Mo-River.net
January 18, 2002 Board Meeting Minutes
Attending: JoAnn Sullivan, Darin Starr, Bill Sullivan, David Haun, Harry Stone, Art Schneider
Meeting called to order by Chair JoAnn Sullivan
The meeting started with a discussion of Broadband Internet access in the Boonville area. Classic cable may be pursuing this service for its customers.
JoAnn read questions she had received via e-mail concerning the WebPage Contest. It was noted in the e-mail that she received that the year had not been changed on the Contest rules webpage. JoAnn had corrected this. Art commented that he had also received a question by e-mail concerning the ownership of the webpage once it was submitted to the contest.
The Board then discussed the problems we have been having with the webpage counter on the Mo-River.net HomePage. Sometimes this feature works sometimes it does not. Darin mentioned that he was aware of a webpage counter that was available by a 3ed party company that provide total webpage hits was well as a summary of hits per day and the identification of the host server that connected to the Homepage. This software attachment is a free for the basic information there is a subscription fee for more advanced features. Darin has been using this on another webpage he manages and is satisfied with the information he is able to obtain. David moved that Darin add this to the Mo-River.net Homepage. Motion was seconded and passed.
Art and Bill announced that they were both out of the pocket calendars.
JoAnn reported that the new mo-River.net brochures are ready for distribution.
Bill Sullivan moved that we keep future meeting dates and times for the Board to remain on the third Friday of the month, meetings starting at 10:30 a.m. Motion was seconded and passed.
By-Laws – in regards to membership. Bill moved that membership dues be renewed annually with membership terms being from July 1 – June 30. And if someone joins after January 1 of any given year that their membership will be for the remainder of the current membership year plus the following July 1 – June 30 term. Motion was seconded and passed.
Art moved that a section on cooperate sponsorship be added to the By-Laws. Cooperate sponsorship will be set at $100 per year and entitles corporate sponsor to a link on Mo-river.net homepage plus a link on the appropriate section page. Cooperate sponsors will also be entitled to 5 individual memberships. Motion was seconded and passed.
Darin will compose a letter to send to current cooperate sponsors for a list of members plus their e-mail addresses.
It was discussed that the MoRiver.net homepage is getting cluttered. Information links for the riverboat employment opportunities and information about the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be removed.
Art moved that Mo-River.net join the Boonville Chamber of Commerce at a cost of $45 per year. Motion was seconded. Bill Sullivan abstained for voting. Motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 11:55 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted by
Darin Starr
Secretary for Mo-River.net