Monthly Minutes – 2005 Archive
Meeting: 4th of August 2005
Present
- Josh Kohn; President
- Rich Rubinstein; Vice President
- Lynn Karr; Director
- Judy Stem; Secretary
- Isabel DeFeo
- David Anderson
- Shane Shaneman
- Barb Schmidt
- Richard Lord
- Ron Harrington
- Denise Beaver
- Tom Sullivan
- Alissa Harrington
- John Westerman
- Mike Bell
- Damien Pendrotti
- Stan Prouser
- Bob Cage
- Chris Niccoli
- Dave Shaffer
- Bonnie Grady
- Mark Pallack
General Announcements
- Lynn Karr
- Lynn opened the meeting.
- There will need to be a slight change in the mission statement to process the tax exempt status. The word "promote" will be removed. It will take approximately 4-6 weeks to clear the process.
- A change in meeting time is still undecided. The suggested time/day is 8:30 a.m on the first Wednesday of the month starting in October. A formal notice will be sent when the final decision is made.
- LOCATE is almost ready. There is work being done on the interface. Companies must be resident of the county and those that are CTC members will be noted. There may be a link to Economic Development.
Speaker – Mike Bell
Cooperative Extension Agent from the University of Maryland
Mike Bell gave a presentation on technology in the milking industry that included a virtual visit to a working farm. He showed slides from a visit to Denmark and the Netherlands. The farmer can communicate with the system using a cell phone. Neck straps control the cows. This robotic type of milking process creates healthy, happy cows because they have control rather than the farmer having control over their eating and milking times. Most units are in Europe. There are currently none of these systems in Maryland but a Mason Dixon farm is putting in 40.
Discussion – Who Owns The Web
Josh will e-mail the article about hubs and increase of risk of failure. Some concerns include will DC get cut off if New York is hit, mesh format versus hub format, global commerce, UN making play for control, risk - FBI protecting infrastructure. There will be an international summit in November. Internet 2 being created for non-commercial usage.
Event / Committee Reports
- Advisors
- Matt Kohn wrote last weeks article for the paper. The articles will be archived soon.
- CompuKids
- Dave Shaffer the last placement was a great experience for his son. There were 4 placed last month. There are 5 computers from the Phoenix project needing some virus protection, etc. There is a possible workday scheduled or the 27th from 8-10.
- Events
- Judy reported planning being done for event in late September early October. Possibly with Delegate Susan Krebs. There will be a committee meeting for the Golf Event immediately following the meeting.
- TV Show
- Denise reported that CD's are available. There has been a small response to the question contest. The next show is in production, digital radio (Man on the Street), for November airing. Work is also being done on a roaming camera on stage at the mall and Nick Geyer on MP3 players.
- Ask The Expert
- Flyers are on the way and registration is open online.
- Marketing / PR
- Josh reported that letters went out to 725 organizations asking about involvement. Tom Rasmussen and Denise Beaver co-signed. Letters to banks went from Tom and Lynn. Economic Development paid the postage and stuffing fees.
- Legislative
- No Report.
- Website
- Isabel reported articles are up. An archive is being set up for the news link. The RSVP for Ask the Expert is ready along with the Trivia contest. They need to redesign buttons for the prompts. LOCATE will soon be completed.
- Membership
- Lynn reported 36 paid members to date.
Member Announcements
- Bob Cage
- Bob Cage invited everyone to the Mt. Airy Chamber of Commerce card exchange and had copies of the Mt. Airy phone book orange pages.
- Tom Sullivan
- Tom Sullivan reminded everyone to come to the Chamber of Commerce After Hours at the Ballet Theatre on Aug 16.
- Dean Minnich
- Dean Minnich will be the guest speaker at our next meeting on Sept 1.
