Item 51. Minutes of the GREX Board Meeting of October 18, 1993
John H. Remmers (remmers) Sun, Dec  5, 1993 (15:58).
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 Minutes of the GREX Board of Directors Meeting  -  Oct. 18, 1993
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 The meeting was called to order at about 7:00 p.m.  The gavel was
 ceremonially banged.
 
 Board members attending:
    Valerie Mates (popcorn) [chair], John Remmers (remmers) [secretary],
    STeve Andre (steve), Meg Geddes (meg), Mike Smerza (morel), Steve
    Weiss (srw).
    Absent:  Dan Romanchik (danr) [treasurer].
 
 Others attending:  Mary Remmers (chelsea).
 
 Treasurer's report:
    In the treasurer's absence, there was no treasurer's report.  Instead,
    discussion ensued as to what Grex would do if Dan were to die.  No
    definitive conclusions were reached.
 
 Moving, Centrex, etc. (steve):
    STeve offloaded the job of following up on contacting the prospective
    landlord to remmers (who in turn offloaded it to chelsea, who then
    actually did it (it should be mentioned that chelsea also volunteered
    at the meeting)).  STeve will continue talking to Bell about hooking
    up to Centrex.  The phone company can probably do installation within
    2-3 weeks of getting the go-ahead from us.
 
 Technical committee (steve):
    Greg Cronau has been doing a lot of work in setting up the Sun 3 for
    the forthcoming move of Grex to that platform.  Major tasks remaining
    to be done are C-News and smail configuration.  The disk originally
    planned for news has proved to be too flakey; alternatives are being
    worked on.  The Supra high-speed modem has some serious problems; we
    will try to arrange for a swap.  
 
    An AST PC has been donated by Steve Sirrica.  This can be a backup for
    the PC route box.
 
    There was discussion about moving strategy -- should the switch to the
    Sun3 take place before or after the move to our new location?
 
 New business:
    Valerie will need to miss the next meeting and possibly others over the
    next few months due to travel in connection with her new job.  Discussion
    centered on whether the acting chair on such occasions should be
    remmers [secretary] who was present or danr [treasurer] who was absent.
    The chair maintained that it should be remmers, since danr was not
    present and thus unable to refuse.  However, remmers, who was very
    much present and able to argue, maintained that traditional
    rank order should be followed, in which the treasurer is 2nd
    in rank and the secretary 3rd.  After a grueling battle of wills, the
    latter view prevailed.
 
    STeve raised the need for a bigger "pipe" into Grex to handle news flow,
    and suggested a fundraiser for new high speed modems.  It was decided to
    table action on this until the next meeting.
 
    The internet connection is currently being tested by staff, but
    is not yet optimally configured or stable.  The issue of when it should
    be opened up to Grex members (outgoing) and the world (incoming) was
    discussed.
    
    Motion (meg/srw):  To open internet access as soon as technically
    feasible.
 
    The motion passed unanimously.
 
 The meeting was adjourned, via ceremonial gavel-banging, at about 8:20.
 
 					Respectfully submitted,
 					John Remmers, Sec'y