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**** The recording is now only 13M so it's about an hour to 
download if you are interested in hearing it by a 50K modem.

Mike

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> The AERC Board of Directors held a meeting by conference 
> call on July 29 at 6 PM PDST which lasted about 2 hours.
> By having meetings more often - decisions can be more timely 
> than just happening at the Convention and Mid year meetings.
> Plus we will not need to have marathon meetings when we do 
> meet in person.
>
> Minutes are not available yet from the meeting but members 
> can listen to the a recording of the meeting online.  When 
> the minutes are approved - they will appear online and in EN.
>
> That said - there is a qualification.  The recording is a 
> mp3 file that's 27M in size.  If you have DSL, cable, or 
> some other form of high speed connection - this isn't a 
> problem.  It downloads and plays in less than 3 minutes for 
> me.   But on a modem that's connected at 50K - it's a 2+ 
> hour download.  Then 2 more hours to listen.
>
> The original recording was 112M and it was compressed to 27M 
> with good quality.
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> To listen to the recording - log in to your AERC members page at
>
> http://www.doublejoy.com/erol/aerc/mbr/
>
> then chose the link at the left titled July 29 BoD 
> conference call.
>
> Clicking once in Internet Explorer on it will bring up the 
> option of "Save it to disk" or "Play".  If you save it to 
> disk - then you can use a program like Winamp to play it - 
> fast forward, back, etc.  It also works in Netscape 4.79 but 
> the 1.4 Mozilla just plays it and doesn't offer the save option.
>
> Choosing "Play" will eventually start the playback at a time 
> depending on whether the program you use for mp3 files 
> buffers - then plays - or saves then plays.
>
> If you have forgotten your login/passwd - the system will 
> email it to you at whatever the email address on record is 
> if you enter your aerc number after failing to log you in 
> successfully.
>
> If you have a problem logging in to your members page - send 
> me email at mmaul@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Send me comments if you like this form of keeping members 
> aware of what happens at BoD meetings.  Note that there are 
> no official minutes of the meeting until after approval by 
> the BoD.  The recording does not constitute an "official" 
> record at this point.
>
> Please don't download more than once as there is a bandwidth 
> limitation at the site I'm using.
>
> If there is a knowledgeable person reading this that knows 
> how to reduce the sampling rate even further and make a 
> smaller file - please do so and let me know where it is.
>
> Mike Maul
> AERC Director-at-Large
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