May

Minutes of Genesee Free-Net Board of Directors Meeting May 23, 2002

PRESENT

Chad Cramer, Scott Gifford, Les LeMieux, Vahid Lotfi, Pat Peterson, Jerry Preston, and Gary Viele.

Also in attendance: Kenny Thomas.

ABSENT

Ann Chow, Lynette Griffin, Matt Groulx, Georgia Kitchen, Jon McCarron, and Kay Schwartz

The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Gary Viele.

OFFICERS' REPORTS:

Board Chair:

Nothing to report.

Vice Chair:

Chart of timeline and tasks has been completed.

Secretary:

Minutes were approved online.

Treasurer:

No report.

Old Business:

New Plan Implementation:

L. LeMieux reported that custom accounts cannot be created yet because of technical reasons.

Marketing and Outreach Committee:

A user questionnaire is being discussed.

Web Site Committee:

The board members web page is being upgraded. Minutes are posted but not complete. P. Peterson will check into that.

Office Operations Committee:

Three new volunteers are progressing in their orientation. The new computer is installed. L. LeMieux moved that a secure and a regular CRT programs need to be installed at a cost of no more than $150.00. V. Lotfi supported. The motion passed unanimously.

The City of Linden has been paying $75.00 for a web page. It now has its own domain name and will change its web address. The City will be contacted about the new charge of $150.00 in the new plan.

Technical Committee:

S. Gifford volunteered to take on the radius issues for the two hour limit in the new plan.

There have been no “no tokens” in three weeks. K. Thomas will investigate to see what is happening.

Merit has not published reports so we do not know if the Montrose issue is being solved. L. LeMieux volunteered to send them e-mail.

L. LeMieux moved the old disconnected server out of the FALCON office. The Technical Committee will decide what to do with it.

The Technical Committee has ideas on making dynamic web pages work and think it is feasible while making it secure. Scripts can be provided. J. Preston will report this to M. Groulx.

System Administration Committee:

Replicating the data was successful.

Montrose Status:

G. Viele and L. LeMieux are not aware of any complaints. Statistics from Merit are needed.

New Business:

The old office computer will be given to Janet George as soon as the old data is transferred to the new computer.

Proposed Goals and Time Frames. The group approved the Proposed Goals and Time Frames chart. The next goal to be worked on is standards of service for dial-in users. The issue was discussed briefly. All members are asked to check on standards of any other comparable ISP’s. We want to provide the best quality service that we can.

Next meeting: June 27, 2002 at the Flint Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Board Room.

Respectfully submitted,

Pat Peterson