MINUTES

OF THE

BOARD MEETING

Date of Meeting: December 20, 2005

Present at the Meeting:

Dick Vaughn, President

Vern Nelson, Vice President & Web Manager

Bob Earl, Secretary

Ray Schrecengost, Treasurer

Bill Johnson, Activities

Al Galvi, Member at Large

Absent from the meeting:

Elton Dyal, Programs

Bernie Peterson, Provost

Bob Walch, Member at Large

Gary Vacin, Member at Large

Dick Vaughn opened the meeting at 9:32 A.M.

The minutes from the November 15, 2005 meeting were approved with the addition of the following text that was inadvertently omitted, “Annual dues are payable on January 1^st. If a new member joins after September, dues will be credited through the following year. This policy does not apply to a former member who wants to be reinstated or a member who has been delinquent and wants to be reinstated. Membership shall be cancelled when a member fails to pay the annual dues by April 1”. This revision will be incorporated in the Policy and Procedures Handbook.

Ray Schrecengost reported that the Club has $549.95 in its bank account. Since last month some funds were used to re-supply pens that are given to individual(s) who provide the program at a General Meeting.

Vern Nelson reported that the SLAC web site has 1,186 visitors during November. During that time, 5,071 pages were reviewed by the visitors.

Bill Johnson reported on the Fly-In to Las Vegas and the Field Trip to the ASU Mars Flight Center Facility. He said the next Fly-In is being planned for the third week in January to visit the March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California.

Dick Vaughn reported that the Club will conduct an election at the next General Meeting on December 21, 2005. The offices of Vice President and Treasurer are scheduled for election this year. Ballots have been prepared with names of members identified by the nominating committee and there will be a call from the floor for nominations of additional names for the offices that will be voted upon.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM LAST MEETING

An item tabled from the November 15 meeting was a discussion regarding a new PA system that features remote microphones. Sam Doria was to explore various methods and equipment in order to provide a report regarding cost and availability. Sam, however, was not at the meeting and it was tabled until January. Another item discussed last month was a need for a video projector, however the cost seems prohibitive.

NEW BUSINESS

Vern suggested that member ID tags should be displayed from a lanyard rather than being clipped to a member’s clothing. He said Jim Parish had done some research on ID Tags. This is the preliminary report forwarded by email from Jim Parish, “The Computer Booters have a neat ( cool ) identification badge. It hangs from a lanyard around the neck and is encased in a 3x4" clear plastic pouch. The cloth lanyard has "Computer Booters of Sun Lakes" embroidered in it. It always stays in front, level, is large enough to read at a distance and is very substantial.

I called their supplier and got a price for the same thing, less the name of "SLAC" embroidered on it. The plain lanyard is $1.80 plus $.60 for the pouch when ordered in lots of 50 coming to $2.40 each or $120. total. There may be a cheaper source if we really were serious. This is for your info. Let me know if you want more done. Jim”

No action was taken by the Board.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:133 AM.

Respectfully Submitted 12/20/05

Robert Earl

Secretary