Steve Autor gave the President's Report. Autor reported that much progress had been made in the last three years. Two years ago at TCA, the members agreed to raise dues to $300 per year that provided the necessary funds to have regular Dealer Council meetings, print Dealer Directories etc. Currently, over 100 dealers have paid dues, a new record. We've added a number of vendors that provide group discounts to NEC dealers. Telemax has sent over $1000 to the Association for NEC Dealers purchasing Mux products. Tricon Leasing is scheduled to reimburse us over $10,000 based on leases we sent to them in 1992.

Autor reported that the next major effort for the Association will be the funding of product committees. NEC agreed to work with our product committees at the Dealer Council meeting in June. This will enable us to have standing product committees that specialize in a particular product area and provide on-going feedback to NEC product managers, instead of having the Council as a whole deal with product needs when problems appear to be serious. These committees will require additional funding due to the number of people involved and the additional meetings required.

Vito Marrone passed out the Treasurer's report. Before TCA, we had a balance of $12,000. A copy of the report is included.

Product committee reports: The 2000 product committee is chaired by Sheldon Allen. Sheldon responded to a number of questions and concerns that were brought up. The committee had it's first meeting here at TCA. The key system product committee met and presented results of a recent fax survey. The 2400 committee has not yet met, but has been in existence before.

Vito Marrone presented a suggested annual budget. It was approved as presented. Autor announced that seats had been up for re-election on the Council as the Council scheduled one seat in each of the three regions up for election each year. Ballots were faxed out during the summer and Allen Wood took charge of the election. In the east region, Vito Marrone was re-elected. In the Central Region, Steve Autor was re-elected. In the Western Region, Ken Jones (HTIS) was elected to the council and will take office Jan. 1st, 1995. Herb Reading was thanked for his years of service on the Council.

Association Goals were presented and re-adopted for the 1995 year. Next, 4 propositions had been faxed out in advance to change the existing by-laws. Proposition 1 set up a rotating election of members of the Dealer Council. Proposition 2 provided that offices of the Association shall take office on Jan. 1 each year allowing time to transfer duties. Proposition 3 separates the duties of the Secretary-Treasurer to two positions. Proposition 4 establishes an executive committee to handle routine business and approve payment of non-routine bills. Members present voted on all 4 issues. Several members voted by proxy. All 4 issues passed by a wide margin. (Note: A copy of the revised by-laws will be sent out to all members with these minutes).

The meeting adjourned at 8:15pm and the members attended a reception by NEC.

The Board of Directors of the Association (Dealer Council) met briefly after the meeting to elect officers for the 1995 year. Herb Reading moved that Steve Autor be given a plaque in appreciation of his years of service to the Association. After a brief coup, new officers elected were: Vito Marrone, President, Gordon Maccani, Vice-President; Art Weinrach, Treasurer; and Allen Wood, Jr., Secretary. Sheldon Allen moved that any new Association/Vendor alliances receive approval by the Dealer Council in advance. Motion passed.