response 76 of 108:

Jan 8 13:51 UTC 1995

How were you connected to Grex at the time?
Did you type your interrupt character?  (I'd guess so.)

Re 74: TS, unfortunately there tend to be a lot of problems with people
doing things like the "|yes" that Marcus mentioned.  Helpers are generally
resourceful enough to be able to either mail a file to a helpee, or tell
the helpee how to view a particular file.  I don't think turning | and &
on in write would be a good idea.

response 78 of 108:

Jan 9 16:08 UTC 1995

i couldn't care less about  |.   &  however, is what I talked
about and is exactly the right tool for the right job - AT the
moment when it is MOST needed. 
  
email is a tragic substitute for &.
  

response 80 of 108:

Jan 16 22:56 UTC 1995

Chris, what is your idea about conducting an e-mail interview?  Sounds 
interesting.  who do you think should be our first interviewee?  An old-
timer on Grex maybe.

response 82 of 108:

Jan 23 15:36 UTC 1995

First of all, mea culpa mea maxima culpa.  I don't have the outline for
the first issue yet, but I *will* have it by this weekend.

As for Email interviews, I'd envisioned sending a list of questions to the
interviewee, then using the responses to those questions.  In some cases,
it might be possible to do ftf interviews, which would probably be better,
but not always possible either for the interviewee or me.

response 84 of 108:

Jan 23 18:35 UTC 1995

How about I write a summary and in that summary direct folks here for the
complete text?  I would like to encourage more people to get involved
in other conferences by going there for discussion.  What do you think?

response 86 of 108:

Jan 25 19:07 UTC 1995

   The idea of the newsletter sounds good to me.  I just have one question:

   Why on earth does the board need to sanction it?

   We're in the communications business already folks--we do it every day
here.  You could sort of think of the entire coop conference as a form of
newsletter.  Actually, a person who I pointed at coop because they wanted
to learn more about us said just that.

   So, since we collectively create gobs of ASCII every day, why should
the board have anything to do with it?  Am I missing something really
obvious here?  If someone had just started to write a newsletter and not
saying anything publically until it was in many mailboxes, would the board
have felt it was necessary to step in?

response 88 of 108:

Jan 26 07:11 UTC 1995

I think it should be created by official action. Then we know that Grex
has a newsletter, and can stir the pot to find editors (when necessary),
etc, while not having six newsletters all acting as the "official" organ
of grex. The point is that Grex has a public "personna". It owns its
names, its domain, and its equipment. I think it should own publications
that purport to represent Grex, as distinct to publications produced in
ad-hoc manners by Grex users. The conferences are obviously the latter,
and no one thinks that they necessarily officially represent grex. But
people will think a newsletter does (even if you deny it).

response 90 of 108:

Jan 26 19:31 UTC 1995

  Sure, I understand that, John.  But isn't Grex different?  I guess
I don't object to the Grex Board waiving its non-existant wand over
the magical Grex Newsletter.  I'm a little confused what it gets us,
thats all.  The board could get into trouble over the newsletter if
it started doing 'bad' things, but then again, the grex board could
get in trouble over just about anything else that goes on here, in
this current day and age.

response 92 of 108:

Jan 26 23:31 UTC 1995

Think of the board as a publisher.  The publisher lets the editors
do their thing (unless and until they get "out of control" in the
publisher's opinion), and sanctions the whole process (by word and by
financing).  Literally, the board does little more than sit back and
watch the newsletters come out.  And given Grex's overall opinion of
censorship, I doubt that there will be any criticism of the newsletter
by the board for any thing it publishes.  It's just better to have one
"official" newsletter that has been granted the right to use the Grex
and/or Cyberspace Comm. Inc. name.  This doesn't prevent others from
starting their own newsletters, either.  Part of the reason for this
newsletter (I think) was to bring the users closer to the culture and
behind-the-scenes activity of Grex, in the hopes that more people would
contribute their time, money, and ideas to making Grex better.  Those
reading the newsletter will be better able to trust what is published
in it if it is the official Grex newsletter, in name, if not in content.  

response 94 of 108:

Feb 9 17:32 UTC 1995

An item to create the newsletter is on the board agenda for 2/15. Here
is a draft motion, for discussion:

"MOVED: A newsletter is authorized for the purpose of disseminating
 information and news about Cyberspace Communications Inc, and Grex.
 A newsletter editorial committee is created, with members chosen by
 the committee chair (called the Editor) appointed by the board. The
 name of the newsletter will be chosen by on-line discussion, and a
 vote of the members."

A subsequent motion would be made to appoint the newsletter Editor.

response 96 of 108:

Feb 11 03:39 UTC 1995

r
   I like that!

response 98 of 108:

Feb 12 12:36 UTC 1995

Nephi, enter it as an item in grexnews.  while you are at it, after all
your reading about Grex history, you might write an article as a summary
for the rest of us who don't have the time to do the hunting :-)