February 1st was the Annual General Meeting.

Elections - The secretary position being open, volunteers were sought. One member ventured forth, Cliff Rancourt, and he was promptly accepted.

Bob Young indicated that he needed a break for a time; another volunteer was sought, and found.
John Sturges will fill in when needed.

John Barker mentioned the annual stipend of $75 to Learning in Retirement and the Astronomy Club for the use of the projector.
A motion was made and seconded to make this contribution. Motion passed.

The new computer bought by the Club has a low speed problem. A motion to purchase additional RAM at an approximate cost of $30 was made, seconded and passed.

John Sturges attempted to access his home computer remotely from the meeting room, but the connection time was excessive, so the attempt was aborted.
Improvement to the connection speed will be looked into.

One member spoke of being unable to do Windows update. After ruling out the normal settings, it was suggested that a call to Microsoft service might be the way to go. The first call is said to be free.

There were 4 Vista users in attendance, and 3 Linux devotees.
John Sturges will endeavour to work in some demonstrations remotely, once conditions are right. i.e. new computer running well and Internet connection speeded up.