Minutes of the Board of Directors for the USGenWeb Census Project
Meeting held 25 January 2001 via Internet using mIRC
Beginning 19:03 CST and ending 20:37 CST

Present:
    Wayne Duncan, President
    Ron Eason, Vice-President
    Veda Mendoza, Secretary/Treasurer
    Ellen Horner, Membership Secretary
    Connie Burkett
    Jeri Shangle

A quorum being present the meeting was called to order by Wayne Duncan.

The minutes from the 18 January 2001 Board Meeting were accepted with no
additions or corrections.

REPORTS FROM OFFICERS AND STANDING COMMITTEES:

    Ron Eason reported that he had not yet had a response from Phil Beshear
    about the CART program. Ron further reported that Sue Soden had
    reported in an email to BOARD-L that she had not yet been in contact
    with Jim Powell.

    From e-mail dated 25 January 2001 from Sue Soden: "I didn't get Jim
    Powell contacted this week."

No other reports were presented.

SPECIAL ORDERS:

    There were no special orders discussed. This will be discussed at the
    next Board Meeting.

OLD BUSINESS:

    Connie Burkett reported on the FTP problems that had been occurring.
    The server configuration settings were increased for anonymous users.
    The current ratio is now 35 anonymous and 15 regular users. USGenNet's
    current license allows 50 users. She further reported that she had seen
    improvements since this change had been made.

    Connie Burkett and Wayne Duncan reported that brochures had been sent
    to Holly Timm for the upcoming GenTech Conference in Mesquite.

NEW BUSINESS:

    Logs of the Board Meetings were discussed. Wayne Duncan will conduct
    additional research and report at the next week Board meeting.

    The State Coordinator meeting were discussed, with a general consensus
    that the meeting held Monday, 22 January 2001, had been successful and
    a positive start.

    Wayne Duncan will work on getting a description of the Public Relations
    position developed and additional discussion was held concerning having
    the Public Relations position maintain the "What's New" web page
    currently maintained by Connie Burkett. There was no action taken with
    reference to this general discussion.

The meeting was adjourned by Wayne Duncan at 20:28 EST.

Items for the next Board Meeting:
    Report on CART
    Report on contact with Jim Powell, and Information about Logs