The meeting opened with introductions of all present and brief
reasons why they joined the group.
Z-Fest: Lee Bradley reminded the group that he offered a $50
honorarium for each keynote speaker. Bruce Morgen accepted the
invitation with an additional request that Z-Fest pay for his motel
room. It was pointed out that there was a $400 budget to pay for
running Z-Fest and that it would set a precedent if we were to do this
that would put a strain on the club budget. It was decided that the
group could not honor this request. A suggestion was made that a
collection could be taken up from those willing to lend a hand to help
defray some of these costs. Lee Bradley then brought up the following
proposals that had been voted on during the Executive meeting: 1. Have
a two tier membership fee, $10 and $20. The $10 membership would get
the "Smaller is Better" while the $20 or deluxe will also have a
subscription to the Lee's "8 Bits & Change."
Brian was concerned that CCP/M in its goal to become a national
organization may not be abiding by current bylaws. He stated that "non-
profit" may turn into "profit," there were arbitrary changes made in
the by-laws in attempting to achieve a national status and the goals
of the group should be clearly defined. [President's note: a review of
the bylaws indicated no such conflict.] He also saw potential problems
in maintaining a viable treasury, i.e, how monies would be spent or
prorated when a number of the membership are out of state and cannot
attend meetings to voice there respective opinions.
President Jim Taylor voiced his opinion that CCP/M was on track
and would face any problems if they arose. Other members of the group
thought these potential problems had the necessary safeguards.
The dues change schedule was approved by an 8-3 vote.
It was also noted and accepted that any member who had paid their
dues at the old rate by December 1, 1990, would be considered a
"deluxe" member automatically.
Also pertaining to the above dues, it was voted and unanimously
accepted that current and future officers of CCP/M will not have to
pay any dues during their terms of office, the "deluxe" membership
applies.
Al Hathway got the fun portion of the program started and the
computers and modems got into action. [Comments by Lee Bradley: Al
fired up ZDB (Z-DataBase) and attempted to discuss its features. The
heavy business emphasis and sometimes heated discussion left us with
insufficient time to do this software justice. At least three members
have indicated planned programs and business meetings should be
scheduled on different nights.]
Attendance: Lee Bradley, Tom Mannion, Gary Stagliano, Carolyn
Wyman, Stuart Holden, Bob Bates, Bob Conlon, Jim Taylor, Steve
Dresser, Stephen Griswold, Reno Franconi, Rick Swenton, Gwen Robinson,
Brian Nalewajek and two guests from the Seattle, Washington area, Biff
Bueffel and Ludovic Hemelryck.
