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Volume 3, Number 50 22 December 1986
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| - FidoNews - (_| /_) |
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| FidoNet Association | (*) | \ )) |
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| Newsletter ______ |__U__| / \// |
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Editor in Chief: Thom Henderson
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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FidoNews is the official newsletter of the International FidoNet
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Association, and is published weekly by SEAdog Leader, node 1/1.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1/1.
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Copyright (C) 1986, by the International FidoNet Association.
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All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted
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for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances,
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please contact IFNA.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL
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Like Pulling Teeth
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2. ARTICLES
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THE VIEW FROM "DOWN UNDER"
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3. NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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Fidonews Page 2 22 Dec 1986
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EDITORIAL
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Like Pulling Teeth
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My dental hygenist is mad at me. It seems I'm doing everything
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wrong.
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I wouldn't mind if they'd just make up their minds and settle on
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something. But they keep changing what I'm supposed to do!
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I think I've heard four different "proper" ways to brush one's
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teeth in my life. First I was told that one should brush up and
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down in front, and side to side in back. Then I was told that
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one should brush in a rotary motion. Then I was told to brush
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teeth "the way they grow" (whatever THAT means). Now I'm told to
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brush all of my teeth side to side for a few strokes, then away
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from the gums.
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Take dental floss. What could be simpler than dental floss?
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First I was told to use waxed dental floss. Then I was told that
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waxed dental floss was no good, and I should use unwaxed dental
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floss. Now they tell me that unwaxed dental floss can cut your
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gums, so I should only use waxed dental floss.
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If anything at all can be simpler than dental floss, it's gotta
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be toothpicks. I'd always been told that I should never use a
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toothpick. I should use dental floss instead. Never mind what
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kind of dental floss -- it's already too confusing. But if I
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absolutely HAD to use a toothpick, I should never, ever use a
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wooden one, since they can put splinters in your gums.
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You guessed it -- my dental hygenist made me promise to use these
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funny wooden toothpicks several times a day. They're supposed to
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stimulate my gums, or something.
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Fidonews Page 3 22 Dec 1986
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ARTICLES
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Alan Salmon
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Sysop 626/229 PCUG Bulletin Board Canberra Australia
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THE VIEW FROM "DOWN UNDER"
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Hello world... greetings from the Fido Network in Australia.
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I read Ed Rauh's article in FidoNews Volume 7, No. 48 with much
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interest as he was addressing some of the points I raised in my
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correspondence with him. Ed was particularly kind and very
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diplomatic about what I in fact wrote. The terms I used were
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somewhat stronger, but I did consider them valid, nonetheless.
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If the IFNA committee ends up with people who show the interest
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and dedication that Ed displayed in this case, then the future of
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FidoNet is assured. Thanks for your time and trouble, Ed.
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Now, to get to the real point of my article.
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In FidoNews Vol. 3, No. 46, 1 Dec 1986; Doug Mohney (109/74) put
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in his wish list for Fido. Among the items was a "Phone
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Directory" for Fido systems. In fact, I had suggested this very
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thing some months back in a message to FidoNews. (No, I didn't
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have a copy of the FidoNews standards at that time.)
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As I am most interested in this idea, I would seek feedback from
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other sysops on this matter. The benefits of a directory are
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many, but the ones that I see as the real advantages are whether
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a node does international mail, whether it has any special
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interests, membership requirements and an address where potential
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users can contact the sysop to pay membership fees, etc.
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To this end, I am proposing to commence compiling the
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International FidoNet Directory, which will be made available at
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regular intervals on (hopefully) at least one node in each
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region.
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Obviously, the task is a big one. If you would like to help out
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by perhaps maintaining the directory for your own region, please
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contact me via mail or telephone (or by post!).
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Initially, I am seeking the following information:
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Board Name: FidoNet Address:
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Board Telephone Number(s):
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Sysops' Name(s):
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Postal Address:
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Telephone Number: (voice)
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Hours of Operation: Mail Schedules Observed:
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Fidonews Page 4 22 Dec 1986
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Is the Board devoted to a particular speciality? If so, what?
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Is the Board Public?
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Membership fee (if any):
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Does the Board reply to International Mail?
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Any item which is not to be included in the directory should be
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marked 'NFP' (Not For Publication).
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This information can be sent to me in the following ways:
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1. By NetMail to 626/229
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2. By post to: Alan Salmon
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PO BOX 788
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BELCONNEN ACT 2616
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AUSTRALIA
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If you should wish to call me, my telephone numbers are:
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61-62-58-9081 (voice)
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61-62-58-9967 (data)
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Please remember the time difference if you call me on voice!
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Hope to hear from you.
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Regards from "Down Under",
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Alan Salmon.
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Fidonews Page 5 22 Dec 1986
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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17 Jan 1987
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Deadline for voting on the proposed bylaws. Your ballot MUST
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be received by this date!
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17 May 1987
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Metro-Fire Fido's Second Birthday BlowOut! All Fido Sysops
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and Families Invited! Contact Christopher Baker at 135/14 for
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more information.
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24 Aug 1989
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Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
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calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1/1.
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Fidonews Page 6 22 Dec 1986
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*Official IFNA By-laws Ballot
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Official IFNA Articles of Association and By-laws Ballot
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We, the interim directors of IFNA, submit for ratification the
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Articles of Association and By-laws as published in FidoNews
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number 349. In accordance with the recommendation of the By-laws
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Committee, each person listed as the Sysop of one or more FidoNet
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nodes, as of NODELIST.311 dated November 7, 1986, is entitled to
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ONE vote.
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The proposed IFNA Articles of Association and By-laws, as
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published in Fido349.NWS dated December 22, 1986, should be:
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(Check one line) Adopted ________
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Rejected ________
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I am the SYSOP of record a FidoNet node which was listed in
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NODELIST.311 dated November 7, 1986 and have the right to cast
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one vote. There will be ONLY be one vote per person. There will
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be ONLY one vote per net/node number. I understand these rules
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and cast my ballot in accordance with them.
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_______________________ ___________
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Signature Date
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_____/______
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Net Node
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Return this ballot via U. S. Mail to arrive not later than
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January 17, 1987 at:
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IFNA Ratification
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C/O Christopher L. Bonfanti, CPA
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Aselage, Kiefer & Co.
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701 Emerson Road, Suite 201
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Creve Coeur Corporate Center
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St Louis, Mo. 63141-6709
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Aselage, Kiefer & Co. are Certified Public Accountants and will
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provide an independent count of the vote and publish the results
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in FidoNews. Votes received by Saturday, January 17th will be
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included in the results.
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