LICN Monthly Meeting
Meeting Minutes – January 7, 2015
	
I.	Administrative
a.	Attendees: 12, (who has the attendance sheet copy?)
b.	Dave Rost stated that we have 37 paid up full members and he noted that dues ($100/yr) for 2015 were due. 
c.	The next meeting will take place on March 11th and the topic will be “Consulting on LI; How to do it”.  
d.	The meeting began with each attending member giving the usual ~30sec skills summary.  
e.	Dave Rost reported that the LICN treasury account was about $9,500.
f.	For the telephone referral service Peter Buitenkant announced that Len Anderson was handling February, John Dunn volunteered for March 
        and Carl Meshenberg will do April.  It was noted that there seems to be a pickup of valid activity on the referral line.  
g.	Thanks once again to Andy Baxt for arranging for the pizza.  
h.	Thanks to Murray Novick for the mic setup for our meetings.  We have authorized purchase of a wireless mic for use at the meetings - $245.   

II.	Discussions
a.	Primary focus of the meeting was a discussion of the updated WebSite.  
b.	Andy noted that the site was not yet complete.  
c.	Andrew Baxt started the “Join-Me” call-in communication at about 7:20PM.
III.	WebSite Discussion:
a.	RSVPs - re-added the code then hid it.  Need to test to make sure it works properly when it goes live.  It was not clear whether folks 
        would actually use this feature and would it be useful other than for adjusting the Pizza quantity.  
b.	Newsletter sign-ups moved to a sidebar on the homepage.  Also added a new page under Contact Us menu item for newsletter sign ups.
c.	LICN name, address, phone etc. in page footer.  3-column section (address/mission/newsletter) eliminated.
d.	Email addresses set up to as mailto: links when they’re back online.
e.	Mission Statement.   There was a discussion as to whether this was needed – decided it was a low priority feature to be added later.  
f.	RSS feed for LICN blog added to homepage.  I don’t think LICN blog has short summaries on each article, so only titles are posted 
        right now.
g.	Headcount was added for the proficiency lists so you can tell how many people have each skill.
h.	Andy went over in detail the email from the consultant who did the WebSite; Chris Itterman (http://EclecticTech.net/Events/) 
i.	Discussion of whether there should be a Moderator to vet inputs/updates to the WebSite as is standard on many Contact Management 
        Systems (CMS).  We can expect that there will inputs for the Calendar, Membership lists, skill lists, etc.  It was agreed that certain 
        changes should trigger an email to the functional moderator(s).   For example, a new membership sign-up would trigger emails to the 
        membership committee.  
j.	There was a motion to add a payment option to the W/S – not approved.  
k.	Can the National IEEE L31 report (that John Dunn has been creating for many years – thanks!) be generated automatically by the W/S?
l.	Andy noted that the WebSite must be made to look good on PCs, Tablets and Phones.  
m.	It was suggested that an automatic Meeting Cancelation notice be sent to all list subscribers by the W/S.  


IV.	Meeting ended about 8:45.