PRESENT:
Larry Porn, Chair
Scott Gifford, Vice Chair
Solomon Johnson, Secretary
Dennis Cavanaugh, Treasurer
Janet Craig, Board
Nicolette Hodge, Board
Chad Cramer, Website

ABSENT:
Chris Hall, Board

Call to order at 5:07pm. Board Chair Larry Porn presiding.

Additions to Agenda.
QuickBooks was ordered by Scott from Tech Soup with three (3) user licenses. Cost estimate was $99.

Financial Report.
Treasurers Report.
GFN Status.
Treasurer Dennis Cavanaugh reported that a checking deposit deposit in the amount of $1080.00 was made on 06/17/2010 with the ELGA checking account balance at $2019.84 on 06/22/2010. The savings account balance was $22,473.67. Expenses paid from 06/01/2010 through 06/17/2010 totaled $1319.99.

Secretary Comments.
Chad will post the board minutes to the GFN Website.

Office Report.
The DSL modem still drops out. Staff has been trained on how to restart the modem. Eight (8) accounts were removed from the server this month and eight(8) were shut off on the fifteenth. The office procedures manual continues to be updated.

Systems Report.
Data migration to the DELL server continues. Chad is using Rsync (program) for data migration from gfn.org to ns.gfn.org. Chad reported that mail data needs syncing. The database is moved and working with the interface UDF and needs to be checked out. Chad has put information on work done so far in the Wiki.

The DELL server had to be restarted several times and on a few occasions RADIUS was not running and was restarted. RADIUS is the validation server and members cannot log on through the modem pool when it is down. Systems people are working to diagnose. Staff should call Chad or Larry when members cannot log on.

Web Server Status.
Chad removed some dead Web accounts. He was away for a week and sick for another week. Joe Bean has been doing some Drupal work on the SJV site. Scott and Chad chatted about how to proceed with MBEA mail setup.

Modems.
The 123 modems are running with monitoring software. Telnet PRI line modems (23 modems) cost $19 per modem per month. GFN needs to better utilize Telnet PRI line modems. 123 modems are only charged by usage. Larry reported that on average 7.5 members are logged on at the same time. Need to get a list of members to switch to Telnet.

Other Old Business.
MNA (Michigan Nonprofit Association) Program Status.
The Board was notified in a letter from MNA that a sub-award in the amount of $7146 had been approved for GFN. The MOU (memorandum of understanding) between MNA and GFN to be submitted back to MNA was processed by Scott and Larry at the Board meeting.

A survey developed with the help of the MNA consultant has not been distributed yet. A marketing plan is one of the next steps to accomplish. Need scripts for radio station spots and need to set up cafe press spot on WJRT channel 12. Larry, Denny and Nicky are working on marketing. Scott has the name of a possible marketing consultant but does not know if the person is available to work with GFN. The grant was obtained through September 23, 2010 at which time work must be completed.

Strategic planning needs to get traction. Nobody seems to have time to devote. GFN needs to actively recruit a number of people like Kirsten (Larry's niece) to work with prospects whose Web sites might be hosted by GFN. The need is to generate enough customers for Web site hosting to pay the expense of the server at SectorLink. Two tasks emerged from discussion: develop the marketing plan and find the areas that have only dial-up capability that GFN might recruit members from.

Scott Gifford sought the sense of the Board for developing a market implementation committee and strategic planning committee. After favorable response, Scott moved that the Board set up two adhoc committees, each authorized to obtain a consultant to work with. The adhoc marketing committee to develop a marketing approach and the adhoc strategic planning committee to set up a strategic planning retreat. The motion was seconded by Dennis Cavanaugh. The motion carried.

Marketing committee members are Dennis Cavanaugh, Nicolette Hodge, Scott Gifford and Larry Porn.
Strategic planning committee members are Chad Cramer, Scott Gifford, Larry Porn and Solomon Johnson.

New Business.
Progress has to be made in two areas: Web accounts and recruitment of new dial-up customers.

Comments.
None.

Adjournment: 7:05pm.

Next Meeting.
The next regular Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 22, 2010, 5:00pm, at Bristolwood Community of Christ Church, 1158 West Bristol Road, Flint MI, 48507-5518.

Respectfully Submitted,

Solomon T Johnson, Secretary