From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sat Jun 11 11:03:47 2005 Received: (from atomz@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id j5BF3lo5048994; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:03:47 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: atomz set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (69-166-156-115.clvdoh.adelphia.net [69.166.156.115]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j5BF3jXW048987 for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:03:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <0d7f01c56e97$04311610$0402a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Lists, lists and more lists... Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:05:33 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... With all the new members and the recent transition of the Class of '08 to Plebes-No-More, I wanted to review our list structure here at USNA-Net. Even if you think you know all about our lists, please bear with me while I explain it one more time and read this whole email. We have MULTIPLE lists. Most of you belong to more than one, perhaps without even realizing it. Here's how they are set up... USNA-NET is the MASTER list to which EVERYONE belongs. It is a broadcast only list and ONLY the Moderators may post messages. We use it to post news items and general announcement such as this one. USNA-FAMILY is our MAIN member list. EVERYONE belongs to this list also. It is a list for discussions of topics of interest to ALL members and generally deals with... Academy stuff (Sailing, Sports, Parades, exams, schedules, etc.) and Upper-Class Parenting issues (Ring Dance, FPW, 2nd Class loans, Comm Week, etc.). USNA-PLEBE is a list for the discussion of PLEBE related issues. All of our '09 members belong to it PLUS 1,712 Upper Class parents have chosen to remain on the Plebe list to act as Mentors, answering questions and providing council and advice to the new parents. (But remember, everyone on the Plebe list is also on the Net and Family lists.) USNA-PRAYER is our list for Religious needs of our Naval Academy Community. (1,019 Members) This list exists so that our members may make prayer requests and otherwise share messages which are of a Religious nature. All religious references are prohibited on any other list. (Remember, here too, everyone on the Prayer list is also on the Net and Family lists.) USNA-WEATHER is a Broadcast only list which distributes the daily, seven day Weather Forecast for Annapolis each morning. (1,099 Members) USNA-CLUBS is our list for Parents Club Officers, Chairpersons, Newsletter Editors and Webmasters. You must hold one of these offices within your local Parents Club in order to join this list. It routinely discusses fund raising, membership campaigns, meeting events, and other club related issues. It currently has 102 active members who are also members of the Net and Family lists as well. SWORD (Single, Widowed, Or Remarried / Divorced) is our list for parents with special circumstances with which they must deal in addition to all the pressures and issues of our general membership. Having to deal with Ex-Spouses AND I-Day or Commissioning or... Step-Kids AND Girlfriends are things with which we help each other on this list. We even tell new members of this list if their EX is already a member. Confidentiality is paramount on this list. We currently have 149 members on this list and like all the other lists, they are also members of the Net and Family list as well. Remember too, that we offer a DIGEST VERSION of all of our lists, except Weather. The Digest delivers the exact same information as the regular list but instead of getting every individual message as a separate message, we lump them together into larger single messages and send them out whenever the volume dictates. When message traffic is intense (like Plebe Summer) you may get several per day. When things slow down, they may come every other or every third day. Getting the Digest Version can mean significantly less inbox clutter for you. Just request the Digest version and specify which list in a message to Owner@USNA-Net.org. So there you have it. How we're set up. Now if you're tired of getting all those PLEBE notes, ask to be removed from the Plebe list. If you need CONFIDENTIAL help with an ex-spouse, ask to be enrolled in the SWORD list. One last thing... PLEASE don't ever send a message to more than one list. All that does is cause a ton of our members to get it twice and it splits the answers between multiple lists (never a good thing) or sends those answers to more than one list making a real mess of things. Have a great day and don't forget to tell all the '09s you see in the next few weeks about www.USNA.org and all your fine friends here at USNA-Net. 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" ========================================= 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 15 11:02:59 2005 Received: (from atomz@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id j5FF2xI5004927; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:02:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: atomz set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (69-166-156-115.clvdoh.adelphia.net [69.166.156.115]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j5FF2txZ004914 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:02:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <771201c571bb$9da3ade0$0402a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Your Support Is Needed.... Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:05:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Dear Fellow Parents... Can it be almost a year already since we last asked for your help? We last came to you in August of 2004 with our annual appeal for fundraising. Well, a lot has happened in the intervening months. One thing for sure... We've enjoyed unprecidented levels of participation in our organization by parents from all over the country. Normally we would wait another month before beginning our next fund drive but our expenses have gone up enough over the past year as our organization has grown that our operating buffer has been seriously depleted. We have decided to begin the annual campaign now to avoid even the most remote possibility of an interuption of service. So many of us depend on USNA-Net in so many ways that we want to be absolutely certain that we will always be here for you when you need us. So, we're asking again this year that our members dig deep as we pass the hat and send us whatever donation you feel you can afford to offset our operating costs for the coming year. As you all know, our organization is run by a staff of 100% pure volunteers. No one is paid a salary for their participation on our Board of Advisors or as Moderators or Sysops. We rely strictly upon the generosity of these individuals who give so selflessly of their time and expertise... so much so that our entire staff was honored this past spring with the Presidential Volunteer Service Award for their service to our organization. While every hour of time provided by all of those who volunteer to operate USNA-Net, either directly or indirectly, is donated without compensation, we still incur real operating expenses for our server and its connection to the Internet, so we will need your help again this year to help us defray our expenses and keep USNA-Net on the Internet and fulfilling its Mission of "Parents Helping Parents." For those of you who have contributed in the past, we are asking that you do so again. For those of our members who are new to USNA-Net, we ask that you take a moment to send in whatever you can afford. Many of you have written to express your thanks for all that our lists have meant to you over the time you have been a member. Most of you "lurk" - reading everything but writing only when you have a problem or a question which no one else has expressed. To that "silent majority" this is now your opportunity to say Thank You to the entire group with a donation to help keep us going for another year. Rest assured, we totally understand the restraints on family budgets. It's tough sometimes to come up with a few extra dollars. If you can't send something now, we understand. BUT... We really do need our members' support. We like to think of ourselves as the Internet equivalent of Public Television. If you send in your donation, you get to watch PBS. If you don't, you still get to watch all of the same programs but you just don't get to feel quite as good about it. :>) You can find all of the details about how to donate on our website's main page by clicking on the blue DONATE button in the middle of the page. On-line donations (via our secure server) may be made using your Visa or Mastercard with total security and absolute privacy. If you prefer, there is also an address there to which you may mail a check. So on behalf of all of the members of USNA-Net and our Board of Advisors... Thanks so much for your continued support.. Mike & Sandi Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderators for USNA-Net Listservers Webmasters - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message 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 Fri Jun 17 18:27:39 2005 Received: (from atomz@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) id j5HMRd9l049690; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:27:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: atomz set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (69-166-156-115.clvdoh.adelphia.net [69.166.156.115]) by usna-net.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j5HMRbUm049679 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:27:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <2b3701c5738b$c3ec5160$0402a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Class of '09 Parents - MIA? Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:27:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... As this weekend may be the last weekend before I-Day for Picnics and Gatherings put on by your Local Parents Clubs, please be sure to share our web address... www.USNA.org with all of the new parents you meet. YOU are our best advertising. Remember just how much membership in USNA-Net meant to you. Please encourage them to join us BEFORE I-Day!!! Even a couple of weeks of advice and support are invaluable to these parents as they prepare for I-Day. We have Business Cards at the bottom of our web site's main page. Just scroll down to the Go Navy - Beat Army signal flags and the link to the cards is right below. Click and print. Pass them out to everyone you meet and make sure that they know just how valuable this resource is. Thanks, Mike and Sandi Zets Moderators - USNA-Net (Going to I-Day in just ELEVEN DAYS with the NE OH Club!!!) *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! 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