The meeting was called to order at 6:09 PM by John Walker, President.

Warren King moved to accept the minutes of the June meeting be accepted as emailed.  Henry N. seconded the motion.  The motion was unanimously approved.

Treasurer’s report:  Donna Pikl reported that the beginning balance in the checking account is $661.84.  The Board authorized Donna to pay $160.00 to Center 50+ for the use of the meeting rooms for the last four meetings.  This will leave the club with a balance of $501.84.

Tonight’s meeting will be on using your iPhone for photography.  

It was mentioned that settings for the key board may be a potential topic.

The October meeting  will be on 3D printing led by Richard M. with Henry N. in support.

The November meeting will be Apple updates with Ty Davison  Also, the slate of officers for the next year will be presented at this meeting.

The December meeting will be the election of officers, Christmas party, and sharing favorite apps.

Donna suggested that all of the Board members share their phone numbers with one another so we can contact one another in case of emergency or to change or cancel a meeting due to weather.  The Board thought this was a good idea.  The Board members will give their numbers to Donna who will collect and then distribute them to all the Board members.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:20 PM by John Walker

I. The meeting was called to order by John Walker at 6:14 pm on 6/11/24.
II. Present
A. Board members:
a) John Walker, Warren King, John Schmotzer, Richard Milewski, Donna Pikl
2. At large board members:
a) Ty Davison
3. A quorum was present.
B. Total at meeting:
1. Present: 7
2. Zoom: 3
III. Minutes review:
A. A motion to accept the minutes of the May 14, 2024 meeting was made,
seconded and the motion carried.
IV. Treasurer’s report:
A. Donna reported that the account balance as of May 31 was $ 661.84.
1. A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made, seconded and the
motion carried.
2. Moved and seconded to pay for April, May, June fee for meeting room.
Passed. $120.
a) Has not been paid as of this meeting.
V. Old Business:
1. Review Future presentations
a) June – World Wide Developers Conference
b) July – iPhone photos
c) Sept – Ad blocking, plus
B. New Business:
1. None
VI. Standing items:
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A. None
VII. Tabled items:
A. Mentoring Program:
VIII.Action items:
A. None
IX. Adjournment:
A. The meeting was adjourned @ 6:47 pm.
By: John Schmotzer, Secretary
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I. The meeting was called to order by John Walker at 6:14 pm on 5/14/24.
II. Present
A. Board members:
a) John Walker, Warren King, John Schmotzer, Donna Pikl, Richard Milewski
2. At large board members:
a) Donita Zwolak
3. A quorum was present.
B. Total at meeting:
1. Present: 9
2. Zoom: 0 (No zoom this meeting)
III. Minutes review:
A. There were no minutes kept at the last meeting.
IV. Treasurer’s report:
A. Donna reported that the account balance as of April 30 was $ 661.84.
1. A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made, seconded and the
motion carried.
2. Moved and seconded to pay for April, May, June fee for meeting room.
Passed. $120
V. Old Business:
1. Review Future presentations
a) June – World Wide Developers Conference
b) July – iPhone photos
c) Sept – ?
2. In our January meeting, Henry brought up adding a description of the
meetings to Facebook page.
a) There are concerns that this might not be useful and is not being perused
at this point.
B. New Business:
1. None
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VI. Standing items:
A. None
VII. Tabled items:
A. Mentoring Program:
VIII.Action items:
A. None
IX. Adjournment:
A. The meeting was adjourned @ 6:45pm.
By: John Schmotzer, Secretary
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I. The meeting was called to order by John Walker at 6:12 pm on 3/12/24.

II. Present

Board members:

John Walker, Warren King, John Schmotzer, Donna Pikl, Richard Milewski, Ty Davison, Donita Zwolak
A quorum was present.

Total at meeting:

1. Present: 10
2. Zoom: 0

III. Minutes review:

A motion to accept the amended minutes of the February 13, 2023 meeting was made, seconded and the motion carried.

IV. Treasurer’s report:

Donna reported that the account balance as of Feb. 30 was $ 751.84. Thirty dollars in dues not deposited yet.

1. A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made, seconded and the motion carried.
2. $120 check was given to Center 50+ for meeting room rent.

V. Old Business:

1. Review Future presentations

a) March – Firefox update
b) April – Apple Vision and New iPads if updated
c) May – Henry short takes (open for requests)
d) June – World Wide Developers Conference
e) July – iPhone photos?

2. In our January meeting, Henry brought up adding a description of the meetings to Facebook page.

a) Q and A – Record question and answer in a line or two, send to Henry
b) This hasn’t happened yet. The idea seems to be that each of us send Henry our thoughts on the meeting. Then he will create a summary for posting on facebook. It is hoped that this will help people checking on the page to see what we do.

B. New Business:

1. We helped Donna clean up the SMUG members list.

VI. Standing items:

A. Donna – Zelle is only for individuals not groups

VII. Tabled items:

A. Mentoring Program:

VIII. Action items:

A. None

IX. Adjournment:

A. The meeting was adjourned @ 6:51pm.

By: John Schmotzer, Secretary

I. The meeting was called to order by at 6:12 pm.

II. Members Present

A. Board Members:

John Walker, Warren King, John Schmotzer, Donna Pikl, Richard Milewski, Henry Neugass, Ty Davison, Donita Zwolak
A quorum was present.

B. Total at meeting:

1. Present: 14

2. Zoom: 1

III. Minutes review:

A. A motion to accept the minutes of the February 13, 2023 meeting was made, seconded and the motion carried.

IV. Treasurer’s report:

A. Donna reported that the account balance as of Jan. 30 was $ 751.84.

1. A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made, seconded and the motion carried.

2. It was decided to pay quarterly.

V. Old Business:

1. Review Future presentations

a) March – Firefox update

b) April – Apple Vision and New iPads if updated

c) May – Henry short takes (open for requests)

d) June – ?

2. In our January meeting, Henry brought up adding a description of the meetings to Facebook page.

a) Q and A – Record question and answer in a line or two, send to Henry

b) Hasn’t happened yet

VI. New Business:

1. Ty shared about his experience with Apple Vision Pro

VII. Standing items:

A. None

VIII. Tabled items:

A. Mentoring Program:

IX. Action items:

A. None

X. Adjournment:

A. The meeting was adjourned @ 6:58 pm.

By: John Schmotzer, Secretary

I. The meeting was called to order at 6:16 pm.

II. Present

1. Board members:

a) John Walker, Warren King, John Schmotzer, Donna Pikl, Richard Milewski

2. At large board members:

a) Henry Neugass, , Ty Davison, , Donita Zwolak

3. A quorum was present.

B. Total at meeting:

1. Present: 11

2. Via Zoom: 0

III. Minutes review:

A. A motion to accept the minutes of the December 12, 2023 meeting was made,
seconded and the motion carried.

IV. Treasurer’s report:

A. Donna reported that the account balance as of Dec. 31 was $ 751.84.

1. A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made, seconded and the motion carried.

2. It was decided to wait to pay the rent until notified.

V. Old Business:

1. Review Future presentations

a) Tonight: Jan – Members demo apps or websites

b) Feb – Decluttering your computer

c) March – Firefox update

d) April – Apple Vision and New IPads if updated

VI. New Business:

1. Henry brought up adding a description of the meetings to Facebook page.

a) Q and A – Record question and answer in a line or two, send to Henry

2. Meet Up – as a possibility for increasing membership was discussed.

a) Costs prohibitive regardless of effectiveness.

3. May presentation – Henry short takes?

VII. Standing items:

A. None

VIII. Tabled items:

A. Mentoring Program:

IX. Action items:

A. None

IX. Adjournment:

A. The meeting was adjourned @ 6:52 pm.

By: John Schmotzer, Secretary

I. The meeting was called to order by John Walker at 6:09 pm.

II. Present
A. Board members:

John Walker, Ty Davison, Warren King, Richard Milewski, Donna Pikl, Henry
Neugass, Donita Zwolak, Marcia Minton. A quorum was present.

B. Total at meeting:

 Present: 11
Via Zoom: 1

Minutes review:

 A motion to accept the minutes of the October 10, 2023 meeting was made,
seconded and carried.

Treasurer’s report:

Donna reported that the account balance as of the end of Oct. 31 was $ 741.84.

It appears that there will be enough money to pay for the meeting room through
the end of the year.

Old Business:

Slate of officers for next month’s election:

1. President: John Walker
2. Vice President: Warren King
3. Secretary: John Schmotzer
4. Treasurer: Donna Pikl
5. Webmaster: Richard Milewski
6. At large board members: Henry Neugass, Donna Pikl, Donita Zwolak

Membership:

• Creating a YouTube video explaining what we are? Idea should be explored.
• Terry Ellen – help with the Facebook page

VI. New Business:

Future presentations

1. Jan – Members demo apps or websites
2. Feb – Decluttering your computer
3. March – Firefox update
4. April – ?

Standing items:

 None

Tabled items:

Mentoring Program:

Action items:

None

Adjournment:

The meeting was adjourned @ 6:32 pm.

By: John Schmotzer, Secretary

The meeting was called to order at 6:18 PM by John Walker, President.

Board Members Present: Warren King, Richard Milewski, Henry Neugass, Donna Pikl, Donita Zwolak, and John Walker.
Visitors: John Schmotzer

It was moved and seconded that the minutes of the September meeting be accepted as emailed. The motion passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report: The club has a balance of $661.84 with a $120.00 check outstanding.

Tonight Presentation will be given by Henry Neugass about SENSE, which is an electrical monitoring system.

The November meeting will be about the new Apple Operating System and the presentation of officers to be voted on in the December meeting.
The December meeting will be the membership voting on the slate of officers, our Christmas social with goodies.

John Walker received an email from Ron Dixon letting him know that he was not renewing his membership, and therefore resigning as Club Secretary.

The Board wants to express the appreciation and thanks to Ron for his faithful and high quality service for the membership as secretary. His fellowship and contributions will be missed.

Warren King moved that John Schmotzer be appointed to complete Ron Dixon’s term of office for the months of November and December.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:48 PM.

Respectfully submitted by,
John Walker, President for Ron Dixon

The meeting was called to order by John Walker at 6:10 pm.

Board members present:

John Walker, Warren King, Richard Milewski, Donna Pikl, Ron Dixon, Henry Neugass, Donita Zwolak. A quorum was present.

Minutes review:

A motion to accept the minutes of the July 11, 2023 meeting was made, seconded and carried.

Treasurer’s report:

Donna reported that the account balance as of the end of August was $ 661.84. The Center is owed $120
for the months of June, July and September. Donna will pay that amount.

Old Business:

Membership:

The discussion on recruiting new members continued from last meeting. Richard reported
that there had only been 2 visits to the new Facebook page. The consensus is that today’s younger
computer users use YouTube to gain information rather than club memberships such as SMUG. It was
suggested that we appoint or recruit someone with a marketing background to lead the effort to expand
membership. It was also suggested that we focus our efforts on elderly housing units since there seems
to be a need to help that population. No actions were taken.

By-laws:

The proposed revised by-laws were discussed and the Board voted to send them to the
membership for a vote to adopt at the October meeting. Ron will ask those that will not attend in person to
submit an electronic vote via email to him.

Zelle:

It was pointed out that dues for the coming year are due at the October meeting. It would be an
opportune time to have the ability to use Zelle to pay them. John will follow up.

Standing items:

Program:

It was suggested that we target shorter presentations in the future and expand the Q & A
session as part of the program to attract new members. It was also suggested that we look closely at the
subject of the presentations to ensure that they are of interest to a majority of the membership. The
programs thru February were set at the July meeting.

Tabled items:

Mentoring Program:

Tabled indefinitely.

New Business:

None.

Action items:

Establishment of Zelle capability – John Walker

Adjournment:

The meeting was adjourned @ 7:12 pm.
By: Ron Dixon, Secretary

The meeting was called to order by Warren King at 6:05 pm.

Board members present: Warren King, Donna Pikl, Richard Milewski, Ron Dixon, Henry Neugass, Donita
Zwolak. A quorum was present.

Minutes review:

A motion to accept the minutes of the May 9, 2023 meeting was made, seconded and carried.

Treasurer’s report:

Current total balance is $ 661.84. A payment of $190 was made to Center 50+ to cover the meeting room
rental thru June. A motion was made, seconded and carried that authorized Donna to pay the bill for the
next period

Old Business:

The discussion on attracting new members continued from last month. Since the rental of the facility is
$40 per month, we need about 15 members to maintain financial stability.

Richard mentioned that he had installed an electronic sign driven by an old Mac (donated by Ty) at Spark Studio. It contains a slide promoting SMUG. He suggested that we could perhaps do more locations as more old Macs are donated.

Other methods of advertising were discussed and as a result a motion was made, seconded and carried
to establish a FaceBook page & group (although there were some concern that today’s “younger crowd”
no longer uses Facebook). Henry volunteered to take on the task.

Standing items:

Program

The July presentation will be on Apple One. The program for September will be short
presentations by members of their favorite apps or web sites.

There is no meeting in August. There was adiscussion on whether our program presentations were meeting the needs of the members and might be
a factor in attendance and membership. Ron will send a email to members asking for their suggestions for future presentations.

Tabled items:

• Spark Studio – Nothing new to report.
• Mentoring Program – Tabled indefinitely.

New Business:

There was a discussion about our difficulties with providing Zoom access to the members and Ron was
asked to sent an apology to the membership.

Action items:

Dues collection via website – No report.

By-laws – No report.

Adjournment:

The meeting was adjourned @ 7:07 pm.

By: Ron Dixon, Secretary