Is Grex REALLY Going Down? PLEASE READ!

Aug 28 01:30 UTC 1999

I use Grex a lot for internet access. I see that the motion to rescind the
suspension of Grex services was defeated (I supported the resoultion to
rescind and did not agree with the  Board). Does this mean when i try to
connect to Grex and login in the near future itll just not let me in? (e.g.
Grex is REALLY going down?) That would be really bad for me. I enjoy Grex and
its bulletin boards, email, Lynx, and shells. You just can't get this stuff
anywhere anymore, not even if you pay a whole lot. Only Grex has this
"community-atmosphere" to it which is why I joined Grex in the first place.
Please respond to me by email (sarmad@cyberspace.org) and let me know what
this vote means to the normal Grexer.

Thank you,
Sarmad Gilani

response 2 of 23:

Aug 28 04:40 UTC 1999

   Sarmad, rest assured that Grex is NOT going away.

   We've had some discussions about what we'd do in the case of a
Michigan law which, had it gone into effect, would have severely 
hampered Grex's operations.

   We (Grex) were a part of a legal action to stop this law, and have
been successful in preventing its activation, at least for now and
possibly forever.

   Grex isn't going away--what the board did, which you have heard
innaccurately it seems, was to vote to temporarily suspend access
while we figured out what to do.  This was done at the July board
meeting, when we knew we'd not have another scheduled board meeting
before the law could possibly go into effect (August 1st).  We were
waiting for the judge's ruling on this, but just in case--in that
very small case that we didn't get the injunction, we wanted the
start of a game plan that could take effect quickly.

   You should read the items in the coop conference about all this.

response 4 of 23:

Aug 28 11:33 UTC 1999

Okay, which of you baffish type people took out this pseudo? ;-)

My bet is janc. ;-)

response 6 of 23:

Aug 28 21:15 UTC 1999

Thanks for clearing things up.
Don Joffe was correct in what he said about me and my understandings of the
issue. Except for one thing; I'm a "he", not a "she" :)

Thanks,
Sarmad.

response 8 of 23:

Aug 30 18:34 UTC 1999

My bet is Valerie.   8-)

response 10 of 23:

Aug 31 04:08 UTC 1999

   Why do people think this person isn't real?

   This person is real, unless we have someone her who has access
to Illionis state university computers.

response 12 of 23:

Aug 31 20:25 UTC 1999

Sarmad Gilani sounds like an Arabic name to me.  Or Albanian?
Gilani - from the town of Gilan (Gnjilane)?  Am I close?

response 14 of 23:

Sep 1 19:03 UTC 1999

Thanks to Steve for backing me up, of course I'm a real person!! And yes, I
have access to ISU computers (legally). As for 'keesan's question on my name;
yes Sarmad my first name is indeed Arabic, however Gilani is referring to the
town of Gilan in ancient Iran, not Albania. However I am Pakistani, not Irani.
Interesting, 'eh?  :

Sorry about any inconveniences to anyone 'bout this.
Sarmad

response 16 of 23:

Sep 2 20:47 UTC 1999

Thanks Ken. Yeah i really like this Grex community. I love the
"atmosphere" here..

response 18 of 23:

Sep 3 01:11 UTC 1999

See this is why I like Grex; at some other place (like IRC) would just harass
you and call you an idiot or stupid. Here, people actually respond and get
involved. Good Goin' Grexers! :)

--Sarmad
btw anyone here have AOL4? please email me as i need you to see if my website
loads up ok in it. Thanks (sarmad@grex.cyberspace.org)

response 20 of 23:

Sep 4 06:46 UTC 1999

Hey, Sarmad, if you even *mention* aol, you must be an idiot or stupid!
Oh I forgot, you can't IRC on grex.  Sincere apologies!  :-)

response 22 of 23:

Sep 5 20:37 UTC 1999

re 18, you'd be surprised to know that I don't come from IRC.