Time and Location

• 9:05 PM approx, to 10:55 PM
• J.C. Penney Meeting Room 3rd Floor

Attendance

• President: Dan Kern-Ekins
• Vice President: Bob Byron
• Treasurer: Stuart Yarus
• Promotions: Barbara DeVries
• Webmaster: Pete Carapetyan
• Secretary: Irina Marchenko

General Business:

• Attendance:
• Attendance at the general meeting was agreed to be approximately 62 for the evening.
• Treasurer Report:
• The current balance is $8,372.89 minus $38 fee for the P.O. Box due by the end of April.
• Vice-President Bob Byron was designated to conduct the audit.
• Programs:
• Dan announced the scheduled presentations through September 2002.
• After a discussion the Board agreed not to have a general meeting in July. It was decided to join the Unix User Group for the talk by Eric S. Raymond scheduled July 10. Many JavaMUG members hold a dual membership in both technical communities and have expressed a strong interest in the event sponsored by the Unix group. Stuart will notify the JavaMUG Board/membership about the location. Multiple notifications of location change will be sent to the list subscribers, updated information will be available on the Web and on a flyer.
• Promotions:
• Barbara reported a near disaster situation due to the short notice cancelation by Aviva Solutions. She had to make a trip to the DFW airport and pay customs duties to retrieve Aviva's parcel. In the end, Delphi Consultants responded generously to her emergency call.
• Irina proposed to prepare an amendment to the Constitution with a provision for either a corporate level membership or a special donor status for the companies who will pledge their sponsorship for 3 meetings in the course of 2 years. Having a sponsor pool will provide a safety margin if a company cancels in future. The Constitution review is due in 2003.
• In the case the amendment has been adopted, Delphi Consultants should be awarded this status in retrospect, in appreciation of constant support on the part of the company.
• Training::
• The Board recognized Jim's outstanding achievement as a Java educator in the previous years. Pete proposed and all agreed to move the discussion on education to the Board's e-mail forum.
• Communications::
• Dan distributed a draft of a bookmark prepared by Secretary featuring the JavaMUG logo and meeting information . Pete spoke in favor of having this cost- and design-efficient way of dissemination of information about the group. Officers of the Board made suggestions regarding specific information to put on the bookmark.