From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Thu Jun 3 08:24:27 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i53CORmk076445; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 08:24:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i53COO2b076435 for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 08:24:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <249201c44965$b5d66df0$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Some USNA-Net Housekeeping Chores Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 08:24:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Just a few quick notes about posting messages to our lists... While everyone has been really great about keeping Plebe issues on the USNA-Plebe list (Thank you , Thank you!) I wanted to remind our members about a few things that will make administering these lists easier on your Moderators. Please do NOT quote the Entire Original Email in your responses... ================================================== In order to cut down on duplication in our archives which makes searching them more difficult, our server stopped accepting messages which quote the original message in the response last February. It may seem like a petty detail but when we're dealing with dozens of messages daily and they sometimes contain copies of copies of copies, there is dome awesome message bloat. Just set your email program preferences to not include the original in your responses to our lists or delete the quoted original before you hit the send key. If you need to remind the reader of the original question, include just a small snippet of the original instead of the entire message. Don't send questions intended for the group to my personal email address... ======================================================== I'm constantly flattered that so many of you write directly to me with your questions at mzets@USNA-Net.org but doing that creates tons of extra work for your already overloaded Moderators. Please make sure that you address your "group" questions to the appropriate list address at... USNA-Family@USNA-Net.org for General Brigade related issues. USNA-Plebe@USNA-Net.org for all Plebe related issues. USNA-Prayer@USNA-Net.org for all Religious issues and prayer requests. My private email address at mzets@USNA-Net.org SHOULD be used if you want to post a message anonymously or if you have administrative matters like list subscription requests, changes of address, requests for passwords, etc. to discuss. We're growing by leaps and bounds... ============================= As of this morning, our entire membership numbered 3,286 USNA Families with 487 new '08 members. For the first time '08 parents outnumber '04 parents who have shrunken to 475 since Commissioning. Welcome aboard for the new parents, farewell to those members of the Class of '04 who are electing to move on. Of course you're all welcome to stay as long as you want. Please remember that this is our busiest time of year at USNA-Net for administrative items like adding/dropping membership in lists, changes of address, new subscriptions. Plus message traffic volume overall is up as Plebe Summer approaches. Please be patient, use the delete key with abandon and things will eventually settle down to a more normal pace. :>) Whatever that is. If you seem to be having a problem with your service, give your question or request a couple of days to take effect. If we still haven't made the requested change, ask us again. We can't be at the computer 24/7. Vacation Suspensions... ====================== If you wish to have your email from USNA-Net suspended for vacation or an extended period, send a private email to me at mzets@USNA-Net.org ON THE DAY YOU WANT MAIL TO STOP. Tell us how long the suspension is for. Then, when you get back or want the mail to resume, SEND US ANOTHER EMAIL TELLING US TO REINSTATE YOUR MEMBERSHIP. We cannot stop mail for less than two weeks and we just can't keep track of notices which come in advance. There are simply too many of you to be private secretaries for, booking your suspension a week in advance and remembering to restart service in another three weeks. We'll gladly do the Vacation suspension but you have to tell us on the day of suspension and with a separate email again when you want service to resume. Thanks sooooo much. The above items will help with more than half of our administrative problems on this end for the moment. Please make sure that YOU recruit an '08 parent between now and I-Day... ======================================================== You are a member of USNA-Net because someone encouraged you to join. You know the value of USNA-Net membership. Please don't let other parents go through this summer without the benefit of membership. Find new parents in your local area, contact your local parents club and go to their summer meeting, encourage everyone you meet to visit our web site at www.USNA.org. You know they won't be sorry. It's free. It works. Imagine your life without USNA-Net. Don't let any other parent suffer without our help as they drop off their son or daughter on I-Day. It's just 26 days and a wake up away. We need to find the rest of the '08 parents soon. We're running out of time to really be of help. Do your have your copy of the new Brief Points - 3rd Edition? ============================================== Ross Mackenzie's newest publication is shipping from the publisher as of last month. USNA-Net is referenced in several locations within the book and Sandi and I are actually acknowledged as contributors in the Acknowledgements. Our Thanks to Ross for allowing us to participate. We hope that our input made a difference and solidly improved this latest (and greatest) revision to the all time CLASSIC reference book for parents of Midshipman. If you don't have the latest copy, you can order it from the main page of our web site at www.USNA.org. Just look for the "Must Read Books" graphic on the far right of the home page. New, updated content and a glossary of "Midspeak" that is the best in the world. Finally a book that explains in today's "parental" English what all that "slang' is actually saying. The book is worth buying just for that. Get it now and be prepared for I-Day. Cell Phone Volunteers needed again this year... ===================================== Again this year, USNA-Net and several other groups including several Christian Fellowship organizations in conjunction with the Chaplain's Office will be assisting UNACCOMPANIED Mids on I-Day. YOUR CELL PHONE is needed following the swearing in ceremony at the Mexican Monument (the four canons in the middle of Stribling Walk) where we will allow any unaccompanied Plebe to use our cell phones to dial home and talk to mom and dad during that twenty minutes after the ceremony when all the other Plebes will be meeting with parents for the last time. Drop me a note (mzets@USNA-Net.org) to let us know if you can join us on the Yard on I-Day, 30 JUN 04 at 1800 with your cell phone(s). Bring more than one if you can. We had over 50 parent volunteers last year and helped maybe 100 or so unaccompanied Plebes to phone home following the swearing in ceremony. We have pics of the callers from the last several years in our photo gallery on the web site. Imagine how much it meant for those plebe parents in years past to hear from their Plebe for those 20 minutes when they couldn't be with them in person. Won't you please help us if you'll be in the area? And if our '08 parents who will be there with their own kids can lend us a spare phone for a half hour, we'll be certain to return it following the event. We don't need your body, we just need your phone. I'll be writing more as I-Day approaches. Best of luck to all the '04 parents as they depart and Welcome Aboard to all our new members. You've just joined the biggest and best "Family" you'll ever find. 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" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sat Jun 5 08:16:43 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i55CGhkf071650; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 08:16:43 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i55CGfDB071644 for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 08:16:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <0ee101c44af6$f8470270$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Our growing numbers.... Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 08:16:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... This morning when I checked the web site, I noticed that for the first time this year, our Stats showed that we now have 501 Families enrolled from the Class of '08. That's wonderful news so early in the summer. We're well on track to having the Class of '08 be the largest class of Parents in our six year history. We wanted to thank everyone out there who has helped find and recruit all of these new members so early in the cycle. After all, the sooner we find these parents the better (and easier) it is for the entire family. The more that these parents and Plebes know BEFORE I-Day, the easier the transition will be into Plebe Summer and beyond. Think how much more you know today than you did 24 days before YOUR I-Day. For those of you in earlier classes who didn't find us until after your I-Day, imagine how much better off all these '08 Families will be for having access to our resources before they make that next big step. As June zips past us, many of you will be attending meetings or picnics over the next few weekends held by your local clubs to introduce yourselves with the new '08 parents in your area. We've made it easy to share information about USNA-Net with them at these meetings. First, just remember our web address... www.USNA.ORG That's right. DOT ORG! Next, about five years ago, we decided that all of our members should carry a few of our USNA-Net Business Cards around to pass out whenever they had an opportunity to talk about our group. The Cards are in Word Format on our main page. Just scroll down to the bottom of the home page and click on the link in the middle of the page that says "USNA-Net Business Cards." Print out a few and pass them along to all the new members at your next Parents Club Meeting. What's that you say? You're not a member of your local Parents Club? Shame on you. June is "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENTS CLUB MONTH" on USNA-Net. Find your local group and attend the summer picnic meeting. It's loads of fun and the amount of information you will find there is astounding. Not only that, but where else will you find someone who truly understands your compulsion to wear all that USNA logo clothing???? Or who won't roll their eyes in confusion or anguish when you start talking again about PRT or YPs or your Mid's Herndon??? What's a herndon? Did it require surgery? Your local club speaks "Navy" as a FIRST language. Make sure you find them soon. To locate the nearest club, visit our web site at www.USNA.org and click on Parents Club Web Sites in the main menu on the left of the home page. There is a map showing all the clubs with web sites PLUS a link to EVERY local club president at the bottom of that page. It sometimes takes the Academy a while to update the names and contact information as it all changes every year but the past presidents will always be happy to point you in the right direction. So, to the 501 NEW members of USNA-Net from the Class of '08, WELCOME ABOARD! And to the other 2,779 members of the upper-classes and grads, do your part. Help us to help other parents by finding the rest of the Parents of the Class of '08 and getting them to join soon. I'd be willing to bet that we will have over 800 '08 Families signed up if we all tried just a bit harder this year. The Class of '07 peaked at 751 Families last year as our largest single class ever. And the '08 class is on track to bury that record early. To view all these stats, just click on the two links just above the Hit Counter on the bottom left of the home page at www.USNA.org. They're automatically updated every day. Thanks for your time and enjoy your weekends. 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" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Tue Jun 8 05:55:07 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i589t7B6010124; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 05:55:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i589t6Pk010117 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 05:55:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3c9001c44d3e$b2122060$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" References: <13fc01c44d01$731f1760$0302a8c0@NOVA> <004e01c44d26$5b15ae20$6402a8c0@DEUPREE> Subject: usna-net Re: usna-plebe usna-overflowing e-mail while on vacation Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 05:55:14 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... We CAN suspend a membership while you are on vacation as long as the time frame is 14 days or longer. Simply send an email TO THE MODERATORS (not the entire list) at Moderator@USNA-Net.org requesting the suspension. We can't track this stuff in advance for over 3,300 member families, so please send the request ON THE DAY you wish the suspension to begin and send us another email when you return asking for your account to be reinstated. DO NOT RESUBSCRIBE. It causes more work for us on this end. Requests for suspensions of less than 14 days may not be honored. The suspension is a STOP ALL MAIL. We will not HOLD AND DELIVER LATER like the post office. (All back email for all lists is copied in our Archives for when you return.) Thanks so much to all for your cooperation. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Tue Jun 8 13:30:07 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i58HU722089881; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:30:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from NOVA (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i58HU4m4089875 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:30:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <17ff01c44d7e$3da7ed50$0302a8c0@NOVA> From: "Sandi Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Phones for Unaccompanied plebes... Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:30:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Several years ago, a few members of the SouthEast PA USNA Parents' Club showed up on I-Day to meet PA mids whose parents had not accompanied them to I-Day, to supply a cell phone so they could call home after the Induction Ceremony and talk to a familiar voice. At USNA-net, we thought this was a wonderful idea - and figured that, with the help of our members, it might be possible to do the same for ALL of the unaccompanied plebes on I-Day. It worked like a dream. Last year, we had over 60 parents with 60+ cell phones waiting at the Mexican Monument to give those plebes who had arrived for plebe summer alone a chance to call home. I will always remember the first plebe who used my phone last year - as he finished his call with his mother - the tears welling up in his eyes. I gave him a hug and told him that everything would be fine - he straightened his shoulders and said to me, "Yes, ma'am, I'm fine now." And you know what? I'm sure he was! This year, the Chaplain's Office is spearheading the drive to provide cell phones on I-Day for those unaccompanied plebes. Following is a letter sent out this morning: Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 12:32 PM Subject: Calling All NAPC Volunteers! Cell Phones at the Mexican Monument Dear Parent Club Presidents, Editors and Webmasters: The USNA Chaplain's Office and the Naval Academy Alumni Association are soliciting the help of local parent club volunteers for Induction Day, Wednesday, June 30, 2004. After the Swearing-In Ceremony at 1800 many Plebes who are unaccompanied by family members on I-Day will call home on cell phones to connect with their parents during this very special time. A designated area will be set up for them by the Mexican Monument to make these calls. In order to have enough cell phones on hand, we are asking local parent club members to be there to share their phones with the Plebes. We are asking only upper-class parents to volunteer, since Plebe parents will be spending time with their own sons and daughters after the Swearing-In. Presidents, please provide a list of names via email to me of those who will be participating from your NAPC by Monday, June 21 so that we can have name tags ready for your volunteers upon their arrival at the Mexican Monument on June 30. We will need the following information: Name of volunteer:___________________________________________ USNA parent club: ____________________________________________ Phone number: ____________________________________________ If you can be there to help with your cell phone in hand, you can either supply your information directly to your Parents' Club President - or to me. I will also pass along your info to the proper place so that you will have a name tag waiting for you. Mike and I were thrilled with the outpouring of help last year and know that the Chaplain's Office will do a bang-up job to help the plebes. As we were for the past three years, we will again be at the Mexican Monument to provide our cell phones to any plebe who wants to call home on I-Day. Remember, the invitation to help is intended only to upper-class parents - so that all of you 2008 parents can enjoy those last few precious moments with your plebe. So, upper-class parents, if YOU can be there please let us know! Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@usna-net.org) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Sandi Zets" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sun Jun 13 21:58:58 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5E1wwO5017565; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 21:58:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5E1wuTb017555 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 21:58:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <396301c451b3$2a1d5de0$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Fw: NMAA 'Member Alert #1' - Calls to Action Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 21:59:01 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Ladies and Gentlemen, Earlier this evening a member chose to forward a message about the NMAA and it's support of H.R. 4200. This message (and others like it) are considered "Calls to Action" and are strictly forbidden on all of our USNA-Net lists. Such attempts at Political Actions can jeopardize our status as a Non-Profit Organization and cannot NOT be tolerated. Please disregard the subject message and DO NOT respond to our lists or to the posting member with regard to this message. USNA-Net does NOT support nor endorse the NMAA or any of its activities. We are here to provide friendly Advice and Support on Navy Parenting issues. It is our responsibility as Moderators to maintain our group's focus on that Mission. We cannot allow any member to abuse our service for the furtherance of a private agenda. Sandi and I would like to offer our sincere apologies for letting this one "get by" us. Since we cannot possibly read, approve and forward each message sent to our lists, we must rely upon the HONOR SYSTEM under which each of our members is obliged to read and abide by our rules for the benefit of our entire organization. Every once in a while a member sneaks one past us. Rest assured that in this case, it will not happen again. Thank you for your understanding and continued support. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Jun 16 09:13:33 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5GDDXlF010344; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:13:33 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5GDDSQB010324 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:13:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Anonymous Postings... Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:13:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Unfortunately, there has been some confusion on the part of a few members about HOW TO POST an anonymous message to our lists. Please read this so that when YOU need to ask a question anonymously, you will be able to do so with confidence... ALL messages sent to our LIST ADDRESSES go DIRECTLY to the lists. Sandi and I can't possibly read, approve and forward all of the message traffic that goes to our lists during the course of a day. It would mean that we would have to be chained to the computers 24/7 or there would be long delays in transmission while we were away at work or sleeping on the East Coast while members on the West Coast tried to send messages, etc. So ALL of our USNA-Net lists operate as "Unmoderated" lists meaning that a message which is sent to any of our lists is relayed immediately (WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION) to the list members as long as it passes through our automated filters which verify a member's subscription and check for Taboo topics like base security, terrorism and such. These "Direct Delivery" email addresses are... USNA-Family@USNA-Net.org for general topics of interest to our entire membership, USNA-Plebe@USNA-Net.org for ALL Plebe related messages, and USNA-Prayer@USNA-Net.org for all religious messages and prayer requests. Messages sent to these lists are NOT screened by the Moderators before they are posted. Once a message is sent to one of the above addresses, there is nothing that can be done to stop it from being relayed to the list - not even if you contact us immediately and tell us you sent it to the wrong address by accident. Once you hit the send button, it is on its way. IF YOU WISH TO POST A MESSAGE ANONYMOUSLY YOU MUST ADDRESS IT TO... Moderator@USNA-Net.org or send it to either mzets@USNA-Net.org or jsandi@USNA-Net.org which are either my or Sandi's PRIVATE email address. We will then be able to strip your message of your identifying information and send it along to the appropriate list from our own email address. If you wish to respond anonymously to a message you must also send it to Moderator@USNA-Net.org or to our PRIVATE email addresses so that we can process it in the same way. We deeply regret the recent post in which the sender mistakenly sent a message to the list, thinking we could intercept it and anonymize it. But there was nothing we could do to undo the process once it had been sent. Please be careful when addressing mail to our members. Remember too, that all of this is explained in detail in our Frequently Asked Questions on our web site at www.USNA.org. It should be a MUST READ for all of our members BEFORE they post messages to our lists. It might be a good idea to print out this message and keep it near your keyboard for future reference. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Jun 16 16:51:09 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5GKp9UG081624; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:51:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5GKp8Sq081615 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:51:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <00ea01c453e3$a68a4e60$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net '05 Crest Blankets in our Classified Ads Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:51:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... We are always adding ads to the Classified Ads on our web site at www.USNA.org. Every once in a while we get an ad that we just have to make a bit of a fuss over and make sure that all of our members know about it. Of course, as a good USNA-Net member, you regularly scan the Classifieds for new ads - like for Rental Properties, cars for sale, jewelry, computers... all sorts of things. But if I let you miss this one, you'd be more than a little bit angry with your Moderators for not letting you know about it. The Arizona Parents Club is offering Officially Licensed USNA Blankets/Throws for sale at a "knock you back in your seat" price. Two styles are available. One with USNA with the Academy Crest and the other is a gorgeous CLASS of '05 CLASS CREST THROW. Neither is available anywhere else. You have to see these Throws to understand just how magnificent they are. Just visit our web site at www.USNA.org and click on the Classifieds. You can't miss them. They're right at the top of the Classified. While you're there, check out the other ads for all sorts of stuff. Be sure to tell the merchants you place an order with that you saw their ad in our USNA-Net Classifieds. Ads may ONLY be placed by members, so when you order from these merchants, you are ordering from one of our own. Remember that VIEWING our Classifieds can be done by anyone (not just members), so tell all your friend and relatives about these blankets and let them have a look, too. Good luck to the Arizona Parents Club on this fund raiser. We hope you SELL OUT in the first couple of days. 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" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Thu Jun 17 11:27:42 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5HFRglK033268; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:27:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5HFReRS033254 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:27:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <260101c4547f$a1bb4140$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net I-Day "eve" Christian ECA Gatherings Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:27:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... There are THREE mesages here FYI. Please scan them all. - Mike Zets, Moderator. ======================================================== Dear Parent's Club Leaders My name is Tom Thompson (USNA '73 & retired submariner). I am the staff coordinator for the Officer's Christian Fellowship ministry at USNA. OCF is an authorized extracurricular activity for midshipmen at USNA, and a fellowship of Christian officers in the fleet. Officers' Christian Fellowship will host a welcome gathering and ice cream social for the Class of 2008 the day before Induction day (29 June) at 7PM. Location: The OCF fellowship house, Maranatha Mansion (21 Maryland Ave. - 1 1/2 blocks outside of USNA gate #3 - look for the OCF banner). This is a unique opportunity for these new Mids (and their parents) to meet fellow Christian classmates before plebe summer starts. This spiritual connection often creates bonds of fellowship that provide great encouragement through the summer, and for years to come. Several of our OCF midshipmen will be present as well as some of the officers that are part of the OCF ministry team. We will also have an Open House from 10AM-4PM that same day so that '08s and their families can drop in to ask questions and find out more about OCF at USNA. If you know any members of the new class that might be interested in OCF please let them know about these opportunities. Feel free to pass on my e-mail and phone number (410 268-9288) so that they can contact me directly. You can get more information about USNA-OCF on our website: http://www.usna.edu/OCF. ======================================================== Dear Plebe Parents: Every year the Annapolis Baptist Student Union (an approved Academy Extracurriculur Organization) offers the following help for plebes and their parents: 1. "Come and GO" BarBQ for incoming '08 and family members June 29th 5:30-7:00 at the BSU Center located just outside of Gate 3 at 201 Hanover Street (below the chapel) 2. Free Care Packages during Plebe Summer. BSU offers free care packages for plebes. Any parents, family or friends interested in having their son or daughter receive some additonal "care" during Plebe Summer can request this through the BSU. All that is needed is the full name of your son or daughter, his/her PO Box and if possible Company and Platoon information. For more info email Kirk Ritchey at director@annapolisbsu.org or call 410 263-0963. ======================================================== The evening before I-Day, at least three of the USNA Christian Extra Curricular Activities (ECA) will host get-togethers designed to introduce themselves to the new plebes and their parents. There has already been an announcement for Officer's Christian Fellowship (OCF) and the Baptist Student Union (BSU) usually holds one as well. You are encouraged to attend one or more of these events, just to make contact. Other ECAs include Navigators and Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and there are active Protestant and Catholic Midshipman clubs sponsored by the Chaplains. Campus Crusade for Christ will host its annual "Patio Party" again this year. The get-to-together will be an informal affair with the major purpose of letting the parents and new plebes know what is going on at USNA spiritually, especially through Campus Crusade for Christ. WHEN: It will be held on June 29, 2004 (the evening before '08 I-Day) from 1600 to 1800 -- that's 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. civilian time. (Note to Plebe parents: USNA runs on military time. You should get used to hearing it and start to use it yourself when you relate information to your mid.) WHERE: The event will be held at the Vanderhorst home, 18 East Street. DIRECTIONS: As you exit the Yard through Gate 1, if you went straight ahead, you would be heading NW on King George Street. If instead, you made a left, you would be heading SW on Randall Street. There is a third street that enters that intersection at a 45 degree angle between King George Street and Randall Street. That is East Street. >From Gate 1, proceed west on East Street. Number 18 is the second house on the right. The house is painted yellow with grey trim. There will be a Campus Crusade for Christ sign and some ballons in front. Go through the gate to the back yard patio. Your CCC host and hostess will be John Paul and Billie Berry. All new Plebes-to-be and their families are welcome! PLEASE - If you believe that you will try to attend the reception, please send John Paul and Billie Berry (not the list) a return email indicating how many will be in your group. Their e-mail is jpberrysr@comcast.net. That way, we can begin to get a count. Thanks. You can also call John Paul Berry or his wife, Billie, at 410 216-6040 for additional information. *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Wed Jun 23 14:12:39 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5NICdvR081748; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:12:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5NICatn081735 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:12:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <143801c4594d$ab9159c0$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net PLEBES, BRING YOUR CELL PHONE TO I-DAY! Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:12:39 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... HERE IT IS. IT'S OFFICIAL. PLEBES BRING YOUR CELL PHONE TO I-DAY! We are forwarding this for your information. Be sure to pass it on to ALL concerned parents (both Plebe Parents and Upper-Class Parents)... ----- Original Message ----- From: Nathan Herman, Capt, USMC Aide de Camp Superintendent: United States Naval Academy To: Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 7:27 AM Subject: Cell phone policy: USNA plebe Sir: As per your conversation w/ VADM Rempt Sunday in Detroit, the following is the official policy governing 4/C use of cell phones. Midshipmen are permitted and encouraged to bring their cellular phones with them on Indoctrination Day (I-Day). During the initial 7 weeks of plebe summer, midshipmen will not be permitted to keep their phones in their rooms but they will be kept secured in storage. The phones will be distributed for use during those times designated for placing phone calls. Once the academic year begins, the cell phones will be redistributed and may be kept in the permanent possession of the 4/C. V/R Nathan Herman, Capt, USMC Aide de Camp Superintendent: United States Naval Academy *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Jun 28 23:39:26 2004 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5T3dQgr093030; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:39:26 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5-8b-51.clvdoh.adelphia.net [67.20.105.51]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11) id i5T3dP27093023 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:39:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1e5c01c45d8a$acc79ed0$0202a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Out of Pocket for I-Day... Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:39:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Just a short note to remind all of you that Sandi and I will be attending I-Day in Annapolis. You can find us at the Alumni Ass'n Welcome Picnic between 1030 and 1245 on Hospital Point at the NE Ohio Parents Club Table under the big tent. Since we will be operating from the trusty laptop, we will not be able to get to some of the more routine administrative things like changes of address and add/drop on subscriptions until we return on Thursday afternoon. We appreciate your patience and ask that you hold off on those sorts of things until the end of the week. We'll try to keep things caught up but it's not as easily done when we're "on the road." Also, PLEASE hold off on sending photos to Sandi until at least late Thursday morning. Getting them downloaded while using temporary dial up connections can be a problem. We definitely want to get all the digital pics for the Photo Gallery as soon as possible so that you can start playing "Where's Waldo" looking for your Plebe but please hold off until late Thursday morning at the earliest. Thanks for you cooperation... Mike and Sandi Moderators - USNA-Net *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= JUNE IS USNA-NET'S "JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARENT'S CLUB MONTH!" To locate a club near, go to www.USNA.org Click on "Parents' Club Web Sites" in our Main Menu Your local Parents' Club needs your support. This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= Unsubscribe? Send an email to unsub-all@usna-net.org