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remmers
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Grex FAQ discussion item
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Aug 12 18:48 UTC 1998 |
The Grex FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) document at
http://cyberspace.org/faq.html was recently revised extensively and
brought up-to-date, as was much of the rest of Grex's website. If memory
serves, Steve Weiss did most of the work on revising the FAQ, and it's a
really nice job.
In looking the FAQ over, I thought it might benefit from additional
sections on the conferences and Grex governance, placed near the top.
The FAQ with my proposed additions can be viewed at
http://cyberspace.org/~remmers/faq.html. Comments and suggestions are
welcome.
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remmers
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response 1 of 13:
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Aug 12 18:56 UTC 1998 |
I should add that the topics of governance and conferencing are already
well-covered by links from Grex's main page. But I thought it would be
useful to cover them in the FAQ as well. My additions condense the
language in the existing documents and also contain links to those
documents.
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srw
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response 2 of 13:
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Aug 14 05:14 UTC 1998 |
I looked at these additions, and find them to be in the spirit of the
FAQ (i.e. short and informative). I plan on revising the FAQ aain, to
include more common questions that were missed in the earlier passes. I
will use the version John has produced as my starting point for this.
I wonder whether we might lump the two new governance questions into the
"general" category. I think it would be helpful to keep the conferencing
questions separate, though.
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remmers
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response 3 of 13:
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Aug 14 11:38 UTC 1998 |
Since Grex's participatory governance is somewhat unique for an online
system, I put it in an a separate category near the top to call
attention to it. Putting it into the "General" category, which is also
at the top, would probably have a similar effect. Another approach would
be to keep it in a separate category but retitle the category
"Governance and financing" or something like that, and add a question
like "How can I donate to Grex", to emphasize the fact that Grex is
user-supported.
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arthurp
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response 4 of 13:
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Aug 16 01:20 UTC 1998 |
Looks good to me. :)
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valerie
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response 5 of 13:
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Aug 17 00:29 UTC 1998 |
This response has been erased.
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scg
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response 6 of 13:
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Aug 17 07:15 UTC 1998 |
Any member of Grex *is* eligible to run for the Board. It's only after
they're elected that they have to figure out how to get to the meetings,
technically.
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davel
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response 7 of 13:
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Aug 17 10:33 UTC 1998 |
Agreed (and agreeing that Valerie's wording is therefore unsuitable as it
stands), but the thing as it stands is seriously misleading. Valerie's right
that *something* should be done about it.
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remmers
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response 8 of 13:
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Aug 17 12:53 UTC 1998 |
Replacing "run" with "serve" might fix it. Something like: "Any member
of Grex who is able to attend the Board of Directors' monthly meetings
in Ann Arbor is eligible to serve on the Board."
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aruba
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response 9 of 13:
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Aug 17 16:49 UTC 1998 |
Sounds good.
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dpc
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response 10 of 13:
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Aug 17 18:48 UTC 1998 |
Works for me.
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rcurl
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response 11 of 13:
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Aug 18 04:10 UTC 1998 |
Only *individual* members are eligible to run for director - institutional
members may not.
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remmers
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response 12 of 13:
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Aug 18 05:40 UTC 1998 |
Okay, so revise the wording in resp:8 to read "Any individual member
of Grex ..."
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mdw
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response 13 of 13:
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Aug 18 08:09 UTC 1998 |
Any member of grex is eligible to run for the Board of Directors.
Board members are expected to attend the monthly meetings, which
are held in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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