Grex Oldcoop Conference

Item 167: Grex Board of Director’s Meeting, April 12th

Entered by mooncat on Wed Apr 14 17:16:01 2004:

Attending Board Members: Aruba, Gelinas, Slynne, Mary, Mooncat, 
Polygon, Bhoward
Attending Non-Members: Keesan, Jdeigert, MDW

1.      Opening Gavel: 7:04pm
2.      Treasurer s Report: In March we took in $480.68, paid out 
$415.47. So far in April we have taken in $72. 
        One new member in March, one returning. Currently we are at 81 
members, 78 paid up, the others still in their grace period. 
        Kip put a power meter in at the Pumpkin and after it ran for 
ten days figured that we were actually using less power with both Grex 
and Next Grex there than we had feared.
        In Feb. Aruba contacted the IRS regarding our 501(c )(3) status-
 they apparently sent mail for us to an old address and when they did 
not get a reply believed Grex was no longer around. Aruba received 
paperwork from them and sent it in as of our last meeting. More 
recently Aruba contacted them once again and they explained that they 
needed more time to answer our question and would get back to us in 60 
days. However we shouldn t worry, we haven t lost our 501 status.
        There was another Paypal transaction reversed, however Aruba 
contacted them shortly after it happened, and spoke to them. Hopefully 
we won t get charged this time.

3.      Staff Report/Next Grex: Bhoward has been working on moving 
scripts from the one machine to the new one. Progress has slowed more 
recently. He is currently working on getting Robocop like programs to 
work. General question among the Board if Picospan were put onto Next 
Grex would that help staff to get motivated. Backtalk and Fronttalk are 
currently on Next Grex, but aren t ready for  prime time  as it were.
Need someone to go to the Pumpkin and run some traceroutes. Apparently 
packets are being lost between Grex and out provider.
Staff has agreed they need to have a meeting but have not yet set a 
date or location.

4.      Next Meeting: at Slynne s. Preferred date is Friday May 21 at 
7:00pm, alternate is Monday May 17th at 7:00pm

5.      New Business: Suggested that we write a thank you letter to 
ArborWeb for their long-running ad. All agreed this was a good idea. 
After the meeting concluded the letter was drafted, signed and mailed.

6.      Closing Gavel: 7:35pm
22 responses total.
#1 of 22 by tod on Wed Apr 14 17:22:28 2004:

How long has Cyberspace Communications 501 status been defunct and when was
it changed from a 501(a) to a 501(c)3? Should the membership be notified if
they've been claiming deductions on tax returns?

#2 of 22 by mary on Wed Apr 14 21:25:22 2004:

It's always been a 501(c)3 and it's never been defunct.

#3 of 22 by scott on Wed Apr 14 21:50:56 2004:

Todd, please quit parroting jp2's lies.

#4 of 22 by tod on Wed Apr 14 21:58:35 2004:

Scott, quit labelling me.  Can't you see through the M-Net blinders?

I am not parroting anyone. I looked at the IRS publication and could not find
Cyberspace Communications.  The only thing I've seen in the grex.org website
pertaining to a 501 status says that Grex was granted 501(a) status.
Someone just assumed it equals 501(c)3 but the IRS publication and lookup
databases don't justify such assumption.

#5 of 22 by jp2 on Thu Apr 15 00:30:40 2004:

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#6 of 22 by jp2 on Thu Apr 15 00:37:05 2004:

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#7 of 22 by realugly on Thu Apr 15 00:42:45 2004:

YEAH< SCOTT

QUIT COMLESTING CHILDREN

#8 of 22 by jp2 on Thu Apr 15 00:43:01 2004:

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#9 of 22 by aruba on Thu Apr 15 04:04:47 2004:

Cyberspace Communications was granted 501(c)3 status in 1998, retroactive
to its founding in 1991.  We have never had 501(a) status, so I don't know
where Todd read that.

#10 of 22 by scott on Thu Apr 15 15:04:00 2004:

Re 8:  Well, I'm probably feeding a troll here, but you've accused somebody
of embezzlement without providing any proof.  Since I'm confident that no such
embezzling took place, it must be you who is lying.

#11 of 22 by soup on Fri Apr 16 01:15:00 2004:

I'm sure you're confident that there was no censorship here in the past five
months too, hmm?

#12 of 22 by jp2 on Fri Apr 16 02:19:20 2004:

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#13 of 22 by scott on Fri Apr 16 03:51:30 2004:

#26 of 34: by Puerile Idolatry (jp2) on Wed, Apr 14, 2004 (08:20):
 So now we have established that she committed a criminal act of computer
 vandalism *and* she was embezzeling from her employer?

#14 of 22 by realugly on Fri Apr 16 04:06:41 2004:

#13 of 13: by Scott Helmke (scott) on Thu, Apr 15, 2004 (23:51):
 #26 of 34: by Puerile Idolatry (jp2) on Wed, Apr 14, 2004 (08:20):
  So now we have established that she committed a criminal act of computer
  vandalism *and* she was embezzeling from her employer?

(OBOY!  I"M HAPPY THIS IS STARTING AGAIN!)

#15 of 22 by jp2 on Fri Apr 16 12:20:30 2004:

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#16 of 22 by scott on Fri Apr 16 12:39:53 2004:

Re 15:  Don't go Leeron on us, Jamie.

#17 of 22 by jp2 on Fri Apr 16 12:54:01 2004:

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#18 of 22 by tod on Fri Apr 16 15:36:14 2004:

#106 of 107: by John H. Remmers (remmers) on Fri, Apr 16, 2004 (08:36):
 Results:  35 members voted out of 76 who were eligible.

                yes 4
                no  31

 The motion fails.

Remove the blue "free speech" ribbon from the website, please.

#19 of 22 by albaugh on Fri Apr 16 16:54:14 2004:

Remove your head from your donkey, please.

#20 of 22 by tod on Fri Apr 16 17:11:58 2004:

Easy on the caffeine, Mr.Rumsfeld

#21 of 22 by soup on Sat Apr 17 02:55:45 2004:

HE:S DRUNK

#22 of 22 by jesuit on Wed May 17 02:15:01 2006:

TROGG IS DAVID BLAINE

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