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Dear Fidonet Sysop,
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I have sent this message to yourself, with accompanying files
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attached, in order to let you know about a BBS "network" that you
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may, or may not be interested in. Please allow me a moment to
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explain further. If for any reason you are not interested,
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perhaps you could forward this file onto a local Sysop you think
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who might be interested. However I'm betting that you will be...
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For close to a year now, I've helped run something called
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"UFONET", whose purpose is to act as an unbiased forum where
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those interested in the "UFO phenomenon" may learn about, and
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exchange ideas and opinions with like-minded others. We are a
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100% dedicated UFO oriented network, and offer as our two main
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features, echomail and file areas.
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We are a non-profit organization, and not out to make any
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money whatsoever. We also do not take an editorial stance. Our
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goal is to reach the widest audience, composed of both UFO
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researchers, and the general public. We hope to be home to both the
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"skeptic" and the "believer", along with all those fall inbetween.
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UFONET's organizational structure is loosely organized, with
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only a few requirements. By going this route, we leave ourselves a
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lot of flexibility, and thus make it easier for Sysops to get the
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system setup with a minimum of redtape.
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As a Sysop, you can have <<UFONET>> on your system and let
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it run itself, with a minimum of involvement. However, it would
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be preferable if you as a Sysop had a personal interest in the
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subject itself, so that you can be more involved.
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In addition to carrying the 3 echoes and 1 file library (see
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attached file UFOFILES.ZIP), the only other major thing I require on
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behalf of the Sysops is that once <<UFONET>> is established on your
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system, that either you, or a designated user(s), make an earnest
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attempt to contact Local "UFO researcher's" and make them aware
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(via phone or post) that their presence is welcome and encouraged
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on <<UFONET>>. Sometime in the first 60-days, if something like
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this could be done on one or more occasions, then I would see that
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asfulfilling such a requirement. The reason I have stipulated this,
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besides the obvious advantage their knowledge and experience will
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bring, is that User discussion alone is not enough to make us a
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credible network. Thus I have begun this venture with the clear
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intention of getting legitimate UFO researchers more involved, so
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that the potential of an on-line Network can be sufficiently
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realized.
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However, I don't mean to get ahead of myself here.... By all
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means, please go over the included files carefully, and decide for
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yourself whether or not you might wish to become an affiliated
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node. Upon acceptance (via Netmail or voice-call), I will set you
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up on the Echoes immediately, and will await your correspondence
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towards obtaining the 450+ files which <<UFONET>> offers. We are
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not just an echomail net...with the inclusion of the file library,
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webecome much more than that. If you decide
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to accept, you will also be given a node designation by way of an
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accompanying roman numeral (ie. <<UFONET III>>). You are not req'd
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toadd this designation to your Board's name, although you may do
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so. However, your <<UFONET>> designation should be listed
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off your Main Menu of your BBS, and within the Origin-lines for
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your UFONET echoes.
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Remember, there is NO money involved with this Network...it
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is a non-profit, loosely organized system.
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A few other pieces of info: The UFONET Hub for the time being
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is my own BBS here in Toronto, Canada....for those who are PCP
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<don'tgroan...>, I hope to be transferring this function to a PCP
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BBSsometime after we get established. Echomail...and all new files,
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will be left "on hold" for <<UFONET>> boards... Any new files you
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come across, should be uploaded to <<UFONET I>> in
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order that it may be distributed to the rest of the net. As for our
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450 files, you can have them displayed in whatever format you choose,
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meaning either TXT, ARC, ZIP, LZH, etc. I myself have the entire
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file library in both TXT and ZIP formats, any of which I can mail
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you should you decide to become affiliated with us.
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<<UFONET>> is not affiliated with any commercial, or on-line
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service. We are not associated with the FidoNet "UFO" echo (which
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many of you currently carry). My intention in requesting your conside
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consideration of <<UFONET>> was not to "raid" the "UFO" echo...as I
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hope you will see, <<UFONET>> is much more than just an echomail
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conference. If you are interested in taking that "extra step..." in
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having a echo and file based UFO area on your board, then its my
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hopethat you take a good look at <<UFONET>>.
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Please forward any questions you might have to myself Tom
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Mickus, here at (1:250/440). For the record, I have been Sysoping
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fora year now, and have no particularly outstanding UFO credentials
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of my own, although I certainly feel I have what it takes to act as
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aModerator for something like this. I plan to be as easy going as
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possible, and don't plan to get heavily involved in either
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politics, nor in power-tripping...so have no fear.
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Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Regards,
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-Tom Mickus <<UFONET I>> Moderator January, 1990
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