Meeting attendees: plus, tal, ck, anothy, paul & ste. Recording clerk is ste, and clerk is tal.

Anothy read the minutes from the last meeting, as ste wasn't the recording clerk at the time.

2002-1028-00 The members will read the proposed changes to the collective procedures and be prepared to review them at the next meeting. Members should email suggested changes or concerns, if any, to the collective for discussion. (Carried over from 2002-0923.)

2002-1028-01 The collective thanks Anothy for bringing the food for this month's meeting. Tal will arrange for the next meeting's food.

New business:

2002-1028-02 The collective will have a "racking party" immediately following next month's meeting, on Nov. 25th. Ges, who previous stated he would aquire the needed screws, will have them ready by that date, and will coordinate with plus, before that date, to test said screws, to ensure that they are up to the task at hand.

2002-1028-03 There will be no meeting of the collective in December. However, everyone is invited to attend tal's December party, date to be announced via email.

2002-1028-04 Due to a system failure, the collective is without a bank or console server, but anothy, et al., is working on it. He anticipates restoring console service by the next meeting and the bank well before that date.

2002-1028-05 At the end of the current billing cycle, November 27th, the collective's old addresses will be released to MegaPath. Collective members will ensure that they no longer need those addresses, prior to that date. Ges will schedule the give-back with MegaPath, as apropriate.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:14pm.