Agenda for the March 23 1999 Grex Board of Directors Meeting

Mar 17 00:08 UTC 1999

        GREX BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

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

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

        AGENDA:

        8       Gavel Banging - remmers                 throughout
        216     Treasurer's Report - aruba              15 minutes
        5624    Publicity Committee - mta               10 minutes
        229     Technical Committee - staff             20 minutes
        21      New Busines                             ?? minutes
        554     Gavel Cessation                          0 minutes

response 2 of 23:

Mar 17 00:23 UTC 1999

Oh, I did think of something. Dan Gryniewicz was going to look into
companies that could handle online credit card payments for us, so
consider a report on that added to the agenda.

response 4 of 23:

Mar 18 22:42 UTC 1999

so, according to this agenda, the gavel will be banging throughout the 
meeting?  I hope that there's some regular interval, like every 15 
seconds.

response 6 of 23:

Mar 19 01:35 UTC 1999

Yes, there is a 32-page Grex handbook, written by Misti and me, available for
one dollar.  You may also request one if you pay for 3 months' membership,
and I'll send it to you.

response 8 of 23:

Mar 19 15:07 UTC 1999

I'll send one out today, Dave.

response 10 of 23:

Mar 22 04:50 UTC 1999

Jim says (to quote) about $28 for a stapler:  No, No, mustn't.  I'll come up
with something.  How much time do I have?   (Just extend the base....).  
If you print it out full-page (one page per page) you can staple the corner
or three spots along the edge, but the pages are twice as large.
Jim's not letting Mark buy any new toys.  He thinks you can use the stapler
for free at Kinko's if you staple it yourself.  More tomorrow.  Please bring
a grex booklet to the meeting to show us.  (We have not figured out if you
are making copies at home and then paying Kinko's to staple them, or making
copies at Kinko's and then bringing them home to staple them, or....)

response 12 of 23:

Mar 22 05:57 UTC 1999

Kinkos (last time I checked) doesn't have a long stapler, because they want
you to pay them to put things through their bookletizer machine.

Frankly, I'd really rather not compromise by creasing the booklets.  I think
it's worth spending a little money to make a good impression on people that
get one, not to mention the fact that people pay us for them and therefore
have a right to expect them to be decently put together.

But I will see what you have to offer at the meeting.

response 14 of 23:

Mar 22 12:51 UTC 1999

I would support Mark having the precise tool he needs to do the job easily.
I agree with doing it with no creases, more professional looking.  

While I admire keesan's determination to make-do, I don't think that shoudl
be the overriding decision rule for Grex.  If Mark thinks he needs a different
stapler, let's get him one.  Mark is not some gadget-happy spendthrift that
we need to educate.  

response 16 of 23:

Mar 22 17:35 UTC 1999

The crease is not actually a crease, you have to look really hard to see
anything, post office will probably crease it more than the stapler.  This
is a special high-mouth (?) stapler, very heavy duty, will not go out of
alignment, I can donate it and make do with my little cheapie since I hardly
ever staple anything anyway.  Also very comfortable to use, nice rubber feet,
easy to load.  We will send along a few hundred staples for it.
Jim offers as an encore to the stapling display, a display of how he uses an
arbor press to crack black walnuts and even coconuts.

response 18 of 23:

Mar 22 22:42 UTC 1999

You are welcome to come to the board meeting and help Mark decide whether he
likes our stapler just as well.  He seems reasonably happy with the free file
cabinet, free 5-pound scale, and free photocopier.  It took Jim a while to
find the almost invisible evidence of where I had folded the paper.  We like
Mark's envelopes, Jim says they are worth the $1 alone.

        Jim has these grand plans of having Kiwanis build us a second story
over the garage (they suggested this part) that grex staff members would have
access to at any time, which is part of the new electronics dept. they are
promising us, he can give details tomorrow.  The new treasurer could keep the
copier, file cabinet, scale and stapler there, together with the Sun.  (I
think this is more of a fantasy than a possibility, though).

Mark, may I ask Pax to send me a form to fill out for opening a Money Market
account, I can fill out everything and you would only have to sign a check.
I know you are busy with other things, such as making photocopies of the new
grex booklets (not to speak of finding the time to help write them).
See you all tomorrow.

response 20 of 23:

Mar 23 12:46 UTC 1999

Since Mark is the one who has to do the work and live with the results,
I'm inclined to defer to his judgement on what's preferable.

response 22 of 23:

Mar 23 21:31 UTC 1999

Jim just filed the stapler so that the staples line up exactly on the center
fold from both ends.  Special custom job.  This also saves a trip to the
store, and it only took Jim a few hours to design and make.  Anyone want to
go into business with Jim mass-producing booklet staplers for nonprofits?