The Joe Bio Page!

2 blocks (as the crow flys) from the office with a great view of the City of Ravenna and Portage County government buildings. Being across the street from the Ravenna Police department, Fire station, the juvenile Judge and probation officers makes a wonderful environment for rearing children. If they ever boot my computer or otherwise get out of line, we don't have to go far for their punishment;^)

2 miles east of the Kent State University Dix Stadium on beautiful Lake Hodgson. Chances are I'm out sailing!

Rose Ebner Bond Rinehart has been my best friend and companion daily since Aug. 1993. Rose and I married on Feb 14th 1998. Rose is also the office manager and a principal of config.com and manages my busy schedule. Rose has three children from her previous marriage named Edwin, Kyle, and Shannon who all carry their fathers name of Bond. The boys enjoy visiting with us and playing network games whenever possible;^)

On October 16th 1997 Rose and I became parents once again with a beautiful boy we named Jeremiah.

Beaners (Edlyn) graduated from Roosevelt High School, Kent, Ohio '95 and has married with two children!

Jamie (James) often helps me around the office renovating and whatever else needs done. Because he works near our facility, he often stops in just to say hello. The day before this writing he bought the pizza;^) I guess since James is now working two jobs, it's really amazing he even has time to visit.

My mother Eleanor Alexander is from Bolivar, Ohio. Bolivar, Ohio is rich in American history since it hosted an American Fort before the American Revolution. Also nearby is Zoar, Ohio which had an interesting history in the development of the Ohio Canal.

The first white man to settle in Ohio was Fredrick Post a Moravian missionary. The Delaware Indians of the Turtle tribe gave him their best land in exchange for teaching their youth which was on the North side of the bend in the Tuscawaras river in what is now Stark County. I had a chance to explore and visit the site with a close friend Larry Kieple who lives nearby in the Summer of 1999.

My father Sheridan L. Rinehart manages a couple of cemeteries with one being Grandview Memorial Park in Ravenna, Ohio and another being Fairview Memorial Park in the Columbus, Ohio area. He resides in Ravenna, Ohio.

My brother Marcus S. Rinehart is one year younger than me. Mark is married to Karen and they manage to rear three boys together. Mark works as a computer graphics artist specializing in economic forecast graphs. They live in the Green, Ohio area

My youngest brother William S. Rinehart passed away shortly after his 43rd birthday in Bolivar, Ohio where he lived with my Stepfather Robert (Bob) Alexader and Mom. He was also a BBS Sysop and spent much of his time at the keyboard. Bill and I founded the GlobalPeace.Net project which resulted from a brainstorming session on what we thought the greatest possible name which people could least forget of a domain on the Internet. Billy suggested World Peace and I of course researched this further and obtained the domain Global Peace.

It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize that even if we didn't do anything commercially with the domain, we might be able to use it to stimulate positive thought with any visitors. This is what we've used the domain for to date. It is our dream, that we create a non-profit organization designed to raise funding to cover the cost of hosting and publishing services for other non-profits. Any excess of this goal would be given away to worthy charitable organizations that indeed maintain a history of using the majority of their revenue for Global contributions toward acheiving Peace rather than paying a high overhead or contract fee for their fundraising efforts!

Suzy Levine has been one of my best friends since April 1984. Ms. Levine has been a strong positive influence in my life. She is pictured on the left.

I have several other good friends but if I would comment about them all you'd still be transmitting this page;^) Suffice it to say, I am surrounded by good people which I enjoy sharing time, thought, and energy with.

Life Affiliations:
Former Boy Scout - rank of Tenderfoot 1970 - 1973
Former Sysop of, The Blue Parrot BBS 10/88 - 3/90
Former FidoNet 1:157/479 10/89 - 1/96
Moderator and founder of the alt.cd-rom.reviews newsgroup
Moderator and co-founder of the akr.biz (Akron, Ohio Area commerce) newsgroup
Masonic Lodge Unity #12, Ravenna, Ohio
Eastern Star, Bolivar, Ohio
System Administrator and co-founder (with my brother Billy) of The GlobalPeace.Net Project
Note:
I no longer have time to maintain active memberships in club and organization affiliations other than professional. I'm now involved heavily with many non-profit businesses as a webmaster, consultant, network administrator, etc... which keeps me very busy, although I may not have formal memberships is all of these organizations;^)

On November 11th, 1996 I was contacted by "Who's Who of American Executives and Professionals". It became official on December 4th 1996.

Over the years of my involvement with computers I've participated in several university graduate student research projects, had a quote published in Fortune Magazine on May 5th 1994 (page 39-40), been published in books (Thank you Sue Schofield for "Internet Resources in the UK" and being the first) and and have been interviewed by reporters for such respectable newpapers and publications around the World including "The Hi-Tek Report", "The Seybold Report", "The Toyko Neppi", "The London Guardian", & a paper from Moscow, Russia I can't begin to pronounce much less spell;^)

I must publicly thank many people who have helped me pursue what proved to be a good idea! Some of these people can be found on our companies credits page and others on our Akron, Ohio Area Internet Directory credits page.

To make a contribution toward the dissemination of "Information Technology" and to create a few employment opportunities in the process!

It is also my goal to develope a journal which will include those that have helped me make a difference.