{"id":701,"date":"2023-04-11T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/?p=701"},"modified":"2023-04-11T18:33:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T01:33:54","slug":"march-14th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/?p=701","title":{"rendered":"March 14th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The meeting was called to order by John Walker at 6:07 pm.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n

Board members present:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

John Walker, Warren King, Donna Pikl (via Zoom), Richard Milewski, Ron<\/span>
Dixon, Henry Neugass, Ty Davison, Donita Zwolak (via Zoom). A quorum was present.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n

Minutes review:<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

A motion to accept the minutes of the February 14, 2023 meeting was made, seconded and carried.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n

Treasurer\u2019s report:<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

<\/span>Current total balance is $ 791.84. Ron asked Donna to provide a list of paid members. Donna will e-mail it<\/span>
to him.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n

Old Business:<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/h4>\n
Action items:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n


John reported that the facilities contract was delayed by other activities being performed by Center 50+<\/span>
personnel (Alvin). Alvin indicated that he would be working on our contract shortly.<\/span><\/span>
Richard reported on the SMUG website. He again reminded Board members that he needs a short bio of<\/span>
each of the of<\/span>fi<\/span><\/span>cers for the web site. Richard has posted a copy of the bylaws on the web site and noted<\/span>
that they were in need of major revision. He has also posted a working copy on the web site for use in the<\/span>
revision effort. A discussion was held about the best way to update the bylaws. Ty volunteered to lead the<\/span>
effort.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n

Standing items:<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

<\/span>Attendance at the February meeting was 5 in-person and 3 on Zoom.<\/span><\/span>
Program – The March presentation will be Apple HomeKit with a short update on ChatGPT, if time allows.<\/span>
The April presentation will be on the Ventura operating system for Macs and Henry\u2019s postponed<\/span>
presentation on Mac Short-Takes will take place in May. June\u2019s presentation will be on Security and<\/span>
Privacy. July\u2019s will be Apple One.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Tabled items:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
    \n
  • Spark Studio – Nothing new to report.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Mentoring Program – tabled inde<\/span>fi<\/span><\/span>nitely<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Dues collection via website – John and Donna will work at implementing Zelle as an alternative.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    <\/div>\n

    New Business:<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

    <\/span>The Board members began a collaborative effort of reviewing and updating the bylaws. Suggestions were<\/span>
    made and preliminary changes were made to the working copy.<\/span><\/span>
    Ron informed the group that he would miss the next two meetings. John will secure a substitute secretary.<\/span><\/span>
    <\/span><\/p>\n

    Action items:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
      \n
    • Facilities contract – John<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Clarify number of remaining pre-paid facility fees – John<\/span><\/span>
      <\/span><\/li>\n
    • Web site changes – Richard<\/span><\/span>
      <\/span><\/li>\n
    • Bylaws update – Ty and Richard<\/span><\/span>
      <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Adjournment:<\/span><\/span>
      <\/span><\/h4>\n

      John adjourned the Board Meeting @ 6:50 pm.<\/span><\/span>
      <\/span><\/p>\n

      By:<\/span> Ron Dixon, Secretary<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The meeting was called to order by John Walker at 6:07 pm. Board members present:\u00a0 John Walker, Warren King, Donna Pikl (via Zoom), Richard Milewski, RonDixon, Henry Neugass, Ty Davison, Donita Zwolak (via Zoom). A quorum was present. Minutes review: A motion to accept the minutes of the February 14, 2023 meeting was made, seconded …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":705,"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oregonapples.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}