~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Thu May 3 07:49:38 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id HAA00727 for usna-net-outgoing; Thu, 3 May 2001 07:49:38 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <010d01c0d3cf$92271620$1f01d4cd@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Remember when you were a Plebe Parent... Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 08:50:00 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk To our Navy Family... Has it been that long since you dropped off your Mid on I-day? Could you ever have been that wide eyed and innocent as a parent? Can you remember when you didn't know Jack and were afraid to ask anything as a Plebe Parent? We've all been there and we've all needed a little help to get to the day after tomorrow. A large number of us have received that help because other Parents were there for us in our time of need via USNA-Net. We told you what to pack, what to send, where to go. We explained how it all works and why certain things were important and others weren't. We gave directions, both in Annapolis, and in life. We helped with the little things and we were there when you needed support on the BIG things. Well... USNA-Net is now the one asking for YOUR help. We need YOUR donation to continue our operations as a Parental Support Group. We have continuing expenses for equipment, communication lines, server space, maintenance, and other very real costs associated with being there for all of you every minute of the day or night. When you needed help at 3AM after your Mid decided to dump the big one on you ("I don't know if USNA is right for me."), USNA-Net and all of its other parent mentors were there for you. We will always be there to help guide and hold your hand - give support and encouragement - supply the answers - as long as we have your financial support that makes it all possible. Some of you have already made the effort to donate on-line or mail in a check. We thank you for your help. As a matter of fact, 71 members have participated so far by donating a total of $2,950. But we still have a long way to go and many, many more members to hear from before this drive will be complete. We know that times are tough for some and money can be really tight but we really need the support of our membership. Come on. There are almost 1,700 member families on USNA-Net and so far, we've only heard from less than 5% of them. We need YOUR help. Please don't wait for someone else to support our group. We know YOU want to help. Why not do it today??? I promise... you'll really feel better after you do. And USNA-Net will be able to support another Plebe Class of Parents through this coming Plebe Summer because YOU did YOUR part today. This is NOT the time to be a Stealth Member. We've made it as easy as we could for you to do your part. You may donate on-line using our secure server at https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate When using the On-Line Donation web site, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SELECT "NAVY" AS THE AFFILIATION so that USNA-Net is properly credited for your donation. OR visit our web site at www.navy-usna.org and click on the DONATE button on the main page. OR if you prefer to make your donation using a check, e make it out to WP.Org and mail via Regular US Mail to: West-Point.Org (Designate NAVY on the memo line) PO Box 2108 Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 Your help and generosity will be greatly appreciated by all of us who work to make USNA-Net the finest Parental Support Group on the Internet. Please do your part. Donate today. It hasn't been that long since you needed us to help when you were a Plebe Parent. Has it? Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.navy-usna.org ________________________________________________________________ WP-ORG gratefully recognizes Armed Forces Insurance (http://www.afi.org) for its continuing sponsorship. FD9 is the fourth consecutive fundraising drive receiving AFI support. *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Thu May 3 11:58:19 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA17297 for usna-net-outgoing; Thu, 3 May 2001 11:58:19 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <041001c0d3f2$40717e60$1f01d4cd@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Usna-Net Newsletter - May 3, 2001 Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 12:58:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk ================================================================ USNA-Net Newsletter May3, 2001 ================================================================ In this issue... 1. What's new on the USNA-Net Website? 2. "I'm not sure, but..." 3. PLEASE remember to... 4. What you've been searching for... 5. Poems, Parables and Anecdotal Stories 6. Answering Confidential posts... ================================================================ This Newsletter is sent to all members of our USNA-Net Listservers. It's published approximately three times each month and is intended to provide insight into our service, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Technical Assistance and Information to our membership. ================================================================ 1. What's new on the USNA-Net Website: Since my last newsletter, there have been several additions/changes to the website. There are new "Spring on the Yard" photos in the Photo Gallery - all very nice giving those of you who have never had the chance to see the Yard in the Spring a chance to see just how beautiful it can be. I have added some new wallpaper - and I'm especially proud of the Chapel Dome wallpaper created from one of our parent's spring photos! There is a small icon at the top of the main page (It is actually the signal flag for the letter "T") that links to a page showing two different ways you can display your USNA-Net pride by wearing red/white/blue ribbons!! Don't forget them while you are at the Yard for Herndon, Commissioning Week or I-Day!!! And if you see one, be sure to stop to say hello! I have added a page - linked to the Plebe Summer page of the Parents' Handbook under "Prep for I-Day" showing a female hair style that was not touched by the USNA barbers on I-Day. If you have any questions on what will "work" for your '05 daughter, you should check this out! Have you noticed that the Must Read Books graphic on the main page of the USNA-Net website is not always the same image? There are 8 different images that can load, at random in this space. Seven of them show the covers of USNA related books. It's a rather cool script that makes it happen! ================================================================ 2. "I'm not sure, but..." I always cringe when I see this in a message posted to one of the lists. We are an information service. Please, if you are not sure of the answer, we'd rather you not post it. Generating mis-information does not help those with questions. If you see yourself writing something like: "I seem to remember it was like this..." or "I could be wrong, but..." or "Someone correct me if this is not right..." then DO NOT send it to the lists. We should always get it right the first time! ================================================================ 3. PLEASE remember to... When posting to the lists there are four things I want you to ALWAYS check before you send your post. 1.) Check the format - it MUST be in Plain Text Format - NOT in RTF! 2.) ALWAYS put a description of your post in the SUBJECT line. A short line telling what your post is about is always a good idea. 3.) PLEASE sign your posts. Many of you have email addresses that make it impossible for other members to know who you are. Yes, there is the signature line that is attached to each post - but, would you send a snail mail letter to a friend - or send a card - and fail to sign it? Many have also requested that you sign your name, your Mid's name and company, and your HOMETOWN as well! Hey, we're a family here!! and finally, 4.) If your post has any length at all, PLEASE break it up into paragraphs. They are so much easier to read this way! ================================================================ 4. What you've been searching for... First, remember when you are searching for something to always put a ( " ) before and after a phrase. prep for i day yielded 132 results - "prep for i day" yielded 2!! a.) "Navy Ships" - please go to the Official Navy Homepage: www.navy.mil and click onto "Our Ships" as a starting point to finding information about, and possible websites for the Ships of our Navy -active and retired. OR, if you have a specific ship in mind - try Yahoo or some other search engine. Simply type "USS Russell" in the search block - being sure to include the ( " ) marks. b.) "2003 Class Crest" - Mike had a rendition of this crest on the website a few months ago. It has since been delegated to cyberspace. To see what it looks like, look here: www.navy-usna.org/2003crestmz1.jpg To save it to your hard drive right click your mouse - click onto "Save picture as" - then simply hit "Save" being sure to remember where you save it and what it is called - you can save it where ever you like in your computer and can even rename the graphic if you like) c.) "2001 Football Schedule" you will find EVERYTHING that is on the Internet on Naval Academy Athletics by going to the Naval Academy website: www.usna.edu and clicking on "Athletics." d.) "accommodations" - try "lodgings" on the Site Index on the USNA-Net website. e.) "firstie parents weekend class of 2002" - '02 Parents' Weekend...............................09/07/01-09/09/01 To find this, simply go to the Site Index on the USNA-Net website and look under "C" for Calendars. Then click onto "2001-02" ================================================================ 5. Poems, Parables and Anecdotal Stories PLEASE, do not post jokes, parables, poems, or anecdotal stories to the Lists!! This is against our Rules of Operation. Why is this a violation? Well, consider this. We ALL have favorite anecdotes - we all come across parables or poems from time to time (how many jokes and such do YOU get in your inbox every week?) - and every once in a while, you might read something that you feel our parents would like. WE ALL DO! BUT, if one THIRD our parents (let's be realistic here) sent in a poem or such only twice a year this would mean 1133 additional posts a year - and would mean that our server would have to mail 1,811,200 MORE emails a year - not to mention the additional storage space in the Archives. That would be for JUST the Family list - if you factor in the Plebe List and the Sports List the numbers really start getting scary. When you look at the numbers - it is hard to disagree with our policy of no poems, parables, jokes or anecdotes. But there is an even more compelling reason for this rule! Take jokes, for instance - one persons feels a joke is hilarious, another finds the same joke lame or even offensive. Everyone has different tastes, different perspectives and different ideas of what is funny. Same thing goes with these parables, quotations or anecdotal stories. . . What one member will find completely appropriate, another would not. The ONLY way to control this is to simply not allow it. If you see this sort of thing posted to the lists, you know that either Mike or I have sent a gentle reminder to the violating party telling them it was against our rules and why. We do not want to be ogres - but one of the things we MUST, as Moderators, do is enforce the rules. ================================================================ 6. Answering Confidential posts... Typically, when you respond to a post and wish to do this privately, you hit "Reply to Sender" and send your note directly to the member who posted it. In the case of a confidential post - you must either send your response directly to the list - or send it to me with instructions to pass it along to the original confidential poster - or request that I relay your response to the lists confidentially. I have been getting any number of responses that should have gone to the lists over the 3/c topic. And when either one of us needs to forward a post - for whatever reason - and the original poster's name and email address are included in the body of the post - PLEASE send your personal response DIRECTLY to them...not to us! ================================================================ Now I know this was long...but I hope there is at least SOMETHING of interest to all of you here. Thanks for taking the time to read it! Mike and I are BOTH looking forward to seeing many of you at Buddy's on the 20th!!!! Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@mail.com) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.navy-usna.org *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Tue May 8 07:01:40 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id HAA13791 for usna-net-outgoing; Tue, 8 May 2001 07:01:39 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <011701c0d7b6$ae380320$a119bfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Who will help if you don't? Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 08:01:55 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk To our Navy Family, We continue to ask for voluntary donations in our ninth semi-annual fund raiser. We have made significant progress and are over 1/3 of the way to our goal for this six months. But we still have a long way to go and WE NEED YOUR HELP. As Parent Members of this great organization, you are the backbone of what we do and who we are. We're Parents Helping Other Parents. We come from Maine to Hawaii, from Alaska to Florida, from literally around the world - with members in Europe and the South Pacific. We join together to answer the needs of fellow parents. When called upon, we have opened our hearts and even our homes to other parents who need our support - without thoughts of compensation or "what's in it for me?" Sandi and I are now asking that you go one small step further. Our sponsor organization, WP-ORG, needs your support to meet operating expenses for the next six month. We need you to send in a donation so that we can be here for the next group of parents who will need our support - our shoulder to cry on or our smile to get them through the day. Who will help if you don't? This is a time when YOU can make a big difference in the lives of another set of parents. It's a time when YOUR generosity and willingness to do that little bit extra will be felt across the miles. By supporting our organization with a fully tax deductible donation you know you've done something special to help other parents when they need you the most. Without YOUR PARTICIPATION, our Network of Parents wouldn't exist. Who would answer the questions? Who would send in the photos? Who would care? Who will help if you don't? You don't have to be extravagant to make a difference. Every donation contributes to the common good but WE NEED YOUR HELP TODAY. We've made it as easy as we could for you to do your part. You may donate on-line using our secure server at https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate When using the On-Line Donation web site, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SELECT "NAVY" AS THE AFFILIATION so that USNA-Net is properly credited for your donation. OR visit our web site at www.navy-usna.org and click on the DONATE button on the main page. OR if you prefer to make your donation using a check, make it out to WP-ORG and mail via Regular US Mail to: West-Point.Org (Designate NAVY on the memo line) PO Box 2108 Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 Your help and generosity will be greatly appreciated by all of us who work to make USNA-Net the finest Parental Support Group on the Internet. Please do your part. Who will help if you don't? Donate today. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.navy-usna.org ________________________________________________________________ WP-ORG gratefully recognizes Armed Forces Insurance (http://www.afi.org) for its continuing sponsorship. FD9 is the fourth consecutive fundraising drive receiving AFI support. *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Sat May 12 23:32:28 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id XAA17324 for usna-net-outgoing; Sat, 12 May 2001 23:32:28 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <02cd01c0db65$ad2f1e20$615db23f@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: USNA-Net Newsletter May 12, 2001 Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 00:32:09 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk ================================================================ USNA-Net Newsletter May 12, 2001 ================================================================ In this issue... 1. What's New. 2. What's Public - What's Private. 3. Buddy's 3rd Annual Member Get Together. 4. An Open Letter to Mom. 5. I'm not sure but... 6. Rule Reasons. ================================================================ This Newsletter is sent to all members of our USNA-Net Listservers. It is published approximately three times each month and is intended to provide insight into our service, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Technical Assistance and Information to our membership. ================================================================ 1. What's New. New Members. We've been signing up new members like crazy. Not just Class of '05 either. Word is still passing around and we're getting loads of new members from the class of '02 through '04 as well. Keep up the good work. Let's get the word out to everyone that they are all welcome to join. Plebe Corner - Sandi's revamped the Plebe Parents' Corner of our web site to reflect what new material we've collected for the Class of'05 thus far. Check it out by going to our web site at www.USNA-Net.org and click on the turned back corner of the main page in the upper right. This will take you to our special corner of our web site dedicated to our Plebe parents. Links galore - All hand picked to be of special interest to Plebe Parents. Donations - Our 9th semi-annual fund raiser is progressing well. We've received $5,870 in donations from 146 members who have donated anywhere from $10.00 to $150.00 each. Overall, WP-ORG has reached 45% of its goal and looks forward to completing this drive quickly. Our last drive ended with Navy parents' donating a total of $14,725 from 315 families. Please help us as best you can. If you'd like to check out our Navy donations so far, you can visit https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate/report/1,2028,6,00.html and click on "Navy" for our donation results. It's up-to-date except for a few checks that may be still in the mail. (By the way... We lead Army Parents by almost $500 - They are "Parent" in the categories. We were ahead by almost $1,000 but they noticed that they lagged and have almost caught up.) 2. What's Public - What's Private. I'd like to clear up some confusion about our USNA-Net web site and what is open to the General Public and what is strictly "For Members Only." Actually, it's pretty straight forward. All of our web site is available to anyone with an Internet connection with the exception of our ARCHIVES, our CLASSIFIEDS and our CHAT ROOM. Access to these areas requires the use of your User Name and Password which should never be shared or disclosed to anyone, even if they tell you they are members. If they forgot their Password, they can write to Sandi or me and we will gladly send it along by return email on the same day. That means that anyone of your family or friends may visit our web site and go through just about everything, our Photo Gallery, our Suggested Reading Lists, Plebe Corner, our Parents' Handbook, - all of it. You can point to the pictures and tell them all about your experiences at the Yard, the Patrol Boats, the Parades, the Fly-bys, everything. You just can't share the email and our archives with non-members. You can share our web address with your Mid's former teachers and your Mid's old classmates in high school. A quick visit to our web site will give them a real eyeful into what your Mid is really up to these days. And don't forget to pass our address on to those high school students who may be thinking about USNA as a possible career. It's a great recruiting resource, too. Just keep the Archives, Classifieds and Chat Room to members only. After all, membership does have its privileges. 3. Buddy's 3rd Annual Member Get Together. Okay, its all set up and we'll be there on Sunday evening in just a week's time. Everyone is invited to "press the flesh" with other members who will be in town for Herndon and Commissioning. All members (AND their guests) are invited to an informal get-together at BUDDY'S CRABS AND RIBS at 100 Main Street, Annapolis from 9:00 PM to Closing on Sunday, May 20th, 2001. Buddy's is located opposite the Flag Pole in the traffic circle in downtown Annapolis on the second floor above Banana Republic. Parking is usually available in the Municipal Parking Garage across Main Street about a block up the street. We will be having a cash bar (you pay for your own) and Buddy's will be serving free finger food to munch. Last year we had a really great time. The Manager played tapes from the previous plebe summer on all of the TVs in the place and said we had about 400 people there. Again this year, I will set up the ol' laptop and telecast live pictures of the event via our BuddyCam web camera. Sorry no sound but you'll be able to click on to the site and have a peek at everyone who's there over the course of the evening. Last year we even had a Mom who told her Mid to show up and stand in front of the camera at a certain time so that she could see him out in California. If you're interested in an advance preview, check out last years photos in our Photo Gallery under 2nd Annual Get-together or www.navy-usna.org/buddycam.html for the actual page that will be used that night. It will be available later this week as a link from our web site's Main Page. See you all there. 4. An Open Letter to Mom. Two years ago, we received this letter from a member who wished to remain anonymous but wanted to share it with all of the Mothers out there in Cyberspace on the occasion of Herndon. Since it is only a few days until this Herndon and this Sunday is Mother's Day, we thought it would be super to share it again with all of you. You can find it on the web site under Family Interests. Then click on "An Open Letter to Mom." Bring your tissues and turn up the volume on your speakers. It comes complete with its own background music. We like to think that it was written especially for you, Mom, on Mother's Day. It's a MUST READ. You can also find it directly at www.navy-usna.org/letter.html 5. I'm not sure but... Please remember that we are here to support each other with the best advice and information possible... all the time... every day. I cringe every time I see a posting start with "I'm not sure but..." or "Correct me if I'm wrong but..." or "It's been a long time since I heard about this but..." Our members deserve the very best advice. It is an extreme disservice to pass along information about which you are NOT ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN. If you don't know FOR SURE don't post the information until you have checked it out. If you can't verify it, then don't post it. We're not here to pass along rumors, half truths or guesses. We're here to support each other with the very best information available anywhere. Do your part by making sure that everything you post is 101% accurate. And NEVER start a posting with "I'm not sure but..." As your Mid would say, "No excuse! Sir!" 6. Rule Reasons - Positive Content ONLY. Continuing our series of explanations of our Rules of Operation, here is Rule Number 3 - Positive Content ONLY "Criticism of the Academy in any way is forbidden." ================================================= We are not here to discuss or criticize the Academy, its administration or its policy. We are here to help each other understand and work with the Academy for the betterment of our children. Anything less would detract from our Mission and dilute our value to other members. "Reports of Negative Incidents or 'Fast Breaking News Stories' concerning any Midshipman or the USNA are prohibited. The potential harm to Midshipmen, the USNA and this Listserver from such "tabloid" type messages could be substantial." ================================================= We are not in the "News" business. We don't want members "reporting" late breaking stories to our membership. More often than not, the first reports of these types of incidents are inaccurate and may do significant harm to Mids or their families. Example... Some time ago, a member posted a breaking news story that a Plebe had "plunged from a window of Bancroft during Plebe Summer." It was actually "reported" by one of our members to our Plebe list. Sandi and I shut down the listservers pending the real facts about the incident. After a few hours it became apparent that this news report was WRONG. What actually happened was a fall from a first floor window which resulted in a pair of broken ankles to the male Mid who fell. Imagine the terror among parents of Plebes following the posting of this message until parents could verify that it wasn't their son or daughter that had jumped. We are NOT a news service and will NOT permit this sort of "sensationalism" to take place on our listservers. There is a fine line between sharing information and reporting breaking news. Check with your Moderators first if there is ANY doubt about what to do. "Discussion of any administrative aspect of the Academy is NOT a function of USNA-Net. This includes constructive criticism, in the eye of the sender." ================================================= We're not here to do this. It serves no GOOD purpose to allow "Activism" to grip our lists. We are here to support each others with advice and information, NOT to advocate activism or criticism or discussions of administrative policy or actions. Allowing these sorts of discussions or messages to be passed to our members, defeats our Mission and drives a wedge between our organization and the Academy. We have worked too long and too hard to insure a good, working relationship with USNA to allow any member's soapbox to detract from our larger interests in helping our member parents and the Naval Academy. We hope this helps you understand our Rules just a little better. Until next issue... Go NAVY - Beat army! Mike Zets Westlake, OH Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Tue May 15 06:51:22 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id GAA20966 for usna-net-outgoing; Tue, 15 May 2001 06:51:22 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <018301c0dd35$6189cd40$541abfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: 3rd Annual USNA-Net Gathering at Buddy's Crabs and Ribs Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 07:51:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk To all... Per a request from a member, I'm offering yet another reminder about the coming 3rd Annual Get-together which is held the evening before Herndon in Annapolis. TIME: 9:00 PM to Midnight DATE: Sunday, May 20th, 2001. PLACE: Buddy's Crabs and Ribs (second Floor above Banana Republic) ADDRESS: 100 Main Street, Annapolis, MD. DRESS: Casual - anything goes. ADMISSION: Free - Cash Bar (you pay for what you order.) Bring and wear your name tags so that everyone will know who you are. We're the biggest bunch of friendly strangers in the state for that week. You can't help but be able to find the place. It overlooks the Flag Pole in the traffic circle in downtown Annapolis by the city docks. The entrance is on Main Street which runs up the hill to the Capitol Circle with all the shops lining both sides of the street. If you still don't know where it is, ask you Mid. They all know where Buddy's is. If you are going to want dinner before the crowd arrives, plan on getting there a little earlier because Buddy's does NOT accept reservations. Remember to tell them your staying for the USNA-Net Get Together when you arrive. By 9:00 PM either Sandi or I will begin acting as greeters at the top of the stairs. Keep an eye peeled. We want to meet every one of you before the night is over. See you there. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org PS. If you can't make it, don't forget to check out the action on our BuddyCam on the Web site. It will be broadcasting live images every few seconds right from the party. You'll get to see what you're missing. (Go to the web site (www.USNA-Net.org) and click on Buddy's WebCam at the bottom of the main menu on the left edge of the page.) You can try now but it only shows an image of USNA-Net HQ for the moment. *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Sat May 19 05:59:48 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id FAA15376 for usna-net-outgoing; Sat, 19 May 2001 05:59:47 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <004e01c0e052$cf959240$161abfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Another Reminder... (Week 5) Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 06:59:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk To all, This is just a short reminder that your Moderators will be heading to the Yard for a few days to visit with all of your at Buddy's on Sunday night and to sit in the Sun and watch the Climbing of Herndon by the Class of 2004 on Monday. We hope to see more than a few of you there. We would appreciate it if our members could do TWO things for us over the next couple of days... 1. While we will be available via email the entire time (we take the laptop with us), it would be nice to have all of the changes of address and other administrative stuff delayed until our return to USNA-Net HQ sometime late on Tuesday. 2. While we are gone, it would be terrific if those of you who have put off sending in a donation to our 9th Fund Drive would take the time to do it now. We'd love to return to find a huge jump in funds reported in our absence. The on-line donation form is available 24/7 for your convenience and of course, the US Mail still delivers checks even if we aren't around to help. :>) Seriously, WP-ORG desperately needs your continued support. We are a part of this wonderful organization and are able to do all of the things we do because they pay all of the bills for server space, connection time to the Internet, software to make it all happen, etc. We know that you value the service that USNA-Net is able to offer to each of you. Please help us to maintain the service by sending in something, even if it's only a few dollars, today. Just think, even $10 from every member would make a HUGE difference. (A $10 donation come out to less than 40 cents per week. Surely it's worth at least that much to just shut me up about the fund raiser. VBG) We've added hundreds of new members since our last fund raiser and we are way behind our previous donation level. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. We need YOUR dollars to keep this service alive. Please help today. You may donate on-line using our secure server at https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate When using the On-Line Donation web site, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SELECT "NAVY" AS THE AFFILIATION so that USNA-Net is properly credited for your donation. OR visit our web site at www.USNA-Net.org and click on the DONATE button on the main page. OR if you prefer to make your donation using a check, make it out to WP-ORG and mail via Regular US Mail to: WP-ORG (Designate NAVY on the memo line) PO Box 2108 Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 Your help and generosity will be greatly appreciated by all of us who work to make USNA-Net the finest Parental Support Group on the Internet. Please do your part. Who will help if you don't? Donate today. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org ________________________________________________________________ WP-ORG gratefully recognizes Armed Forces Insurance (http://www.afi.org) for its continuing sponsorship. FD9 is the fourth consecutive fundraising drive receiving AFI support. *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Tue May 22 23:08:23 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id XAA09686 for usna-net-outgoing; Tue, 22 May 2001 23:08:23 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <004501c0e33d$fc9f9180$9319bfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Buddy's Pictures Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 00:08:09 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk To all... Sandi and I are back home and trying to catch up on the mail and other such stuff. I've posted the Pics from Buddy's. A huge thanks and tip of the hat to George Dodge who captured a the majority of the photos from the Web Cam and zipped them to me via email. These first set will be augmented with others if members send them to us. To find the BUDDY'S PHOTOS visit the web site and look for "Buddy's Photos" at the bottom of the main menu on the left of the page. I'll move them to the Photo Gallery later. For now ENJOY! In another day or so, I'll have my photos of Herndon posted that I took from 0645 until 1630 - From greasing to cleaning afterwards. I'll also share a few highlights and insider observations of both events tomorrow. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Thu May 24 06:14:51 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id GAA18885 for usna-net-outgoing; Thu, 24 May 2001 06:14:50 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <005c01c0e442$ba8f45a0$e419bfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: CHANGE OF PASSWORD Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 07:14:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk To all... From time to time we change the system password for security purposes. Please be advised that effective immediately the new user name and password will be... User Name: brigade Password: teamwork (all lowercase) Please print this out for future reference. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Tue May 29 06:05:26 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id GAA15849 for usna-net-outgoing; Tue, 29 May 2001 06:05:25 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <00c501c0e82f$389b9080$a919bfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Can you spare a cup of coffee for a friend? Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 07:05:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk To all... Well... I've cajoled (Webster: 1. To persuade with deliberate flattery esp. in the face of reluctance.)... but to no avail. I've begged... Nothing. I've even attempted to SHAME you into donating just a few dollars to our ninth semi-annual Fund Raiser. But nothing seems to work. What's wrong? The economy is good. Unemployment is way down. I just don't understand why you haven't taken just a minute to send us a few bucks. It isn't as if Sandi and I were about to bug out to the islands with your hard earned dough. We don't even know who gives or when or how much. We just know that we haven't hit our goal yet and only 192 of you have taken the time to help. (Many, many thanks to those who have given.) But 192 donors out of almost 1,700 subscribers??? Come on. I know we can do better than that. Where are the other 1,500 of you??? Can't you spare even $5 or $10 to help defray the cost of our server time? We don't ask for huge donations. We don't want to break the bank or disrupt your budget. How about just FOURTY CENTS a week for six months? That's only $10 !!! Even you can spare the cost of ONE CUP OF COFFEE each week in exchange for all of the help and support that you get as a member of USNA-Net. If you and I were to meet once a week to talk about our Mids, to share stories, to help each other get through another week, wouldn't you buy me a cup of coffee while we chatted? Subscribing to USNA-Net is even cheaper than that since you don't have to pay for the gas that you'd use to get to the coffee shop. You don't even really have to buy that cup of coffee. You'll continue getting all of our help and advice even if you DON'T donate. But won't you feel better if you do? Wouldn't it be nice to buy your friends a cup of coffee? Can't you spare even $10 in exchange for our company for the next six months? Sure you can. We've made it as easy as we could for you to do your part. You may donate on-line using our secure server at https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate When using the On-Line Donation web site, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SELECT "NAVY" AS THE AFFILIATION so that USNA-Net is properly credited for your donation. OR visit our web site at www.navy-usna.org and click on the DONATE button on the main page. OR if you prefer to make your donation using a check, make it out to WP-ORG and mail via Regular US Mail to: WP-ORG (Designate NAVY on the memo line) PO Box 2108 Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 Your help and generosity will be greatly appreciated by all of us who work to make USNA-Net the finest Parental Support Group on the Internet. Please do your part. Who will help if you don't? Donate today. Mike & Sandi Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderators for USNA-Net Listservers Webmasters - www.navy-usna.org ________________________________________________________________ WP-ORG gratefully recognizes Armed Forces Insurance (http://www.afi.org) for its continuing sponsorship. FD9 is the fourth consecutive fundraising drive receiving AFI support. *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Tue May 29 20:59:04 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA16402 for usna-net-outgoing; Tue, 29 May 2001 20:59:03 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <062601c0e8aa$e99033c0$a919bfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: PRIVACY WARNING... Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 21:50:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 1 X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk To all... ESPECIALLY TO OUR NEWEST '05 PLEBE PARENTS... MIDSHIPMEN ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BE MEMBERS OF USNA-NET. THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED TO READ OR PARTICIPATE IN OUR LISTSERVERS IN ANY WAY. VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY BY ANY MEMBER WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF ALL OF THAT MEMBER'S PRIVELEGES!!! There is a very valid reason that Midshipmen (and Midshipmen-to-be) are not allowed to even read our messages. This service is for the confidential use of PARENTS. It would be impossible for Parents to seek advice of other parents, if they for one minute suspected that another Mid (perhaps even their Mid's Companymates or Upper Classmen) were reading email about them and their problems. Membership is limited to Adults... Parents, Grandparents and other significant relatives of Midshipmen plus certain Sponsors and Staff/Faculty. Our Rules of Operation forbid the sharing of any UNSA-Net email with ANY non-member, even your MID!!!!! I will not allow any member to violate our Privacy Rule. '05 Parents... Your Mids-to-be are NOT allowed to read your email from our lists and they are NOT allowed to post questions to our Lists under your name and membership. '05 Plebes-to-be... You are hereby charged with the responsibility of abiding by this as a matter of honor. While YOU may not have been aware of our Privacy Rule, your parents ARE responsible for reading and following ALL of our Rules of Operation. As you will soon find out, the ONLY response to this situation is the response of "Sir! No Excuse, Sir!" Do not let it happen again. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets USNA-Net's services are funded by its members' generosity. Your support is needed now to fund operations for the next 6 months. =================================================================== https://www-secure.west-point.org/wporg/donate or mail donation to: WP-ORG, P.O. Box 2108, Abingdon, VA 24212-2108 =================================================================== Please specify NAVY on the donation form or your Check's Memo Line.