Attendees:
Randy Epstein – Treasurer and Secretary
Michael Costello – Chair
Michael Still – Vice Chair
Graham Paul Wooden
Not in attendance:
Savvas Bout
Tyler Coates
Meeting commenced at 3:05pm Eastern.
Randy moved to accept the minutes from the March meeting. Michael Costello seconded, and the motion passed.
Randy provided an update on switch upgrades Michael Still performed in Atlanta and Randy performed in Miami, as well as the Dell server install in Miami. Randy also RMA’d and shipped the bad switch from Databank back to Arista.
Randy reported that Lightpath is having trouble getting space and power from Colohouse and won’t be able to provide us with the dark fiber ring we contracted with them. TBD on what to do about this.
Randy provided an update on financials. Collections are good, bank balance is healthy. Randy also discussed an issue moving merchant services with Quickbooks originally contracted by Ryan Donnelly in 2018. He’s still working on it and hopes to have the issue
resolved this week.
Randy discussed creating a marketing committee with Greg Hankins. Greg currently serves on our Technical Committee but has been focused on marketing. Michael Costello asked what the bylaws say regarding committee creation and Randy reviewed the current bylaws with the Board. Michael Costello asked Randy to speak with Greg and we’ll take it up at the next Board meeting.
The next agenda item was regarding market expansion. Randy and Michael Still have been exploring market expansion and putting together a budget for it as well as working with our partners on commitments. Randy shared the spreadsheet he put together for the Board to review.
Randy moved to adjourn, Michael Costello seconded. Meeting adjourned at 3:50pm Eastern.