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BOARD MEETING of 5-10-00
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May 16 15:31 UTC 2000 |
Well, once again I get to decipher my notes into something legible for
everybody to read. :)
Minutes for 5-10-00:
Gavel Banging Commencement: 7:20 (Gave those of us that were late enough time
to get food)
Chair Report: Nothing to report, as normal.
ISDN Report: We decided to skip ahead a bit so that STeve could get to his
daughter's violin concert. The options were as follows: We could move
with Dorian, or get our own ISP. It was pretty much thought that it
would be easier to get our own DSL line now. To get a DSL line, we
would need a 45-60 day lead time, but only 2-4 weeks for ISDN. To get
DSL, it would run about $40 more a month than what we are paying now.
Jared was present to play Propaganda Man for his company, Voyager, so
we did looking at Voyager's prices for comparison for the evening.
Eric made the motion of "The staff of Grex shall investigate
connectivity options and contract for internet service at a monthly
cost not to exceed $150 plus applicable taxes and with initial costs
for hardware and instillation not exceeding $600." Jan seconded and
the whole thing passed by all. It was noted that we need to get all
prices and whatnot in writing so that it doesn't get jacked up on us.
Steve's in charge of looking for now.
Treasurer's Report: Greg reported that we did make money and that some money
has come in for the TOP. (For details, see Treasurer's Report Item)
We were charged last month a service fee by the credit card company,
but he's looking into that, since we were not supposed to be charged
that. We have been finally charged by Discover for their fee, but at
the moment, we are still not taking Discover, as they take out a higher
fee, but Greg will do more looking into it. It was asked if we loose
money from a membership if somebody pays with a credit card vs. check
or cash, and the answer is no, not unless we start taking more that
$700 a month. We would like to be able to put the Grex Store onto the
credit card system, but need to check with Jenn on the inventory first.
Eric brought in a Sakajweha (I know it's misspelled...leave me alone!)
and the board spent the next few minutes passing the buck, and
discussing the "In God We Trust" on the money.
Publicity Committee: Eric reported that the night that we have picked out
for TOP is the last night of TOP, and has a full evening sponser of
PhotoOne - We would be sharing just the movie with them. TOP people
are checking with PhotoOne to make sure that they don't mind, but it's
not looking like a problem. The 9th of July is our schedualed night.
Technichal Committee: Jan just adeed a new version of Backtalk, and is
working on fixing the remaining bugs. Scott's working on the tape
drive.
Picospan Status: I'm going to start from the end of my notes on this one.
No, Grex cannot use the source code for Picospan, because Marcus
cannot give us rights that he dosen't own. He sold the license, and
while he now has partial rights back, he *only* has partial rights.
If minor changes need to be made, Marcu will make them and provide
support, but isi not interested in making major status changes. If
we feel that we need major changes, we need to convicnce him of it,
but that's not really likely to happen. He is also not going to be
making major changes without board approval. It was asked if it was
legal for us to accept changes if Marcus made them, since he doesn't
have full legal rights, and the answer is yes. The scribble issue
was discussed, and Marcus thought that it wouldn't make much difference
if any changes were made. Ideas: Add a warning that it goes into a
log file, or just eliminate Scribble altogether.
Asset Investment Options:
Yeah, we should get the money into something that gives us more money.
Greg will be doing some looking into things, and hopefully giving a
report at the next meeting. Until we know what options are out there,
we don't know how much money we will put in. The thought was brought
up that we ought to *use* some of this money for something; We aren't
collecting money to just let it sit & collect interest. Greg was also
asked if (as a sidenote) there was a chunk of Treasurer stuff that
could be delegated out, since his job just gets bigger and bigger.
The only thing that he could think of was the making and handing out
of Handbooks.
Schedualing: Next meeting will be Monday, June 5.
New Business: Nada
Gavel Cesseceation: 8:50
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response 3 of 14:
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May 17 01:12 UTC 2000 |
Whoops! :)
Uhhh....John & Mary Remmers, Greg Fleming, myself, STeve Andre, Steve Gibbard,
Jared Mauch, Eric Bassey, Marcus Watts, Jan Wolter, and Jessica ....uhhh...
(okay, sorry, last name forgotten). Valerie and Arlo were there briefly too.
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response 6 of 14:
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May 17 03:31 UTC 2000 |
We are sponsoring a movie. Foto1 is a full evening sponsor. They were more
interested in the band (George Bedard and the Kingpins) than the movie, and
we (I) made the choice to put our name in front of the usually very large
closing night crowd, with a movie that most respondents favored, rather than
pick a different film on a different night. We were originally going to have
opening night, but when our first choice film was unavailable, it just
happened that our next choice film -- Galaxy Quest -- was already scheduled
for closing night.
We have received special consideration in the accomodation of our requests
for specific nights (especially since we are a new sponsor), primarily
because of my own personal relationship with AASF. Even sharing a night, I
think we're still doing exceptionally well.
A full evening sponsorship is about $1200, and Foto1 is being very cool in
allowing us to share the usually very well attended closing night with them.
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