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Waynet Annual Meeting Minutes: Bill Felker, president called the meeting to order at 7:05 and introduced the members of the Executive Board who were present: Bill O'Hara Felker, President President Felker reviewed the year's developments citing the increase in membership and development of the web site. He pointed to the Treasurer's report which is available on the WayNet
web site at: Jane Holman, Executive Director of WayNet, gave her annual report.
She provided quantitative detail on the growth of Waynet by citing the
number of members (information available at Jane pointed out that WayNet's operation is dependent entirely on membership fees and WayNet received no tax dollars from national, state or local government and received no grants during 2000. WayNet thanks its membership for their contributions. She also reported on the continued geometric growth in the use of WayNet. Use of WayNet was up 110% in 2000 over 1999. Use in the second quarter of 2001 (the last completed quarter) was up 41% over the second quarter of 2000. Use in August 2001 is up 92% over August 2000. Jane pointed to the benefits of membership citing those listed in the WayNet brochure. She also talked about other less tangible, but nevertheless real benefits of membership. WayNet is an excellent vehicle for giving an organization exposure to site visitors. WayNet provides a community calendar, the ability for members to post news releases unedited directly to the public, and provides a mechanism for members to advertise employment opportunities. Bill Felker announced the nominations for the Executive Board presented by the Nominating Committee chaired by Pam Frantz. The Nominations and term of service are:
A motion by Rodger Smith, seconded by Larry Turner, to close the nominations was passed by voice vote. A motion by Amy Spears, seconded by Rodger Smith to accept the nominations was passed by voice vote. Bill Felker announced the slate of officers proposed by the Nominating Committee:
A motion by Nancy Wilson, seconded by John Weber to approve the nominations was passed by voice vote. Bill invited all to attend Executive Board meetings that are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Richmond Power & Light. Lunch is at 11:30 and the meeting begins at 12:00. Bill Felker then presented the web design awards. There were two types of awards, the "People's Choice Awards" and the Executive Board Awards. In the four categories the following were award winners:
Bill Felker adjourned the formal business meeting at 7:45 and introduced a panel of David Osborne, Richmond Power & Light, Renee Oldham, Uptown Richmond, Chris Hardie, Summersault, and Rodger Smith, Richmond Community Schools. This panel discussed and answered questions about their organizations use of technology and the development of Wayne County's information infrastructure. [capsule of current projects] Recorded by Tom Kirk
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