2009 Summary of Activities
Again in 2009, a
directory
of the Santa Clara Valley Section end-of-year membership was produced
from
the Section roster file downloaded from the National Office.
A Hewlett-Packard Laserjet 4 printer with a "Pro
Collection" font
cartridge was used. Programming was done in PowerBasic 3.20 (available
from PowerBASIC, Inc.) to read information from the roster file, make
necessary
file format conversions, select home or work address and phone number,
change the characters from all-upper-case to a more readable
combination
of upper and lower case, format the results column by column and page
by
page, and send them to the printer. Program listings are available from
the Section Secretary on request.
There were exactly
3291 records in the 2009 database, 344 fewer than in 2008.
The directory ran to 39 pages for the version
supplied to most Executive Committee members (4 pages less than last
year); the Chair and Secretary
received more detailed ones which ran to 56 pages (5 less than last
year). The directory was distributed to the 17 members of
the Executive Committee
(officers, councilors, and alternate
councilors), to about 5 committee
chairs and other non-voting members of the Executive Committee,
and to no one else.
A scan of page 32
(the page that has my own name) from the directory is shown below as a
sample. The actual printed pages
are clearer than the picture below indicates.
Karl Marhenke
Secretary