This regularly scheduled meeting of the 91st Day Subcommittee was opened by Vice Chairman Jay Cox in the absence of Chairman F. H. Moore, Jr. There were eight members present. These included:

Jay Cox, Vice Chairman	Al Bradley, Secretary
Dan Manweiler	Michael Hayter
Bill Chaffin	Jack White
Jean Luker	Ray Millsap

Lacking a formal agenda, Jay Cox noted that Sprint has set up a voice mail messaging phone line for E V A and that the telephone number for this service is:

The committee discussed items remaining from the agenda of the previous meeting. Dan Manweiler moved, seconded by Jean Luker, that this committee defer any further discussion of the activities of the Content Subcommittee. This motion was unanimously approved.

Michael Hayter opened discussions by noting that there were barriers such as people who were already expressing frustration at setting up home pages. He noted that there were several means of doing so for a fee, but relatively few ways to establish a home page otherwise. Jay Cox noted that setting up a home page required special equipment, special software and needed to be hardwired to the net and that these features were expensive; hence, the fee based availability. Jay also stated that he thought that the work of Dan Manweiler's Content Committee, when completed, would help pull some of these things together.

Bill Chaffin noted that he was anticipating Sprint's offer to build, maintain and operate E V A, but that he would much prefer to see the Town active in this regard. Jean Luker offered that the Town could retain consultants to design the physical equipment for E V A and require Sprint to use that standard. There followed further discussion in this concerning the use of consultants for various aspects of the E V A project.

Michael Hayter stated that there was a clear necessity to determine the needs of the potential end users of E V A and to include these needs in any planning for the future of the system. Jean Luker stated that the system needed to be an open ended, scaleable one capable of adaptation to changing methods of delivery. This was generally agreed upon.

The next meeting of the 91st Day Subcommittee was set for 7:30 P. M. on 4 April 1996 in the Municipal Building. This date was fixed for this time in order to follow a meeting of the Marketing Subcommittee scheduled for 5:15 P. M. on 3 April at the Coomes Recreation Center.

Upon motion of Bill Chaffin, seconded by Ray Millsap, the meeting was adjourned.

[Note: These minutes have been corrected from suggestions made at the 4/8/96 meeting].

Respectfully Submitted,

Albert C. Bradley,

Secretary

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