response 53 of 332:

Oct 27 23:48 UTC 2001

I would like to see Eric/other stay on the board, because he has 
more real-life experience in the world of non-profit organizations
than all but a few Grexers.

response 55 of 332:

Oct 28 19:58 UTC 2001

So I repeat: Eric, are you accepting the nomination?

response 57 of 332:

Oct 29 14:58 UTC 2001

I hope you accept.  I think you did a great job so far.

response 61 of 332:

Oct 31 00:23 UTC 2001

We could really use some additional candidates here.  
Come on folks, it's your civic duty to help out.  Don't
let the current flood of hostile politics scare you
away from volunteering.  This happens from time to time.
Think of it as the tide.  

How's the knees, Eric.  

response 63 of 332:

Oct 31 02:05 UTC 2001

I'm deffinately declining the "honor" of running again.  The last thing I need
to deal with is 2 more years of meetings with the same dead horse carcass
brought along to every bloody meeting to be beaten once again.

response 65 of 332:

Oct 31 02:25 UTC 2001

I am just sick of all of this bullshit.  I am sick of having people outshout
each other with the same arguments at several meetings in a row.  It's been
fine lately, but I can already see where it's going from here.  Nope, not
again.

Part of it is that I know that my thoughts on most of this stuff are not
necessarily going to be all that popular.  Fine by me.  But it makes it pretty
easy to be talked around, especially since I refuse to play the shouting game.
Plus, I'm honest enough to say that I don't have the patience to listen to
the same crap over and over and over and over and over and over and over. 
Especially after reading even more of the crap in BBS.  

I think most importantly, I honestly felt that I didn't accomplish crap on
the Bored while there...if it was technical, I didn't understand it worth
crap, and if it was something that had been discussed online, then I was
already sick of it.  I'm willing to admit that my attention span sucks, and
I think that Grex could put somebody more useful in my space.

And I'm sorry for the rambling and grumpiness here, but I'm just really really
really sick of all the arguing here.  And I'm blaming everybody involved, be
it here or in email.  And I'm purposfully trying to keep my mouth shut because
if I start in on it, I will end up screaming.

response 67 of 332:

Oct 31 03:01 UTC 2001

It's not like people are standing there screaming at each other....they're
just attempting to drown out the other person.

response 69 of 332:

Oct 31 04:32 UTC 2001

I'm honest enough to admit that it's mostly my lack of patience that's the
problem. :)

response 71 of 332:

Oct 31 09:00 UTC 2001

Well, I expect to be considerably more controversial than I had thought.
I'm probably crazy to do so, but I guess I'll accept my nomination.

I'm sorry eeyore came away with such a negative impression of board
meetings.  I appreciate the time she was able to spend with us, and will
miss the calm but amazing insights she was sometimes able to make at
board meetings.  I always found her worth listening to when she had
anything to say.

I'm sorry to hear Scott decline his nomination, he's always been one of
the good guys.  This may not be the right place to say it, but I've
always appreciated all the work he's done on modems and especially
backups.  This is tedious and unglamorous work, until the moment things
stop working.  I hope he does not feel in any way unappreciated or less
loved.

I can understand Jan declining his nomination, although it is
disappointing.  Must be the "kid" problem.

I think Sylvia (bhelliom) would make a fine board member.  She's been
showing up very consistently at board meetings already, and that's
really the hardest part of the job.  Mary was one of the original
founders, and while I don't always agree with her, she's always worth
listening to as well.  Dunno about KRJ's reputation on m-net, but online
here and in person he's always struck me as a very reasonable person
except perhaps occasionally being a bit pessimistic.  There is a place
for both pessimism and optimism in any realistic plan, and I'm sure KRJ
would work out just fine.  This might even be a decent excuse to get him
interested in doing some staff work as well (grex networking?), which
would be valuable all on its own.

Other has been a very capable and enterprising board member; if he's
decided to decline I hope he'll reconsider.  I've never met cmcgee, but
she's always sounded rational here online, I'm sure she'd be a fine
addition to the board.

The coming year or so may be a crucial time for grex's existance; it's
clear we're making the transition from a "new" system where everyone
remembers to beginning, to being the "old" and fogey system, where the
beginnings are lost in the mist of time and people assume grex will
always be here, no matter what.  At the same time, political events far
away could quickly overshadow *anything* that happens here.  We can
already assume the FBI is reading every scrap of e-mail that comes in &
out of grex - that's something that would have been almost unimaginable
when grex was founded.  I doubt our masters in Washington have any
special reason to dislike grex, but they could easily pass something
that makes our position either more difficult or untenable.  We may be
forced to some difficult decisions.

It is going to be important to elect a board that is capable of working
well together, and facing any of those difficult choices that have to be
made.  I suspect this has already affected some people's decision
whether or not to run; I know I had to think long and hard about it
personally.  I think we can already see some signs of this stress
elsewhere on grex.  I trust people will think carefully about these
choices, and make those that will best benefit grex.

response 75 of 332:

Oct 31 22:25 UTC 2001

re #73 bored staff at the local insurance agency dont count.