!slynne Item 328. Minutes from Grex Board of Directors Meeting, April 18, 2006 S. Lynne Fremont (slynne) Mon, May 1, 2006 (19:27). 62 lines, 10 responses. Grex Board of Directors Meeting April 18, 2006 - Minutes Board Members present: Joe Gelinas, John Remmers, Mark Conger, Jan Wolter, Larry Kestenbaum, Lynne Fremont. Treasurer s Report: We took in $248 dollars and paid out $150 in March. So far we have taken in $150 in April. We had one new member in March (c3067692) and one new member in April (lapdragon). Welcome! Mark has been sending out renewal reminders to alternate email addresses since so many people do not use their grex addresses anymore. This is time consuming but seems to be working. There may be a way to alias grex emails and this will be looked into. Staff Report: Jeff Kaplan has been added to staff as there have been no objections from current staff members. He has been added to the access list at Provide.net There were a couple of crashes since the last meeting. It could be process starvation but the cause of the crashes isnt really clear. A reset solved the issue. Next Meeting: The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be May 23, 2006 at the home of John and Mary Remmers at 7p PC Weasel: We may want to consider spending more money for a better piece of hardware for remote access, i.e. Give up on the PC Weasel altogether. It is an issue that should be left to staff for now for further investigation. It would be wise to have a plan for how exactly it will be used before we buy it. It is possible that the PC Weasel might need another internet connection. Mark is going to write Steve Gibbard to ask his advice about this issue. Conferencing: It was the opinion of some board members that the quality of conferencing has gone down. For example there was an item recently that started out with good content but then ended up with comments from users about them having sex with the item author s daughter. Grex s conferences might not be attractive to new people. How can Grex have conferences that appeal to serious adult conversation? Here are some rough ideas: 1. Introduce a second set of conferences with a different set of rules. 2. Create a new default conference with moderation. Abusers could be excluded. Users could be required to be validated before they can post. Or we could allow any current users to post but validate any newusers. Or it could be open to just paying users. 3. Allow item authors to moderate items. 4. Make no procedural changes to conferences but use social pressure to encourage thoughtful high quality posts. Can Grex be different things to different people? Can we keep the old conferences with no restrictions and have either another set of conferences or just one conference with different rules? Would it work? It might need member approval to have a conference like that. It definately should be discussed. Lynne will enter an item about it. Meeting adjourned. 10 responses total. !scholar ---------- (328) #1 By the way, this item has been archived offsite so you cannot erase it. (scholar) Mon, May 1, 2006 (20:15). 2 lines. what about the item on the morality of x-rays degenerating into people claiming x-rays don't cause cancer. :( !happyboy ---------- (328) #2 Reverend Salvador Dali Parton (happyboy) Tue, May 2, 2006 (18:23). 3 lines. who is having sex with someone's daughter in agora? item plz. !scholar ---------- (328) #3 By the way, this item has been archived offsite so you cannot erase it. (scholar) Tue, May 2, 2006 (19:05). 3 lines. 170 in oldagora. which shows that you responded to the item after the sex talk. :( !tod ---------- (328) #4 Todd (tod) Tue, May 2, 2006 (19:05). 3 lines. I'm guessing it was someone talking about md or bru's daughter in jest. Obviously, we need to tighten up the reigns around here and start censoring anyone without an Ann Arbor barcode on their forehead. !happyboy ---------- (328) #5 Reverend Salvador Dali Parton (happyboy) Wed, May 3, 2006 (04:38). 1 line. re3: :( !naftee ---------- (328) #6 Arc! Sin! Weld! (naftee) Thu, May 4, 2006 (00:07). 1 line. :( !happyboy ---------- (328) #7 Reverend Salvador Dali Parton (happyboy) Thu, May 4, 2006 (14:13). 3 lines. 8D !naftee ---------- (328) #8 Arc! Sin! Weld! (naftee) Thu, May 4, 2006 (22:49). 5 lines. 9E !happyboy ---------- (328) #9 Reverend Salvador Dali Parton (happyboy) Sat, May 6, 2006 (04:50). 2 lines. ><