The board meet at the ADTRAN building at 901 Explorer Way Boulevard. The following persons were present: Gloria Stover (president), Amy Heard (president-elect), George Houk (board member at large), John Hightower (treasurer), Rhonda Williams (programs chair), and Cindy Dodd (membership chair).

No minutes were prepared from the April meeting.

John presented the treasurer's report, noting that he had not been able to complete an analysis of the Showcase. He will prepare an April and May report for the next meeting. The bank account balance stood at approximately $4,500. Major expenses for the Showcase have been paid, but others are outstanding. John indicated that a preliminary analysis showed that we had made a slight profit on the Showcase. The board discussed the desirability of being able to pay dues and for attendance through PayPal. John was tasked with investigating this option.

Rhonda Williams reported that she had programs scheduled through December, except for November. In particular, she noted the following events:

May: Getting Everyone to Appreciate the Writing on the Wall (or How to Prevent Death by PowerPoint), John Hightower

June: It's Not Rocket Science, It's Life, Cyndy Morgan

August: Event Planning

Rhonda was to e-mail John a list of the upcoming programs so they can be posted on the web site.

Rhonda reported on the evaluation of the Showcase. Only minor problems were noted. (See attached report.)

George reported on the chapter survey. No new participation had occurred since John sent out post-card reminders about the survey. George was authorized to spend approximately $20 to retrieve the final survey results in graphical form. Since money will have to be spent for getting these results, George suggested and board agreed that doing another survey on the Showcase would be a good idea. One of the questions on the survey should be:

What would make it worth your time to serve on the board of directors?

Upon motion of George with a second from John, the following policies about the web site were approved.

1. The links for the presenters and exhibitors for the Showcase will remain on the web page for about 6 months.

2. So long as there is a general disclaimer, vendors can purchase a link on our web site for $20 for a year.

3. Regardless of the size of ads purchased, if a vendor buys four quarters of prepaid ads in the newsletter, the vendor will receive a link on the web page for free.

The board reviewed JohnÆs draft of a new bylaws for the chapter. No concerns about the draft were indicated, except that the process of nominating and electing officers should be done by 1 month earlier in the year so that the annual elections took place in October rather than in November. John was tasked with making those changes and presenting a revised version of the bylaws at the next meeting. John volunteered to take care of sending out required legal notice for making the changes.

The board approved taking care of renewing the domain name for 7 years, the best ôdealö offered by Registre.com.

The board agreed that, during November, there should be a joint meeting with the North Alabama Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (NASHRM), Huntsville Chapter of Executive Women International (EWI), Business Networking, Inc. (BNI), and WomenÆs Economic Development Council (WEDC) Foundation.

The board wants to begin working on job descriptions. John indicated that he had a pretty good description available for the treasurer position and he would post it on the web site along with the chapter officer information.

The following action items were identified:

RHONDA: E-mail John the summary of the Showcase evaluations for inclusion in the minutes.

RHONDA: E-mail John a list of the upcoming events so that he can post them on the web site.

GEORGE: Retrieve final chapter survey results in graphical form from Survey Monkey. The chapter will reimburse him for this expense.

GEORGE: Using Survey Monkey, do a survey about the Showcase.

JOHN: Investigate PayPal.

The next board meeting was scheduled for Thursday, June 8, from 11:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m., at ADTRAN.