James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
> 1. If you don't find another way to hand-off the books, I will be glad
> to work something out. Give me a call (278)-4099.

I have the books now and will bring them to the meeting for the raffle.

> 2. If no one objects, I will coordinate the August 10th meeting program.
> I will volunteer one 15-minute presentation, and try to drum up
> commitments for more. My thinking is that we want to try a variety of

Sounds good. Do you have any commitments yet? I know I offered a short
list of things I could present on a while back but I don't recall what
they were now. Nor do I recall if they were short, shallow topics. The
only problem I see with doing mini-presentations is that most
interesting things will need a computer to demo or present with and the
setup time with the projector is always longer than we would like. I
wish I had a laptop right now that I could let everyone use for their
presentations.

> 3. What's the status of projection equipment for Annex-C. Was last month
> someone's personal projector? Seem like we just gotta have a projector
> for presentations, eh? This seems like a *high priority* issue.

I missed the last meeting so I can't speak to this.

> 3a. Maybe we should talk more about getting a kplug projector. If the
> only obstacle is having someone take responsibility for storing and
> hauling it, I would do that for a while.

Yes, I think a projector would be a good use of the clubs money. If you
would care to do the research and spec one out and work out a way to
manage the use of it I'm sure we could easily get the required buy-off
to purchase it. Just remember that it would be the SDCS projector so the
 other user groups would have the right to use it also, although they
are not nearly as active as KPLUG. Any further discussion of this should
probably be directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

> 3b. What would be neat is a portable compact system, which would add
> another $500+ to the cost, I suppose -- but that could be considered
> later. Maybe we could start a design brainstorming page on wiki.

Yes, that would definitely be nice.

> 3c. For immediate consideration, if we _need_ a projector, and have
> _money_, and have _consensus_ that we should buy one, then who knows
> about specs and good deals. If needed, could we get one before August 10?

I doubt we could get one befoer August 10th at this point but it is
still worth pursuing.

> 
> 3d. My thought on specs is:
>  - 1024x768 miniumum
>  - spare bulb
>  - video cables (and adapters? --  eg dvi?)

All good ideas. What is the life of a typical bulb and how much do they
normally cost?

> 3e. But, what about:
>  - brand-name, reliability
>  - brightness specs?
>  - what else?

I don't know much about projectors. Whatever you recommend would go over
just fine I'm sure.

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