NECSI Council Meeting Minutes
Palm Springs, CA
January 26, 2001 - 8:30 am –12:00 noon
Meeting Called to Order at 8:30 a.m. by Mark Lynn.
Members Absent: Maureen Gaynor, Charley Eicher
Adoption of Minutes Charlie moved to adopt Minutes from October 6, 2000. Motion passed.
Financial Report Datacomm has committed to make
the first installment of ~$1400 this quarter. After this meeting Datacomm will
decide whether to continue as a partner. Council elected to not maintain a
booth at this years Advantage (users group).
Greg moved to
adopt Financial Report. Motion
passed.
Committee Reports
Marketing Ed Mikesell
Nothing new to
report
Recruitment / NECSI Membership Gary Laxdal
Gary voiced a
concern that NEC has been accessing the site but does not pay membership dues.
Apparently some member dealers are providing NEC with passwords. The
recommendation was made to change passwords more frequently and request all
dealers not make these passwords available to NEC.
Training Greg Osler
Nothing new to
report
NEAX 2000/2400 Gary Laxdal
Nothing new to
report, 129th port pricing issue is in the un-finished business.
Key System Ron Brennan
Nothing new to
report
Wireless Gordon Maconi
NEC has produce
product brochures but the overall market message is still absent. IP training
is now becoming an issue.
Alternate Channels Sean
Campbell
No response for NEC regarding the issues put forth at the October 6, 2000
meeting. i.e. NEC agreed to provide a copy of the VAR agreement. NEC agreed to
address the posting of prices on the web.
CROSSTALK Suzanne
NEXT COPY DEADLINE: March 8, 2001
Unfinished Business
Ø
Major/National Accounts Program -
Published by NEC December 7, 2000. The council has not agreed to support this
program or any non-NECSI member who are referred by NEC for installation
services.
Ø
NEC: NEAX 20002 pricing at 128 ports.
NEC published permanent pricing adjustments January15, 2001.
Ø
Greg to check into NEC Leasing
trade-up program. Who is getting leads for expiring leases? This item was not
addressed.
Ø
Account Representative Roles -Seeking clarification from NEC as to the
responsibilities and performance measurement of their Dealer Account
Representatives. No update as of this mornings meeting.
Ø
Confidentiality agreement for Board
Members and any NECSI members privy to non-disclosure information. Generic
agreement on-file and available should a situation requiring such an agreement
arises.
Ø
NEC System product pricing program
(convoluted and confusing). We need to know our price before we go out – not
after we go through the ‘price relief game”. - what is our REAL price from NEC?
The council has previously discussed the problem caused by recording all Dterm
sales in the 2400 category. NEC has not responded to this matter
New Business:
Ø
Dates for 2001 Board meetings will be
o
Jan 26, 2001 Palm Springs
o
Apr 25, 2001 Dallas
o
Jul 27, 2001 Denver Tentative
date
o
Oct 26, 2001 Jacksonville Tentative date
Ø
Budget for 2001 not available from
RCR.
Ø
Datacomm warranty partnership
presentation – The board defined the nature of a vendor relationship with this
association. We offered to publish articles and accept advertising in the
quarterly Crosstalk newsletter. We will assist the vendor in distributing
marketing material to the dealers and providing reference from dealers that are
using the product.
Ø
Establish travel expense guidelines
o
Airline tickets not to exceed $600.00.
Tickets above that amount will require prior approval by the board Treasurer.
Board members agreed to use Saturday stay whenever it will reduce the overall
cost.
o
Hotels not to exceed $200/day, maximum
of 3 days. (NEC customer hotel)
o
Per Diem - $100/day Food &
Entertainment
o
Car Rentals – Max $200 & 3 days
o
Taxi’s – as required
Ø
The council reviewed the mission
statement and elected to make no changes at this time
Ø Moved to drop the booth from the NEC users group portion of NEC Advantage
- Motion Passed.