MO-RIVER.NET BOARD MINUTES

Mo-River.Net Board meeting

September 18, 1998

Boonslick Industries Board Room

Board Members Present:  Nick Clark, Jene Crook, Tim Nadeau, Art Schneider, Darin Starr, Harry Stone, Marty Tichenor and Virginia Wessing,

Others Present: Mike Fruin, Bev Fruin, Jo Ann Sullivan, Betty Jean Vollmer.

Call to Order: Darin Starr called the meeting to order at 10:40 a.m.

Minutes: Nick Clark moved and it was seconded the minutes be approved. Passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Art Schneider reported there currently are 26 members and five corporate sponsors. New members are Mo. River Valley Steam and Gas Engine Assn. and Bruce Dumontier. New corporate sponsor is Boonville R-1 School District. Total funds in account: $542.87. Treasurer report approved.

Front Page 98: Art Schneider reported that is has been purchased for members to produce web pages for Mo-River.Net. Ten (minimum license order) CD-ROMs were ordered. Eight were reserved. Two are currently available for purchase at $62.31 apiece. Betty Vollmer reported the Front Page 98 training offered by Darlene Kraus was excellent.

Mo-River.Net Group or Organization Community Information Policy:  After reviewing the proposed policy that was modified at the August meeting, the board changed the wording of the acceptable use policy. Tim Nadeau moved and seconded to accept the policy with the changes. Passed. It will be placed on the web. The acceptable use policy follows:

1. Any business, group or organization can be an information provider to Mo-River.Net, but it must be understood that Mo-River.Net is an education/information 501(C)3 and is non-commercial. This means there can be no advertising, but businesses may be listed.

2. Think about the kind of information that you want to supply. Use the Policies and Guidelines information (at the end of this page) to help you see how your information should be organized and put together and choose the options that will best serve your group or organization.

3. All information stored and submitted to Mo-River.Net should conform to the Community network Policies and Guidelines at the end of this page.

4. If you and your business, group or organization agree to the above statement, then you should choose a member to serve as the information provider. The person will be the one who submits your information to Mo-River.Net. There should be only one information provider per organization.

The following guidelines and procedures apply to all information that is put on the Mo-River.Net system:

1) All information stored must conform to the Acceptable Use Policy below.

1A) - Information that is relevant to the residents of Cooper, Howard and Saline counties.

1B) - Information about Cooper, Howard and Saline counties.

1C) - Information that will promote goodwill, better the community and is suitable for family viewing.

1D) - Information that contributes to the economic and cultural development of Cooper, Howard and Saline counties.

2) All those who have the authority to place pages on the web may bring any questionable content to the board for resolution.

3) Information may be edited by Mo-River.Net to correct spelling and grammar.

4) All material stored will be periodically reviewed by the board.

Community Connection:  Virginia Wessing she received a question on the difference between Community Connection and Mo-River.Net and asked for a clarification. Board members noted:

Community Connection is a statewide database of human services.

Community Connection is a text-only database, but provides links to those with a web page.

Community Connection does not include information on communities other than the service organizations and individuals provide.

August 20 Bill Wood Membership/Corporate Sponsorship Proposal:  Darin Starr requested input on Bill Wood’s proposal to create county level clubs with membership dues going to the counties and corporate memberships to the Mo-River.Net board.

Art Schneider said he supported the concept and thought the board should move in that direction. He noted that as a 501(c)(3) all funds to Mo-River.Net or its divisions must be accounted for. He suggested local inputting of net information and educational activities would be welcome.

Nick Clark said he thought a county level organization would be beneficial, but that staffing must be in place to do this and that the board should consider future staffing. Nick also suggested that counties may have varying degrees of support and that one county may be very active and another not so and fall behind.

Harry Stone noted if one county worked hard in memberships and another did not, financial support would be lacking for the county not choosing to emphasize memberships.

Tim Nadeau suggested that the board’s role was to pull the three counties together and having county level operations would not encourage collaboration.

Virginia Wessing said that as volunteer organization operating as it currently does, Mo-River.Net had accomplished much and was working quite well as organized.

Nick Clark offered that the long-term planning that took place last year might have been premature and that at this point future planning may be in order.

Tim Nadeau moved that the board table discussion for now. Motion seconded.

In further discussion JoAnn Sullivan suggested the best way to get Mo-River.Net to expand is to get people involved at all levels.

Harry Stone suggested greater emphasis on securing memberships.

Nick Clark reiterated that if tabled, the issue of developing a plan might be dismissed.

Tim Nadeau amended the motion to ask that Nick Clark bring the proposal back to the board for periodic review. Amendment seconded. Amendment passed. Motion with amendment approved.

Mo-River.Net Service Area:  Marty Tichenor asked how the Mo-River.Net counties were selected. Art Schneider noted that a committee met before the formation of the organization and had recommended that the historic Boonslick Region of Cooper, Howard and Saline counties had a cultural and historic unity and were contiguous. The committee recommended the three-county area and its recommendation was accepted.

New Board Member:  August minutes (missed in the agenda sent out by Art Schneider) noted that Pat Jackson had resigned from the board. It was suggested a board member be selected. Art Schneider moved JoAnn Sullivan be elected to the board. Seconded and proved.

Future Meeting Dates:  The board previously discussed rotating meeting times, dates and locations to broaden the availability of serving on the board to all and to encourage local citizens to attend. After considerable discussion, the board set a three-month test period that would be evaluated. Future meeting times, dates and locations:

Oct. 15 - 6:30 p.m. Marshall (Jene Crook to check on public library)

Nov. 20 - 10:30 a.m. Fayette. Location to be set.

Dec. 17 - 6:30 p.m. Boonville. Location to be set.

Assigment of Board Members To Content Page Committee:  After brief discussion, board members agreed that Mo-River.Net content page/linkage reviewers need not be board members, but be Mo-River.Net members.

People assigned pages are:

Jeff Maddy Grant Proposal: Jeff was unable to attend the meeting and item was tabled until October meeting.

Nick Clark and Kellogg Proposal:  Nick noted that last year Mo-River.Net was involved in a technology proposal that included Macon County. In part this was because of the tight time line and also because there was a 501(c)3 there and we did not have a usable 501 © (3) here.

He asked the board to endorse submitting a new proposal and to establish a committee.

Board consensus to go ahead. Darin Starr appointed Betty Vollmer to co-chair the effort with Nick Clark. Jene Crook also volunteered to serve on the committee as an editor and JoAnn Sullivan also agreed to help with editing. Nick Clark will contact Dr. Bob Hodge, who was involved in the past proposal. Art Schneider will contact Debbie Arnold at Boonville High School and the 4-H program.

Meting adjourned at 12:03 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Art Schneider
Board Secretary/Treasurer

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