~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Wed Aug 1 09:36:25 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA03568 for usna-net-outgoing; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:36:24 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <002701c11a97$da6328c0$3b1abfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Offered for your consideration... Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:40:03 -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 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Precedence: bulk To all... About this time every year, it becomes necessary to review our Mission and to re-focus our members' participation for the good of the lists. We are about Navy Parenting and only Navy Parenting. Our lists now reach over 2,200 Navy Families including over 600 Plebe Families in the Class of 2005. Some of us have been around since dirt was new and there were only 70 members on just one list. Others have joined within the past hours. I want to remind all of you that we are not a small, intimate group of moms sitting around the kitchen table. In total, we are about as many individuals as were inside Alumni Hall for the I-Day Briefing with Admiral Ryan and Captain Ellis, maybe more. We've grown to become a huge group of concerned parents. A group who is friendly, helpful and sincerely interested in the well being of our Mids and the other parents who are members of this organization. But we have to remember that each time we hit the "Send" button on our email programs we are sending out anywhere from 1,200 (on Sports) to 2,200 (on Family) emails to as many individual inboxes. Aren't computers wonderful? They bring everyone into everyone else's backyard. Here's the catch. Lately (and it happens every year) we have forgotten just how many email messages are sent every time we send a message to one of our lists. It's so easy to just jot out a quick note and send it off into cyberspace. The problem is that if every member sent just TWO extra little messages per YEAR that didn't need to be sent, we would each have 12 new messages in our inboxes EVERY DAY and our server would have to send out 9.6 MILLION extra messages in a year's time. That's a lot of email to announce a birthday, or ask for the schedule of classes three months from now or to announce that you did or did not get a call from your Plebe at the appointed time. I'm NOT trying to discourage the free use of our lists. Quite the contrary. Sending a question or posting an answer to a valid problem is exactly what our lists are all about. We're supposed to help each other. Our Mission is to promote open communication and facilitate the exchange of advice and support between parents of Midshipmen. I'd like to see even more of that, every day. BUT... What I don't want to happen is that our lists degenerate into chat rooms, full of Birthday Announcements and silly little one line posts about frivolous things. If it's really unimportant or if it doesn't pertain to Navy Parenting, it shouldn't be sent. Period. Sandi and I have gotten tough about this issue. We won't allow our Mission and the effectiveness of our lists to be diluted with fluff or stuff that belongs in a chat room. That's what our USNA-Net Chat Room is for... Go there and talk about anything you want. No rules - Just civility. But keep the chat and unnecessary fluff off of the lists. This is serious service and we all need to remember that. This goes along with the other Common Sense items I discussed a few days ago. The lists are not intended to be your own personal chat connections. You can correspond with whom and as often as you like, as long as you do it privately. Those who continue to abuse the lists with fluff and unnecessary messages will have their posting privileges suspended. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org PS. I am NOT telling those wonderful "on the scene reporters" who visit the yard, take pictures, etc. and then report to our lists about YP arrivals and Ring Dance and other such things to stop. These are important reports for those who live too far away to visit and rely on others for the written images so necessary to have a feel for what it's like to be at the United States Naval Academy. So to all who visit and have the literary skills to relate your experiences to the rest of us, keep up the good work. We all appreciate your talents and efforts. - MZ *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ============================================================ This Message is PRIVATE it is intended for our MEMBERS ONLY! It may not be forwarded to, read by or shared with ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be banned from all of our Listservers ! ============================================================= USNA-Net is a private non-profit organization supporting Parents of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Acacemy. Share the experience with other parents. Have them visit our web site at www.USNA-Net.org and subscribe today! It's FREE! ============================================================= ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Thu Aug 9 22:34:10 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA09255 for usna-net-outgoing; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:34:10 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <06d801c1214c$09f27400$791abfa8@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: Subject: usna-net: Wedding... Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 23:24:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" 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 Margaret, Your question bounced because you sent it to the USNA-Net list. Only the Moderators can post to the Net list. Your post should have gone to the Family List: (usna-family@navy-usna.org) But, let me answer your question. The appropriate attire for a wedding is Choker Whites. It does not matter if the wedding is in the middle of summer or the middle of winter. Mike and I got married in February - and my son wore his Chokers as he escorted me down the aisle. I questioned him on the appropriateness (you know - white after labor day and all) but he assured me that this was correct. I was more than happy with this - since he did look quite handsome!! You can see the photos on Mike's and my personal home page... www.backstreetdesigns.com/poetscorner Just click on "Our Wedding" :>) Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@mail.com) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.navy-usna.org *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets ============================================================ This Message is PRIVATE it is intended for our MEMBERS ONLY! It may not be forwarded to, read by or shared with ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be banned from all of our Listservers ! ============================================================= USNA-Net is a private non-profit organization supporting Parents of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Acacemy. Share the experience with other parents. Have them visit our web site at www.USNA-Net.org and subscribe today! It's FREE! ============================================================= ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Fri Aug 17 14:35:55 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id OAA28326 for usna-net-outgoing; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:35:55 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <002001c12754$63d31ac0$271abfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Service Outage this evening. Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:39:44 -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 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Precedence: bulk To all USNA-Net subscribers... WP-ORG our server/host) has informed us that there will be an unavoidable outage of services this evening sometime after 2300hrs Eastern Time which will affect all listserver email delivery and the availability of our web site. They have said that this outage will not be for more than ten minutes. Hopefully it will be short and not totally disruptive of our service. If you try to send email and it is returned at about this time, wait for a half hour and attempt to send it again. If you go to our web site during this time and you receive a "404 Page Not Found" error, try back later. Sorry about this but WP-ORG controls all of our services and if they choose to pull down the servers, we have no control over it. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ============================================================ This Message is PRIVATE it is intended for our MEMBERS ONLY! It may not be forwarded to, read by or shared with ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be banned from all of our Listservers ! ============================================================= USNA-Net is a private non-profit organization supporting Parents of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Acacemy. Share the experience with other parents. Have them visit our web site at www.USNA-Net.org and subscribe today! It's FREE! ============================================================= ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Sun Aug 19 12:45:04 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id MAA09133 for usna-net-outgoing; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:45:04 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <001701c128d6$f86ba0c0$ee19bfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: USNA-Net Newsletter - August 19, 2001 Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 13:47:04 -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 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Precedence: bulk ================================================================ USNA-Net Newsletter August 19, 2001 ================================================================ In this issue... 1. What's New - Mac Wallpaper Instructions 2. On a much more serious note... 3. The Site Index - a HOT place for info... ================================================================ 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 - Mac Wallpaper Instructions For those of you who still insist that Mac are the OS of choice, we finally found instructions for you on how to capture and set your Desktop Picture to one of the 39 different Wallpaper Images available in three screen resolutions each. Just visit our Web Site at www.USNA-Net.org and click on Wallpaper to be taken to the correct page. When the page opens, a dialog "Alert" box will open displaying your computer's current screen resolution. (We can really look inside your computer to find your screen resolution.) Make a mental note of it and then when the images all load, click on "Mac Instructions" for detailed step-by-step instructions on how to set your chosen image as your very own Desktop Picture. 2. On a much more serious note... I have received enough feedback from members to know that it's time I clarified a few things regarding our Privacy Policy and a few of our Rules of Operation regarding recent events. By now, most of our members have heard of the tragedies which have befallen three USNA families this summer. If you haven't heard, it's probably for the best. I will not go into any of the details here. That is not why I'm writing. I'm writing this newsletter segment to explain to our entire membership what I have shared with about a dozen members who privately asked me questions about our Rules in regard to deaths, illness or serious injury of a Mid or immediate family member. It's quite simple. Our Rules are that we will NOT discuss ANYTHING related to a death, illness or serious injury of a Midshipman or a USNA-Net member under any circumstances. Announcements of these tragedies fall under our general prohibition about "Breaking News." Follow Up announcements and continuing discussions fall under our rules governing the Privacy of our members. It is not that we do not feel the loss or wish to express sympathy, compassion, support and even prayers for those so tragically taken from us. It's that these sorts of things are too private, too sensitive to become the "topic of the day" on our listservers. The Privacy of the Mids and their families MUST come before anything else in our considerations. While it is easy to sit by yourself in front of your computer and think of those other members out there in cyberland as friends, confidant's, and even as family, we aren't. Sure we all have a family member involved in some way with the Academy but, in fact, we are over 2,200 strangers from all over the world who do not know each other very well at all. How many members could any of you name without looking in your address book? Of those, how many spouses' names do you know or home towns or telephone numbers. A few,? certainly. But we are not that close and we don't have any business, as almost total strangers, barging in where only true family and friends should go. Along another line, we don't want to be put in a position to decide which family members should be memorialized with a tribute web page or a collection of donations and which ones were not close enough to our group to deserve such treatment. Should we stop at mom and dad? What about a step-dad or a Grandfather? What do we do when a brother or sister is seriously ill? So we have decided, rightly or wrongly, to insure that our lists remain silent on ALL such things. In this way we show thoughtfulness, respect and true support by not increasing the suffering and misery already heaped too high on these families and friends. To do anything else is not in keeping with our stated Mission. Thank you for your understanding. 3. The Site Index - a really HOT place for info... Just a quick note to not forget that our web site's SITE INDEX has loads of great information in it. Some questions are answered with just a simple click of the mouse like "What's the telephone number for Hospital Point?" or "What about Dependant Taxes?" or "What do I so about medical treatment over Christmas Leave?" Go to our web site at www.USNA-Net.org and click on "Site Index" in the main menu on the left of the page. This time, instead of clicking on a letter of the alphabet and going straight to what you want to know, instead... Scroll down the rather long list and actually read the topics listed there. If one link piques your interest, click on it and go exploring inside our web site. It's like a warm, friendly cave with lots of side shafts to visit and many interesting things to learn. You'll be absolutely amazed at just how much is really there. So before you ask our lists a question, check out the web site's Site Index for the answer. We continually upgrade it and add to it. Thanks again for listening... Go Navy! Beat Army! Mike and Sandi Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com & jsandi@mail.com Moderators - USNA-Net Listservers Webmasters - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ============================================================ This Message is PRIVATE it is intended for our MEMBERS ONLY! It may not be forwarded to, read by or shared with ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be banned from all of our Listservers ! ============================================================= USNA-Net is a private non-profit organization supporting Parents of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Acacemy. Share the experience with other parents. Have them visit our web site at www.USNA-Net.org and subscribe today! It's FREE! ============================================================= ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Thu Aug 23 15:40:33 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA28214 for usna-net-outgoing; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:40:33 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <008001c12c14$6fc47a80$e119bfa8@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: A Few Short Notes... Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:44:40 -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 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Precedence: bulk A few Short Notes from the front office... To change your email address... - Please send us a note FROM your old address with your OLD email address and your NEW email address in the body of the message. Please don't send it to one of the lists. There's no need to tell all 2200 members you've changed your address. ================================================== In the "If there wasn't already enough to worry about" category... - For those of you who will be sending loads of email to your Mid, remember that the Academy is a hotbed of Computer Viruses and Worms. Make sure that your Virus Protection Software is UP TO DATE. If not, download the updates today. It a lot easier to do it now than to wish you had, a day after your computer crashes. - DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS that come with email. It is the number one way to get an infection especially if the attachment ends in .exe or .bat. Remember that Word Processing and Spreadsheet Documents can contain embedded macros that are as destructive as viruses. AND if an attachment has a doubled file extension like "document.doc.hat" - It's almost certainly a virus. - Worst of all - INSTANT MESSENGER (IM) can now carry viruses in attachments as well !!! My best advice is to be sure you know what your IM partner is sending to you. If you receive an attached file during IM, ask if it's for real and what it is. If you aren't sure, either delete it or save it and run it through your VP software BEFORE opening it. VP software does NOT automatically scan attachments sent via IM. - For more information on the IM Chat virus story, visit... http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6873022.html?tag=tp_pr - This whole thing is a real threat for all AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ and Yahoo Messenger protocols. Be careful with ATTACHMENTS. - Just thought you'd like to hear the official "skinny" before you had a problem. For more information on REAL viruses and HOAXES visit our Frequently Asked Questions Page on the web site. (This information is provided to you as a courtesy by your Moderators. Please remember that the publication of "Virus Warnings" by the general membership on any of our lists is actually prohibited due the high number of hoaxes which pass through email warnings and which we wish to keep from our lists to prevent needless worry. IF you have concerns about a virus warning, please send it to me and we'll verify it and pass it on to the lists if it is a real threat. Thanks - MZ) ================================================== One last thing... - Don't forget to visit the our Classified Advertisements page. It's had lots of ads for everything from Care Package Providers to Cars For Sale to Extra Navy Football Tickets to Homes for Rent for Special Events. - This is a service FOR Members Only - BY Members Only. You never know what you might find inside the USNA-Net Classifieds. Make it a habit to check the Classifieds about once a week because ads only hang around for a couple of weeks. There's always something new to see. If you have something to sell, list it there. The Ads are free. How much better can it get? Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ============================================================ This Message is PRIVATE it is intended for our MEMBERS ONLY! It may not be forwarded to, read by or shared with ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be banned from all of our Listservers ! ============================================================= USNA-Net is a private non-profit organization supporting Parents of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Acacemy. Share the experience with other parents. Have them visit our web site at www.USNA-Net.org and subscribe today! It's FREE! ============================================================= ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Wed Aug 29 21:44:25 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id VAA06699 for usna-net-outgoing; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:44:25 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <00b801c130fe$453aea80$965cb23f@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: Subject: usna-net: NEW PHOTOS... Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:48:36 -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, I have some more photos for you to enjoy!! First, Susan Traylor sent me three pictures that she took during PPW - one shows C Company and the other two show the cannon salute. Nice photos, worth a look. They are on the PPW photo page. On the Photo Gallery page, I have moved the PPW and the YP (4th block) Photos into the Jan - Dec 2001 column. Just look at the bottom of the column. The other NEW photos are some that have been taken since PPW. They cover the end of summer Sea Trials that the Plebes went through - show the Plebe Turnover Parade, and there are even some photos of Reform Night (formerly called "Hell-O Night"). Jeanette Dean sent me a collection of photos and I chose 76 of them to scan and display. You will have fun seeing the different things that were involved in the day of Sea Trials - these are amazing shots - there is much mud, and, obviously, much fun. You will even get a chance to see the new Rock Climbing Wall at the Yard!! These are exceptionally good photos that show a lot of plebes and a lot of Detailers. Thanks for sending these to me, Jeanette! Rick Hayes sent some photos that he took of the Plebe Turnover Parade. These are nice shots that give you the flavor of the first glimpse that the Upper-Class got of the Class of 2005. Thanks for sharing, Rick. The last photos were sent to me by Chuck Cooper. He happened to be on the Yard on Reform Night and got some terrific shots of many companies as they formed and marched on the Yard that day/early evening. There are many faces and many opportunities for you to catch a glimpse of your plebe (and of your Detailer, you upper-class parents!). Thanks so much for sending these to me. I have mailed the photos back to their owners, except for Chuck Cooper's. He said I could keep them. If you see someone you know in one of his photos, contact me and I'll see that you get a copy. A full 100 new photos! There should be at least ONE that will interest you!! :>) As always, you can find these on the Photo Gallery page of the website: www.usna-net.org Click on the "Photo Gallery" menu item on the left side of the page. When the Photo page opens, just click onto " After PPW to Reform" at the top of the table - just below the "Roller Coaster" quote. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I did! Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@mail.com) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.usna-net.org *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets ============================================================ This Message is PRIVATE it is intended for our MEMBERS ONLY! It may not be forwarded to, read by or shared with ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be banned from all of our Listservers ! ============================================================= USNA-Net is a private non-profit organization supporting Parents of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Acacemy. Share the experience with other parents. Have them visit our web site at www.USNA-Net.org and subscribe today! It's FREE! =============================================================