Meeting called to order at 6:54 pm. Present: board members: kentn, gelinas, STeve, tsty, unicorn, denise [we have a quorum], guests: mary, remmers Approval of Previous meeting minutes: Minutes have been posted and reviewed in coop. gelinas moved to approve the minutes, denise seconded; approved. Business: --Upcoming election planning: Nomination period for board of directors vacancies is 11/1--11/15 then 2 weeks for discussion; voting 12/1-- 12/15. January: install new directors and vote for officers. Remmers will be vote administrator [unless he runs for board, in which case, STeve agreed to be administrator]. Will know by the end of this month how many members will be on the board starting in the new year, depending on how voting goes on the proposal to reduce board to 5 members instead of the current 7. --Status of By-Law Amendment Items: 2 items are now up for a vote [through 10/27-28]: --to change in dues, reducing it to $18/year / $2/month and --to change size of board from 7 members to 5 and quorum to 3. Anyone that pays $18 to become a member before the end of this voting period will be eligible to vote. --Town Hall conference item [ongoing discussion]: -Email is still something that draws people, though spam is a problem. How much do we trust outside sources/services? Ways to fix the spam has been floating around. Need to try things to see what works. -Bandwith, can we increase what we have? [Currently have 50 gigs/month, using about 12; spam taking up most of this.] Would people use the extra bandwith to store illegal stuff [like porn]? If told of something, board/staff should be notified. Grex can be blocked [and has been] for various reasons. Other things people want: blogging, various web options... -Can we give up the last phone line? We would need 18-20 people/members to pay for it... It s getting very little usage; when used, only for a few minutes at a time. STeve moved to terminate this line on 11/1 [as soon as possible after this]; gelinas seconded Discussion: When discussing this issue recently [before other line was terminated], there wasn t enough interest in paying for this. Motion carried. -Provide.net: still has revenue coming in but not as much as they d like; this may eventually be a problem. -In the past, the scuzzy disc was switched to an IDE disc; will eventually need to be replaced. People want to see movement/action before contributing money to Grex. --Discussed but not decided: -telnet removal: Open BSD no longer supports it; post in MOTD plus send to telnet users that it s going away? -List of other issues will be posted in coop. Treasurer s Report: Newest members: gelinas last month, unicorn this month. Should we be acknowledging in agora as we get new members like was done in the past? Michigan corporation annual update: form completed and ready to be sent in. Staff report: gelinas has made a staff report in this month s agenda item [resp 15 of item 289]. Summary: Grex has been up and stable since the last meeting. Some discussion of unused SSH connections in the system problems item; no action seems to have been required. Next meeting: Sunday, 11/21/10, 6:30pm at Zingerman s Next Door. Meeting Adjourned15 responses total.
"scuzzy disc": It's not dirty; it uses the "Small Computer Systems Interface," SCSI.
I knew it was an abbreviation of some sort but wasn't sure what; hence, sounding it out works... I guess this is what happens when the secretary isn't a techie.
Thanks for entering these so promptly, Denise. Nice job summarizing what was discussed too.
I agree. Thank you, Denise!
You're welcome. :-)
iwlta: loginid rcurl just contributed 3-mos membership dues ($18) through our web site ... http://cyberspace.org/member.xhtml and so, not only will rcurl;s vote be tallied .. it also will count toward pass/fail results. just so you know, any new/renewed membesrships effective before the ballottoing closes, will count toward the legal results. other voters/votes will be tallied adn recognized. you voice can both be heard (non-members) and be influential (members) as well
loginid slynne hasd just joined the membersip so her vote(s) iwll count in the tally of pass/fail ... thanks slynne!
cross jsut re-upped .... uhhhh, for grex. thank you.
jadecat just became a member on 14nov10.
Cool! Welcome back, jadecat. :)
Yay. Maybe we should start calling her 'Nigel' since she is member #11 ;)
*laughs* It's just that I really like the number #11 (my birthday, the date of my first date with the hubby...)
loginid drs just joined well, on 4dec anyway. by paypal.
thanks drs!
Thank you, drs! We appreciate it a lot! Don't forget there is a Board election going on right now. Dan and I just put the link to the election web page up on the Grex main web page this weekend to make it easier to vote.
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