Item 109. Cyberspace Communications Board Meeting Minutes - June 28, 1999 Jan Wolter (janc) Wed, Jun 30, 1999 (14:02). 128 lines, 4 responses. Cyberspace Communications June 28, 1999 - Board of Director's Meeting Minutes Presiding: John Remmers (remmers) Recording: John Remmers (remmers) & Jan Wolter (janc) Board Members: John Remmers (remmers) Mark Conger (aruba) Scott Helmke (scott) Misti Tucker (mta) Steve Andre (steve) [LATE] Jan Wolter (janc) [LATE] Dan Gryniewicz (dang) [ABSENT] Members of the Public: Andrew Lanagan (drew) Steve Gibbard (scg) Andrew Lanagan (drew) Arlo Mates (arlo) Valerie Mates (valerie) Mary Remmers (mary) John Remmers gaveled the meeting to order at about 7:10. Only four board members were present, one short of a quorum. Treasurer's Report (aruba): -------------------------- We're in the black for May, but only because we didn't have a phone bill. We will be in the black for June, and have been in the black every month since December. Our bank balance of approximately $4800 is Grex biggest ever. There are 93 members, 87 of whom are paid up. The insurance policy required by our new lease began June 1, but the insurance company hasn't cashed our check yet. Auction (aruba): --------------- We should start thinking about the next auction, and in particular when it should start. The last auction ran July to April. Mark does not want to be auctioneer; volunteers will be solicited online. Alternative methods of running the auction, e.g. letting each donor control their own item, were suggested. Publicity Committee (mta): ------------------------- Misti noticed that we now have publicity in the Michigan Union -- a TV screen showing the public access cable channel where Grex's logo pops up frequently. Misti is willing to produce flyers for the Art Fair and wants volunteers to help distribute them; she will not do this alone, as she had to last year. Scott Helmke and John Remmers volunteered to help out. At approximately 7:25 Jan and STeve arrived, making quorum. Technical Committee: ------------------- Scott has got all of Grex running off the UPS now. Should improve both reliability and power use. Scott has Grex wired up to the power meter, but is not sure that it is giving correct readings yet. Needs to check some more. STeve says there have been two bad sectors on the /a disk partition. He doesn't think the disk is dieing. These bad sectors can be mapped out. We have had some more SCSI disk enclosures donated, and we have figured out how some of the ones we had can be put to use (we thought they would only work on 220 volt power, but they are switchable). So we now have plenty of enclosures for disks. Intermission: ------------ Everyone scatters looking for food and drinks. Delinquent Board Members: ------------------------ Mark moves: If a board member is late paying his or her dues, the treasurer will inform the entire board by e-mail. If he or she still has not paid by the time the "New Business" item is reached at the end of the next board meeting, the board will consider the matter and take appropriate action. This may include declaring the board member's seat vacant. Misti seconds. Passes 6-0-0. ACLU Suit: --------- Suit has been filed. All current information is on-line in coop. There was some discussion of what we should do to prepare for the possiblity that the suit wouldn't prevent the law from going into force on August 1. We didn't think this was likely, and didn't feel we needed to worry about it yet. Credit Cards: ------------ Dan was not present, so this was not discussed. Inventory of our Stuff: ---------------------- Mark has made a list of equipment. Staff will assign best guesses of market values at the next staff meeting. Future Planning: --------------- John has not yet scheduled a meeting. He will do so. New Business: ------------ No new business. Meeting was adjorned. 4 responses total. ---------- (109) #1 Mark A. Conger (aruba) Wed, Jun 30, 1999 (17:11). 4 lines. With regards to the insurance: we received a policy in the mail on Monday, so we're not worried that they've forgotten us. They hadn't cashed our check by the end of May, but they may have by now. I'll know when I get the bank statement in a couple of weeks. ---------- (109) #2 Big Snauf (lilmo) Thu, Jul 8, 1999 (17:04). 8 lines. "dying", not "dieing" (or whatever it was you typed *grin*) Re Inventory: perhaps the staff will assign values BEFORE the next meeting, and present them then? :-) Good policy on delinquent board members. Firm enuf that we know something needs to be done, and when, but with a big enuf fudge factor that the level of action to be taken can be fitted appropriately to the circumstances. ---------- (109) #3 Jan Wolter (janc) Fri, Jul 9, 1999 (12:15). 3 lines. The staff assigned values to some items at the STAFF meeting last night. Unfortunately, the people who have the best chance of valuating Sun stuff weren't there, so we didn't get most of it done. ---------- (109) #4 Big Snauf (lilmo) Fri, Jul 9, 1999 (18:26). 1 line. Ah-ha... ambiguity then on "next meeting". We were both correct. :-)