Item 81. Minutes of the June 26, 1996 Board Meeting Steven R. Weiss (srw) Sat, Jun 29, 1996 (16:54). 187 lines, 0 responses. Minutes of the Board Meeting of Cyberspace Communications, Inc. Wednesday, June 26, in the dining room in the basement of the Michigan Union. 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:37 PM by Scott Helmke Members Present: Scott Helmke (scott), President Mark Conger (aruba), Treasurer Steve Weiss (srw), Secretary Misti Anslin (mta) Steve Gibbard (scg) Rob Henderson (robh) Absent: Valerie Mates (popcorn) Others present: Damon Andre' (dea), Glenda Andre' (glenda), STeve Andre' (steve), Rob Argy (ajax), Jonathan Baker (kain), Jeffrey N.C. (coyote), Chimera (wolfg676), Bill Hosmon (wh), Joylynn Howie (nix), John Remmers (remmers), Mary Remmers (chelsea), Dan Romanchik (danr), Marcus Watts (mdw), 2. Treasurer's Report (aruba) Mark Conger reported that we took in about $1000 this month, broken down as follows: $511.50 auction $462 dues $24 miscellaneous $6 mug sales The number of current members has dropped too87, 5 of whom are new this month. Our current expenses are $400, so for the first time in three months, we covered those expenses with membership revenues. 3. 501(C)(3) committee report (aruba). nothing to report 4. Computer Rehabilitation Committee report. (scott) nothing to report. The current status is the same. We have 3 XTs and we are looking for a home. 5. Publicity Committee. (mta) Misti had not arrived when this agenda item came up so it was moved lower down in the agenda. 6. Technical Committee (steve) * STeve reported that the hardware is doing well. * Averaging 5.5 days between crashes. This is pretty good, actually. * There might be an unapplied patch to fix the mbuf problem which causes some of our rare crashes. * We are experiencing 2600 login sessions per day. * We tried installing another 32 MB of RAM, but it didn't pas the internal memory diagnostics -- we still don't know if we can get more than 128MB to work properly. We could use the extra memory if we can get it to work, as we are swapping when the system gets busy. * STeve has coded a program to control groovy's power remotely from Grex. * Our 8mm tape drive may need service. * Modems still need to be programmed and put in service. * Groovy (terminal server) still crashes and loses its admin pw regularly. STeve Andre' has been rebooting it regularly. Steve Gibbard is going to work on it, and may remove it from the dungeon. It is only used for the staff line, at present. 10. Newsletter Committee (mta) - Nothing to report. 11. Auction Committee (robh) We have three items left. We have earned about $800 when it is all collected. 12. Grex has to move This agenda item was deferred until the end of the meeting. 13. Changing to Centrex Service There was general agreement about Centrex service, pending a determination of the costs. Dan Romanchik expressed concern about the costs, especially. Mark Conger agreed to find out what the costs would be. 14. People's Food Coop discount - Tabled. Because Valerie was not able to attend this meeting, we decided to table this question until the next meeting. 15. .yes/.no files policy STeve Andre spoke against these, especially the .yes files. Most of the other attendees appeared to favor this. Mark Conger expressed that he was uncommitted either way. Scott Helmke, Mary Remmers, Glenda Andre', and Steve Weiss all spoke in favor. The arguments against them were that they tended to foster cliques or fragmentation of the community. The arguments in favor that they suppressed harassment, especially of women, and would permit some to open their permissions tat are now closed to all incoming requests. MOTION (srw,scott) Moved that the board express no objection to the installation of software that allows a user to filter or permit other specific users to send them real-time messages. VOTE: 3 in Favor (scott, robh, srw) None opposed 2 Abstained (scg, aruba) 2 Absent (popcorn, mta) PASSES John Remmers expressed interest in working on the project of making this feature available. 16 New Business Steve Weiss pointed out that in individual web sites on Grex there are beginning to appear files which are not specifically excluded by our rule that excludes multimedia files, are nevertheless of questionable desirability. Java applets were cited, but there are other things, too. Srw will post a summary of this in coop, and we can discuss there the merits of extending our ban. No action was taken. 12 (from earlier) Grex Has to move. The Ann Arbor Building Department has ruled that we cannot stay in our current space because it does not qualify as office space. We and our landlord are appealing this decision. While this is going on, we are trying to find space that meets our needs without it costing too much. Privately, and confidentially various staff and board members are contacting people at possible locations to explore then as possible new homes for Grex. There are many considerations that affect the decision. Steve Weiss suggested a grid be created with criteria for evaluating the various possibilities against each other. The following suggestions were made for inclusion on the Grid. It will be up to the board (with advice from staff) to determine the weightings of these categories in relation to each other, and to determine the final choice. These are in no particular order. * Keep 761-3000 * 24 hour access (and related issues - how many people, is bonding needed) * Legality of occupancy * Cost (rent) * Heat/ventilation * internet link (applies to locations which might have special advantages, or disadvantages) and related questions, like how many hops from Merit. * lease. Will we be able to set up a long-term home there. * Liability insurance (is it required? - a disadvantage) * Power and phone availability * Parking * Rest rooms available * Security * Handicap accessible * Landlord Sanity (I am sure there will be others, but these were presented at the meeting.) The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:45 Respectfully submitted, Steve Weiss, Secretary