Minutes of the meeting

NECSI

Board of Directors

02/16/06 Conference Call

The following members of the board were in attendance: Tim Madden, Gary Laxdal, Suzanne Sherrod, Kevin Brennan, Bob Pentico, Maureen Gaynor and Barry Simons. Seated with the board was Steve Autor.

Meeting was called to order at 1pm by President, Tim Madden

President’s Report:

Mr. Madden presented the NECSI survey being sent out by 2/17/06 to the membership at the request of NEC. This survey is to provide direction to NEC for the Annual Advantage Conference. Mr. Madden provided information on the concerns from membership from the IPKII Rollouts. Dealers are concerned the roll out is sending the message that this is another version of the IPK family, but it is in fact a totally new product with all new feature lists. This has been communicated to NEC.

Mr. Madden reviewed the need for a complete by-law update before our Annual Meeting. Mr. Madden reviewed the required notifications (3/2/06) and postings (4/2/06) for the Annual Meeting with Mr. Autor.

Treasurer’s Report:

Mr. Laxdal presented the year to date financials. All but 18% of dues membership has been collected. Yesterday 2/15/06 NECSI cut off the web access for those unpaid dealers. Of a larger concern is the unpaid Business Partner Revenue. General Discussion was held about the ongoing collection efforts for dues and BP Revenue. Mr. Autor will commence tomorrow with phone calls and emails on 2/17/06.

Secretary’s Report:

Ms. Gaynor presented a review of the previous NECSI minutes. On a motion by Mr. Simons seconded by Mr. Laxdal the minutes were approved.

Newsletter Report:

Ms. Sherrod reported that Crosstalk deadline was first week of March. She will work closely with Mr. Autor in the future for approved (account is current) Business Partners for ad placement.

Business Partners Report:

Board Members have a few new prospects they are working on. Mr. Autor will concentrate on timely collection of revenues. Ms. Sherrod is revising the BP Contract to include payment terms. A communication will be drafted by Mr. Simons and sent by MR. Autor to all BP explaining the requirement for accounts to be current for ad placement.

Old Business:

Confer-Tel: Project not complete on the transfer of the administration to confertel, but progressing. On a motion by Mr. Laxdal, seconded by Mr. Pentico the board unanimously approved the payment of all commissions to current members upon the completion of the Confertel administration change.

Contract for Web Services and Contract for Administrative Services. Upon a motion by Ms. Gaynor, seconded by Ms. Sherrod the board unanimously approved both the contracts with Mr. Autor.

Open Board Seat: Mr. Madden presented Mr. Tim Lennox of ITC^Deltacom to complete Mr. Maccani’s term. On a motion by Ms. Gaynor, seconded by Mr. Simons the board unanimously approved Mr. Lennox.

New Business:

IRS – Tax Filing: Mr. Autor reported while NECSI has been filing tax returns and paying taxes he suspects some errors have been made in the past. It is not clear in our records if we are a Non Profit or a Not for Profit. The board will research this matter and it will be on the agenda for the next meeting.

User’s Group (May 21, 2006): Premier members are listed in the printed directory with brief profile. General members get name listing only. Mr. Autor will work with MKB on this project. The directories will be distributed by Mr. Simons at User Group.

Annual Meeting: Mr. Madden reported the meeting will be held during Advantage. He is working with Mr. Larry Levenberg of NEC on the specific date and time.

Meeting Adjourned at 3pm.