MINUTES OF THE ACCESS PERRY COUNTY BOARD MEETING

Monday, July 21, 1997 at 7:00 p.m.

IVY TECH Building, Tell City, Indiana

The meeting was called to order at approximately 7:00 p.m. by President Francie Wagner. Those Board Members present included:

Approval of Appointment to APC Board -- Kathy Gerber made a motion to approve the appointment of Ms. Joan Goble representing Cannelton Schools. John Spencer seconded and the motion was carried.

Approval of Agenda -- Kathy Gerber made a motion to approve the agenda. Debby Beavin seconded and the motion was carried.

Approval of Minutes -- There was a discussion of the $100/00 charge for the registering of APC's new domain name. John Spencer stated if this is a charge for registering the new domain name, it should not be paid. If there should be a charge for the revision of the domain name to "perrycounty .org", PSCI had stated at an early time that they would be willing to pay any charges that may be incurred for APC. John will clarify this issue with PSCI and report back to the board. Following this explanation, John Spencer then made a motion to approve the minutes, Joan Goble seconded and the motion was carried.

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County Organization -- Francie Wagner stated she had a list of those organizations who for one reason or another did not respond to our request to list them on APC's Web site. It was suggested the board members would contact those organizations again to get their permission to post them to the page.

Key Words and Site Description-- Gary Palmer presented a list of potential key words for Internet search engines for review and input. Gary asked that ny additions and/or changes be submitted by the board at the next regular meeting so these may be given to PSCI as soon as possible. Debby Beavin is still working on the 25 word site description. She asked the members to pelase give her any suggestions they may have for this description.

By-Law Changes-- Lauren Gottlieb asked that a copy of the By-Laws with its changes be given to her to post to the web page. Debbie Gerlach stated she had new By-Laws on her computer and would see that Lauren and members received a copy.+

Web Page Update -- Lauren Gottlieb reported she has now completed the entering of the "mall" information for our web site. She presented a list of those businesses who did not want to be listed apparently because they did not understand the concept. Board members will contact those individuals again to try to explain APC's purpose in the community and to try to persuade them to allow their business to be listed. Francie Wagner will give members a list of those to be contacted. Lauren asked the members if they were in agreement to the new E-Mail address assigned to APC of "pcadmin@perrycounty .org", which will be a link on the web page effective Jully 22, 1997. The board decided a better E-Mail address would be "accesspc@perrycounty .org" and asked Lauren to make this change to the home page. Lauren agreed to make this fchange. Lauren also reported the only items left to enter on APC's home page was the information from the different governments, libraries and schools as well as any changes necessary to the ICNA guidelines. She asked the board to be considering what they wanted her to start on next.

Devising/Providing Services To Other Entities -- A discussion was held concerning APC responsibility to provide assistance to entities who want to have information concerning their organization to APC's web page or link to the same. Following a lengthy discussion, it was determined that this service is not within the required guidelines for community networks according to the ICNA nor AI and APC will not provide this service at no cost to the entity. Kathy Gerber made a motion that no information besides the name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address be listed for any entity. And, no APC dollars will be used to fashion any other type of information or provide web page space for any entity. An entity may however pay APC to perform these duties or may perchase a link to APC's web page according to APC's fee schedule as adopted by the board. Dale Sprinkle seconded. Motion carried.

Community Calendar -- The problems being experienced with the community calendar software were discussed by the board and Ms. Gottlieb. The members were in agreement no further time should be spent on the calendar until these problems were resolved. John Spencer made a motion to cease any further work on the program indefinitely. Gary Palmer seconded. Francie Wagner stated she would contact the Evansville company concerning their billing for this software.

Perry-Spencer Communications -- John Spencer reported, at an informational meeting requested by officials of PSCI, Dave Buse had expressed his company's desire to extend their partnership with APC. PSCI is willing to invest time, services and support to help boost the Perry County market by providing APC with new and available technology. John stated he feels the board should look at PSCI's proposal as it could mean long term financial self-sufficiency for APC. Kathy Gerber asked, in light of this new development should the addition of any new content to the site be placed on hold for the time being. And added that Lauren could finish the content she had been contracted and paid to do. Once the board considers PSCI's proposal, we could proceed with any new development of the site. The members agreed Lauren would finish her contracted duties and any other development would be placed on hold until future proposals had been reviewed. John added, he believed PSCI will be ready to present their proposal at the August meeting.

There being no further business to discuss, Kathy Gerber made a motion to adjourn the meeging, Gary Palmer seconded and the motion was carried.

Next meeting scheduled for August 21, 1997, 7:00pm, IVY Tech Meeting Room.

Debby Beavin, Secretary
Francie Wagner, President

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