We held our third annual Bagels & Bytes on a Boat on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. RiverQuest graciously permitted us to use their beautiful boat Explorer for our meeting. We had a great turnout and a great time!
Here are resources from the meeting (photos will be uploaded in a separate post on this blog shortly):
- Places to buy equipment
- Best Buy Auction
- TigerDirect
- CDW
- Goodwill Store (still on South Side)
- Newegg.com
- E-cycling resources
- Other random topics of discussion:
- Wifi implementation
- Cisco switches tend to be more expensive, HP switches less so
- Sometimes worth it to pay more up front and have less issues later (less expensive doesn’t mean better deal necessarily)
- With Cisco, you have to install their wifi/switches if you ever plan to use a Cisco IP phone system
- Board meeting packets – electronic vs. paper
- Might use board portal software to pull this off
- Perhaps issue Nooks, Kindles or iPads?
- Discuss with board to discern culture and willingness to go digital
- Listen and deal with security concerns
- Be sure to provide clear access instructions for board members
We have no B&B meeting in July, but will be back on Wednesday, August 3, at Rodef Shalom in Shadyside. Have a great summer!
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Jun 29, 2011 @ 22:11:23
Looks like I missed all the fun again! Good times. There was an excellent article on board meeting software in a recent NTEN newsletter. Love their new format BTW. I started using mycommittee.com one of my national committees and folks love it.
Jun 30, 2011 @ 15:10:04
I love the new NTEN newsletter too (assuming you’re talking about that journal they are doing called “Change”?)
Will have to check out MyCommittee.com.
What’s the name of the recycling vendor?
Jun 30, 2011 @ 15:19:10
Recycling vendor is http://memking.com
And, yes, Change is the newsletter/journal to which I was referring.
Jun 29, 2011 @ 22:12:26
Also found a recycler that deal in bulk. Just had to palletize the machines and they arranged a freight company and provide certification that they drives were wiped to DoD standards.