From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Tue Apr 1 13:17:46 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.6p2) id h31IHksU031887; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:17:46 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5b-191.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.191]) by usna-net.org (8.12.6p2) id h31IHgik031866 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:17:43 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <1904701c2f87b$02eabfc0$6401a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Multiple Messages... Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:17:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... A number of our members have written to us today asking why they received so many copies of the same message this morning about Fund Raising and an organization called WP-Org. These messages were sent to a few of our members who are also subscribed to an alternate parents organization which is supported by West Point Alumni and which has an annual budget in excess of $200,000. This organization and its list for Navy parents is NOT part of USNA-Net. USNA-Net is NOT asking for donations at this time. Please do not confuse us with this West Point Alumni Organization with its twice-a-year fund raisers and who apply over 95% of all donations to West Point Alumni and Cadets. USNA-Net is exclusively funded by and for Navy Parents. We hold our Annual fund drive in September of each year and since we are entirely VOLUNTEER based, our annual budget is only about $6,500. Even so, we still operate the biggest Navy Parents Organization on the Internet with over 2,500 member families, EIGHT focused lists, thousands of photos, and over 600 pages of information on our web site. We also host 20 Local Parents Club web sites at no charge with three more coming onboard soon. Soooo... If you received a bunch of email this morning soliciting donations, it didn't come from USNA-Net. Meanwhile, remember that we operate eight different lists for the use and enjoyment of all of our very diverse membership. We have "USNA-Plebe" for all things related to Plebes and Plebe issues. We have "USNA-07" for our incoming Plebe Parents until the '06 Parents are "Plebes-no-more" and don't need that list following Herndon in late May. We have "USNA-Prayer" for religious things and prayer requests. We have "USNA-Sports" for EVERYTHING related to any Navy Sporting event, including Tickets, Tailgating, Road Trips, Driving Directions, Accommodations, etc. We have "USNA-Weather" which is our daily weather report for Annapolis for those who want to have the daily and extended forecast of their Mid's weather each day. We have "USNA-Family" for those things of General Interest to everyone and which do not fall into the above categories. We have from time to time used our "USNA-Info" list to address matters of concern with specific sub-sets of members for informational purposes. And lastly, we use "USNA-Net" as our Master (Announce Only) List to reach every member regardless of any other list(s) to which they may belong. Thanks so much for your continued support and participation. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell another Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Apr 2 18:45:09 2003 Received: (from navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) id h32Nj9tV043634; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 18:45:09 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5b-191.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.191]) by usna-net.org (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) with SMTP id h32Nj7Fq043619 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 18:45:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <267cd01c2f971$eef4b370$6401a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net I-Day is coming... Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 18:45:20 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... To All, Just 90 Days until the swearing-in ceremony on I-Day. Just a note to all of our members to remind you that new '07 parents are now being enrolled on our USNA-Net lists. As you meet parents of new prospective members of the Class of '07, we encourage all of you to send them to our web site at www.USNA.org. Besides all of the helpful information in the Parents' Handbook, they should take the time to subscribe to our service. Just tell them to click on "How to Subscribe" in our main menu on the left of the main page. It only takes a minute and we all know just how much help our fellow members are to these newbie parents. 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 another Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Apr 9 00:39:47 2003 Received: (from navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) id h394dl3s096443; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 00:39:47 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5b-191.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.191]) by usna-net.org (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) with SMTP id h394dk9W096421 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 00:39:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1634301c2fe52$1369a820$6401a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Another reminder about hoaxes... Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 00:39:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... A Special Message about email hoaxes. We need to remind our members that there is an old but apparently still viable HOAX email message circulating among some of our members via private email and from mailing lists which are not operated by USNA-Net. The message instructs you to look on your computer for a file called jdbgmgr .exe and to pitch it from your hard drive. This file is NOT a V1RUS !!! It is a legitimate Windows file and is used by the Windows Operating System for certain Java applications which are necessary for the proper viewing of some pages on the Internet. DO NOT DELETE THIS FILE ! For further information see... http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99436 For additional information on a host of other Hoaxes, see... http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp At USNA-Net, we have ALWAYS had automated filters in place to reject messages which discuss such things. They did their job again tonight, rejecting a message from a member who thought she was doing a service to our members by sending along her HOAX message to our USNA-Family list. The message, however, was also addressed to another mailing list (not operated by USNA-Net) to which several of our members also belong and which has NO filters in place to stop such messages. If you received such a message tonight, PLEASE DO NOT DELETE this valid Windows file. Remember, you will never receive an attachment, a virus or even a hoax warning from USNA-Net. We truly do know how to filter such things and protect our membership from potentially damaging email content. If you have any questions about this or anything else related to mailing lists, do not hesitate to send them to either Sandi or me. We'll be glad to help. 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 another Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Thu Apr 17 12:14:36 2003 Received: (from navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9/8.12.6) id h3HGEaSu045770; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:14:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5b-191.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.191]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9/8.12.6) with SMTP id h3HGEV4u045700 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:14:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Favors. Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:15:03 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Please indulge your Moderator by reading this important reminder... Subject: FAVORS Ladies and gentlemen, USNA-Net is a free service supplied through the volunteer efforts of many individuals and the generosity of our membership. It operates as well as it does and serves the needs (both emotional and physical) of our members, due in part, to the fact that we have a fairly short but well engineered set of Rules of Operation which govern what the lists may or may not be used for. The lists are here to assist parents in any one of a number of avenues from serious advice on "leaving the Academy" and "adjusting to the nest being empty" to lesser things (but also important to many members) such as what to take to I-Day and how to dress for a Graduation Ball. But they are NOT here to be used for your own (or someone else's) personal gain. Therefore, one of our Rules is that you are not to use these communication facilities to ASK FOR FAVORS from other members. Here's why... At last count we had over 2,500 families enrolled and the numbers are growing daily as new '07 parents arrive. Let's suppose that each of our members decided to ask for just one little, innocent favor each semester. That doesn't seem to be unreasonable? Does it? After all, it's just one innocent little thing and it's no big deal. Is it? Well here's what happens on our list of over 2,500 families... We would have more than a dozen such requests in our mail boxes EVERY DAY. (You see, that's 2,500 x 2 / 365 per year = 13.7 messages every day.) That's assuming that the requests were spread out evenly over the entire year. That's a whole lot of favors to be asked. Imagine opening your mail each and every day to find 13 or 14 messages from other members asking for a special (but ever so tiny) favor. What would you do after the third or fourth day? Or after three months? Would you stay subscribed? Most wouldn't. Without Mentors, there would be no good advice on so many things. Without members, our lists would cease to exist. This is why we must remind each and everyone of you to read our Rules of Operation and to abide by them at all times. A few minutes spent reading our Rules is a small price to pay in return for years of good advice and mentor support on a well run service such as USNA-Net. If we all know and abide by the rules, the lists will continue to be a blessing to thousands of parents for many, many years to come. Thank you for your attention. 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 another Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================