From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sun Jun 1 19:26:49 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h51NQnYg064166; Sun, 1 Jun 2003 19:26:49 -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-227.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.227]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h51NQmlR064141 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 2003 19:26:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net A Word from your Moderators... Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 19:26:49 -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... To all... The purpose of these lists is to provide Advice and Support to Parents of Midshipmen in a friendly and family-oriented environment. We will not tolerate any member demeaning other members for expressing their views or sharing their experiences with our Navy family whether we agree with that advice or not. In a recent posting to USNA-Family a member vehemently took an entire group of caring, well meaning parents to task for sharing the fact with our group that they no longer felt it was necessary to offer guidance or advice to their Mids on the subject of ethics and conduct. They were simply expressing their pride in having raised Mids who were thriving in their new environment. Certainly we are all proud of our Mids and their accomplishments. Some of us participate in this group to help others. Some of us participate because we still need the help, advice and the council of others. Still others continue with our organization simply because we feel a need to be connected with other parents who understand what being a Navy Parent is all about. Whatever your reason for belonging to USNA-Net, you are all welcome. If however, you feel that you can no longer participate in a kind and caring manner, we must remind you that intolerance and admonishing others publicly will never be permitted on any USNA-Net list. I would consider it a personal favor if the offending letter and its writer's attitude and comments could be recognized for what they were and dismissed as not supporting our Mission - as not being what we, as concerned parents, strive to attain each and every day. Please delete the offending message and put it behind us. My sincere, personal apologies for any offense which you may have taken upon reading the offending letter. Remember our Motto... USNA-Net - Parents Helping Parents. Sincerely, 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 Sat Jun 7 11:55:12 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h57FtCuq063063; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:55:12 -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-227.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.227]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h57FtBa0063045 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:55:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1204b01c32d0d$375ea480$6501a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net A reminder... Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:55:22 -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... Just a reminder on a slow mail day to make sure you spread the word about USNA-Net to all the other Naval Academy parents you meet in the next few weeks. Word of mouth is our very best advertising and YOU are our best ambassador and spokesperson. Many times, Sandi and I are hear, "This is such a wonderful service. We would have been truly lost without USNA-Net. What can we ever do to repay you for all the support and information we received?" Well, it's time to repay the debt. If you really feel you received something of value from belonging to USNA-Net for the past year or more, help us by making sure that others in your local Parents' Club join USNA-Net. Wear your Red, White and Blue Ribbons to the next Club gathering and speak out, especially to the new '07 parents who need us more than others might. Make sure that they go to the web site at www.USNA.org and more importantly, that they actually take the time to fill out the subscription form and join the lists. It isn't enough that they just visit the web site. We're aiming for 100% participation this year by the parents of the Class of '07 and we can't do it without YOUR help. By the end of Plebe Summer, we will be over 3,000 Families - Parents Helping Parents with Advice and Support like nothing else available anywhere. Other parents at other schools only wish they had the level of support that USNA-Net provides for its members. After all, no one else really understands what being a Mid's parent really means except another Mid parent. Help us to help others. Recruit a new member today. Mike and Sandi Zets Moderators - USNA-Net *** 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 Sun Jun 15 23:32:15 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h5G3WFbd032291; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 23:32:15 -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-227.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.227]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h5G3QUHj031414 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 23:31:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <130bd01c333b7$daf0ed00$6501a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Administrative Notes... Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 23:24:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... With so many new members coming on board, it's time to review a few things... Please read through our Frequently Asked Questions which answer most of the common questions about subscriptions, our lists, and procedures for changing email addresses and adding/leaving lists. The FAQs may be found in our main menu on the web site at www.USNA.org. A few specifics things which will make the life of your Moderators a bit less work during these busy times... ======================================== Please use the correct list. All Plebe stuff must be sent to the Plebe list at USNA-Plebe@USNA-Net.org. Anything related to Sports must be sent to USNA-Sports@USNA-Net.org. Currently we have over 1,200 upper-class parents who have remained on the Plebe list to help answer your Plebe questions. Let's try to keep our Plebe related discussion where they belong. Likewise, our Sports list has over 1,500 members who would love to answer your Sports related questions. ======================================== If you need to change your address or add/drop a list, drop us a note at subscriptions@usna-net.org. We'll make the change that same day. Please don't send these requests to our lists. You don't have to send these sorts of admin requests to the entire membership. ======================================== Please keep your inbox from FILLING UP. If your mailbox fills up, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will reject all new mail, not just mail from USNA-Net but from everyone including your friends and relatives. You have to access your mail every few days, read and delete old messages. Otherwise, your mailbox will overflow (especially at this time of year) and your mail will stop being accepted by your ISP. If this continues for more than a few days, we will be forced to remove your email address from our lists. If your mailbox is full, messages which are rejected are LOST FOREVER. They are not placed into a queue for later delivery. Each time a mail box rejects a message because it's full, your ISP sends us a note telling us that they couldn't deliver your mail. If even just a few of our members have full mailboxes, it can generate hundreds of Mail Delivery Problem Notices back to us each day. On Tuesday of this week, I counted. We received 406 Notices in 24 hours. When our lists are as highly active as they are this time of year, it can really add up quickly. ======================================== Please remember that you can send us a private note and ask that we send it to the lists ANONYMOUSLY to protect your privacy or that of your Mid. We routinely do this when the question is important but the member is uncomfortable sending it with his/her Identification attached. ======================================== Please don't quote the entire "original" message in your replies to our lists. It doubles the length of your messages and puts tons of duplicates into our Archives. It uses up server space and makes our archives much harder to search when you're looking for something. If you have to remind our members of the topic when you respond, simply "cut and paste" a few lines of the original message into the beginning of your response. ======================================== Lastly, for those of you who receive your mail at work, we offer a DIGEST Version of all of our lists. You receive the same amount of information - the Digests are unabridged - but instead of receiving 30 message throughout the course of the day, you will receive 1 or 2 large messages each day and possibly only every other or third day when volume slows down. We also have detailed, illustrated instructions on how to set up separate inboxes and automatically sort inbound message from USNA-Net into their own inbox to keep them separate from your personal or business mail. You will find those instructions at... www.usna-net.org/routemail/ ======================================== A special note about SPAM... Every one is getting more SPAM (Unsolicited Commercial Email) these days. Here are a few tips you need to know... 1.) Never give out your private email address to any one. Almost everyone who asks for your email address collects them to sell to others. With few exceptions, if you find yourself typing in your email address on a web site, you can be assured that it will be shared with other. This includes such links as news services where you can "Send This Page to a Friend." Not only are you supplying your friend's address to the spammers but in most cases, you're giving out your address as well. (USNA-Net NEVER shares your private information with any one. We don't sell it, trade it or give it away under any circumstances.) 2.) If you have to give out an email address, obtain a free Hotmail, Yahoo or Lycos account and use that address. If the spam gets too bad on that address, you can always dump it and get a new one. Meanwhile, your primary address is safe and secure. 3.) If your current email address is already getting too much spam, you can request a new address from your ISP. These are usually provided at no cost and then you can dump your old address and start over from scratch with a clean slate. 4.) Be aware that some "free" email services like Hotmail sell your address immediately when you sign up, so expect spam on those addresses as a matter of course. 5.) NEVER respond to emails which have a link or a return email address to which to send a request to be UNSUBSCRIBED. Many spammers send out mail to computer generated email addresses and are fishing for real addresses. When you send back a response asking to be removed from their mailing list, you only confirm that your address is a LIVE address. Until then they didn't know if it was a good address or not. LIVE addresses are far more valuable to spammers than lists of old or computer generated addresses and will almost certainly guarantee that your address will immediately be sold and resold to spammers around the world within hours. LIVE addresses are big business. 6.) BE CAREFUL when setting spam filters on your email account. Email from USNA-Net is NOT addressed directly to you. It is addressed to the list name such as USNA-Family@USNA-Net.org and some high security filter settings will automatically reject all email which is not addressed directly to you. So if you set your filters too tightly or your security settings too high, you will stop receiving our email and eventually may be removed from our lists. That's enough for now. We'll send along more tips as the summer progresses. 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 Jun 18 14:49:05 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h5IIn5Tf057741; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:49:05 -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-227.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.227]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h5IIn3SS057706 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:49:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3f44401c335ca$5076e160$6401a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net About our Lists... Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:49:08 -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... A short note about how USNA-Net handles membership on its lists. Continuing as we have for the past (almost) six years, we enroll all new parents of the incoming class into both our USNA-Family and USNA-Plebe lists. In this way, the new members of the new class not only have their Plebe list for answers to their questions but they are exposed to all of the other messages concerning things other than Plebe topics. It's all part of the learning process. One of the many things that sets our USNA-Net lists apart from others is that we encourage all of our upper-class members to remain on the Plebe list once they are Plebe-No-More Parents. And, for the most part, they do. Sure some of them get their mail at work and can't handle the volume or move on for other legitimate reasons but... What good is a Parental Support list for Plebe parents without Upper-Class parents to offer Advice and Support. That's why we formed these lists in 1997 in the first place! To supply a channel for information and support from one class to another. We currently have 1,200 upper-class parents who have remained on our USNA-Plebe list just to share advice and support with the parents of the Class of '07. It's their way of repaying other members for the help they received when they were brand new at this and needed advice and support. So if you're an upper-class parent and wish to be removed from our Plebe list, drop me a note and we'll remove your name from USNA-Plebe the same day you ask. Removal isn't automatic on any USNA-Net list. But, please consider staying on thru Plebe Summer (or longer) to share your hard earned experiences and wisdom with the next generation of USNA-Net parents on USNA-Plebe. Remember that's what USNA-Net is all about... "Parents Helping Parents" (TM) Go Navy - Beat West Point! By the way... Have you recruited an '07 to join our service yet? What are you waiting for? I-Day is just 12 days and a wake up away. Better get going!!! 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 Tue Jun 24 11:37:02 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h5OFb2vt072911; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:37:02 -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-227.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.227]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h5OFb0Hi072890 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:37:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <07e001c33a66$74e18dc0$6401a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Our Lists and Our Archives... Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:36:56 -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... To All... Just so that you are aware of what we have to offer all of our members, We though a reminder about our archives might be in order. All of our lists retain a copy of every message ever sent in an archive file on our web site. (At last count, we had over 11 Million words of Advice and Support in our Archives which go back to our beginning in 1998.) As a member of USNA-Net you may access any of these archived messages using your User Name and Password. This means that even though you don't belong to the Prayer list, for instance, you can still read what's being talked about on that list by reading the Archive for USNA-Prayer. It's a good way to get acquainted with a list before you join, if you've been thinking about becoming a member of that list. We'd like to remind all of our members, especially the Parents of '07 Mids that we also have a broadcast list called USNA-Weather which automatically sends out a daily forecast for the next seven days of weather conditions on the Yard plus special weather advisories as they are published by the National Weather Service. The daily forecast is sent each morning so that you know what sort of weather (and temps) your Plebe may expect for that day. Temps for the rest of this week are expected to be in the Mid 90's with Heat indexes between 95 & 105. Summers in Annapolis are brutally hot and humid. If you're interested in receiving a daily Weather forecast for the Academy, please send us a note (to jsandi@USNA-Net.org) and we'll subscribe you today. To visit the Archives, go to our main web site at www.USNA.org and click on the Archives link in the main menu on the left of the main page. The next page will display links to each of the five main list archives. Just click on one of these links and supply your User Name and Password to gain access. There are hours of solid reading available. Of special interest to new members might be the Archive file from this time last year on USNA-Plebe where many of the same questions have been answered by members last year. Just reading the usna-plebe.200206 (June 02) and usna-plebe.200207 (July 02) files will provide a real primer for those new to Academy life. Plus... You can search our archive files using our Search Engine which is also accessible from the Archive link on the main page. Happy Hunting. 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 Jun 25 09:39:16 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h5PDdG6M036852; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:39:16 -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-227.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.227]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9) id h5PDdELW036816 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:39:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <181501c33b1f$2c7efa90$6401a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Upper-Class Volunteers Needed on I-Day Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:39:11 -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... The Academy has contacted us and requested that Sandi and I coordinate our parents' efforts on behalf of Unaccompanied Plebes on I-Day. As you may know, many of our members who are local to the area, attend the I-Day Swearing In ceremony and provide our personal phones to Unaccompanied Plebes for them to call home during that half hour period while most Plebes meet with Mom & Dad along Stribling Walk ollowing the Swearing In. We will be doing this again this year in conjunction with the Chaplain's Center and several other Service Organizations who will be joining us through the Chaplain's office. WE NEED UPPER-CLASS PARENTS TO VOLUNTEER again this year. In order that we coordinate this effort as well as possible and to Identify us to the Plebes, the Academy has requested that we supply the names of our volunteers in advance so that the Academy may provide Name Tags to all of us who will be providing cell phones at the Mexican Monument, the Official Unaccompanied Plebe Area. WHAT WE NEED... Your Name, Parents Club Affiliation and Cell Phone number (so that we can contact you on the yard, if needed.) WHEN WE NEED IT... Today, if possible - otherwise, ASAP. PARENTS' CLUBS... If upper-class members of your Parents Club will be on the Yard and wish to participate in the Unaccompanied Plebe Phone Program, please contact us TODAY with a list of names of those who will be attending from your club. We will be sure to include them in our group and provide name tags to all of them as well. (If you can't give us specific names, we need an estimate of the number of parents with phones so that extra name tags will be on hand for last minute arrivals/volunteers.) If you have already contacted either Sandi or me saying you would help, please do so again so that we have a current & complete list for the Academy by the end of the day. Again, this is being done at the request of the Academy and everyone's cooperation is needed. A NOTE TO '07 PARENTS... On I-Day, you will be busy with your own Plebe during this time and we want to make sure that you understand that we do not want to enlist you assistance this year in this effort. The time after Swearing In is YOUR time with YOUR Plebe. Please enjoy that time. We don't want you to be bothered with this effort this year - maybe next year. 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! ================================================