Item 54. Minutes of the May 24, 1995 Board Meeting Steve Weiss (srw) Sun, May 28, 1995 (14:00). 132 lines, 3 responses. Minutes of the Board Meeting of Cyberspace Communications Inc. Held at 7 PM on May 24, 1995 at the Michigan Union Food Court I. The meeting was called to order at 7:11 PM. Those present were: Valerie Mates , Rob Henderson , John Remmers , Mary Remmers , STeve Andre' , Staci Andre' , Glenda Andre' , Rane Curl , Dan Romanchik , Connie Marker, Marc Unangst , Steve Weiss , Richard Pirie Some of these participants listed here, including your secretary, did not arrive until after the meeting had begun. The portion of these minutes covering the meeting before I arrived were taken by John Remmers. Thanks, John! II. Treasurer's Report (danr) Dan reported that this month was a bad month for donations. Only $275 was taken in. III. 501(c)3 Committee Report (rcurl) Rane reported that the corporate papers are spread around on his desk now. He has asked danr for financial statement. IV. Computer Rehabilitation Committee Report (rcurl) Things are in TS's living room. V. Publicity Committee Report Misti was not present, so this report was deferred. VI. Technical Committee Report (steve) There were no large changes in the system. The biggest thing has been staff cleaning up after little things like mailbombings. There have been about 8 incidents. Marcus and Steve will put the 1.7GB disk from ajax online. Technical staff has been in maintenance mode. The system is less stable than a month ago. Steve is rebooting every two days, because the system becomes unstable otherwise. The staff will try the newer SCSI card again. They weren't able to boot from it when they tried before. VII. Verification Policy (steve) Mailbombing incidents interfered. Steve will enter the policy online. VIII. Adding nephi to staff. Motion(remmers/popcorn) : To confirm the staff's recommendation of Michael O'Leary to the staff mailing list and staff conference. The motion passed 5-0-0 (scg and srw were absent) IX. Landlord Report (popcorn) The landlord applied for a use variance for Grex. The hearing will be June 27. Nick has been giving leads on other locations in case we have to move. The Electrician gave us basically good marks. We have to make minor changes. The electrician thinks it will pass inspection if we do this. Power strips may be a problem. (We're not sure.) STeve talked to Nick today. Nick is more optimistic about zoning issues, as there is other commercial use in the immediate vicinity. STeve know a place that is available for $50/month. We are investigating it. X. The Arbornet UPS offer (steve) We're still investigating Arbornet's UPS. We have $200 in earmarked donations to apply to the $250 that they're asking. Questions for us to resolve: How big is it? What is its condition? It has been offered to us on loan to see if we can use it. We should borrow it. XI. JCC Sale on June 25 (remmers) We discussed the JCC's rejection clause and decided whether to apply for a table anyway. Motion: (srw/danr) Authorize $30 to rent a table at the June 25 JCC sale. Passed 5-0-1 (scg absent, popcorn abstained) XII. New Business. General concern was expressed about the treasurer's report. We're losing people. A membership drive was suggested. No action taken. The Remmerses requested being removed from the NIC record. Marc unangst will update the NIC record. XIII. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned before 9PM. -- Respectfully submitted, Steve Weiss, Secretary (with help from John Remmers)