Board report for the month of March. Congratulations to all board members that stood for election. The election run in the normal professional manner although was uneventful. Its good to have the election over so that we can return to focus on growing and improving the NCF. The office continues to operate well with each of the staff carrying their share of the members support functions. The new crop of volunteers is learning quickly and will in time be a first rate crew. I believe The efforts of the volunteers are starting to be reflected in April's rising donations from dial-up users. I am currently interviewing for an office assistant to round out the NCF office team. March's member donations dropped from last years record of $26,000 to $22,500 but this was offset by the growth in high speed members. The donation number are about $1,000 shy of the budgeted target for March. The end of March found the NCF with over 900 high speed members. This is ahead of where we expected to be at this time although the rate of new member uptake seems to be slowing. In total hardware and service margin contributes over $6,000 to the NCF's funding. Expenses are expected to remain largely in line with budget for this period. Although I do not have the detailed financial report at the time of this writing, I am expecting to be able to add to our financial reserves again in March. NCF now can boast of a fully integrated pre-authorized debit function allowing both high speed and dial-up members to switch to monthly payments. It has been a while coming but it is working beautifully with members switching off of credit cards and onto PAD daily. One individual came to my attention lately due to his high modem use each month. When I checked his connect time I noticed day after day of 8 to 10 hour connections without hiccup. This was remarkable due to the fact that many members report experiencing short connections and frequent disconnects. In speaking to this individual I found him very helpful and well researched. It seems v.92 modems are prone to disconnect if run at their highest possible speed with all features turned on. The recipe for a stable connection involves a slightly reduced connection speed and the disabling of two v.92 features. At my request he has written a draft manual to help the average NCF member to re-configure their modem. See you Tuesday night john