response 6 of 203:

Jul 28 22:33 UTC 1999

perhaps the board should re-convene via conference call and have an
emergency motion to rescind the shut-down motion.  If this judge is
an Engler appointee, he is probably conservative and may well uphold
the law.  

The government could not shut down grex or attempt prosecution while the
lawsuit is pending-- grex could get an injunction itself for that.  

Shutting down grex even for a small period of time could cause major
problems-- those with paying grex memberships could request pro-rated
refunds for the time that grex wasnt available.  If grex is down for more
than a day or two, grex will get swamped with inbound email, and probably
angry responses from ISPS getting email bounced back from grex.

A motion to completely shut down should have been voted  on by
full membership, and one could argue that this motion wasnt made earlier
because the board wanted to keep that vote to itself.