Minutes of the Meeting

NECSI

Board of Directors

05/11/06 Conference Call

The following members of the board were in attendance: Gary Laxdal, Suzanne Sherrod, Drew Regan, Maureen Gaynor, and Barry Simons. Seated with the board was Steve Autor.

Absent: Bob Pentico, Kevin Brennan and Tim Lenox

President, Barry Simons, called meeting to order at 1pm.

Presidents Report: Instructed Mr. Autor to send another reminder em on the IPKII survey and close it in two weeks.

Treasurers Reports: No material changes. Directory invoicing starting to come in. Mr. Laxdal requested Mr. Autor to provide aging on BP receivables. Mr. Autor reported advertising revenue is up.

Secretary Report: Minutes from April 13, 2006 approved on a motion by Ms. Sherrod seconded by Ms. Laxdal; passed unanimously.

Business Partners Report:

Existing BP are NEC, BBX, NEC Financial, Federal Telecom and AVST.

Advertisers include Telecom Tactics, ConferTel, Premier Technologies and Active Voice. NO REPORT

Old Business:

Newsletter: Mr. Simons drafted a new format for board input. Suggestion was made to make it a magazine format published semi-annually or 3 times annually in 2007. Our communication with membership has shifted to electronic medium. Noted quality content and consistency is an issue. Increase spiff to $200 for top 3 articles per newsletter by Mr. Laxdal; seconded by Ms. Sherrod, passed unanimously.

IRS – Mr. Simons, Ms. Gaynor and Mr. Autor met via teleconference with Jim Brougher, Atty and Phil Muehl, CPA to discuss our situation on 5/7/06. Mr. Muehl & Mr. Brougher made a recommendation to incorporate as a 501C(6) and move forward. They will submit a quote for these services to Mr. Autor for Board Approval. Mr. Laxdal made a motion to accept this proposal with a budget of $2,000; seconded by Ms. Gaynor; passed unanimously.

Multi Location Agreement: Mr. Pentico will draft a revised agreement and submit to the board for input. NO REPORT.

New Business:

ADVANTAGE REVIEW: We need to develop QUICKLY a 5 question survey rating Advantage Conference so we can share with NEC in June. Ms. Gaynor will draft and submit to board for input.

ANNUAL MEETING: No Report.

JUNE MEETING WITH NEC: Review January meeting and ask for results specifically on the MPS market position/price, simplify product line and reduce TCE and address the training on all products. Present findings of IPKII survey. Gap in NEC product line IPK TDM box to 2000IPS product? MA4000 webex training? Marketing Kits for new products such as Message Protection and Digital Signage. How can we push that NEC name forward to a leadership position?

ADDITIONAL UPCOMING SURVEYS: Advantage Feedback.

Meeting was adjourned at 2:15pm