Nominations for the Board of Directors

Oct 18 02:10 UTC 2001

Nominations are now open for the Cyberspace Communications, Inc.
Board of Directors. In accordance with Article 4, Section d of
the Bylaws, nominations will close on November 15 and an online
election held December 1 through December 15. Terms of office
begin on January 1, 2002, and are two years in length. Four
seats are up for election this time around.

Any current member of Grex who has paid at least 3 months'
membership dues is eligible to run for and serve on the Board
unless they are currently serving and are completing the second of
two consecutive terms. (People in the latter group are eligible
to run again in next year's election if they are still members
at that time.)

The terms of three Board members have one more year to run: STeve
Andre (steve), Mark Conger (aruba), and Anne Perry (mooncat).
Hence there is no point in nominating any of them.

The four Board members whose terms end on December 31 are Eric
Bassey (other), Greg Fleming (flem), Meg Heberlein (eeyore), and
Marcus Watts (mdw).  They are all eligible to run for reelection.

To appear on the ballot, a person must be nominated in this item
by November 15 and affirmatively accept the nomination before
the date that voting begins.  Self-nomination is permitted.
To see the current membership list, type

       !members | more

if you are running Picospan.  Although a person does not have
to be a member at the time of nomination, to be eligible to run
they must meet the membership requirements stated above before
the date that voting begins.

The Bylaws are posted in item 2 of this conference and enumerate
the duties of directors.

response 2 of 332:

Oct 18 15:12 UTC 2001

I nominate Jan Wolter (janc).

response 4 of 332:

Oct 18 16:03 UTC 2001

Correction to #0: To be eligible to run for the board, a member need not
have paid for three consecutive months.  However, to be eligible to *vote*,
a member needs to have paid for at least 3 consecutive months.

I nominate Colleen McGee.

response 6 of 332:

Oct 19 14:04 UTC 2001

Hmmm.  I'm still undecided about this.  I like being on the board.  Its fun.
But most of the actual agenda I have for Grex (mostly hardware and software
upgrades) I can pursue just as effectively as a staff member as as a board
member.   So I don't think being on board really enables me to increase my
contribution to Grex much.  So in a way it would be a waste of a board seat
that could otherwise be filled by someone who isn't otherwise in a position
to contribute to Grex.

So for the moment I'll leave my name off the ballot, reserving the right to
change my mind if the direction of the wind changes.

response 8 of 332:

Oct 19 17:20 UTC 2001

I'll accept the nomination.

response 10 of 332:

Oct 19 18:29 UTC 2001

(Mary accepted?!!??)

response 12 of 332:

Oct 20 03:38 UTC 2001

Is it possible to change the bylaws sometime in the future so we can have
non-local board members?  Afterall, we are net litterate.

response 14 of 332:

Oct 20 07:39 UTC 2001

conference calls do work.
i am a non-local board member for m-net, and three way calling works out
fine.

response 16 of 332:

Oct 20 08:13 UTC 2001

(I'm minded of the flat-screens & cameras mounted around the conference
table in "Demolition Man" ;-)

response 18 of 332:

Oct 21 06:48 UTC 2001

Hmm.  An option might be to obtain access to Zingermans' wireless network 
-- an option suggested by Jared Mauch at the last board meeting.

Of course, this would restrict us to meeting within the range of their 
wireless access point unless we can come up with a comparable 
alternative.

response 20 of 332:

Oct 21 17:33 UTC 2001

He was in the next room.

response 22 of 332:

Oct 22 00:54 UTC 2001

Lots of places have wireless connections.  But it is still another
restriction...

response 24 of 332:

Oct 22 01:21 UTC 2001

I'd like to nominate Dave Lovelace (davel) and Scott Helmke (scott).