Item 172. BOARD MEETING of 5-10-00 Megan Heberlein (eeyore) Tue, May 16, 2000 (11:31). 83 lines, 14 responses. Well, once again I get to decipher my notes into something legible for everybody to read. :) Minutes for 5-10-00: Gavel Banging Commencement: 7:20 (Gave those of us that were late enough time to get food) Chair Report: Nothing to report, as normal. ISDN Report: We decided to skip ahead a bit so that STeve could get to his daughter's violin concert. The options were as follows: We could move with Dorian, or get our own ISP. It was pretty much thought that it would be easier to get our own DSL line now. To get a DSL line, we would need a 45-60 day lead time, but only 2-4 weeks for ISDN. To get DSL, it would run about $40 more a month than what we are paying now. Jared was present to play Propaganda Man for his company, Voyager, so we did looking at Voyager's prices for comparison for the evening. Eric made the motion of "The staff of Grex shall investigate connectivity options and contract for internet service at a monthly cost not to exceed $150 plus applicable taxes and with initial costs for hardware and instillation not exceeding $600." Jan seconded and the whole thing passed by all. It was noted that we need to get all prices and whatnot in writing so that it doesn't get jacked up on us. Steve's in charge of looking for now. Treasurer's Report: Greg reported that we did make money and that some money has come in for the TOP. (For details, see Treasurer's Report Item) We were charged last month a service fee by the credit card company, but he's looking into that, since we were not supposed to be charged that. We have been finally charged by Discover for their fee, but at the moment, we are still not taking Discover, as they take out a higher fee, but Greg will do more looking into it. It was asked if we loose money from a membership if somebody pays with a credit card vs. check or cash, and the answer is no, not unless we start taking more that $700 a month. We would like to be able to put the Grex Store onto the credit card system, but need to check with Jenn on the inventory first. Eric brought in a Sakajweha (I know it's misspelled...leave me alone!) and the board spent the next few minutes passing the buck, and discussing the "In God We Trust" on the money. Publicity Committee: Eric reported that the night that we have picked out for TOP is the last night of TOP, and has a full evening sponser of PhotoOne - We would be sharing just the movie with them. TOP people are checking with PhotoOne to make sure that they don't mind, but it's not looking like a problem. The 9th of July is our schedualed night. Technichal Committee: Jan just adeed a new version of Backtalk, and is working on fixing the remaining bugs. Scott's working on the tape drive. Picospan Status: I'm going to start from the end of my notes on this one. No, Grex cannot use the source code for Picospan, because Marcus cannot give us rights that he dosen't own. He sold the license, and while he now has partial rights back, he *only* has partial rights. If minor changes need to be made, Marcu will make them and provide support, but isi not interested in making major status changes. If we feel that we need major changes, we need to convicnce him of it, but that's not really likely to happen. He is also not going to be making major changes without board approval. It was asked if it was legal for us to accept changes if Marcus made them, since he doesn't have full legal rights, and the answer is yes. The scribble issue was discussed, and Marcus thought that it wouldn't make much difference if any changes were made. Ideas: Add a warning that it goes into a log file, or just eliminate Scribble altogether. Asset Investment Options: Yeah, we should get the money into something that gives us more money. Greg will be doing some looking into things, and hopefully giving a report at the next meeting. Until we know what options are out there, we don't know how much money we will put in. The thought was brought up that we ought to *use* some of this money for something; We aren't collecting money to just let it sit & collect interest. Greg was also asked if (as a sidenote) there was a chunk of Treasurer stuff that could be delegated out, since his job just gets bigger and bigger. The only thing that he could think of was the making and handing out of Handbooks. Schedualing: Next meeting will be Monday, June 5. New Business: Nada Gavel Cesseceation: 8:50 14 responses total. ---------- (172) #1 Megan Heberlein (eeyore) Tue, May 16, 2000 (11:31). 2 lines. Sorry that it's so funky....I'm still really tired from working about 85 hours last week. ---------- (172) #2 Michelangelo Giansiracusa (spooked) Tue, May 16, 2000 (19:14). 4 lines. Whoa - well done (: Do you have a list of attendees? ---------- (172) #3 Megan Heberlein (eeyore) Tue, May 16, 2000 (21:12). 5 lines. Whoops! :) Uhhh....John & Mary Remmers, Greg Fleming, myself, STeve Andre, Steve Gibbard, Jared Mauch, Eric Bassey, Marcus Watts, Jan Wolter, and Jessica ....uhhh... (okay, sorry, last name forgotten). Valerie and Arlo were there briefly too. ---------- (172) #4 Steve Gibbard (scg) Tue, May 16, 2000 (22:19). 1 line. Jessica was Jessica Draper (llanarth). ---------- (172) #5 Mark A. Conger (aruba) Tue, May 16, 2000 (22:32). 2 lines. How did we end up sharing sponsorship at TOP with another company? I thought we were getting our own night. ---------- (172) #6 E R Bassey (other) Tue, May 16, 2000 (23:31). 16 lines. We are sponsoring a movie. Foto1 is a full evening sponsor. They were more interested in the band (George Bedard and the Kingpins) than the movie, and we (I) made the choice to put our name in front of the usually very large closing night crowd, with a movie that most respondents favored, rather than pick a different film on a different night. We were originally going to have opening night, but when our first choice film was unavailable, it just happened that our next choice film -- Galaxy Quest -- was already scheduled for closing night. We have received special consideration in the accomodation of our requests for specific nights (especially since we are a new sponsor), primarily because of my own personal relationship with AASF. Even sharing a night, I think we're still doing exceptionally well. A full evening sponsorship is about $1200, and Foto1 is being very cool in allowing us to share the usually very well attended closing night with them. ---------- (172) #7 Richard J. Wallner (richard) Thu, May 18, 2000 (18:23). 3 lines. grex should invest in mutual funds...plenty of nonprofits have accounts with one broker/dealer or another. since grex isnt a 401(3)(c), its not like there's any status to protect either. ---------- (172) #8 Steve Gibbard (scg) Thu, May 18, 2000 (19:55). 1 line. You mean 501(c)3? Grex is. ---------- (172) #9 E R Bassey (other) Fri, May 19, 2000 (15:21). 9 lines. Correct. Grex is NOT 401(3)(c). (Whatever the richard THAT is...) ---------- (172) #10 Marcus Watts (mdw) Fri, May 19, 2000 (15:50). 2 lines. Sounds like a retirement plan to me. Perhaps for retired nuclear submarine commanders or some such. ---------- (172) #11 Daniel B Velleman (orinoco) Fri, May 19, 2000 (16:57). 3 lines. You mean grex isn't a retirement home for nuclear submarine commanders? Well shoot, there goes my career plan..... ---------- (172) #12 (still a) Wing Nut (hhsrat) Fri, May 19, 2000 (21:22). 1 line. A 401(3)(c) is a person who has crashed 3 cars while on the 401 ---------- (172) #13 C. Keesan (keesan) Fri, May 19, 2000 (21:58). 7 lines. Is it possible to put the money into a money market fund while discussing what the perfect option would be? It has been at least a year since it was decided to invest it, and the money could have earned $200 in the meantime. It costs nothing but a postage stamp to do something at least temporary. I thought people had agreed that PAX was a reasonable place to invest it. PAX is the only place that allows a minimum of $250 (investment or withdrawal or amount left in there) and they have no fees that I know of (I don't pay any). ---------- (172) #14 Sarah Zamenski (gypsi) Sat, May 20, 2000 (06:36). 3 lines. Whatever the richard that is? God, I love that quote... =) And I'm laughing at #12. ;-)