ROCKNET MEETING MINUTES December 9, 1999 Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm by Bob Ekman in the City Manager's Conference Room at City Hall. In attendance were: Bob Ekman, Stan Klein, Roald Schrack, Mike Cannon, Betsy Robbins, Jim Beller, and Jie Lin. 1. Minutes of previous meetings have been on the web site and will be accepted if there are no objections. 2. It was decided that coming meeting of the Board will be on the second Thursday of the month. If City Hall is not open that night then the meeting will be held on the third Thursday of the month. Bob will make a list of proposed meetings for the coming year. 3. The statistics for Rocknet and the City web site were discussed and proposed tasks for the new web administrator (Betsy Robbins). 4. The Index server will be installed in the next 30 days. Mechanisms of FTP input of web pages was discussed. It was tentatively agreed that if a civic association has advertising included in its published version of a newsletter, it will be acceptable to include that advertising in a PDF file of the newsletter. 5. Bob will write a letter to be distributed to civic organizations offering space for a web page. 6. Stan reported on the Maryland Technological Showcase held in Baltimore and described the new highspeed backbone being planned for the state. Submitted by Roald A, Schrack, on December 28, 1999, Roald A. Schrack 13 Farsta Ct. Rockville, MD 20850 voice: 301-279-7017 fax: 301-279-8889