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Grex > Coop > #333: Nominations Open for 2013 Grex Board of Directors | |
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kentn
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Nominations Open for 2013 Grex Board of Directors
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Dec 17 01:08 UTC 2012 |
Nominations are now open for a Director, to serve until December 31,
2014.
Nominations will close at midnight, EDT, on December 31, 2012. The
polls will open at 00:01 EDT, on January 16, 2013, and remain open for
two weeks, until 23:59 EDT, January 31, 2013.
To be valid, a nomination must be accepted in this item by the nominee,
but the nomination does not need a second. Self-nominations are
allowed and will be interpreted as also accepting the nomination.
Nominations must be accepted by 1700 EDT, January 15, 2013, to allow
time to confirm the list of nominees before opening the polls at
midnight.
Only members of Cyberspace, Inc, are eligible for Directorships, so
nominees must also make sure that their dues are current by the time
the polls open on January 16, 2013.
While any one may cast a ballot, only the ballots of members will
be counted for the election. The voteadm will probably count the
non-members' votes and report their results as well.
This Director's term will officially begin January 1, 2013 but the
winner will not be determined until February 1, 2013.
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kentn
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response 1 of 35:
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Dec 23 18:15 UTC 2012 |
Is anyone willing to help Grex by serving on the Board of Directors?
Put your nominations here.
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jep
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response 2 of 35:
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Dec 24 00:55 UTC 2012 |
Yes, I will run. I am not currently a member. If you'll tell me how to
become one, I will be happy to do so.
I have a specific agenda. I want Grex/Cyberspace Inc. to merge with
Arbornet. If necessary, Grex should disband and donate it's assets to
Arbornet. It could then use either the general conference as it now
uses agora, or ask for the grex conference to be renamed 'agora' and
it's usage changed to duplicate the current Grex agora.
The purpose is that there are not enough people to justify two systems.
Grex is not self-sufficient. It has no staff other than tonster who is
the staff of both systems, and i who acts as cfadm on the rare occasions
when that is needed. M-Net really isn't self-sufficient, either. It
exists on the sufferance of tonster who keeps both Grex and M-Net in his
basement, and through the continuing efforts of tonster and Greg Russo
(who acts as cfadm).
Arbornet's bylaws currently allow for there to be one Board meeting per
year, and for that to be done on-line.
There is currently no Board for Arbornet.
At present I do not represent anyone. I have not attempted to gain any
support for my agenda from either M-Netters or Grexers.
Beyond that agenda, I served on the Arbornet Board for several years,
though not currently. I have been treasurer, vice president and
secretary. I never missed a Board meeting, and I always promoted the
best interests of Arbornet. I think I would be an asset to
Grex/Cyberspace as well. I will serve if elected, even if my agenda is
not accepted, but I will persistently and energetically pursue that
agenda if I become a member of the Board. I expect it to pass if I am
elected.
I am outlining my agenda to give others the chance to join or counter
it, not for the purpose of taking over the purpose of this item.
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kentn
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response 3 of 35:
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Dec 24 04:33 UTC 2012 |
There are other staff members at Grex than tonster, though surely he
helps Grex a lot.
We don't have many expenses and it doesn't take much money to keep Grex
operating. Things like the domain name renewals, our assumed name
renewal, SSL certs, yearly state corporation update forms, our PO box,
and our annual IRS postcard take little money and a little time to
do. We need staff to set up the conferences each quarter, people to do
the validating of new users, to answer help desk requests, to run the
elections, and to help with system operations. We also need to keep
track of membership information and get monthly financial statements.
We have staff assigned to do all those things.
Our main issue is getting things like those done in good time every year
and I don't see that merging with M-Net and/or donating Grex's assets to
Arbonet would solve that issue because Arbonet has the same issue(s).
Why not have Arbornet dissolve and give its assets to Grex?
Grex is currently far from insolvent, so we can go for quite a few years
with things as they are, as long as bills get paid on time, and forms go
in on time.
By-laws can be changed with some effort, but I think the six times per
year Grex board meeting requirement was to keep the Board involved
in Grex's operations and to ensure necessary tasks are getting done.
Meeting once a year is hardly enough time to tackle much of anything
(including Board elections and future plans), and it has the potential
to leave tasks undone or ill-considered.
You are, of course, welcome to run and raise what you see as issues if
you are elected to the Grex Board. Rather than throwing in the towel, I
wonder what you can do to keep Grex operating and improve its operation?
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tonster
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response 4 of 35:
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Dec 24 06:35 UTC 2012 |
I don't support combining/merging the two systems (and cross, our other
main sysadmin has spoken against this as well). I think they can
continue to exist separately, and I think both systems are happier
operating that way. Overall, the maintenance of both systems doesn't
really take much from us and since we're moving to FreeBSD for Grex,
this becomes an even simpler task. I can see the draw to combine, but I
still don't find it necessary.
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jep
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response 5 of 35:
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Dec 24 20:32 UTC 2012 |
Once again, I was outlining my agenda as a candidate, not beginning a
debate on the merits of a merger.
If you like things as they are, pick someone else. I am not running to
preserve the status quo. I'm telling you now what I will work for if I
win in the election.
One caveat: if I become the scoutmaster of my son's Boy Scout troop I
will withdraw from the Cyberspace election, or resign if I have already
been elected. That would be a big job, and it would be much more
important to me than any other volunteer activities. I plan to avoid it.
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kentn
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response 6 of 35:
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Dec 25 00:04 UTC 2012 |
To find out about membership and how to become a member of Grex, see
http://grex.org/memfaq.xhtml.
Candidates must be Grex members by the time the polls open on Jan 16,
2013. See the item text for timing details.
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jep
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response 7 of 35:
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Dec 26 19:10 UTC 2012 |
re resp:6: It doesn't list the requirement to be eligible to vote or
run. I paid for a 1 year membership. As I recall, the requirement is 3
months at $2 per month. The 1 year rate is $18 in case anyone else
wanted to know but didn't want to adventure through the WWW site.
BTW, also, there is no way that I saw to update the amount to pay the
Paypal fees. I clicked on "pay by the year". There was also a "pay by
the month" option but I didn't see a way to "send a membership plus a
little extra". I was going to send $20.
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