Item 63. Minutes of the Board Meeting of December 21, 1994 John H. Remmers (remmers) Thu, Dec 22, 1994 (17:02). 92 lines, 13 responses. Minutes of Cyberspace Communications Board of Directors Meeting, 12-21-94 Initializing gavel: The meeting was called to order at 7:15 p.m. Board members present: Steve Weiss (srw) [chair], Dan Romanchik (danr) [treasurer], John Remmers (remmers) [secretary], Rane Curl (rcurl), Mike Smerza (morel). (STeve Andre (steve) arrived later in the meeting.) Board members absent: Meg Geddes (meg) Others attending: Misti Anslin (mta), Steve Gibbard (scg), Rob Henderson (robh), LeAnn Guyton (leann), Valerie Mates (popcorn), Mary Remmers (chelsea), Mark Unangst (mju), and a new user (didn't get his name). There was no announced agenda, although it was understood that the primary purpose of the meeting was to discuss means to resolve the problem of the failure of the Board election to achieve a quorum. After extended discussion of the problem and means to deal with, the following was moved: Motion (?, ?): That a new election for the board of directors be held commencing January 15, 1995, to run for 15 days. Passed 5-0-1. In favor: steve, srw, danr, rcurl, morel Abstaining: remmers The remainder of the meeting was devoted to committee reports and one item of new business. Computer Rehabilitation Committee (rcurl): Grex has given away its second computer. Rane read an appreciative letter from the family that received it. Dungeon move (popcorn): mdw, scg, kentn, mdw, carl, and popcorn have been doing work preparing the dungeon for the move. The wiring has been completed. Valerie noted in particular that Carl's contributions of time and skill have been invaluable. Technical committee (steve): o Following the demise of a power supply in one of our Supra modems, we received new power supplies for *all* of our Supra modems, gratis, from Supra. o Marcus installed sendmail, replacing smail. This has resulted in greatly improved system performance. o Grex is now running on 64mb of memory. 32mb is borrowed from Marcus. o Marcus installed a new and much faster version of finger. o Marcus has built a new version of lynx (2-3-6), which is now under- going testing. o John R. installed gcc (GNU C compiler) version 2.6.2. STeve mentioned that this version has been found elsewhere to be reliable. o Valerie has installed new versions of figlet, pico, and pine. o The problems with losing files on the new disk are not gone, but are greatly lessened. Marcus has speculated that this is because of the reduced load averages since the installation of sendmail. Scheduled reboots every three days appear to be optimal in avoiding system crashes. o We have not gotten the new ROMs for the Sun to work. At this point it is not clear whether or not this was due to faulty installation. Testing will continue. New business: STeve indicated that inasmuch as 486 motherboard prices have been falling drastically, a 486 motherboard for the PC route box could be had for $90 to $100 more than the amount already authorized for a 386, and would yield substantially better performance and functionality. Motion (srw, rcurl): That a maximum of $220 be authorized for the purchase of a 486 motherboard for the PC route box. Passed unanimously (6-0-0). The meeting adjourned at about 9:30 pm. Respectfully submitted, John Remmers, secretary