Organisations represented: Astrix Integrated Systems, BnT Cymru, Computer Consult, Coyote Services, TiGra Networks.
The new meeting venue (Venture Wales training room) proved to be excellent and meetings will continue there for the foreseeable future.
Formalising SWSBSG
Much of the discussion at this meeting was centred on formalising the group and instigating a proper membership system with subscription fees. I will be generating a draft constitution and publishing it to the discussion list shortly. Edited highlights are as follows:
· Membership subscription to be set initially at £60 per organisation, payable annually on a fixed date.
· Certain members will be exempt from payment (this is still to be defined)
· The membership list will be pruned to eliminate non-paying organisations.
· Tony Smith volunteered to be treasurer. Tim & Grace will continue to act as Chairman & Membership secretary
· A draft constitution will be produced that will document all of this and will be published on the discussion list.
Any Other Business
We also had an ad-hoc ‘round table’ discussion about various matters, including different business models, SBS technical problems, remote monitoring software. I (Tim) gave a demo of a hosted Voice-Over-IP system that I am currently evaluating.
A relatively short but very productive meeting.
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