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1.....Meeting
started at 7.45pm.
2.....Apologies
received from Derek Kerr, Harry McKnight, Peter Maine and Sid
Freeman.
3.....Minutes
of 28th January 2004 were approved as a true record of the meeting.
4.....Matters Arising
No Matters arising from above minutes.
5.....Chair’s
Report
The projector has now been purchased and we look forward to some
improved presentations. The photo competition was again the highlight
of a good year and we ought to look at organising an exhibition
in the near future, possibly in the town library. A very good
year that saw the club celebrate its 20th anniversary.
6......Secretary’s Report
Another
varied programme for 2004, with a wide variety of topics ranging
through software and hardware presentations to music and finally
another successful Digital Photo competition. The two social events
were also very well supported. Attendances were again good, averaging
around 15 members per evening. The committee are currently planning
the programme for 2005 that hopefully will be varied and interesting
to members. Members were encouraged to share their knowledge,
interests and experiences with the club. Volunteer speakers are
always very welcome.
7.....Treasurer’s
Report
An extremely good response to the donation
appeal for the club projector which allowed us to purchase it
before Christmas – a big thank you to all those who donated.
Even allowing for the money put towards the projector purchase,
funds are still fairly healthy and with respect to club outlays,
we should have enough funds to allow subscriptions to remain at
the 2004 level of £12 per annum. A question was raised to
whether we have enough members. The club requires around 24/25
members to maintain current fund levels. We do have a small turn
over of members each year and new members are always very welcome.
8.....Elections
...........The following members
were elected:
...........Chair
– Ivor Ruddle
...........Proposed: Mike Taylor
...........Seconded: Geoff Walsh
...........Treasurer
– Derek Taylor
...........Proposed: Steve Orrell
...........Seconded:
Peter Simpson
...........Cttee.
Members –
...........Geoff Walsh
...........Derek
Kerr
...........Larry Larson
...........Re-elected
unanimously.
9.....Newsletter & Club Website
The
newsletter was well received by members who not only found it
interesting but its delivery gave a timely reminder of the next
meeting.
Members
were asked to consider contributing articles to the newsletter.
Committee members will be happy to receive them preferably electronically,
which eases the process of transfer to the newsletter.
Chris
Fox- Mapletoft requested that more members joined the member’s
area where the club can develop ideas for club members.
The general consensus was that the website was developing well
and had a nice professional feel about it. Chris promised to check
the source code to see why the site appears difficult to search
for on various search engines.
10.....Feedback from 2004 topics
and ideas for future topics
2004
had been well received by members present and they felt that the
presentations went well. Members were reminded not to sit back
and be quiet if they did not understand something. Never be frightened
to ask for clarification.
...........Topics
for 2004 included
...........PC Security & Viruses
...........MP3 music
...........Servers
...........Data Storage
...........Ideas for 2005 include
...........Graphics
Packages
...........DreamWeaver
...........Damaged Data Recovery
...........Equipment Upgrading
11....Any
Other Business
...........None.
.....Meeting closed at 8.45 pm.
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