PROPOSAL:
 
 The following internet services enrich the Grex community, do not use
 much bandwidth, and do not provide much potential for internet
 mischief; therefore they should be made available to all:
 
  Finger
  Whois
  Ping 
  Mail (incoming and outgoing)
  Incoming Usenet News
  Incoming Telnet
  Incoming FTP
  Incoming Lynx
  Talk (and it's various permutations)
  Archie
  Veronica
  WAIS
  Gopher (with all Telnet capabilities disabled)
 

 The following services will be restricted to VERIFIED GREX MEMBERS and
 VERIFIED GREX USERS (however the board shall define that term) because of
 the potential for world-wide mischief:
 
  Outgoing Usenet News
 
 
 The following services will be restricted to VERIFIED GREX MEMBERS in good
 standing, because these services utilize a lot of bandwidth, offer
 less of a benefit to the Grex community as a whole, and/or hold the
 potential for system cracking and other undesirable activities:
 
  Outgoing FTP
  Outgoing Telnet
  Outgoing Lynx
  Gopher (with telnet capability enabled.)  
  IRC
 
 
 Being that the major objection to open access for the above
 services is the lack of available bandwidth on Grex's internet
 link,  It is understood that any of these services may be made
 available to all VERIFIED USERS as well as VERIFIED MEMBERS as soon as Grex
 acquires a link of suitable power and robustness.
 
 In order to maintain the integrity of both Grex, and of the Internet as a 
 whole, the Grex board shall have the power to restrict or deny internet
 access to groups or individuals who pose a security risk, or who engage in
 inappropriate behavior (as defined by the Grex board).
 
 The board may also make modifications to this proposal without resorting
 to a member vote in the case of an emergency situation, or if some
 provision of this proposal proves to be technically impossible to implement.
 

VOTE RESULTS:

Results were posted on Wednesday, August 17, 1994.   
49 out of 80 eligible voters cast ballots.  The Tally:  Yes 36  No 13
The proposal passed.