NECSI COUNCIL AGENDA
April 28, 1999 – Orlando, Fla.
1:00 p.m. - Hyatt Orlando - Key Largo Room
Call to Order
Maureen
Meeting called to order at 1:20 p.m.
Members Present: Maureen, Steve, Suzanne, Mark, Phil, Ron, Mark, Greg, Mike
RCR: Bobby Horton
Adoption of Minutes from March 3, 1999
Mike moved to adopt minutes. Motion passed.
Financial Report
Vito unable to attend. Bobby Horton presented financial report.
Mike moved to abolish the email funding to Council members. Motion passed.
Mark will check on DCW partner payments.
Mike moved to invoice NEC Marketing for $6K contribution. Motion passed.
Steve moved to accept the Financial Report. Motion passed.
Unfinished Business
- Update on Business Partners – Vito working with NEC Leasing. Discussion re Project Partners—working fine but requires a full time employee to work with software programmers to work out bugs in the modules. TriVIum will be a Fusion Partner. Willing to give NECSI 1% of s/w sales. Mike and Greg want to look into this company before voting to accept TriVium as a NECSI partner. Phil recommends a statement of dealer sales from each partner to verify funds
- Update on Dealer Contract issues – Maureen has no update except that Doug Wonson said he is our NEC point of contact. Members need to send in competitor contracts.
- Shipping Issues raised at Annual Meeting (see Page 2 of Agenda) Art
Art absent. Maureen spoke with Cliff C. NEC can’t pay shipping but can expedite
- RCR Report
– RCR assures that Winfax and Email will be up soon
- Survey Responses
– Maureen – 60 responses to Dealer Survey Response very good considering short timeframe given. NEC should establish consistent, fair, and sensible GSA criteria for Associates. Council will gather more information from Membership and continue to study for presentation to NEC at summer meeting. Mike suggested that Council request Doug Wonson to specify how he would like to work with Council. Maureen will handle.
- Council Elections
– Who will run the 1999 Elections? RCR? 1. 3 Open Seats; candidates/volunteers submit a profile of themselves including why they want to serve on Council. RCR will run election. A info article will run in Crosstalk June issue.
- NEC VARs
– admission to NECSI. Don’t really want to join, but have had separate meetings. 63 VARS 43 were former NEC dealers. They are looking at a forming a Council but broader than just NEC issues.
- Committee Reports
- Marketing Committee – Mark
- Multi-Location Committee
- Steve
- Electra 48 addition (drop Epro I?)
Steve moved that 48 port is same as PRO I – motion passed
- Membership Committee - Mark
- New membership record has been set!
- Training Committee
– Mark, Steve
- Meeting with Bob Tavis
Mark moved that Phil be on training committee. Motion passed
- Recruiting Program Committee - Steve, Maureen
Put updates in Crosstalk
- NEAX 2400 Committee
– Mike Ellis
No report
- NEAX 2000 Committee
– Greg
- NEAX 2000 survey - coming
- NEAX Express (should a separate product committee be established with possibly an NEC VAR participating?
Scott Hay expressed interest in joining committee. Council approved.
- Key System Committee – Ron
- Key System Survey –coming
- 941 Gateway needs improving big time-incomplete product, no docs, no p/n
- Selling Key Systems on the Web – remove Pro I.
- Web site
– Steve
- Rumour that NEC will introduce small key system and sell on web. When people use
Search engines (NEC was most often entered on nec-si.com) need to prepare. 50/50 between dealers and public. 92
NEC is now sending RCR immediate database updates on dealer adds/deletes/changes
- Crosstalk – Suzanne
- Next Copy Deadline is June 11th
- Fusion certified companies providing information via Crosstalk - ads and testimonials accepted.
- Year 2000 Preparedness – make list of issues/concerns to discuss with NEC
- Council Meeting in July – develop Agenda
Sunday, July 25; NEC/Council Monday, July 26th
Met with Doug at 3 p.m. to discuss his issues and how he will work with Council. Doug presented Platinum program—Council in favor
Meeting adjourned: 4:10 p.m.