Item 52. Minutes of the GREX Board of Directors Meeting of November 22, 1993
John H. Remmers (remmers) Sun, Dec  5, 1993 (16:00).
76 lines, 21 responses.

 Minutes of the GREX Board of Directors Meeting  -  Nov. 22, 1993
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 The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by acting chair Dan
 Romanchik.  The gavel was ceremonially banged.
 
 Board members attending:
    Dan Romanchik (danr) [treasurer], John Remmers (remmers) [secretary],
    STeve Andre (steve), Mike Smerza (morel), Steve Weiss (srw).
    Absent:  Valerie Mates (popcorn).
 
 Others attending:
    Misti Anslin (mta), Rane Curl (rcurl), John Hofmann (freedog),
    Bill Hosman (wh), Bill Rayl (snark), TS Taylor (tsty).
 
 Treasurer's report (danr):
    The treasury balance was $1211.24 as of the end of October.  This
    is a record surplus and gives us a comfortable cash margin.  Not
    counted in this total are dues from 3 or 4 new members.  On the
    minus side, monthly rent for our new location has now kicked in,
    and additional expense.
 
 Technical comittee (steve):
    STeve, Misti, and Marcus have visited the new quarters and installed
    a new lock on the door.  The room needs painting and a floor sealant.
    The phone jacks, muffin fans, lights, and circuit-breaker used by
    M-Net are still in the room.  STeve may hear from Bell as early as
    Wednesday regarding phones.
 
    The internet connection is now up and available to members.  The modem
    crashes after about 36 hours of use; STeve is thinking of rigging up
    a means to do an automatic reboot on such occasions.
 
    Grex was recently taken down, all cards reseated, and the disks
    examined.  The Eagle disk being used for News is probably starting to
    go.
 
    It appears that a move to the Sun 3 would be feasible over Christmas
    vacation.
 
    Regarding the internet connection:  Jon Zeeff has compiled and installed
    new versions of the 'telnet' and 'query' software, and STeve will be
    bringing over a new version of 'ftp'.  Incoming access is closed for
    now, until the link is stable.  We are currently required by our
    access provider to run the connection at a lower modem speed during
    regular Monday-Friday business hours, but there is reason to hope that
    this may change in the future.
 
    The possibility of getting news via NNTP is being investigated.  This
    would mean that local storage of news on disk would no longer be
    necessary.
 
 Publicity committee (mta):
    Misti reported that she has less time personally to devote to publicity
    work due to increased work demands.  An assistant would be desirable.
    There is a new release of the brochure.
 
 501(c)3 committee (rcurl):
    The committee needs to meet to make progress on the application effort.
 
 New business:
    The desirablility of buying one or two ZyXEL high-speed modems was
    discussed.  Estimated cost is $380-$390 per modem.
 
    Motion (srw, meg):  To authorized purchase of one ZyXEL U1496E+ modem,
    to be paid for from the General Fund.
 
       The motion passed unanimously.
 
    $25 was authorized to purchase paint and floor sealant for the new
    Grex world headquarters.
 
 The meeting adjourned at about 8:30 p.m., with gavel-banging.
 
 					Respectfully submitted,
 					John Remmers, sec'y