Item 92. Minutes of 3/25/98 Grex Board meeting E. R. Bassey (other) Thu, Mar 26, 1998 (01:02). 106 lines, 10 responses. Minutes of the meeting of the Grex Board of Directors -- Wednesday 3/25/98 ITI Cafeteria, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA. Attendees (* denotes board member): scg*, other, janc*, dang*, jared, arthurp, valerie*, steve, mta*, laotsu, morpheus, aruba* 01.008 Initial Gavel Pounding -- janc -- 7:45 pm -- introductions. -- other is acting as secretary for this meeting. 04.003 Treasurer's Report -- aruba In February: Revenues $668.00 Expenses $823.58 Net ($155.58) (mostly overspent due to tax bill) One new member: gada So Far in March: Revenues $570.40 Two new members: rtgreen and anonymous -- Phone bill lower this month: down to $412.33 from $477.76 -- Received member validation ID as bitmap file -- Want to set up store database like auction database. 06.941 Publicity Committee -- mta -- Splash page will appear on cable CTN by end of this week. Additional files to follow. -- Press release ideas discussed for publicization of "new" Grex -- Bumper sticker status query from dang, status unknown. 09.012 Technical Committee -- staff -- New machine, new software, lots of other new stuff. A few minor kinks, being worked out. Things are mostly very cool. -- Some discussion of spare parts for the new machine. 10.810 Partyadm Appointment -- staff -- The board, after much sturm and little drang comes to the consensus that this is a staff, not a board, concern. 12.011 Shopkeeper Appointment -- janc -- Formalization of appointment valerie:Motion to appoint Jennifer Kriegel (jiffer) Grex Shopkeeper, with all privileges and responsibilities appertaining thereto. scg: Second No discussion Vote: 6-0 in favor. Motion passed. 14.007 Mail Machine Funding -- staff -- aruba proposes a fundraiser janc: Motion to hold a fundraiser to raise $200 to spent on a Grex mail machine. Valerie:Second No discussion Vote: 6-0 in favor. Motion passed. 15.999 New Business -- all ***** 10 minute recess is called in order to research past minutes for budget amounts for mail machine and spare parts for the 670. scg: Motion to authorize $600 for spare Sun hardware. dang: Second -- aruba points out that we're low on cash on hand and that the expense, if incurred prior to new revenue will drop our reserve to below our desired cushion level. -- fundraiser is discussed again. conclusion is that spare parts for the machine we are now using supercedes maintaining cushion. -- it is decided to hold a fundraiser to raise $950 to cover 670 parts ($600), mail machine ($200) and 501(c)3 application fee ($150). Vote: 6-0 in favor. Motion passed. -- 501(c)3 application janc: Motion to hold a fundraiser to raise $150 to be spent on the 501(c)3 application fee. aruba: Second No discussion Vote: 6-0 in favor. Motion passed. -- Member validation concerns raised by aruba in reference to ID received via bitmap scan. Board concludes ID form to be treasurer's discretion. -- Store inventory database proposed by aruba. To take the same form as the auction file which can be publicly queried for info on available goods. -- Staff is generally congratulated for the upgrade of Grex. Cheers all around. 18.998 Final Gavel Pounding -- janc -- 9:42 pm 10 responses total. ---------- (92) #1 E. R. Bassey (other) Thu, Mar 26, 1998 (01:10). 14 lines. Afterglow was held at Applebee's. Present were: valerie scg jared ****************************************** * * * * janc * * aruba * * * * ********************************************* arthurp steve other We were happily served by a sweet waitress from Louisiana whose name I didn't get. ---------- (92) #2 Mark A. Conger (aruba) Thu, Mar 26, 1998 (02:21). 1 line. Her name was "Liz", and she made a point of learning most of ours. :) ---------- (92) #3 Mark A. Conger (aruba) Thu, Mar 26, 1998 (02:21). 1 line. Oh, thanks for taking notes, Eric. A very nice job. ---------- (92) #4 Steven R. Weiss (srw) Thu, Mar 26, 1998 (02:23). 2 lines. Yes - thanks for the quick post of these minutes. Sorry I couldn't attend. ---------- (92) #5 John H. Remmers (remmers) Thu, Mar 26, 1998 (10:40). 4 lines. Nice minutes indeed. Very readable. Is my recollection correct that Scott is the regular secretary but couldn't attend? ---------- (92) #6 Mark A. Conger (aruba) Thu, Mar 26, 1998 (18:36). 1 line. That's correct. ---------- (92) #7 E. R. Bassey (other) Thu, Mar 26, 1998 (23:02). 1 line. Thankee. ---------- (92) #8 Valerie Mates (valerie) Sat, Mar 28, 1998 (09:01). 1 line. Thanks, Eric, for taking notes. Nice job! ---------- (92) #9 Jared Mauch (jared) Sun, Mar 29, 1998 (10:08). 1 line. I like the format. it's nice :) ---------- (92) #10 E. R. Bassey (other) Sun, Mar 29, 1998 (12:18). 1 line. thanks. i made it up as i went along.