response 1 of 50:

Feb 17 00:55 UTC 1999

Yell if there should be any other agenda items.

response 3 of 50:

Feb 17 04:00 UTC 1999

Is the UPS in section 229, or has it died off?  (Uninterruptable power
supply, that is.)

response 5 of 50:

Feb 17 07:07 UTC 1999

I want to see more accurate measurement of the actual time required
for the gavel pounding.

response 7 of 50:

Feb 19 23:20 UTC 1999

        If I show up, I would like to talk about Computer Rescue.  Hopefully
gain some enthuesism as a goal of Cyberspace, Inc.  I got a bunch of
IBM 396 PS/2s, Model 80s, that have mostly been going over to Kiwanis.
I would like to know if Grex, as an on-line community, is ready to try
to get more local, dial-up users, and provide some one-on-one to those
that could use some help.

response 9 of 50:

Feb 20 13:22 UTC 1999

is talking about.

response 11 of 50:

Feb 21 02:18 UTC 1999

  If it eases the efforts of the auction person, I think it makes
sense to get one.

response 13 of 50:

Feb 21 19:45 UTC 1999

I've shipped a lot of books.  Usually it's just one or two, and by now I have
a good idea how much that costs, so i just give the buyer an estimate.  But it
would be nice to give an exact amount.  (And in Joel's case, he's getting 7"
worth of books, and I don't know how much that'll be until they're weighed.)

response 15 of 50:

Feb 21 23:19 UTC 1999

(I think it's possible to go to a post office and ask them to weigh the
package without having to immediately pay the postage; you can just ask
them to weigh it and then thank them for telling you the weight.  But it's
probalby the case that this is an unnecessary hassle for aruba to be forced
to deal with.)

response 17 of 50:

Feb 22 12:16 UTC 1999

Consider the computer rescue (pending T.P. Ryan's presence) and postal
scale items added to the agenda.

Another item: Unauthorized use of Grex logo (and what to do about it).
If you go to http://welcome.to/wearside (which identifies itself as
"Melonite Online") and follow the "Information" link, you'll see the
Grex logo together with a claim that Melonite is partners with Grex and
a few other organizations listed on that page. One of those
organizations sent mail to the grex staff asking if we really are
associated with Melonite, since they are not. Of course, Grex is not
either. (I never heard of Melonite before.) Steve Weiss called this to
the board's attention. The issue is that someone is making bogus claims
about Grex and using the Grex logo, which is an asset of some value to
us, in the process.

Since the lease and insurance topic is of some urgency, I'd like to
schedule that right after the committee reports to ensure adequate time
for discussion.

Here's the revised agenda. I'm not sure if all my time estimates are
reasonable. Anything we don't get to will go on next month's agenda. 

There was an omitted number in my original numbering scheme; I've
corrected this. So just ignore the first numbering. The offer of a mint
condition woodla to the first person to decipher the numbering scheme
still stands.

        GREX BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

        DATE AND TIME:  Tuesday, Feb 23, 6:30-9:00 pm

        PLACE:          Upstairs at Zingerman's Nextdoor
                        422 Detroit Street, Ann Arbor

        AGENDA:

        8       Initial Gavel Banging - remmers          1 ns
        216     Treasurer's Report - aruba              10 minutes
        5624    Publicity Committee - mta                5 minutes
        229     Technical Committee - staff             15 minutes
        21      Pumpkin Lease - all                     30 minutes
        554     Grex Logo Misuse - all                  15 minutes
        14412   Credit Cards - all                      15 minutes
        374720  Computer Rescue - tpryan                15 minutes
        231     Postal scale purchase - aruba           10
        minutes                  23      New Business - all                    
         ?? minutes 606     Final Gavel Banging - remmers            1 ns

response 19 of 50:

Feb 22 15:10 UTC 1999

And I notice that back in resp:2, Dan G. suggested receipt policy as an 
agenda item. I assume this refers to the issue of under what 
circumstances we give out paper receipts. I'm not sure Sindi's 
completed her research on this yet, and the discussion here in Coop is 
still active. So I'm inclined to think it should be played out more in 
Coop before the board takes it up. If anyone feels differently, they 
can bring it up under New Business.

response 21 of 50:

Feb 22 20:32 UTC 1999

That's true if they come through *our* newuser page.  In this case, they
don't.

response 23 of 50:

Feb 22 22:19 UTC 1999

Re resp:20 and resp:21 - Marcus is correct. In addition to the Grex 
logo and partnership claim, Melonite has a "web newuser" on their site 
which will create an account on Grex. It's essentially just like our 
web newuser, except that the language about eggdrop and other bots not 
being allowed is absent.