From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Jul 1 00:12:35 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g614CZm43844; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:12:35 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust242.tnt4.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.127.242]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g614CWv43831 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:12:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <078901c220b5$8688d900$a800a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Official USNA-Net I-Day Photos Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:12:27 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Sandi and I have finished the photos of I-Day and placed them on our web site for all of you to view. To view the pics (all 228 of them) go to the web site at www.USNA-Net.org - Click on "Photo Gallery" in the main menu on the left of the main page. Then Click on "I-Day 2002" at the top of the Photo Gallery page. This will take you to the first of TWO pages with loads of pics. Click on any of the small pics for a larger, higher resolution photo of what is shown in the little "thumbnail photos." What's there? 228 Photos in all. - Loads of Faces. - 72 Pics from INSIDE Alumni Hall which trace your Plebe's Path from the front doors through every station and out the loading dock to the Buses. - Pics of the entire Administrating of the Oath Ceremony. - Pictures of the Reunion Meeting on Stribling Walk following the Oath Ceremony. -Pics of twenty of the Fifty or more Unaccompanied Plebes who used our cell phones to call home before going back to rejoin their classmates for Plebe Summer. - Loads of Faces of those Marching to King Hall for dinner. - A panorama of the Oath Ceremony which shows every Plebe and every Detailer present. Enjoy them all. It was a two day effort to edit them, adjust for exposure, crop for content and put them into a narrative format on TWO web pages. Sandi and I will gladly provide high resolution copies of any individual photos you may find which contains YOUR Plebe or Detailer. We have seen many name tags of members sons and daughters on our originals photos. Please Note: We deliberately blur all name tags visible in our web photos to protect the identity of all Mids. We also did not take any photos in sensitive areas within Alumni Hall where we were told NO PHOTOS ARE PERMITTED by the Academy such as the Medical Exam Areas or Uniform Fitting Rooms. BUT... We got photos of EVERYTHING else. Unlike some commercial photo services which remove photos after a period of time, we will leave these photos on our web site so that you and all of your family members may visit the site and view the photos as often as you like. they will become part of our permanent collection. Remember, our Photo Gallery is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC which even includes your Mids. Let everyone know that they can look at these photos as often as they wish. Mike & Sandi Zets Westlake, OH Moderators - USNA-Net Listservers www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Jul 1 13:34:12 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g61HYCQ92549; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:34:12 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (2Cust180.tnt2.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.70.180]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g61HY7J92532 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:34:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <00f001c22125$83c186c0$a800a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" References: <155.1037852a.2a51d4c6@aol.com> Subject: usna-net Missing I-Day Photos... Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:34:01 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... To all of you who have said that you can't find the I-Day Photos... You have your browser's software set incorrectly. You must REFRESH your image when you get to our web site. You do this by holding down the Control (Ctrl) Key WHILE you use your mouse to click on the "Refresh" icon in your browser's main menu. Doing this will force your computer to retrieve the latest copy of the page from the Internet instead of supplying it from your outdated computer memory (cache) of what the page looked like the last time you visited the site. So, go to www.USNA-Net.org and once the page has completely loaded, hold down the Ctrl Key while you use your mouse to "Left Click" on the REFRESH icon in your browser's main menu at the top of the page. You should see a big NEW graphic image in the middle of the main page which says "I-DAY PHOTOS" in blue and yellow letters. Just click there for all the photos. If you know all about this, STOP. If you're a computer newbie, read on... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Why does this happen? Years ago when computer modems weren't as fast and computer manufacturers wanted to improve their computer's performance as an Internet access tool, the computer designers decided that it was a whole lot faster to download a page from the World Wide Web the first time and store it away on your computer's local hard drive (in cache memory) rather than downloading it every time you went to the page since pages back then didn't change much (or often) and retrieving a page from cache was thousands of times faster than pulling it down from the Internet every single time you went to the page. Things have changed, Modems now operate at 56,000 bites per second instead of 300 to 1,200 bps while cable modems and DSL telephone lines make speeds of 112,000 to 512,000 bps possible. Web designers have taken advantage of the high speeds available to all of us and routinely change web content on a daily (even minute by minute) basis. It is not uncommon for some web sites to even scroll "live" data (such as stock prices) in real time, literally changing the page's content as you watch. This is GOOD for us as users but very BAD for service providers such as AOL and MSN since they have to transmit all of the data that your computer (and the millions of computers used by their other customers) ask for every time you click on a hyperlink and want the content of yet another page. So, services like AOL, who provide their customers with their own software, make sure that when you install their program on your computer, it sets itself to use cache memory instead of downloading fresh pages every time. (This is called a Default Setting.) Most users never notice the difference and the service provider only has to provide a small fraction of the data every day that not using cache memory would require of them. If you have never looked at or altered your browser's Default Settings, it's time you did. Your browser should be set to AT LEAST look for new pages ONCE PER DAY. Mine is set to look for updated content EVERY TIME I visit a page. I hope this helps. Since there are so many different Browsers and ways to set these defaults, I just can't give out specific instructions to each of you. But now that you know where to look and what the problem is, perhaps you will be able to explain it to someone and have them fix it for you. Go Navy! Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Tue Jul 2 09:42:43 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g62Dghb18874; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 09:42:43 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust45.tnt1.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.23.45]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g62Dgd318851 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 09:42:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <01cd01c221ce$5a723950$a800a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Thank You. Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 09:42:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... When Sandi and I put a little extra effort into a project like the I-Day photos, it is extremely gratifying to know that so many of you took the time to visit the site and view the pics. Yesterday from Midnight to Midnight, our web site counter recorded 2,120 unique visitors, an all time record attendance, especially for a Monday, workday. That could only mean one thing, you guys really wanted to see our pics in the photo gallery. We've been keeping track of visits since we put up the counter in March of 1999. At that time, USNA-Net was a small group of about 100 parents and if we had 50 hits in one day, we were ecstatic - amazed actually. With your help and support, we have grown to 2,247 members as of this morning and our site routinely get over 500 visits everyday. (As a point of interest, each time the counter increments, you will hear it sing a short ascending warble (Doodly-doodly-doodly-deet) telling you that someone else has gone to the site while you were there. Yesterday, we heard it play that sound more than once every minute. Terrific! Speaking of membership numbers... As of this morning, we have 330 '06 families signed up. That's a good starting point but it's only 25% of the class and we have a long way to go before we finish Plebe Summer. Last year at the end of Plebe Summer, we had over 600 '05 families signed up. We need to do even better than that this year. Please help us find and recruit OTHER '06 families. All of you who are members of USNA-Net know the value of the advice and support each of you has received from our service - from each other. Someone told you about us and now, IT'S YOUR TURN! We need new members so that the service can continue its Mission of "Parents Helping Parents." Without Parents, all of this serves no purpose. The single most meaningful contribution any of you can make as a member is to convince another parent to take the time to join our lists. YOU know they won't be sorry. Now convince THEM !!! Our current membership numbers by Class as of 7/2/02... 06 - 330 05 - 655 04 - 544 03 - 404 02 - 193 01 - 61 00 - 39 Other - 21 Total - 2247 Each successive year we have gained more members of the incoming class. Won't you please help us do it again this year? Click on the "Pass on the Tradition" icon on our web site for additional information on how to reach other parents at Picnics, Club Meetings and on the Yard. Our only purpose for doing any of this is to help other parents. We can't do that if you, personally, won't help us find and enlist them. Remember... It's FREE. Thanks again. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Jul 3 09:44:40 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g63Dief79553; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 09:44:40 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust32.tnt2.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.69.32]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g63Dicx79537 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 09:44:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <551101c22297$cebf12f0$3d7fee41@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Fw: Info from the USNA AA Parent Club Office Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 09:44:50 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Forwarded For Your Information... If you have questions concerning any of this, please contact Mardy Laabs or email the respective Family or Plebe list with your questions. SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Montone" Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 9:21 AM Subject: Info from the USNA AA Parent Club Office Dear Parent Club Presidents& Editors-Web Contacts, My name is Mardy Laabs in Chapter Support at USNA AA. First, I wish to let you know that Jill Montone's surgery went well yesterday, and she anticipates going home today. Most likely she will return to Alumni House about July 22nd. If you have immediate needs, please email me at mardy.laabs@usna.com. We will be closed July 4-5, and I will be out of the office on July 8-9, but will respond to your email when I return on July 10th. Secondly, I know you are awaiting more information regarding 1/C Parents weekend which begins September 13th. The USNA Operations Dept says the information will be up on the USNA website no later than Monday, July 8th, under Schedules at: www.usna.edu and that all 1/C Parents will receive a mailing in the next few weeks. Also, they have set up a phone in OPs manned by folks who will have the information on all activities associated with Parent's Weekend available for you. The number is (410) 293-7137, and messages can be left. Thirdly, Class of 2006 I-Day Photos are on our website at: http://www.usna.com/WhatsNew/2002/IDAY/IDAY.htm. Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July! Mardy Laabs (410) 263-4448, ext 117 *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Fri Jul 5 10:15:12 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g65EFCH40957; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:15:12 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust221.tnt4.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.127.221]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g65EF9s40947 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:15:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <027f01c2242e$6ca2f670$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Safe Harbor. Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:15:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... <<< My question: is the Safe Harbor for the mids after they've exhausted all their options. >>> Dear Navy Family Members, USNA-Net began the Safe Harbor program for one purpose - To HELP Mids who need emergency assistance. We can't do that if they don't call us. To that end, a little extra more explanation may be in order. Sure, we ask that they not call three weeks in advance to find out if there is a place to stay near their favorite resort over Spring Break. Safe Harbor is not intended to be a youth hostel or travel agency. If a Mid calls under those circumstances, we simply explain the facts and move on. We've already done that a couple of times and really don't mind. But you need to realize our volunteer parents really WANT to be able to help when there is a need. No one said anything about waiting until we are your last resort or after all other options are exhausted. There were two recent cases in which Safe Harbor was NOT called, when we probably could have been of service... The 24 stranded incoming '06 Plebes at the airport in Chicago and this most recent Mid at BWI. We have several volunteers near each airport who would gladly have come to the assistance of these Mids. In fact, we understand that the incoming '06 Plebes had to pool their money to get a couple of hotel rooms. We could have saved them the expense by providing homes nearby at no cost. We would at least have told them that since the airlines cancelled their flight, the airlines were obligated to provide them all with FREE hotel rooms nearby plus meals. As it was, they didn't call and we couldn't help. The moral of the story is... If there are problems, call. If we can help, believe me, we will. We have amassed a database of over 700 households across the country and on three continents who are waiting for us to call with your Mid's problem in their neck of the woods. Make sure YOUR Mid has a Safe Harbor card in his/her wallet. We can't help, if they don't call. Go to the web site at www.USNA-Net.org and click on the Life Preserver graphic in the upper right corner of the main page. There are complete instructions there about the program and how it works. While Sandi and I were at I-Day, we had occasion to meet Col. Allen. When I explained that we were the parents group responsible for the Safe Harbor Program, he said that he was aware of the program and thought it was a wonderful initiative to help "his" Midshipmen. High praise indeed from the man in charge. Let's all keep in mind that we are doing all of this... the web site, the photo gallery, the parents lists, Safe Harbor, all of it, for only one reason... TO HELP. To help our Mids and to help each other. But we can't help if people don't know about us. Have YOU recruited another member yet? Without you to tell them about us, they will be doing this all on their own. Find another parent and tell them about us. Insist that they join the service right away. Don't put it off or wait for someone else to do it. They need our advice and support today. Go Navy - Beat army. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Jul 15 12:56:32 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g6FGuW235517; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:56:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust151.tnt3.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.96.151]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g6FGuTR35509 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:56:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <11bf01c22c20$9202ae20$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net A moment of your time, Please? Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:56:23 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... To all of our new Plebe Members... It is a busy time of year for us all and the message traffic on our Plebe list really indicates just how (concerned)(proud)(worried)(happy) you all are. We would like to thank all of you for your interest in USNA-Net and hope that it is everything and more that you expected. In order to make it the best service of its kind available anywhere, we need a little cooperation from you, our newest members. We need each of you to go to our web site and take just a couple of minutes to read our Rules of Operation. (I know we asked that you do this when you joined but we realize how busy you all are and how easy it is to put it off.) But it's really important. These Rules benefit each of you and help us to attain our Mission of "Parents Helping Parents." Because some of you see other members doing things and assume that because one member did it, it must be OK, we thought we would remind you of some of those things which really aren't OK on our lists and the reasons behind them... No "Are you There?" messages looking for other parents. There are just so many members on this list that we can't become a Parent Finder Service. It's not fair to our other 2,400+ members to have to read and delete your message looking for your Mid's roommate's parents. If each of our members did this just once per semester, all of us would have a dozen of these messages in our inboxes every day and our server would have to transmit an additional 9.8 MILLION messages in a year's time. Please send your message to the correct list. We have separate lists for different interest groups. All Plebe stuff MUST be sent to USNA-Plebe. Sports to USNA-Sports and all Religious References are confined to USNA-Prayer. Remember, EVERYONE belongs to USNA-Family BUT... over 1,000 upper-class parents ALSO belong to USNA-Plebe to act as Mentors to our 506 '06 Families. Those who want to participate in either Sports or Religious topics ALSO belong to those lists as well as to our USNA-Family list. In using the correct list you minimize the number of "excess" emails that go those members who do not wish to participate in those discussions. Using the correct list benefits everyone. No Commercial Content. We just can't permit members to offer things For Sale or ask for FAVORS or endorse a particular product or establishment. It triggers lengthy exchanges where other members feel obligated to chime in with their favorite place or deal. We can't be the Annapolis Chamber of Commerce and established our Classified Ads to be used by our members instead. It is also very unfair to those members who operate local establishments who cannot use our list to advertise their business to other members while you give glowing endorsements of their competitors on the list. Please send your Private responses just to the individual instead of to the entire list. This will minimize the "excess" traffic and make a whole lot of members a lot happier when they go to their mailboxes each day. Unless it is really important to share a message with the whole list, make sure that you hit the "Reply to Sender" Button instead of the "Reply to ALL" Button. And lastly... (This isn't a rule but a real courtesy.) Please resist the temptation to hit the Reply button only to say "I agree" or "Yeah, That's what I did, too." These little messages really don't need to be sent unless they add some real information or advice. Remember that every time you send a message to our lists, you are sending out between 1,400 and 2,400 email messages. Our members love hearing from all of you but we need quality not just quantity. So do your part, read our Rules of Operation and maximize the benefit we all get from being a part of the biggest and best Parent's Network in the world. Go Navy - Beat army! Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org Our Rules of Operation may be found at www.USNA-Net.org in the main menu on the left side of the main page. Please take a minute to re-read them today. *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Jul 24 12:38:31 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g6OGcVM34613; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:38:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust78.tnt2.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.69.78]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g6OGcTd34606 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:38:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <09e101c23330$9277b280$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Fw: HIGH ALERT - NO HAND-DELIVERED PACKAGES TO BANCROFT HALL! Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:38:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... To ALL Members of USNA-Net. The following message is being passed to you for your information as a service to the Naval Academy. Please read it in its entirety. It is very important. Mike Z. Moderator ----- Original Message ----- From: Jill Montone To: Jill Montone Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 8:34 AM Subject: HIGH ALERT FROM USNA SECURITY DEPT.- NO HAND-DELIVERED PACKAGES TO BANCROFT HALL! Dear USNA Parent Club Presidents, Webmasters, Newsletter Editors and Contacts: Please be advised that the USNA Security Department has determined that NO HAND-DELIVERED PACKAGES WILL BE DELIVERED TO BANCROFT HALL. This would include packages arriving from local vendors such as bakery items, flowers, grocery store orders, catering, gift baskets, etc. Only packages arriving via RECOGNIZED CARRIERS such as U.S. Mail, Fed Ex or UPS will be accepted. Because hand-delivered packages cannot be adequately inspected, the USNA Security Department has determined that they will not be allowed for receipt at the Bancroft Hall front desk area. As Parent Club Officers and Contacts, please do your best to immediately alert all members of your club concerning this new security development. Thank you for your cooperation in distributing this information. Jill Montone Parent Program Coordinator United States Naval Academy Alumni Association 247 King George Street Annapolis, MD 21402 410-263-4448 Ext. 241 *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sun Jul 28 15:54:45 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g6SJsjW22743; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 15:54:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust53.tnt1.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.23.53]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g6SJsh022725 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 15:54:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1db901c23670$a83a1110$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Password Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 15:54:55 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... >From time to time, it is necessary to change the User Name or Password associated with your USNA-Net account. This is necessary for privacy purposes and to prevent unauthorized individuals from accessing the "Members Only" areas of our web site. Please do not share this User Name or Password with anyone - not even with another member. They can easily obtain THEIR updated User Name and Password by writing to the Moderators. We gladly remind lots of members of their password almost daily. YOU should never share YOUR Password with anyone even if you know them to be members of USNA-Net. Effective immediately your User Name and Password have changed. Please print for future reference... User Name: brigade Password: dedication (both all lowercase) Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Jul 29 11:58:07 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g6TFw7g33940; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:58:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust4.tnt1.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.23.4]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g6TFw4V33926 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:58:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <212801c23718$c5ef91f0$0417ee41@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Our Mission - revisited... Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:58:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Fellow USNA-Net members... Now that Plebe Summer is winding down and most of our newest members have been on board for a while now, it's time to remind our members of what our lists are really for. USNA-Net was created to provide an Advice and Support Network for Parents of Midshipmen and we like to think that we do that very well. We're here as Parents of Graduates, Firsties, Second Class, Youngsters and even incoming Plebes, to be there for each other, 24/7 with advice and support on Navy Parenting issues as only other Parents can support each other. This is our only Mission. We are not here to provide Mids with rides to BWI, deliver Care Packages or arrange for a place to stay when hotel rooms are scarce in Annapolis. We are not here to provide a way for those who reside outside Annapolis to ask those wonderful Sponsor Families and Parents in the area for special FAVORS. Please try to imagine for just a moment how it would feel to be on the other end. Imagine that you live in Annapolis and really want to help other parents. You really like going to the Yard, taking a few pics of the happenings when you get a chance, and catering to the needs of your Sponsored Mids or even your own son or daughter who is attending USNA. Then, you join an advice and support group and suddenly, 2.500+ members of that organization start writing to the whole group asking that someone in the local do this or that for this "poor out of town mom." You don't want to say no but you can't deal with the sheer volume of requests. If every one of our members asked for just ONE FAVOR each semester, all of us would have almost 100 such requests in our mailboxes every week and our server would have to deliver over 12.5 MILLION additional pieces of email in a year's time. That's a lot of FAVORS! Because we are a lot of parents. We have only a handful of members in and around the Yard. It is truly unfair to them to impose upon their gracious and generous nature by asking that they drop everything and run an errand for you. Sure, it may be very important to you or your Mid but we out number the locals by about 500 to 1. Our lists are not a substitute for buses and van service. These services are available 24/7 with just a phone call. We are not a delivery service for birthday cakes. The local establishments all take orders over the phone. What is that old saying? "Lack of planning on your part does not make it an emergency on my part." ??? Please remember that we have our Safe Harbor program and it is available 24/7 for all Mids almost anywhere in the world in real emergency situations. But it too, is not to be used as a bus service or a youth hostel. It's for emergencies only - to be used when things foul up and last minute changes, cancellations and delays mess up a Mids travel schedule or leave them really stranded. Can you imagine the calls we'd get just before Spring Break, if Mids could use Safe Harbor for a place to stay weeks in advance. I wouldn't want to be the volunteer in the Virgin Islands when 4,000 Mids suddenly decided they needed a place to stay over Spring Break. So there you have it. The reasoning behind our NO FAVORS rule. Please take the time to reread and understand our Rules of Operation. They're not there to restrict your participation. They are all in place to insure the greatest benefit to the maximum number of members and the continued growth of our organization. If too many members get disgusted with too many non-essential messages in their mailboxes each day, they will simply unsubscribe and, without members, the lists will die. These are YOUR lists. These are your friends and fellow parents. Let's all do everything we can to make this the best and most helpful resource for Parents anywhere. Thank you all... Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================