-- Start log: Wednesday, November 8, 2000 9:04:37 pm ASI Meeting Server time --

cdb says, "Hey folks, I live in Florida so I may get bounced off the net at
my end. Therefore, I'd like to ask if anyone has recieved my asi-leaders
email I sent on Nov 1" Severy says, "Yes, I saw that e-mail, Candace"
Scottyg says, "I got it Candace."
dcarson says, "yes I did, sorry to se you step down" cdb says, "OK. Does
anyone know who will be looking for or choosing my replacement?" Scottyg
says, "Candace, type: read Membership Processing Contract" Greg-1 says,
"Ah, so we have that covered?" Scottyg says, "I think so Greg, unless
Candace is doing something I'm not aware of." Greg-1 says, "(This could be
important. At any moment Candace could end up pushing the wrong button on
her keyboard and accidentally voting for Pat Buchanan.)" cdb says, "Wow.
That means November is my last month of responsibility, or does Jennifer
need to contact me?" cdb says, "Sorry, my county's votes have been counted.
We have no military overseas votes (I don't think)." Scottyg says,
"Jennifer might need a little help getting started. She and I work
together, so I can handle training ok. Or problem has been getting
everything in place for her to do it." Scottyg says, "We wanted to make the
changeover in Sept, but several things have gotten delayed." Scottyg says,
"(The tools we are supposed to provide, plus a supply of posters for
incentives.)" Greg-1 says, "So, what we need from Candace is a shopping
list of things she's doing, so we can make sure we have everything covered
in our grand new scheme?" Greg-1 says, "Tools?"
Scottyg says, "Items 4a-e of the agreement." Greg-1 says, "Urk ... I need
another window." Greg arrives amidst thundering applause. Greg-1 says, "Oh.
Those tools!"
cdb has reconnected.
Greg-1 says, "What literature do we need to get ready besides the Moon
Society Welcome letter?" Scottyg says, "Renewal reminder letter?" cdb says,
"Oops, got kicked out. I was going to say, please ask Jennifer to call me
if she thinks I can help. Also, is November my last month of
responsibility, or is December the final month?" cdb says, "Scotty, I
alresdy have Greg's version of the renewal letter. We do need the
"Membership has Expired" letter." Greg-1 says, "Oops!"
Greg-1 says, "Candace, what's the file name for the membership renewal
letter?" Scottyg says, "Candace, I think I need to have Jennifer contact
you, and the two of you work out the hand-off in whatever time frame works
for you." cdb says, "Um...let me go look, greg. BRB" cdb says, "I'm back.
After a correction about moonsociety.org instead of asi.org, I renamed the
files. They are 1) TMS-RenewalForm2001.doc and 2) TMS-RenewalLtr2001.doc"
Greg-1 says, "Does that mean they're on line somewhere?" cdb says,
"Scotty...that sounds great. If she wants...we can MOO to make the
discussion easier." Scottyg says, "Where are they stored Candace?" Greg-1
says, "Oh, here they are. In my "Moon Society" folder, of course." cdb
says, "Greg...Not at the moment. They could easily be put online, whereever
you want them. We also need Moonsociety Email Renewal notices." Greg-1
says, "You mean renewal notices that would be emailed to Moon Society
members?" cdb says, "Greg...Yes"
Scottyg says, "Candace, can you access the leaders private directory on
moonsociety.org?" cdb says, "I've worked the template over for the first
email notice, but that is all (on the ASI teamdir)" Scottyg says, "(
http://www.moonsociety.org/private/leaders/ )" cdb says, "I think I have
access to private leadership area, let me check. BRB" Scottyg says, "If so,
would you create a "membership-processing" directory and upload those docs
there?" cdb says, "Greg....Yes I have access. Want me to put the
Moonsociety renewal stuff I've already done at that page?" cdb says,
"Scotty. I can put what I have there, yes." Scottyg says, "That way we can
all get to it as needed." cdb says, "I'll do my best to get them there by
the end of the week." Scottyg says, "Ok, great!."
cdb says, "What is jennifer's email. I can let both of you know when the
files are there." Scottyg says, "BTW - I'll be out of town from tomorrow
thru Monday." Scottyg says, "her email is jenday@topher.net. But she
doesn't have access to that directory, so one of us will have to email them
to her." cdb says, "OK Scotty. Got it. I need to scram now. Thanks for
taking the time to coordinate!" Scottyg says, "Sorry to see youstep down
Candace. And thanks for all your efforts." Severy says, "Yup, many thanks,
Candace!" cdb says, "I think it is time I looked after myself for a while.
I'll do my best to stay in touch...:>)" cdb says, "Bye, folks."
dcarson says, "please do so Candace"
Scottyg says, "G'night Candace."
Greg-1 says, "G'night, Candace1"
Greg-1 says, "!, too"
cdb has disconnected.
Scottyg says, "Did you guys get my email about the new credit card deal?"
Greg-1 says, "Hmm ... Jim Burk seems to be out of synch. He only shows up
when we have other meetings." Greg-1 says, "Checking email ..."
dcarson says, "yep, saw it"
Severy says, "Hmm, I don't remember seeing that one, Scotty, when did you
send it?" Scottyg says, "It was about an hour ago, to board@moonsociety.org."
Severy says, "Hmm, no sign of it here..." Greg-1 says, "Ah, I'm looking in
the wrong mailbox!" Scottyg says, "Randall, Team Director shows you on the
mail list as severy@asi.org." Greg-1 says, "Randall, I just redirected it
to severy@asi.org" Severy says, "Hmm, I haven't gotten any severy@asi.org
e-mail since about 1 pm this afternoon, I think my ISP is having some
problems..." Severy says, "I see the message in the list archives, I'll
read it from there to get by for the meeting..." The housekeeper arrives to
cart cdb off to bed. Greg-1 says, "Hmm ... we have a quorum of the Moon
Society board, so if Randall wanted to call a meeting, we could do this
right now." Severy says, "Ok, I hereby call to order a meeting of the Moon
Society Board of Directors at 9:45 pm on 11/8/00" Severy says, "All present
board members, please confirm your presence by saying Aye" dcarson says,
"aye"
Severy says, "Or "here" ;-)"
Scottyg says, "present"
Severy says, "Present"
Severy says, "Greg?"
Greg-1 says, "Oops. Here!"
Severy says, "We have called this board meeting to consider the proposal
from Scotty Gammenthaler to sign up for a credit card processing account,
as described in e-mail at Wed, 08 Nov 2000 20:36:25 -0600" Scottyg says, "I
waive meeting notice." Severy waves
Severy says, "Sorry ;-)"
Severy waives meeting notice too
dcarson says, "waive notice"
Scottyg waives at Greg
Severy grins.
Severy says, "Greg?"
Greg-1 says, "Waive notice."
Severy says, "I move that we adopt the resolution for a credit card
processing agreement as drafted by Scotty Gammenthaler in his e-mail of
Wed, 08 Nov 2000 20:36:25 -0600" dcarson says, "second"
Severy says, "Any discussion?"
Greg-1 says, "It reads pretty good to me!" dcarson says, "expensive fee but
they all seem to be" Greg-1 says, "If we're recording this, maybe we should
post the text here for the record." Greg-1 says, " RESOLVED: That the
following officers have been duly" Greg-1 says, " elected by the Board of
Directors, each of whom is" Greg-1 says, " authorized to execute any
documents which may be" Greg-1 says, " required by NOVA INFORMATION
SYSTEMS, INC., now or in" Greg-1 says, " the future, and,"
Greg-1 says, " FURTHER RESOLVED: That the foregoing resolution shall"
Greg-1 says, " remain in full force and effect until written notice "
Greg-1 says, " of its amendment or cancellation shall have been" Greg-1
says, " received by NOVA and that receipt of such notice shall" Greg-1
says, " not affect any action taken by NOVA or Bank prior" Greg-1 says, "
thereto; and"
Greg-1 says, " FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Secretary be, and hereby " Greg-1
says, " is authorized and directed to certify to NOVA and Bank," Greg-1
says, " the foregoing resolution and the provisions thereof, " Greg-1 says,
" are in conformity with the Charter and By-Laws of this" Greg-1 says, "
Corporation."
Greg-1 says, " (I have listed Scotty and Greg.)" Greg-1 says, "Ta da."
Severy says, "All in favor?"
Greg-1 says, "aye"
Severy says, "Aye"
dcarson says, "aye"
dcarson says, "(Greg, majoromo@tlrc.com?)" Severy says, "Scotty?"
Scottyg says, "Aye"
Greg-1 says, "Shouldn't Scotty vote on this one?" Greg-1 says, "Oops."
Severy says, "Motion passes"
Severy says, "I hereby move that we adopt the second resolution for a
credit card processing agreement as drafted by Scotty Gammenthaler in his
e-mail of Wed, 08 Nov 2000 20:36:25 -0600" Greg-1 says, "Dana, oops.
Obviously a typo." Scottyg says, "second"
Severy says, "Greg, want to cut and paste that one as well?" Greg-1 says,
"OK."
Greg-1 says, " 1. Resolved, that any one of the following officers " Greg-1
says, " of the company is authorized to:" Greg-1 says, " A) execute on
behalf of this company a Merchant" Greg-1 says, " Processing Agreement with
NOVA Information Systems, " Greg-1 says, " Inc. ("NOVA") and First Union
National Bank, and any" Greg-1 says, " supplemental agreements amending
that agreement;" Greg-1 says, " B) execute any document requested from time
to time " Greg-1 says, " by NOVA or Member to be executed by this company
in" Greg-1 says, " furtherance of the Merchant Processing Agreement;"
Greg-1 says, " C) perform all acts that NOVA or Member may deem" Greg-1
says, " necessary to carry out the intent of the Merchant" Greg-1 says, "
Processing Agreement and these Resolutions." Greg-1 says, " 2. Resolved,
that the Merchant Processing Agreement " Greg-1 says, " is ratified and
approved;" Greg-1 says, " 3. Resolved, that NOVA and First Union Bank are"
Greg-1 says, " authorized to rely upon this Corporate Resolution " Greg-1
says, " until advised in writing by a like certification of " Greg-1 says,
" any changes and are authorized to rely on such changed" Greg-1 says, "
certification."
Greg-1 says, " (I have listed Scotty and Greg as authorized.)" Greg-1 says,
" 1. Resolved, that any one of the following officers " Greg-1 says, " of
the company is authorized to:" Greg-1 says, " A) execute on behalf of this
company a Merchant" Greg-1 says, " Processing Agreement with NOVA
Information Systems, " Greg-1 says, " Inc. ("NOVA") and First Union
National Bank, and any" Greg-1 says, " supplemental agreements amending
that agreement;" Greg-1 says, " B) execute any document requested from time
to time " Greg-1 says, " by NOVA or Member to be executed by this company
in" Greg-1 says, " furtherance of the Merchant Processing Agreement;"
Greg-1 says, " C) perform all acts that NOVA or Member may deem" Greg-1
says, " necessary to carry out the intent of the Merchant" Greg-1 says, "
Processing Agreement and these Resolutions." Greg-1 says, " 2. Resolved,
that the Merchant Processing Agreement " Greg-1 says, " is ratified and
approved;" Greg-1 says, " 3. Resolved, that NOVA and First Union Bank are"
Greg-1 says, " authorized to rely upon this Corporate Resolution " Greg-1
says, " until advised in writing by a like certification of " Greg-1 says,
" any changes and are authorized to rely on such changed" Greg-1 says, "
certification."
Greg-1 says, " (I have listed Scotty and Greg as authorized.)" Greg-1 says,
"Urk."
Greg-1 says, "The first time was just practice." Severy laughs.
Severy says, "Ok, any discussion?"
Greg-1 says, "This one seems necessary to implement the previous
resolution." dcarson says, "aye"
Scottyg says, "Both of these are from their paperwork. I retyped them in my
email." Greg-1 says, "I can take a hint! Aye." Severy says, "All in favor?"
Scottyg says, "Aye"
Severy says, "Aye"
Scottyg says, "Randall, any chance of getting Rhoda to join us?" Severy
says, "Need a few more ayes, the first few didn't count ;-)" Greg-1 says,
"Aye."
dcarson says, "aye"
Severy says, "I don't see her online, she may be out tonight..." Severy
says, "Motion passes"
Scottyg says, "Aye again. (For the 2nd copy!)" Greg-1 says, "It would be
nice to have the whole bored. Is Ian one of those?" Greg-1 says, "Heh."
Severy says, "Ok, Scotty, I think you're ready to roll on that stuff!"
Scottyg says, "Yes, Ian is the only missing member." Severy says, "Any
other business we need to discuss in the board tonight?" Greg-1 says, "Can
somebody get those board resolutions into the /private/board directory so
we can find them again?" Scottyg says, "The forms have a place for the
Secretary to certify the resolutions, so i guess I have to send them to
Greg for his signatures, and then to Rhoda for the certification." dcarson
says, "they did pass that federal law recently that email signatures are
valid" Scottyg says, "NOVA wants REAL signatures." Scottyg says, "Not even
faxed copies."
Scottyg says, "I don't have anything else for the board meeting." Greg-1
says, "Good enough. Move we adjourn the board meeting." dcarson says,
"second"
Severy says, "All in favor?"
Greg-1 says, "aye"
Scottyg says, "Aye"
Severy says, "Aye"
Severy says, "Dana?"
dcarson says, "aye"
Severy says, "Thwap! This meeting of the Moon Society Board of Directors is
now CLOSED!" Severy says, "Er, adjourned, I mean ;-)" Severy says, "Ok,
Scotty, what other HQ Operations business do we need to cover tonight?"
Scottyg says, "I'm making good progress on the non-profit filing." Scottyg
says, "I filled out the forms handwritten. Now I'm typing it up and
revising for the final draft." Scottyg says, "Its a bit slow - The forms
are pdf format, and I don't have Acrobat, so I'm copying them as graphics,
pasting into Word, and overtyping." Scottyg says, "I should finish them
next week." Scottyg says, "Only other business is....Dana, no posters yet."
dcarson says, "OK I have some of them here I'll UPS them myself tomorrow"
Scottyg says, "Do you still have the address?" dcarson says, "(has anyone
recieved the conf procedings yet?)" Scottyg says, "Nope. No accounting
either." dcarson says, "They sent a postcard a while ago to check the
address but nothing else yet" Scottyg says, "Yep, I got one of those too."
Greg-1 says, "I've seen the conference proceedings, but not received the
copy that should be coming in the mail." dcarson says, "the postcard said 6
weeks and was mid September so soon now if they're right" Greg-1 says, "Do
those forms need to be typed, Scotty? Surely the IRS must realize that all
the manual typewriters have gone to wherever old office machines go to
die." Greg-1 says, "The proceedings have been printed and bound. They were
selling them at the Space Frontier Conference in october." dcarson says, "I
have 2, one was my dads in high school" Greg-1 says, "So they should be in
the mail right about now." Greg-1 says, "Actually, I think I might still
have a manual typewriter. We have one at the office just for old forms like
that." Scottyg says, "Don't have to be Greg, but I made some mistakes on
the first pass, so while I'm doing it over, I may as well type it." Greg-1
says, "But then, remember that Bigelow still writes checks by hand." Greg-1
says, "Hey, at least it'll show the IRS that we try hard! :)" Scottyg says,
"I still have a manual typewriter. (REALLY manual. Not electric.)" Greg-1
says, "Oops. I'll be AFK for about 5 minutes." dcarson says, "I might not
be here in 2 weeks. We'll be out in CO for thanksgiving and I don't know
what I'll be doing that evening." Severy says, "Ok, shall we declare HQ
operations done for tonight and move on?" dcarson says, "sure"
Severy says, "Ok, moving on to Outreach Efforts" Severy says, "Any update
on the Speaker Kits, Dana?" dcarson says, "nope, haven't worked on them
since last time" Severy says, "Ok, is there anything else we can do in
Outreach Efforts tonight?" TimCadell arrives.
TimCadell says, "Hey, guys."
TimCadell says, "Sorry I'm late."
dcarson says, "does Tim have Outreach stuff?" TimCadell says, "I don't
think so."
dcarson says, "read agenda"
Greg-1 has disconnected.
The housekeeper arrives to remove Greg-1. Greg has disconnected.
Severy says, "Oops, we lost Greg!"
Severy says, "Hi, Tim!"
TimCadell says, "Hey, Randall. Interesting and good contract, it looks
like." Severy says, "Which contract?"
TimCadell says, "The Membership Processing Contract." The housekeeper
arrives to cart Greg off to bed. Severy says, "That's Scotty's handiwork"
TimCadell says, "I figured."
Severy says, "Well, since Tim's here, let's move on to Membership Services"
TimCadell says, "Ah, we are still going?" Severy says, "Limping along, I
think ;-)" Severy says, "Tim and Scotty, if I remember right there some
questions about what role Lunar Traders would play in Moon Society
membership processing" Severy says, "there were, too"
TimCadell says, "True."
TimCadell says, "Lunar Traders has recently been making a good deal of its
income from ASI membership processing, since sales have been flat recently.
We're trying to branch out into more convention tables and such, but losing
this right now is going to hurt. Is there anything that Lunar Traders can
do or continue doing?" Scottyg says, "Tim, I asked Rhonda to continue
processing credit card orders for now, but to send the checks along to me."
TimCadell says, "Right, we're doing that." TimCadell says, "Oh, and I still
haven't heard back from Peter Kokh about correcting the Moon Society
membership mail to address in MMM. It's still pointed at Lunar Traders."
Greg arrives amidst thundering applause. TimCadell says, "Rehi, Greg."
Severy says, "Welcome back, Greg!"
Greg says, "Geez. My machine crashed."
Greg says, "What did I miss?"
Severy says, "He zipped through Outreach Efforts without much discussion
and are now talking about Membership Services" TimCadell says, "We're
talking about what role Lunar Traders can play in Moon Society membership
processing, although we don't necessarily have to limit it to that." Greg
says, "I should mention that we seem to have a bit of a crisis with
TransOrbital, which most likely will result in dropping them as an Artemis
Project program participant." TimCadell says, "What's going on?"
Greg says, "Ah, membership services sounds like a much happier subject."
Greg says, "With TransOrbital? Apparently their new CEO, Dennis Laurie,
thinks that the Artemis Project would be a liability rather than an asset."
TimCadell says, "Hmmm. We do need to improve our image. I met people at the
SFF conference who seemed surprised that we were still around." Greg says,
"I can't say I'm impressed with the man. He tried to call me once in the
middle of a crisis. I didn't return the call, and lost his number. So he
has been sulking ever since instead of trying to call me again." Greg says,
"So, for the nonce, TransOrbital gets a big UNTRUSTWORTHY stamp in the
Supplier Data Base. There's not much point in wasting time and energy on a
company that's going to be a royal pain in the ass." Greg says, "Oh, FYI,
in related news, their current behavior has also dropped them out of
consideration for a very lucractive contract from Bigelow Aerospace. More's
the pity." TimCadell says, "Anyway, LT could use some steady income. Right
now, sales are quite flat and the Membership Processing role was helping
keep us on our feet. We're working on getting to more conventions, but it
will take a little time to get into dealers' rooms." Greg says, "Have you
thought of publicizing the catalog on the web?" TimCadell says, "Depends
what you mean. We need better exposure in the search engines, and we could
use some banner advertising." Greg says, "I think that's what I meant."
TimCadell says, "Yup, but better search engine results might mean tailoring
the web site and I haven't had time to do the research to determine what
changes would be a good idea, from the search engines' standpoint."
TimCadell says, "Ah, well. It doesn't sound like there's anything coming to
mind about LT working for The Moon Society so I'll go back to thinking
about it." dcarson says, "how did the space conf do for sales?" TimCadell
says, "Very well. I think about $1200 or so. If we could do one or two of
those every month, we'd be doing fine, so we're getting dealer's tables
wherever we can, but that won't come about for 6 months or so. So it
doesn't help much now." TimCadell says, "Alex is acting up and Sandra is
sick, so I need to go and take care of him. See you guys later!" TimCadell
has disconnected.
Greg says, "And there goes Tim."
Greg says, "Has anybody got any non-gloomy news?" Greg says, "What else do
we need to do tonight?" Greg says, "Anybody know a good joke?"
Severy grins.
Severy says, "It's time for me to head on out as well..." Greg says, "Hmm
... sounds like the party is breaking up for the evening." dcarson says,
"hers part of a list from a joke list I'm on" dcarson says, "BENEFITS OF
GETTING OLDER" dcarson says, "* In a hostage situation you are likely to be
released first." dcarson says, "* It's harder and harder for sexual
harassment charges to stick." dcarson says, "* Kidnappers are not very
interested in you." dcarson says, "* No one expects you to run into a
burning building." dcarson says, "* People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I
wake you?"" dcarson says, "* People no longer view you as a hypochondriac."
dcarson says, "* There's nothing left to learn the hard way." dcarson says,
"* Things you buy now won't wear out." Scottyg says, "Got a pretty good
joke at work, but can't get to it from here." Greg says, "Ouch. That one
hits too close to home, Dana. :)" The housekeeper arrives to cart TimCadell
off to bed. Greg says, "Melva brought home some Haagen Daz strawberry ice
cream. That's good news." dcarson says, "the last one on the list is"
dcarson says, "Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable
size." Scottyg says, "stop moon recorder"

-- End log: Wednesday, November 8, 2000 11:09:57 pm ASI Meeting Server time--