Board of Directors
No August Meeting
Executive Directors Report


Executive Director Report - August 2001



I.	July Monthly Statistics
A.	Public Access Sites

Location		Users		Hours		Avg. Hours
Taos 		          1215		1284		1.06 hours	
	Questa			278		409		1.48 hours
	Penasco		275		670		2.44 hours
	Taos Pueblo		236		lab open 63 hours in July

	B.  Classes
	Intro to Email
	Intro to WWW	    1
	There were no web classes offered in July as Nancy completed web design training via a contract with the Questa
 Mira Youth group and the Open Studio Youth projected funded by McCune Foundation.

	C.  New Registrations
	Primary Accts		31
	Secondary		  5
	Reactivation		  4
	Scholarship		  1
	Total			41

D.	Closures
Approximately 200 notices were sent for 51 days past due balances and only 38 accounts were closed.

Per User Request
Moved		15  		 	Changed ISP	1
Not Using	  6			Not Needed	1
Total  		23

Total Closures 23+38 = 61

E.	Excess Hours
Accounts billed	36
Excess Hours		2043.76 hours
Dollars Billed		$1,021.88



F.	User Online Hours
Total Hours		55,048.21
Total Users		1897
Average Online	29.01 hours

II.	Community Outreach
A.	Public Information:  A huge effort went into informing community based organizations
and the general public in the computer classes that are being offered at La Plaza.  Jovanna Poe
  contacted the northern NM Senior Citizen Centers and Summer Youth Programs regarding the classes that
are being held in La Plaza; she also discussed using local computer labs for classes.
   Advertisements in the Taos News and Sangre De Cristo Chronicle, Taos County Chamber of Commerce
  newsletter and online calendar, and a multitude of flyers sent for distribution.

B.	Taos Regional Health Coalition (TRAC) - Barb Hau is a member of the group and through this group
a website for tobacco information will be designed by 8 youth.  A smoking cessation grant was
written and approved with $8000 designated for La Plaza to train the youth in computer use and web
 design for development of the website.


III.	Fund Acquisition

A.	Markle Foundation - a $50,000 grant was submitted to Markle Foundation to assist with the
 development of the training lab.  The focus with Markle is training in using technology to access
 health information on the WWW.

B.	Los Alamos National Labs Foundation did not approve the $27,000 letter of intent submitted for
 
a Traveling Community Outreach Trainer in the Enchanted Circle.

IV.	Technology Report
A."Error 629", disconnect at time of login problem has been addressed.  An entire report is being
  submitted to the board for equipment upgrade consideration.

Respectfully Submitted:
Judith Pepper
Executive Director
August 17, 2001