The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Rogue Area Senior Computer Assistance League was held on March 9, 2010 at the Josephine County Fairgrounds Floral Building, Grants Pass, Oregon. The following Board members were present: Galen Garretson, President; Ron Willing, Vice President; Naomi Carlson, Treasurer; Patricia Hentges, Membership Director; and Murray Johnson, Communications/Facility Director.and Secretary, Velma Gustafson Members signing the roster of attendance were: Betty Buskirk, Vivian Dagnan, Jeannette Daily, and Joan McDowell.

President Galen Garretson began the meeting at 11:37 hrs.

Secretary's Report: Velma Gustafson noted the minutes of the May Board meeting were approved and placed on the RASCAL website.Velma Gustafson noted the minutes of the May Board meeting were approved and placed on the RASCAL website.

She suggested promoting Bill Porter's Photo Shop class to be held in the Flower Building on Tuesdays. This was discussed. Murray said he is working on a dispatch about the class at this time. An article will be placed in the newsletter. The fairgrounds requested a twenty dollar donation per class for use of the Flower Building after the meetings.

Treasurer's Report: Naomi Carlson reported:

Naomi Carlson has still not received the billing from the Bulk Mail Center. She is showing this bill as payable and not sure of the amount he will render. We have $23.756.00 in our savings, CD's, which we rolled over, and our checking account. The e postcard has been filed with the IRS. Which is what we have to file, being a non-profit, and under $25.000.00. of income a year. The state cd12 has also been filed. All of our forms have been filed. Our membership income is down about 18% this year. We have had a slight drop in our membership. She requested approval to pay for our picnic park rental. Do we want 2 pavilions? This was discussed.

We voted on approval to rent two spaces including a cleaning deposit. Approved.

She suggested promoting Bill Porter's Photo Shop class to be held in the Flower Building on Tuesdays. This was discussed. Murray said he is working on a dispatch about the class at this time. An article will be placed in the newsletter. The fairgrounds requested a twenty dollar donation per class for use of the Flower Building after the meetings.

Membership Director's Report: Pat Hentges reported:

We have 910 individual members as of the end of March, and we welcomed 20 new members. In these 3 months, we are 80 members down. She asked for a discussion regarding the purchase of software for a project. This was discussed and will be researched.
Action: follow up by Ron, Galen.

Communications Director's Report: Murray Johnson reported:

We received a fifty dollar rebate for our new computer. One of our mikes' is in the shop. He's waiting for an estimate. He will purchase a new router for $30.00. A projector bulb for the Hitachi will cost $376.95. We voted on this purchase and it was approved.
Action: Murray will purchase bulb. He advised using a unique user name for our new H.P. This was agreed upon.

Education Director's Report: Lou Garrotto was not present. Patricia Hentges reported for him. Training would like to thank Galen for installing two programs on the computer lab.

Vice President's Report: No report.

President's Report: Galen Garretson talked about back up for Ginny on the website and suggested getting a volunteer for her. Ron Willing said, he would be happy to go over the program with her and help as needed.
Action: Ron will follow up with Ginny.

Social Director's Report: Jeannette Daily talked about a RASCAL couple who have volunteered their services to sing at our Christmas party. She gave the board a tape and a CD of their music to listen to for approval.
Action: The board will advise. She also passed out menus from E & I Catering with prices for our annual picnic.
Action: The members will decide which menu they prefer. The board decided what gift we will give to our volunteers at our October business meeting.

Footprints: The public service announcements have been mailed to local tv stations. Search for reasonably priced bumper stickers continues. And the scholarship is on hold until the April 20th vote.

Historian Vivian Dagnan asked if a volunteer that gave a presentation and handed out presentations can be paid for the printing costs. This was okay. The presentation can be sent via email to 4th and H. They have inter office mail. It will be printed at the main college and sent to 4th and H for pick up.
Action: Galen will find out who the contact person is and get their name and email for future reference.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted
Velma Gustafson, Secretary

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