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chelsea
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Grex's Bylaws
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Apr 12 18:03 UTC 1992 |
Cyberspace Communications / Grex Bylaws
PREAMBLE
It is the objective of this organization to provided an
open-access computer conferencing system for the education,
intellectual enrichment, and entertainment of its users through
the peaceable interchange of information and ideas. To this end,
we establish these bylaws for the governance of the
organization.
ARTICLE 1: NAME
This organization shall be known as "Cyberspace Communications".
The computer conferencing system provided by the organization is
known as "Grex".
ARTICLE 2: MEMBERSHIP
a. Anyone supporting the goals and objectives of this organization
as enumerated in the Preamble, and who agrees to abide by
these bylaws and pay dues, is eligible for membership.
b. To be eligible to vote, a person must be a current member and
have paid a minimum of three months dues.
ARTICLE 3: BOARD OF DIRECTORS
a. The Board of Directors (BOD) shall consist of seven members
of Grex, and shall include a chairperson, a secretary, and a
treasurer.
b. The BOD shall maintain an awareness of and discuss issues
relevant to Grex's status and (excepting issues whose
discussion might compromise system security) shall keep the
users informed of these issues.
c. The BOD shall make decisions related to system maintenance,
staff responsibilities and appointments, and issues related
to daily business.
d. The BOD shall hold face-to-face meetings on a regular,
bimonthly basis, and in addition may hold special meetings if
necessary. A quorum consists of five BOD members.
e. The time, place, and agenda of each BOD meeting shall be
publicized one week in advance of the meeting, or as soon
thereafter as feasible. Meetings shall normally be open to
all users of Grex, except that portions of meetings dealing
with sensitive system security or personnel issues may be
held in closed executive session.
f. The chairperson is reponsible for calling BOD meetings and
organizing the agenda. For the purposes of incorporation
papers, the chairperson shall also be known as the
president.
g. The secretary shall take minutes at all BOD meetings and
make them available to the users of Grex in a timely fashion,
shall maintain an up-to-date list of all officers, members,
and staff, and shall handle routine correspondence.
h. The treasurer shall collect all dues and other monies and
deposit them in the organization's checking account, shall
pay all bills by check, shall keep records of all trans-
actions, and shall publicly post a monthly financial report.
i. The BOD may establish committees as they deem necessary.
ARTICLE 4: ELECTIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE
a. BOD members shall be elected to two-year terms, that begin
on January 1 of each year. Terms of office shall be
staggered, with 4 board positions being filled beginning in
even-numbered years and 3 in odd-numbered years.
b. Upon serving two consecutive terms on the BOD, a person must
vacate the BOD for one year before being eligible to serve
again.
c. If an office is vacated before expiration of its term, an
election to fill the vacancy shall take place within three
months. A partial term so created of six months or less will
not count toward the two-consecutive-term limitation.
d. Nominations will be submitted by November 15th and elections
held between the 1st and 15th of December for terms to
commence January 1st. 2/3 of the membership must vote for
the election to be valid. The nominees receiving the most
votes will be appointed to the BOD.
e. A BOD member shall be removed from office if they resign,
not be available for meetings or respond to BOD
communications for a period of four months, or be voted out
of office by a vote of the membership, with 2/3 of the
membership voting and 3/4 of the ballots cast in favor of
removal.
ARTICLE 5: VOTING PROCEDURES
a. Any member of Grex may make a motion by entering it as the
text of a discussion item in a computer conference on Grex
designated for this purpose. The item is then used for
discussion of the motion. All Grex users may participate in
the discussion. No action on the motion is taken for two
weeks. At the end of two weeks, the author may then submit a
final version for a vote by the membership. The vote is
conducted on-line over a period of ten days.
b. A motion will be considered to have passed if, and only if,
at least 50% of the membership has cast a ballot, and more
votes were cast in favor than against.
c. For voting purposes, a day will run midnight to midnight. In
the event of continuous system downtime of 24 hours or more,
the voting period will be adjusted to compensate.
ARTICLE 6: DUES
a. Membership dues are $60 per year or $6 per month.
b. The fiscal year shall begin on January 1 of each year. The
incumbent treasurer shall close the books prior to this
date.
c. The BOD shall be responsible for keeping the membership
informed as to Grex's financial status. Should circumstances
warrant a change in membership dues, the membership will be
notified and the issue discussed and put to a vote according
to the procedures of Article 5.
d. Dues paid to cover a membership of two years or less will
not be affected by an increase in dues.
ARTICLE 7: AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS
Amendments to these bylaws may be proposed and voted upon at any
time according to the procedures of Article 5a. In order for a
proposed amendment to take effect, 2/3 of the membership must
vote, with a 3/4 majority voting in favor of the change.
ARTICLE 8: DISSOLVEMENT
In the event the membership is unable to support Cyberspace
Communications, all property belonging to the club shall be
sold. The remaining cash assets, after paying final bills, shall
be donated to a charitable organization, as determined by the
BOD. All elected officers shall then be released from their
obligations and the corporation dissolved.
ADDENDUM
It is understood that it may not be feasible to hold the first
election for the Board of Directors by the dates specified in
Article 5. An election for the initial Board of Directors shall
be held within 90 days of the adoption of these bylaws. All
seven BOD positions will be filled in this election, with the
four candidates receiving the most votes having two-year terms
and the next three candidates one-year terms.
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popcorn
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response 1 of 28:
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Nov 2 06:02 UTC 1992 |
This response has been erased.
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other
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response 2 of 28:
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Mar 7 06:30 UTC 1994 |
I take it that if you've just paid for a two year membership and the org
dissolves the next month, you're out the money and that's it?
(Not meaning to imply that this is a likely occurence, or that it would happen
by the intent of anyone.)
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rcurl
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response 3 of 28:
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Mar 7 07:38 UTC 1994 |
The dues you just paid would then be tax deductible (even those to grex
are not). Think generously.
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rcurl
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response 4 of 28:
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Dec 15 06:47 UTC 2011 |
From the information conference:
ARTICLE 3: BOARD OF DIRECTORS
a. The Board of Directors (BOD) shall consist of seven members
of Grex, and shall include a chairperson, a secretary, and a
treasurer.
b. The BOD shall maintain an awareness of and discuss issues
relevant to Grex's status and (excepting issues whose
discussion might compromise system security) shall keep the
users informed of these issues.
c. The BOD shall make decisions related to system maintenance,
staff responsibilities and appointments, and issues related
to daily business.
d. The BOD shall hold face-to-face meetings on a regular,
bimonthly basis, and in addition may hold special meetings if
necessary. A quorum consists of five BOD members.
Note last line.
There should not be multiple versions of the bylaws available easily.
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cross
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response 5 of 28:
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Dec 19 14:51 UTC 2011 |
You do realize you're replying to an article in an out-of-the-way conference
that was last active in 1994, don't you?
The definitive version of the bylaws are what is on the web page, not what
is in the conferences (which very, very few Grex users actually use anymore).
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rcurl
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response 6 of 28:
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Dec 19 22:11 UTC 2011 |
I just wrote "join grex", and that is the conference I got. There was no
statement that it was outdated.
I don't use the web page. It isn't as simple as bbs. In any case, there should
not be different versions available - just the current one - unless there is
a conference labeled "obsolete and replaced documents".
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cross
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response 7 of 28:
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Dec 20 00:05 UTC 2011 |
Don't know what to tell you. People get upset when things disappear
from the BBS.
Your unwillingness to use the web is your problem; you'll miss out on
the official documentation. I have no control over what people post in
the conferences.
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kentn
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response 8 of 28:
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Dec 20 01:48 UTC 2011 |
Or look at coop item 325.
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rcurl
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response 9 of 28:
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Dec 20 04:58 UTC 2011 |
I'm willing to use the web. I just find it much less satisfactory for
Grex.
The obsolete bylaws have disappeared from applicabiity. Why not
disappear them from BBS? Or put them in an Ancient Grex History
conference.
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cross
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response 10 of 28:
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Dec 21 05:29 UTC 2011 |
resp:9 Get in contact with the person who posted them and ask that person
to take them down.
You know, Rane, instead of complaining --- constantly --- about others not
doing their job (but only in the way you see fit) you could actually step
up and do something about it. Such as, like I just said, getting in contact
with the people who posted these things and asking them to scribble or
asking the fairwitnesses to retire those items or whatever.
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rcurl
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response 11 of 28:
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Dec 21 05:41 UTC 2011 |
I haven't complained. I have only pointed out some problems. I can't correct
them myself, and I was under the impression that my duty is to point them out
when I find them, so those that can, will. I do assume the fairwitnesses do
read their conferences and try to improve them when problems are identified.
I also think having the problems hang around to confuse people is not to
Grex's benefit.
Perhaps you don't think anything I think is a problem is actually a problem,
but I still think if I do, I should point it out. I don't think I have pointed
out any problems that are not problems.
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cross
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response 12 of 28:
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Dec 21 06:08 UTC 2011 |
I think you have. Far fewer than one percent of Grex users read the
conferences; do you think they care about how outdated an item in some
random conference is?
Who would you have us spend more time on: the handful of users who still
use the BBS, or the thousands of others who could care less about computer
conferencing?
More to the point, just who have you pointed these problems out to? Why
not try to figure out who the fairwitness of the 'info' conference is and
ask him or her to retire the items you find offensive?
Or, if you want staff to do it, send email to help@grex.org; don't post
in some random conference.
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rcurl
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response 13 of 28:
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Dec 21 20:39 UTC 2011 |
Are you supporting the retention of error because the majority don't care?
When I wrote j grex it did not tell me who the fairwitness is. It only
informed me that it was the Grex "information conference". That sounds
pretty official and dependable. So I quoted from it. Hence I cited some
of the info in agora. Eventually someone pointed out that it was wrong.
Seems to me that someone in authority would have noted that and
scrambled to correct the error, instead of taking me to task for not
doing anything about it (at the time I didn't know it was wrong).
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cross
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response 14 of 28:
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Dec 21 20:41 UTC 2011 |
resp:13 I'm suggesting going to authoritative data. You continue to
argue that data that you have been told is not authoritative is authoritative.
That's not my problem.
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rcurl
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response 15 of 28:
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Dec 22 06:13 UTC 2011 |
I have NOT claimed that. I have only suggested that false information
should not be readily at hand with "j grex" in the conferences. I went
to the current version when this was pointed out. But the misinformation
is still in the information conference, and not noted as incorrect. How
is a new user to know what is "authoritative" or not?
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cross
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response 16 of 28:
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Dec 22 13:54 UTC 2011 |
New users rarely try the BBS; they turn to the web first for information.
Stop living in the 1980s.
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rcurl
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response 17 of 28:
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Dec 23 02:25 UTC 2011 |
They don't know the advantages they are missing.
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cross
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response 18 of 28:
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Dec 23 18:45 UTC 2011 |
Perhaps it is you who do not know the advantages you are missing, because
you spend most of your time on Grex in the conferences.
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rcurl
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response 19 of 28:
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Dec 24 04:15 UTC 2011 |
Wat are you talking about? The Grex website says:
"Free Grex Services
Discussion Areas
Real-Time Chat
Internet Email
Web Browsing
Web Hosting
Unix Shell Accounts
Available Software
Mindterm Java Terminal (ssh)
I use at least six of these. What am I missing besides Real-Time Chat
(and I don't need the "Available Software").
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cross
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response 20 of 28:
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Dec 24 04:23 UTC 2011 |
The available software.
Hey, keep yourself firmly rooted in the 1980s; no sweat off my back.
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rcurl
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response 21 of 28:
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Dec 24 18:49 UTC 2011 |
Where do I find a list of Available Software?
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kentn
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response 22 of 28:
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Dec 24 22:14 UTC 2011 |
http://grex.org/software.xhtml
Bit it's more for programmers. You might find something there you
want to try, maybe.
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rcurl
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response 23 of 28:
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Dec 27 03:34 UTC 2011 |
I'm no longer a programmer. I was once (Fortran, for engineering calculations)
but found Excel could do almost all I had need of with Fortran, and much more
simply.
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cross
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response 24 of 28:
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Dec 27 04:17 UTC 2011 |
That still doesn't really explain what the "advantages" of Grex's conferences
are.
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