MO-RIVER.NET BOARD MINUTES |
March 18, 1999
Mo-River.Net Board Meeting
New Franklin School Instructional TV Room
Call To Order: Vice President Harry Stone called the meeting to order at 6:44p.m.
Members Present: Art Schneider, Harry Stone, Bill Sullivan, JoAnn Sullivan and Eva Weston.
December and January Minutes: Bill Sullivan moved and Eva Weston seconded the minutes be approved without change.
Treasurer’s Report: The checking account currently has $535.55, according to Art Schneider, secretary/treasurer. Bill Sullivan moved and Eva Weston seconded that the treasurer’s report be accepted.
Additional Pages for the Web: General consensus that there is a lot of material that still needs to be put in electronic format and developed into web page. There are at least 25 child care pages awaiting updates and 10 volumes of cemetery records. Harry Stone will work with updating the child care records. Also, Eva Weston is to secure Howard County religious services schedules for Harry Stone.
Bill Sullivan noted that the chamber receives e-mail asking for hotel/motel and restaurant information because that is not available on the web. Art Schneider suggested that the listings with names, addresses and phone numbers could be listed, but that individuals businesses would need to make arrangements with an Internet Service Providers for actual web pages.
JoAnn Sullivan said she has spoken about Mo-River.Net to various groups and that she would like to have a history of Mo-River.Net. Art Schneider said he would be willing to work on this, but it would be a while before he could get to it. He also noted this could be put on the web.
Internet Masters: Board consensus that Internet Masters course needs to pushed for this fall in Cooper/Howard counties. JoAnn Sullivan and Harry Stone said they would assist with the teaching. Art Schneider noted Extension technology specialist Maryann Redelfs will be taking family leave May through August and that might impact I-Master scheduling. The board consensus that by having dates set, the board could help promote it. Also, there may be other I-Masters that could help each the course. It also was suggested that Darlene Kraus be approached on offering a Front Page training. Eva Weston said she thinks several people would be interested in the Front Page and Internet Master program. One possibility noted was that perhaps for those familiar with computers and e-mil, a short-course version addressing advanced topics could be offered. Art Schneider will check with Maryann Redelfs and Don Day.
Additional Publicity: Bill and JoAnn Sullivan said that there is a need for additional publicity with local media about Mo-River.Net. One of them will contact Melissa Johnson of the Boonville Daily News. This also could be done in Howard and Saline counties. Bill Sullivan suggested that JoAnn Sullivan, Darlene Kraus and he could meet with the reporter and discuss how active the web is in development. JoAnn Sullivan suggested securing the 10 or 12 page booklet Maryann Redelfs had put together on Front Page.
Art Schneider said that a news release could be sent out announcing that Mo-River.Net has 713 pages on the web.
Board Meeting Dates/Times: Harry Stone noted that since the board alternated Thursday evening/Friday morning meetings attendance has dropped dramatically. He suggested the board consider the third Friday a.m. meetings at the next meeting, which will be held at the South Boonslick Bank meeting room (with ITV studio) at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 16.
Community Calendar: As Darin Starr was not present, this was tabled until the April meeting. It was mentioned that Michelle Howell had discussed following up on this at the December meeting.
Thanks and Addition to Pages: JoAnn Sullivan said that Mark Eslick had been very generous in providing free server space to Mo-River.Net. She suggested the board thank Mark, that because of the free space and commitment he has made to Mo-River.Net that he be listed as a corporate sponsor, and that each page on the web provided through Unlimited Data have a note at the bottom that the space provided for the page was donated by Unlimited Data. Eva Weston seconded. Passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Art Schneider
Board Secretary/Treasurer
Updated 03/16/08