Attending: Ted Atchinson, Fred Granville, Dick Hodgson, Dale Rummer, Pat Rummer, Don Wolf

Membership:

Membership applications were collected for calendar year 2004.

Reports:

1) Minutes from the last business meeting (12/04/02) were read and approved.

2) The Treasurers report was read. It was noted that we have a current balance of $606.55. This amount does not include the $180 Affinity group funds (for calendar year 2002) that was paid to the KC Section in June, 2003 (but has not been paid to KCCN).

Old Business:

The group discussed several items of old business:

1) The group agreed to amend the KCCN bylaws so that they read “Our voting procedures shall conform to the section guidelines.” This will allow email voting. It was also agreed to include the actual text of the section voting procedures in the KCCN bylaws.

2) The group agreed to continue holding monthly lunches at Allies American Grille in the Overland Park Marriott. The lunch will be held the first Wednesday of each month, unless there is another KCCN event scheduled for that month.

3) The group agreed that members of large consulting firms may join the KCCN, provided they meet the other criteria for membership.

4) The group agreed to focus on promoting the current web site where it currently resides rather than registering a domain name and operating our own web site.

5) The group agreed to request the $180 in Affinity group rebate funds from the KC Section.

6) The group agreed not to pursue the creation and distribution of flyers promoting KCCN.

7) The group agreed to publicize KCCN activities in Mark Lamendola’s monthly emails.

New Business:

1) Year-end report responsibilities were discussed. It was agreed that outgoing Secretary, Fred Granville, would prepare the L-31 reports (needed to retain Affinity Group status). Outgoing Chair, Ted Atchinson would prepare all other reports (membership report, current officers report, report of meetings, and financial activity report). All reports were to be copied to Chris Zugelder at zugelder@ieee.org. The incoming Secretary would be responsible for all remaining 2004 reports.

2) The group agreed that new members should pay the full $5.00 membership fee (covering the remainder of the calendar year) no matter when during the year they decided to join. The rationale for this was that the fee is small and should not constitute a hardship to anyone who wished to join.

3) Applications for 2004 were accepted and fees were paid.

4) The group observed that KCCN is responsible for hosting the November 11, 2004 KC Section meeting. Fred Granville offered to find a speaker (Danielle Rodenbough from Trouble at Work) for this event.

5) The group agreed to host a luncheon event with speaker in the March timeframe. It was agreed that our first choice for speaker at this event was Elizabeth Usovicz, who was well-received at a recent ICCA meeting. She will speak on “Relationship Marketing”.

6) The group also agreed to host a luncheon event with speaker in the May timeframe. It was agreed that our first choice for speaker at this event was George Dean. The topic is to be “The Technical Professional and the Legislature”. Dr. Rummer agreed to make arrangements with the speaker.

7) An L31 meeting report will be filled out and returned for each event.

8) It was noted that since KCCN is now an Affinity Group, the KCCN Chair is a voting member of the KC Section XCOM.

9) Regarding S-PAC sponsorship, the group agreed that KCCN would “be available to assist”.

Officer Elections:

The group nominated officers for 2004. The officers nominated for 2004 are as follows:

1) Chair – Fred Granville

2) Vice Chair/Treasurer – Dick Hodgman

3) Secretary – Khalid Medhat

It was agreed that voting for the officers would take place via email.

All present expressed their appreciation for the efforts of the 2003 chair, Ted Atchinson.