 2001. This would include pseudo web hosting using the www.gfn.org domain, a dial-up account, 1 e-mail account, and 5 mb disk-space. Kay S. supported the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

OLD BUSINESS Strategic Plan: Les L. moved we continue Genesee Free-Net dial-up service and expect a motion at the next meeting to provide some sort of free service. Garry V. supported the motion.

Tucows will come up with a tiered system of payment and use based on the Naples, Florida system. Les will provide more information on that system next month.

The Disability Network needs volunteers to help in their new lab.

NEW BUSINESS

Presentation by Dale, CEO of the Resource Center, gave a brief overview of the organization and its purpose to promote volunteerism and volunteer effectiveness. The Resource Center has written a grant to the Mott Foundation, and it requested the Genesee Free-Net partner with it in this project. Garry V. made a motion that the Genesee Free-Net partner with the Resource Center on the Community Information and Technology Project, 2001-2004. Kay S. supported the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

Approval of the minutes of the February meeting was tabled until the April meeting.

Next Meeting The next meeting will be May 24, 2001 at the Genesee District Library Grand Blanc Branch on Perry Road. At 5:00 pm - Note change from 5:15 pm.

ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned 6:45 PM.

Respectfully submitted

Pat Peterson