Item 21. Minutes of the Board Meeting of March 15, 1994
John H. Remmers (remmers) Tue, Apr 19, 1994 (15:47).
122 lines, 6 responses.

 Minutes of Cyberspace Communications Board of Directors Meeting, 3-15-94
 
 0.  Initializing Gavel (srw):
 
     Following some uncertainty about where the meeting would take
     place, due to the 2nd floor of Zingerman's Next Door having been
     reserved by another group, the meeting was called to order at 7:38
     p.m. on the 1st floor.
 
     Board members attending:  Steve Weiss (srw) [chair], Dan Romanchik
     (danr) [treasurer], John Remmers (remmers) [secretary], STeve
     Andre (steve), Rane Curl (rcurl), Meg Geddes (meg), Mike Smerza
     (morel).
 
     Others attending:  Charles Capwell (chas), Jeff Kaplan (kaplan),
     Dave Lovelace (davel), Carl Miller (carl), Bill Rayl (snark),
     Pattie Snyder-Rayl (pegasus).
 
 1.  Treasurer's report (danr):
 
     There were $348 in donations in February.  Current bank balance is
     $602.
 
 2.  501(c)3 Committee (popcorn):
 
     Valerie has passed on this task to Rane.
 
 3.  Rescuers report (rcurl):
 
     Rane has sent a letter to the Accounting Aid Society with our
     advertisement, as modified by Board and user suggestions, for
     their newsletter.
 
 4.  Publicity Committee (mta):
 
     As Misti was not present, there was no report.
 
 5.  JCC Sale (remmers):
 
     Valerie will be coordinating preparation.  ITI has donated a large
     amount of equipment, which will be put of for sale.
 
 6.  Technical Committee (steve):
 
     We've had a donation of a 300 mb SCSI disk.  It is uncertain at
     this point whether the disk will work without a SCSI-3 controller,
     which Grex does not currently have.  Such a controller would cost
     about $200 used.
 
     We should be able to get the Eagle disk up and running.
 
     The Hayes Optima modems are now installed and in use for the
     internet connection, but are not yet configured to run at their
     full speed of 28.8 bps.
 
     The PC route box software needs to be upgraded to enable header
     compression, this will improve throughput on the internet
     connection.
 
     The Supra modem is currently not being used.
 
 7.  Moving, Centrex phone service, etc:
 
     Things are set to have the phones installed on March 31st.
     Valerie will see to having the floor sealed.
 
 8.  Internet connection (renew?) (remmers):
 
     The 3-month trial period originally designated for the internet
     connection has expired; therefore, Board action is necessary if it
     is decided to continue it.  After some discussion, the following
     motion was made.
 
     Motion (meg, remmers): Experience during the evaluation period has
     established that the internet connection is an important and
     valuable asset to Grex and should be continued.  As more
     experience is gained, further policies will be shaped by the Board
     and the members.
 
 9.  Support for other non-profits (rcurl):
 
     Ways in which Grex could provide service to other non-profit
     organizations were discussed.  There was concensus that such
     support for other non-profits was a legitimate and worthwhile
     activity of Grex.  Dan Romanchik will follow up on a recent
     contact from a representative of one such organization inquiring
     about email and other computer services.
 
 A.  Should Grex support info service (srw):
 
     There was discussion of whether Grex should provide information
     services such as gopher and WWW (World Wide Web).  Steve Weiss has
     installed and is currently testing a WWW server on an experimental
     basis.
 
     Motion (danr, steve): That a WWW daemon be installed and Grex be
     registered through the appropriate services as providing this
     service.
 
 B.  Conversion of news to local (pegasus):
 
     Pattie expressed concern about the slowness and inconvenience of
     using newsnet news through the current nntp setup.  It was
     reiterated that this is a necessary evil until a disk suitable for
     storing news locally is tested and installed.
 
 C.  New business:
 
     Valerie announced that the thank-you party for Ken Ascher is now
     scheduled for April 9.
 
     Valerie has submitted an announcement on the Saturday Walks to Ann
     Arbor Agenda.  It is similar to the announcement now running in
     the Observer.
 
     Steve reported on the work he and Carl have been doing on
     configuring lynx as a hypertext-based interface, and possible
     future shell option, for Grex.
 
 D.  Terminating Gavel (srw):
 
     The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9 p.m.