From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Oct 22 18:01:43 2001 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9N01hS76849; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:01:43 -0600 (MDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from sandi (sdn-ar-002ohclevP316.dialsprint.net [168.191.25.222]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9N01fJ76843 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:01:41 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <021001c15b56$3a8fc420$4e5db23f@sandi> Reply-To: "Mike Zets" From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net CHANGE IN CARE PACKAGE PROCEDURES Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:04:03 -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 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org IMPORTANT OFFICIAL NEWS - PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY The following was received this evening and is offered as "OFFICIAL" instructions on Care Packages for ALL parents of Midshipmen. This change applies to ALL packages sent to the Academy via HAND DELIVERY to the Main Office at Bancroft Hall. Summary... All packages which are hand delivered to a Midshipman at the Main Office of Bancroft will only be accepted if the Midshipman has previously notified the Main Office of its expected arrival. If the Mid has not notified the Main Office that the package is expected BEFORE the package arrives , it will NOT be accepted. This includes all care packages which are delivered by local care package providers, parents and sponsors. This does NOT affect packages delivered via US Mail or Package Delivery Services such as UPS or FedEx. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brigade Adjutant Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 11:01 PM Subject: CARE PACKAGES > Sir, > I am contacting you again to ask for your assistance in spreading the new > policy on midshipmen receiving care packages that are delivered to main > office. If a midshipmen is receiving a care package via mail, then nothing > has changed. But, if a parent has sent their child something that has to > be picked up in main office, then the midshipmen must know ahead of time > and also come down to let the main office know that there is a package > inbound. As of the 29th of OCT, if a midshipman doesn't come down to main > office to let them know a package is coming, then the package will not be > accepted. This is intended to help the Naval Academy reduce some of the threat of > unwanted/tampered with packages coming into the building. Once again, I > appreciate any help you can give. Thank you > > Very Respectfully, > Brigade Adjutant 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 and may not be forwarded to or passed on to ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be unsubscribed! ============================================ Visit us now at our New Web Address : www.USNA-Net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Thu Oct 25 11:45:02 2001 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9PHj2824945; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:45:02 -0600 (MDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from sandi (sdn-ar-003ohclevP306.dialsprint.net [63.178.93.44]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9PHiwe24919 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:44:58 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <032301c15d7d$1f207300$2c5db23f@sandi> Reply-To: "Mike Zets" From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net USNA-Net Newsletter - October 25, 2001 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:47:29 -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 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org ================================================================ USNA-Net Newsletter October 25, 001 ================================================================ In this issue... 1. What's New - USNA-Net Screen Savers Featured on Moochers.com 2. Email Attachments - Another Warning ! 3. Rumors & Breaking News 4. Using the Correct Lists 5. Privacy Issues & Forwarding List Messages 6. Subscribing - Unsubscribing - Changing Subscription Information 7. FUND DRIVE RESULTS - 2001 8. Links of Interest from our Web Site ================================================================ This Newsletter is sent to all members of our USNA-Net Listservers. It is published as needed 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 - USNA-Net Screen Savers Featured on Moochers.com While it's not a big thing, we wanted you to know that the three Screen Savers which we assembled for our members were discovered by www.Moochers.com ( a Canadian Freeware Web Site ) and listed as their Find of the Day for October 12th. It's nice to know that what we do on our USNA-Net Web Site is recognized by an international library of freeware and is good enough to have been added to their permanent listings. If you haven't downloaded the Screen Savers (which come complete with background music which you can mute), you can find them by going to our main web page at www.USNA-Net.org and clicking on the Screen Savers Graphic on the right side of the page just below USNA CAM. (Don't forget to click on "How to Install" for printable instructions.) 2. Email Attachments - Another Warning ! In the past couple of days, we have had several members with Virus infections on their computers attempt to send Attachments to our Lists with viruses inside. Our Software catches these and stops them cold. But each of our members needs to be aware that MOST viruses are transmitted via Email Attachments and take the necessary precautions to prevent their computers from becoming infected. NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHMENT that you are not expecting, even from someone you know. Most people who get a computer virus DON'T KNOW they are infected and the virus is spreading itself to everyone in their address book without the sender's knowledge. Make sure you have the latest Anti-Virus Software installed on your computer, that it is always up to date and that it is always turned on. Don't think, "It can't happen to me." It's not a matter of "if." It only a matter of "when." If you haven't checked your computer for viruses because you say, "I never open attachments." - Answer this one... Are you the ONLY member of your household who uses this machine? Could your spouse or kids have opened an infected attachment without telling you? Especially if it's subject line says something about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs??? Right now, as you read this, there are at least two of our members who are infected with this particular virus but I can't identify who they are from their attempts to send it to the rest of you. And yesterday, we had two different members, send a different virus to us but we were able to warn them that they were infected because their virus leaves enough of their address intact to be able to identify them. Be Safe! Check! 3. Rumors & Breaking News With Security at the Yard being at a more heightened state lately, we realize that all of our members are very concerned about their Mids. We, at USNA-Net, wish to express our sincerest appreciation to all of our loyal members who have exhibited considerable composure during these troubled times and who have refrained from overreacting to rumors and breaking news by sending such things to our Lists. Even though our Rules of Operation specifically prohibit such postings (Breaking news stories), we realize that our membership has really pulled together and kept cool heads during the past weeks. Thank you all. It has made our jobs as Moderators easier and really shown everyone just how mature and knowledgeable our membership really is. Please know that we have many "official" contacts at the Academy who are more than eager to pass on pertinent information in a timely manner about the latest developments where your Mids' safety is involved. Your Moderators have been in contact with those "official" contacts each and every time there has been anything which might be of concern and we will continue to keep you as up to date as security measures permit. Please keep in mind that our USNA-Net lists are not in the business of speculating about who the next Supe will be, nor are we passing along bogus rumors about Security Breaches at the Academy. It is totally irresponsible for any list to indulge in such activities and even more so for a list Moderator to do this sort of thing no matter how well connected with the Navy they may feel they are. On our USNA-Net lists, we will continue to keep you informed with the latest facts, not rumors, speculations or half truths. If you have a concern or question, contact Sandi or me directly at Moderator@USNA-Net.org and we can confirm the facts for you instead of alarming the entire membership with hearsay. 4. Using the Correct Lists Please remember that we have multiple Lists at USNA-Net, each designed for specific discussion topics of interest to those subscribed. Please keep Plebe discussions on our Plebe list, Sports stuff on our Sports List, etc. There are a few reasons for this but the most important is the size of our lists. We have over 2,200 members in total. 99% of them belong to USNA-Family. Of those members, over 1,400 of them also belong to USNA-Plebe but only 600 of these Plebe List members are actually '05 Parents. The other 800 who belong to this list are upper-class parents who belong to the Plebe list for the sole purpose for being there to give out advise and support to the Plebe Parents. Nowhere else can you find such a dedicated group of parents who put up with all of the newbie questions just so that Plebe Parents can benefit from their past experience. We have a favor to ask all of our members... Please ask yourself (BEFORE you hit the send key), "Which list should I send this to?" If it is a Plebe thing, send it to USNA-Plebe@USNA-Net.org. If it is NOT about Plebe stuff and would be of interest to the entire membership, send it to USNA-Family@USNA-Net.org. Likewise, use the Sports and Prayer lists for those respective topics as well. Also, if you see a Plebe or Sports question asked on our Family lists in error, please answer it on USNA-Plebe to help keep things tidy as much as possible. Thanks. 5. Privacy Issues & Forwarding List Messages A number of our Members have inquired to your Moderators about our Privacy Policy and is it permissible to forward things which they read on our Lists to others or their Mids? Here's what we have told them... It is NEVER permissible to forward an entire email (with names and email addresses intact) to any non-member. This is done to protect the Privacy of our Membership. Period. Members who violate this rule will be removed from our lists without additional warning. Having said that, there are some things which are of interest to others which may be sent along to non-members under certain common sense situations. For instance... Concert information, Event Schedules, or general items about Yard activities, etc. These sorts of things are usually public knowledge and as long as they are sent WITHOUT including any personal member information such as names and email addresses to another party, they may be freely sent. Here's where the common sense part comes in. From time to time, a member will relate a particularly embarrassing story about a son or daughter, or send us a plea for help with a Mid's problem. This is the sort of thing which MUST remain between members only and should NEVER be sent to anyone outside our organization. Doing so is a serious breach of that member's (and their Mid's) right to privacy and will be dealt with quickly and without appeal. Our Mission is to help other parents. If our membership can't trust that other members to keep private information private, they will not write to the lists when they most need our help. We can't and won't allow that to happen. On USNA-Net, we value each and every member's privacy and will do everything to protect it and enforce our Rules. 6. Subscribing - Unsubscribing - Changing Subscription Information Just a short reminder that all Administrative Requests (Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Change Email Addresses, etc.) are to be sent to your Moderators at Moderator@USNA-Net.org and NOT to the actual list. We have installed filters to prevent most of these requests from being sent to all 2,200 members but they only catch specific words and every once in a while a members finds a new and different way to say "Remove me" or "Take me off," etc. Hopefully, a gentle reminder is all that is needed. Also, if you are CHANGING your email address, drop us a note FROM your OLD address telling us what your old AND your new addresses are. And SIGN IT with a real first and last name. Not everyone in the front office knows that xyz1234@hotmail.com is really Mary Smith's old email address. Take a little pity on your Moderators and help us to not have to be mind readers back here in Ohio. :>) 7. FUND DRIVE RESULTS - 2001 Our first annual Fund Drive was an overwhelming success. We completed it in just SIX DAYS and with only two request messages being sent out (one of which was simply a paragraph at the end of another message and hardly even counts as a request.) We heard from all parts of the country and around the world. We received donations from every class and even from a few graduate parents who still hang in there to help support our efforts even after their Mid is out in the fleet. Thanks so much to everyone who sent in their contributions. Here's how it ended up... Donations sought: $4,900.00 for twelve months operating budget. Donations received: $6,933.02 from 159 donors. 141.5% of our goal !!! We now have enough funding to operate this fine organization of Parents Helping Parents well into 2003 without having to ask for additional funds. In addition to operating our USNA-Net Lists, we also host TEN USNA Parents' Club Web Sites with several more in development as we speak. We cover the cost of their Domain Name Registration plus provide a completely FREE place for these clubs to host their club's web site without cost or restriction on content for as long as they wish to maintain a web presence for their members. And we couldn't have done any of this without YOU, our loyal Navy Family and your total support of our new server and of USNA-Net, Inc. Thanks, again. 8. Links of Interest from our Web Site Just because a few of you never have enough time to search some of this stuff out on your own, we've listed a few things on our www.USNA-Net.org web site which we consider "must visits." Have Fun... Parents Club Web Sites - www.neonap.org/clublinks.html An Open Letter to Mom - www.usna-net.org/letter.html Countdown Clocks - www.usna-net.org/events.html Restaurants & Lodging - www.usna-net.org/handbook/info.html#rest Books for Parents - www.usna-net.org/bookstore.html Mike & Sandi Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderators for USNA-Net Listservers Webmasters - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ============================================ This Message is PRIVATE and may not be forwarded to or passed on to ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be unsubscribed! ============================================ Visit us now at our New Web Address : www.USNA-Net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Fri Oct 26 09:42:24 2001 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9QFgOv33437; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:42:24 -0600 (MDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from sandi (sdn-ar-001ohclevP164.dialsprint.net [168.191.26.100]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9QFgLW33427 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:42:21 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <025801c15e35$293fa8c0$575db23f@sandi> Reply-To: "Mike Zets" From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net A Special Request... Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:44:54 -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 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org To all, As Moderator of these lists I have a very special request on behalf of our members... Please take the time to REPLY TO THE LIST instead of directly to the individual who posted a question or has asked for help with a problem. While we all understand that sometimes a private response is absolutely necessary, most times it is not and by sending your reply (as helpful as it may be) to the original poster only, you are depriving your fellow members of our lists of your valuable and timely advise which might otherwise benefit many, many other members. Remember, our goal here is to provide help for other parents. - That's plural. Sending your gems of wisdom to only one person will solve the immediate problem but will not benefit our membership in the long run. Even though another member may not have that same problem today, that doesn't mean that they will never need your advise in the future. Please remember to SHARE your help with all of our members whenever possible. After all, that's what our Lists are all about... Parents Helping Parents. Thank you all for your cooperation. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org PS - To all those who say they are *afraid* to post... On behalf of the entire membership of caring USNA-Net Parents, we all promise to be as supportive and helpful as possible to our newbies so that we all can benefit from this service. No one was ever corrected for just using the lists as they were intended. And for those AOL users who can't send in Plain Text, we have lifted the ban on Rich Text Formatted messages. So what's your excuse now? Our List addresses for those who may have forgotten... USNA-Family@USNA-Net.org for General Questions of interest to all. USNA-Plebe@USNA-Net.org for Plebe Issues. USNA-Sports@USNA-Net.org for Sports related things. USNA-Prayer@USNA-Net.org for all Prayer & Religious Postings. *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ============================================ This Message is PRIVATE and may not be forwarded to or passed on to ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be unsubscribed! ============================================ Visit us now at our New Web Address : www.USNA-Net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Tue Oct 30 07:54:28 2001 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9UEsSI87962; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 07:54:28 -0700 (MST) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from dfw-smtpout1.email.verio.net (dfw-smtpout1.email.verio.net [129.250.36.41]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9UEsRI87953 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 07:54:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from [129.250.38.61] (helo=dfw-mmp1.email.verio.net) by dfw-smtpout1.email.verio.net with esmtp id 15yaJl-0004CP-00 for usna-net@usna-net.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:56:41 +0000 Received: from [63.178.92.57] (helo=sandi) by dfw-mmp1.email.verio.net with smtp id 15yaJj-0003bf-00 for usna-net@usna-net.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:56:39 +0000 Message-ID: <007801c16153$11fa9820$395cb23f@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: Subject: usna-net Army/Navy Tickets available... Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:56:33 -0500 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 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org To all, We heard this morning - and verified with the Navy Ticket Office - that your Mid can buy two more tickets to the Army/Navy game (for a total of FOUR). Your Mid HAS to go to the ticket office to buy them - YOU cannot do this for him/her. Just thought we would pass this along. 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 and may not be forwarded to or passed on to ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be unsubscribed! ============================================ Visit us now at our New Web Address : www.USNA-Net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Tue Oct 30 08:31:36 2001 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9UFVa691812; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:31:36 -0700 (MST) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from dfw-smtpout2.email.verio.net (dfw-smtpout2.email.verio.net [129.250.36.42]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id f9UFVZB91806 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:31:35 -0700 (MST) Received: from [129.250.38.62] (helo=dfw-mmp2.email.verio.net) by dfw-smtpout2.email.verio.net with esmtp id 15yatf-0004zz-00 for usna-net@usna-net.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 15:33:47 +0000 Received: from [63.178.92.57] (helo=sandi) by dfw-mmp2.email.verio.net with smtp id 15yatg-00067G-00 for usna-net@usna-net.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 15:33:49 +0000 Message-ID: <008b01c16158$42093300$395cb23f@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: Subject: usna-net A reminder... Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:33:41 -0500 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 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org It is against our rules to ask for tickets for ANYTHING on our lists. It is ONLY permissible to seek or to sell items (any items) on the Classifieds page. Posting a request of this nature to the lists is unfair to all of you who have followed the rules and placed your requests on the Classifieds page. If you are not, yet, familiar with our Rules of Operation, please take a moment to re-read them at: www.usna-net.org/rules.html 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 and may not be forwarded to or passed on to ANY non-member under any circumstances - ESPECIALLY MIDSHIPMEN. Violators will be unsubscribed! ============================================ Visit us now at our New Web Address : www.USNA-Net.org