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Volume 6, Number 38 18 September 1989
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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Dale Lovell
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Thom Henderson
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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FidoNews is published weekly by the International FidoNet
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Association as its official newsletter. You are encouraged to
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submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission
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standards are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from
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node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous Mail system, available for
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network mail 24 hours a day.
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Copyright 1989 by the International FidoNet Association. All
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rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for
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noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances,
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please contact IFNA at (314) 576-4067. IFNA may also be contacted
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at PO Box 41143, St. Louis, MO 63141.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, 164 Shipley Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94107 and
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are used with permission.
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We don't necessarily agree with the contents of every article
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published here. Most of these materials are unsolicited. No
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article submitted by a FidoNet SysOp will be rejected if it is
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properly attributed and legally acceptable. We will publish
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every responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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August 1989 IFNA Board Meetings .......................... 1
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SPA Installs 800 Number to Track Software Piracy ......... 8
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NCLM Sweepstakes ......................................... 9
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The Life and Times of HEX ................................ 11
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OASIS: The Echo for Recovering Overeaters ................ 13
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The President's Report ................................... 15
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2. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 20
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 20
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3. NOTICES .................................................. 23
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 23
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 1 18 Sep 1989
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ARTICLES
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Thom Henderson, c/o 1:107/509@FidoNet
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August 1989 IFNA Board Meetings
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Seems I've been down this road before. The official minutes of
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the IFNA board meeting are late, but I do have my own notes taken
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at the time. As before, they were taken using PC Outline on my
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laptop (a very nice program, if you haven't tried it), and I'm
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interspersing comments now to "fill in the gaps."
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I. 25 Aug 89 17:00 Outgoing IFNA board meeting
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A. Roll call
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1) Bill Bird vice Courtney Harris
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2) Matt Whelan
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3) Matt Whelan vice Bill Bolton
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4) Thom Henderson vice Irene Henderson
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5) Jim Channel vice Scott Miller
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6) Stephen Barnes
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7) John Knox
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8) Don Daniels
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9) Mort Sternheim (chairman)
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10) Tony Davis vice Ted Polczynski
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11) Steve Jordan
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12) Phil Buonomo vice David Melnik
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13) Four vacancies from 24 seats leaves 20, we have a
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quorum
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"Vice" in this context means "in place of", so that "Bill Bird
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vice Courtney Harris" means "Bill Bird sitting as alternate for
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Courtney Harris." Note that Matt Whelan holds two votes -- this
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crops up again later.
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B. Old business
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1) Accepting minutes of last meeting, but we don't like
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them.
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I don't think the official minutes for the February meeting ever
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did get published. Time will tell if the official minutes of
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THIS meeting ever get published.
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C. New business
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1) Agenda for meeting
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a) Election of officers
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b) Appoint group to look into the BIX deal
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c) Appoint group to look into OPCN nodelist
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d) Funding expenses of the IC
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 2 18 Sep 1989
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e) FidoNews editor
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f) Bolton's five motions
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g) Feedback from the floor
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This is the old board setting the agenda for the new board's
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meeting the next day. Standard stuff, and the new board can
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change it (and does).
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D. Motions of thanks
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1) Thank San Jose sysops for a nice con
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a) passed
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2) Thank Vince Perriello for doing FidoNews
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a) passed
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Standard stuff. Vince in particular was thanked because he had
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already tendered his resignation.
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E. Report of the elections
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1) 180 ballots mailed
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2) 62 valid ballots received
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3) Tie in R19, Vietch and Roberts
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a) Amended report to give divisional to guy with more
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overall votes and other guy as a one-year at large
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b) Accepted report as amended
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The Elections Committee wound up with a tie for the Division 19
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seat, so they referred that back to the Board. Since there were
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vacancies in the At-Large seats, the Board decided to give one of
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them the Divisional seat and the other an At-Large seat.
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F. Informal discussion of officers for next year
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G. Adjorn until circa 21:00
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Durned if I remember what the informal discussion was about. I
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think we just tossed around some names of likely people for the
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officer positions. Then the outgoing Board adjorned for dinner,
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with the meeting to resume as the new Board after dinner.
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II. 25 Aug 89 22:00 First meeting of the new IFNA board
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Unfortunately, I didn't take down the roll of who all was at any
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of the other meetings. John Knox was supposed to be doing that.
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Foolish me, I didn't think anyone but me would ever see these
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notes, so I skimped on some of the grunt work.
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A. Motion to allow proxies
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1) passed
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What this is referring to is the business of allowing one person
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to represent more than one Board member. For example, in the
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earlier meeting Matt Whelan sat both on his own behalf and as
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alternate for Bill Bolton, and hence had two votes. This cropped
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up again because several members of the newly elected Board had
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been unable to attend and had made overlapping assignments in
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their alternates. I don't remember for sure how Mort handled the
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vote, but I think he did it by a show of hands of those
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 3 18 Sep 1989
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physically present.
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B. Motion to thank Mort for being chairman
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1) passed
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C. Election of officers.
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1) Chairman of the board
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a) Thom Henderson (elected)
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b) John Knox
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First let me repeat the thanks to Mort Sternheim. The only
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reason he isn't still the Chairman of the Board is that he turned
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it down in no uncertain terms. I'm beginning to understand
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why...
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2) President
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a) Motion to table, passed
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3) Vice President, tabled
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4) VP-TC, tabled
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You'll notice a few things got tabled here. Mostly nobody wanted
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to nominate anybody without having some time to think about it
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and talk to the nominees. We figured we'd hold off on electing
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officers until we could find people who were willing and
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qualified.
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5) Secretary
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a) Chris Vietch, by acclaimation
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6) Treasurer
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a) Chris Vietch, by acclaimation
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7) Acting secretary
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a) John Knox by acclaimation
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In retrospect I'm kind of wondering about these. We didn't have
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official minutes from Chris for the February meeting, after all.
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John got elected because he was there and doing it at the time,
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but I still haven't gotten the minutes.
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D. Motion to recess, passed.
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It was starting to get late at this point, so we called it a
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night. Besides, most of the new Board wanted a chance to go talk
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to the people at FidoCon and get their input on some upcoming
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agenda items.
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III. 26 Aug 89 20:30 Second meeting of the new board
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A. Call to Order
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B. Roll call
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C. Election of IFNA President and Vice-President and
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filling of vacant positions on Board of Directors
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1) Div 3 vacancy
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a) Matt Whelan - by acclaimation
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 4 18 Sep 1989
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b) Appoints Randy Bush as Bill Bolton's alternate
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2) Interruption while Kaplan phones to make Mort
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Sternheim his alternate
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3) At large vacancy
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a) Tony Davis
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b) Tom Jennings - winner
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4) President
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a) Les Koyman - winner
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b) Fabain Gordon
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5) Vice President
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a) Fabian Gordon - by acclaimation
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6) VP-TC
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a) Bill Bolton - winner
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b) Ben Baker
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Some other last-minute appointments happened that didn't make it
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into my notes (remember, I was supposed to be chairing the
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meeting while all this was going on), but the end result is that
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we had 23 out of 24 seats represented, which is the best the IFNA
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board has ever done.
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Now we get to the dull stuff.
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D. Reports from Officers
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1) President, no report
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2) Vice President, no report
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3) Vice President - TC, tabled
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4) Secretary, tabled
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5) Treasurer, tabled
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E. Standing Committee Reports
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1) Executive Committee, no report
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2) Administrative & Finance, tabled
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3) Nomination & Elections
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a) already been done
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4) Technical Standards, no report
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5) Publications, no report
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6) International Affairs, tabled
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7) Membership Services, no report
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8) Membership Data Base, no report
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9) By Laws & Rules Committee
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a) Report filed. No activity to speak of.
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F. Divisional Director Reports
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1) 10 Courtney Harris, no report
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2) 11 Bill Allbritten, no report
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3) 12 Bill Bolton, tabled
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4) 13 Irene Henderson, no report
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5) 14 Ken Kaplan, no report
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6) 15 Scott Miller, no report
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7) 16 Ivan Schaffel, no report
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8) 17 Neal Curtin, no report
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9) 18 Andrew Adler, no report
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 5 18 Sep 1989
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10) 19 John Knox, no report
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11) 2 Henk Wevers, no report
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G. Other committee reports
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1) Ethics Committee
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a) Ethics document submitted, but no report.
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2) Public Affairs, no report
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Do you begin to sense a pattern here?
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H. Old Business
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1) Bill from Tom Marshall
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a) Referred to Executive Committee for action
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The bill, as I recall, was for work Tom Marshall did related to
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the IFNA logo. The Executive Committee was told to look into it
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and do whatever was appropriate.
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2) Tabled items
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a) VPTC report tabled again
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b) Secretary, no report
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c) Treasurers report, tabled
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- Insufficient, no balance sheet
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- Referred to exec comm for high priority action
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d) Admin & Finance, tabled
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The pattern continues.
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I. Exception -- Vince Periello appointed as proxy by Ivan
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Schaffel by phone.
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An exception to the order of the day as Ivan Schaffel phones in.
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J. New Business
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1) Call for additions to New Business
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2) Executive committee appointments
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a) Don Daniels
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b) Karl Schinke
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c) Matt Whelan
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d) Chris Vietch
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3) Ethics document
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a) Referred exec and ethics comm
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More routine stuff.
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4) Paying for IFNA meeting space
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a) Delegated to treasurer
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This is referring to the rent on the rooms where the IFNA general
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membership meeting is to be held.
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5) Nodelist copyright notice
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 6 18 Sep 1989
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a) moved with amendments
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I didn't get the wording of the motion, and now I don't remember
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what it was. The original motion was to radically simplify the
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nodelist copyright statement, but I think it was amended to
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having the executive committee look into it.
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6) Motion to entertain proposals for FidoCon 90.
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a) Rejected
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8) Motion to defend copyright against OPCN Nodelist
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a) Exec committee to look into it and do something
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9) OPCN Nodelist - Theo Polczynski
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a) Fails for lack of second
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10) Motion to fund the International Coordinator
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a) Tabled
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11) Motions to entertain ammendments to bylaws
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a) 02:00 Recess to resume at 08:00 Sunday, passed
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It was that last item that took most of the time. We finally
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broke up at 2 AM with the issue still unresolved.
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IV. 27 Aug 89 08:30 Final meeting / general membership meeting
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A. New bylaws, passed
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1) Recess to the meeting room, passed
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At this point my notes started to suffer a bit from competing
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demands. The New Bylaws motion (which passed) was the amendment
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to clear up the definition of an "At-Large Member" to nail down
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in no uncertain terms that all FidoNet sysops are voting members
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of IFNA. Somewhere in here was the so-called "YPOP motion"
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(yellow piece of paper) calling for the referendum.
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B. Resignation of FidoNews Editor
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1) Vince turns hat around
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"Turning your hat around" is merchie slang for relieving
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yourself. That is, turning a watch over to yourself, or standing
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two watches in a row (I sense somehow that I'm not clearing this
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up very much). It means that when Vince resigned, Vince took
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over as editor of FidoNews.
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C. Motion to accept Policy4 - Phil Buonomo
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1) no second
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D. Motion on BIX and FidoNet echomail - Don Daniels
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1) rejected
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E. Motion to rename IFNA - Bill Bolton
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1) tabled
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F. Motion for affirmation of IFNA's interests - Bill Bolton
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1) referred to exec committee
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G. IFNA FidoNet policy document - Don Daniels
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H. Adjournment
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 7 18 Sep 1989
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Towards the end my note-taking REALLY suffered, for two reasons.
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We were in the meeting room for the general membership meeting
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and I couldn't put my laptop in a convenient location, and we
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adjourned with only about five minutes left before checkout time
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so I had to dash back up to my room. I remember that Bill
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Bolton's motions got light treatment because they were mostly
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rendered moot by the YPOP motion. I don't really remember what
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Don's motions were about.
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Anyway, there you have it. Those are the notes I have on what
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happened at the Board meeting. I haven't given up hope yet on
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getting official minutes, but I'm hopping mad about the delay.
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 8 18 Sep 1989
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SPA Installs 800 Number to Track Software Piracy
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September 11, 1989(Washington,D.C.)-The Software Publishers
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Association announced today that it has installed a toll
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free 800 number to track reports of software piracy. The
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number is 1-800-388-PIR8.
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The toll free line will enable users to report cases quickly
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and easily of unauthorized duplication of software through
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unauthorized sales, hard disk loading, internal corporate
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copying and electronic bulletin boards.
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"Until now, users and aggrieved individuals have had no
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clear vehicle through which they could report serious
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copyright violations" said SPA Executive Director Ken Wasch.
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"Now the 800 number will make it easy for individuals to
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report cases of software piracy. All reports to the SPA
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will be followed up. Hopefully through 'cease and desist'
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letters, litigation against copyright violators may be
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avoided."
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Through the SPA Copyright Protection Fund, the SPA has filed
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over 20 lawsuits against dealers, mail order operations,
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technical colleges and corporations who have sold or used
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unlawful copies of software. The SPA's litigation efforts
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are complemented by an ongoing public awareness campaign
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that educates users about the lawful use of software through
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the SPA publication, "Software Use and the Law", as well as
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through anti-piracy advertisements that run in trade
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journals and the general press.
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Individuals wishing to report cases of software piracy
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should contact the Piracy Hotline at 1-800-388-PIR8. Anyone
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desiring copies of "Software Use and the Law" may contact
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the SPA by sending a self addressed stamped envelope.
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The Software Publishers Assocition is the principal trade
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group of the PC software industry. It's over 525 members
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include the leading publishers in the business, consumer,
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education and vertical software markets.
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 9 18 Sep 1989
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Butch Witherspoon
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Fido 1:288/525
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National Computer Learning Month
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COMPUTER LEARNING FOUNDATION 1989 SWEEPSTAKES
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Computer Learning Month Certified School Sweepstakes
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4 Grand prizes: Two schools in each category, drawn at random
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from the entries recieved that meet the criteria as computer
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learning month certified schools, will each recieve a computer
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system.
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10 Second prizes: Five computer learning month certified schools
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in each category will be drawn at random to recieve software
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programs.
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All computer learning month certified schools: A computer
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learning month certified school award certificate - level I
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and/or level II, depending on the level(s) achieved, and a press
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release for publicising your school's acomplishment in local
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papers.
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Description: The computer learning foundation wants to encourage
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more teachers to get involved in using computers in thier
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classroom, to try software programs they haven't used before and
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to develop lesson plans that integrate computers and software
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into the curriculum. We also want encourage state and county
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departments of education and local schools to provide teachers
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with in-service time for trying different software, developing
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lesson plans and sharing thier knowledge with one another. Upon
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reciepts of the entry form, the computer learning foundation will
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verify eligability, automatically enter qualifying schools in the
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Sweepstakes and send the school principal a computer learning
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foudation certified school certificate for the appropriate
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level(s) and a press release tosend to local papers to recieve
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public recognition for the schools effort.
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Rules: To be eligable to enter the sweepstakes, a school must be
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a computer learning month certified school - Lvel I and/or Level
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II. If your school qualifies for both levels, you will be entered
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in both categories of the sweepstakes, so you will have two
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chances of winning.
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Computer learning month certified school - Lvel I:
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Between July 1, and November 30, 1989, every teacher in the
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school must try three sofware programs they have not tried
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before. While many teachers can try the same programs, we
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encourage teachers to each review different programs and share
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thier knowledge with each other. To enter: (1) set up a teacher
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participation form with the following headings: Teacher name(s)
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that developed the plan, grade, title of leson plan, the
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signature of the teacher(s) that developed the plan; (2) attach
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one copy of each lesson plan to the teacher participation form;
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and (3) complete the contest entry form, and have the principal
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sign it. Remember, the individual teachers may also submit thier
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lesson plans to the lesson plan contest if they meet the
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 10 18 Sep 1989
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criteria; however, each submission to the lesson plan contest
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must include a seperate entry form.
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For more information contact Butch Witherspoon, Fido 1:288/525 or
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write to NCLM Echo, P.O. Box 8045, Granite City, IL 62040-8045.
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FidoNews 6-38 Page 11 18 Sep 1989
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A Windy City Yarn
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HEX
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Copyright (c) 1989
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James Zachary
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I'd like to introduce y'all to Mr. Steve Bonine, ZONE 1
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COORDINATOR of FIDONET. I'm proud to call Steve a personal
|
||
friend of mine. Judging by the blatant accusations and not so
|
||
subtle innuendo from a few folks, there is a need for me to
|
||
shed some true light as to what Steve is really like.
|
||
|
||
Steve and I first met in prison ... uh, noooooo, lessee here
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
Actually, Steve and I first met at the KScope Bar and Grill
|
||
during a get-together for members of the now defunct Computer
|
||
Guild Street Gang of Chicagoland. Steve came roaring up on his
|
||
Harley Davidson ... hmmmm, maybe that was Lady Mingette ...
|
||
anyway, in walks this 6'8'' hulk of a man with shoulder length
|
||
hair and railroad-spike earrings ...uh, noooo, that was Ingvar
|
||
Mike ...
|
||
|
||
I guess The Bruiser served up a few too many of Dr. Dick's
|
||
Oxide Bombers for me to really remember very much of that
|
||
night. However, the brawl did lead to sobriety, tolerance and
|
||
a sustained period of peace. (We all got 30 days).
|
||
|
||
I think Steve made bail first since the police couldn't match
|
||
the bloodstains with any on his knife. Zappie was indicted for
|
||
drunken walking so, since they already had his driver's license
|
||
for speeding (in a stolen patrol car), his shoes were removed
|
||
for 36 months. Ingvar Mike and his cousin, Grudd, kicked
|
||
through the walls of Cook County Jail, grabbed the fair
|
||
Mingette and they haven't been heard from since.
|
||
|
||
I get the impression that many of y'all think Steve is not
|
||
sensitive to the feelings of others. I'm here to tell ya that
|
||
the man is so responsible that during the latest anti-gun and
|
||
animal-rights crusades, even though he is an avid hunter, he
|
||
gave up shooting deer. He now chases them down on foot and
|
||
eats them alive.
|
||
|
||
The rumor of Steve working in 'mainframe-security' is partially
|
||
correct. He isn't a programmer, he carries them from building
|
||
to building, chained to his wrist. His nickname, HEX, is not
|
||
derived from Hexadecimal --- he simply has this thing about
|
||
sticking Bowie knives into voodoo dolls while mumbling
|
||
incantations.
|
||
|
||
The man is an accomplished author with books like "Think and Go
|
||
Bitch","I'm OK, You're KO'd", "The Sixty Minute Mugger" and
|
||
"The Power of Positive Punching" to his credit.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 12 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
He is really not as power hungry as y'all think. The title
|
||
'ZONE 1 COORDINATOR OF FIDONET' somehow gave him the idea that
|
||
he was to get that big-money job as the top dogcatcher for
|
||
Chicago's Humbolt Park area.
|
||
|
||
Since much of the old gang is out on parole, on Saturday,
|
||
September 23rd, we will be getting together over at Steve's for
|
||
a good-old-fashioned family barbecue (Steve is letting his wife
|
||
and kids burn his tattoos off). I'm sure he wouldn't mind me
|
||
inviting all 6000 Fidonet SysOps over to his place. It's BYOB
|
||
(Bring Your Own Bail). Find out for yourselves that he is more
|
||
evil than what you have ever imagined. If you are going to
|
||
sling mud, please learn to do it up right!
|
||
|
||
Formal 'leather and chains' attire is required. Steve's house
|
||
is easy to find. It's next to the El Rukn Temple; just look
|
||
for his black Hearse, license plate IKEELU, in the driveway.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 13 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
OASIS: The Echo for Recovering Overeaters.
|
||
by Jim A. 1:125/32
|
||
|
||
|
||
My name is Jim and I have an eating disorder. I started
|
||
out as a fat kid, and went through all of the traumas that fat
|
||
kids go through in our society. I went on my first diet when I
|
||
was ten years old, and promptly lost about 30 pounds, which was
|
||
half of what I needed to lose at the time. However, in a short
|
||
time I gained it all back, plus a few additional pounds with
|
||
interest. That was the basic story of my life: I would go on
|
||
diets, lose some weight, and then gain back even more.
|
||
|
||
I tried lots of different diet and exercise schemes, but
|
||
none of them gave me any relief from my food addiction. Why
|
||
should they? The diets treated only the weight, which is only a
|
||
symptom of my eating disorder. I am just like an alcoholic with
|
||
food. I was never satisfied with one piece of candy because I
|
||
always wanted more. Although I always pretended to be on a diet,
|
||
secretly I would binge on Pounder Bags of M&M's. At my peak I
|
||
could finish a Pounder Bag in about ten minutes and then go for a
|
||
large Nestle's Crunch Bar for dessert.
|
||
|
||
Unfortunately, the laws of thermodynamics have not been
|
||
repealed in my case. My massive overeating led to morbid obesity.
|
||
At my peak I was 110 pounds heavier than I am now.
|
||
|
||
I found help in Overeaters Anonymous. OA makes use of the
|
||
successful principles of recovering from addictions that were
|
||
pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. Overeaters Anonymous is not a
|
||
diet club, but a non profit fellowship of men and women with
|
||
eating disorders who help themselves by helping others like
|
||
themselves. There are no dues, fees, required diets, or weigh
|
||
ins. The ONLY requirement for membership is the desire to stop
|
||
overeating compulsively. OA has helped me to take those 110
|
||
pounds off and keep them off for over seven years.
|
||
|
||
Since I am also a bbs user, I started a bbs that has a
|
||
strong orientation to the OA program. It is called the OAsis and
|
||
it is very similar to the other Anonymous/Recovery bbs systems
|
||
such as those that were mentioned in the August 28, 1989 issue of
|
||
Newsweek. On the OAsis board, other people interested in
|
||
recovering from eating disorders share their experience in how to
|
||
live life without overeating.
|
||
|
||
There is now a backbone echo that allows users from all
|
||
over to share in this form of mutual support. It is called the
|
||
OASIS. If you think that some of your callers might be
|
||
interested in recovering from obesity, compulsive overeating, and
|
||
related eating disorders, then you might be interested in
|
||
carrying the OASIS echo. If you have any questions, please feel
|
||
free to check out the OASIS bbs at 415-658-5397, or net mail me
|
||
at 1:125/32.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 14 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
One node at a time,
|
||
|
||
Jim A.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 15 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
The President's Report
|
||
Les Kooyman
|
||
Fido 1:204/501
|
||
|
||
It's my pleasure to address you here in what I intend to be a
|
||
continuing series of reports on what's going on in IFNA from my
|
||
perspective. In this first report, there are a number of pressing
|
||
items that need to be discussed. In issues to come some of these
|
||
topics, particularly those relating to the upcoming IFNA plebi-
|
||
scite, will receive further attention. Feedback (comments, cor-
|
||
rections, curmudgeonly-advice, etc.) on what appears here is
|
||
always welcome. I've made mistakes before and I expect I will
|
||
make more; none of us is perfect. I'd appreciate a copy of your
|
||
comments at 1:204/501, but there's always the traditional method
|
||
of reply via FidoNews article. With the author's permission I'll
|
||
print excerpts of correspondence received if it is of general
|
||
interest. Please forgive the length of this first report, there
|
||
are some basic points this week that I only need to cover once.
|
||
|
||
Items this week
|
||
|
||
That said, I'd like to touch on the following items this week:
|
||
|
||
* What does the President of IFNA do?
|
||
* What's going on with the plebiscite?
|
||
|
||
What Does the President do?
|
||
|
||
Here are the sections of the Bylaws of IFNA and the Articles of
|
||
Association of IFNA which deal with the office of the President.
|
||
This list is, to my knowledge, complete and all-inclusive.
|
||
|
||
From the Articles of Association:
|
||
|
||
|
||
VI. During the intervals between meetings of the Board of
|
||
Directors, the affairs of the Corporation shall be
|
||
administered by an Executive Committee consisting of the
|
||
President, four Directors selected by the Board of
|
||
Directors, and, without vote, the Vice President and Vice
|
||
President - Technical Coordinator. The term of office for
|
||
the Executive Committee members shall be for one year or
|
||
until their successors are elected. The Executive
|
||
Committee shall meet at the call of the President, but no
|
||
less often than quarterly. The Executive Committee may in
|
||
its discretion submit for determination or decision by
|
||
members of the Board of Directors any proposal pending
|
||
before the Executive Committee. When such submission is
|
||
made, it shall be in precise terms embodying the text of
|
||
the proposed resolution. Such action shall be binding upon
|
||
the Executive Committee.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 16 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
VIII. The officers of the Corporation shall be a
|
||
President, a Vice President, Vice President - Technical
|
||
Coordinator, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall be
|
||
elected by a majority of the Directors at the Annual
|
||
Meeting.
|
||
|
||
From the Bylaws:
|
||
|
||
|
||
25. The President shall, subject to instruction from the
|
||
Board of Directors and with the assistance of the Vice
|
||
President, represent IFNA in its relationships with the
|
||
public and the various governments, governmental agencies
|
||
and officials with which IFNA may be concerned and shall be
|
||
the official spokesperson of IFNA in regard to all matters
|
||
of IFNA policy.
|
||
|
||
26. In the absence or disability of the President, the
|
||
Vice-President shall assume the duties of the President.
|
||
|
||
28. The Treasurer shall: b) sign checks drawn by the
|
||
President in payment of obligations known by him to be
|
||
proper and authorized;
|
||
|
||
30. Standing committees: a) The following standing
|
||
committees are established: Administration and Finance;
|
||
Executive Committee; Nominations and Elections; By-Laws and
|
||
Rules; Technical Standards; Publications; International
|
||
Affairs; Membership Services.
|
||
|
||
b) Each standing committee shall include among its members
|
||
at least one (1) Director. Additionally, the Treasurer
|
||
shall serve as a member of the Administration and Finance
|
||
Committee. Initial appointments of all standing committee
|
||
members shall be made by the President at the ANNUAL
|
||
MEMBERSHIP MEETING. Additional appointments may be made
|
||
periodically by the President or the President's designate.
|
||
The Chairman of the Board shall designate the chairman of
|
||
each committee. The terms of office for all Committee
|
||
Members shall extend only until the next ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
|
||
MEETING. Standing committees shall make written reports
|
||
within thirty (30) days prior to each regular meeting of
|
||
the Board of Directors. Standing committees shall
|
||
originate studies in their fields and shall generate
|
||
recommendations to the Board on their own initiative.
|
||
|
||
31. The Administration and Finance Committee: f) Makes
|
||
recommendations to the Board and the President in areas of
|
||
staff management, procedures and renumeration.
|
||
|
||
32. The Membership Services Committee performs studies and
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 17 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
makes recommendations to the Board, and acts as advisor to
|
||
the President, with regard to services provided to
|
||
individual members, other than publications and including,
|
||
but not limited to the ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING.
|
||
|
||
33. The Publications Committee performs studies and makes
|
||
recommendations to the Board, and acts as advisor to the
|
||
President, with regard to IFNA's publications, including
|
||
FidoNews.
|
||
|
||
|
||
39. There shall be an official publication maintained by
|
||
IFNA, in the form of a weekly journal, the name of which
|
||
shall be FidoNews. A copy of this journal shall be
|
||
available each week to all listed nodes. The general
|
||
management of this journal shall be in the hands of the
|
||
President. The policy of the journal shall be to publish
|
||
all submitted articles of interest to the FidoNet
|
||
community, within the bounds of legality and good taste.
|
||
|
||
(End of Articles and Bylaws excerpts)
|
||
|
||
From the above you can see that the office of the President is
|
||
not a policy-making position; it is an executive position. The
|
||
greatest "power" is the ability and responsibility to appoint
|
||
members of IFNA's committees. This means that as President, I do
|
||
not set the policy, I implement it. This has consequences for the
|
||
following items I'd like to discuss.
|
||
|
||
What's going on with the Plebiscite?
|
||
|
||
Here's the resolution passed by the IFNA BoD at FidoCon '89 in
|
||
San Jose:
|
||
|
||
We, the representatives of the International FidoNet
|
||
Association, have heard a cry for democracy in the administration
|
||
of the network. As IFNA is supposed to represent the interests
|
||
of the sysops, and as such representation is deemed to have
|
||
failed, be it hereby resolved that:
|
||
|
||
Without a mandate from the sysops of FidoNet, IFNA has no purpose
|
||
or reason for existence.
|
||
|
||
THEREFORE, the board proposes the following action, of which
|
||
failure to pass will mean the dissolution of IFNA:
|
||
|
||
It is hereby resolved that a special election be held for
|
||
consideration by the Sysops of FidoNet of the following:
|
||
|
||
IFNA shall be empowered to re-draft the bylaws of IFNA and to
|
||
draft a Policy document for FidoNet. Such documents are to
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 18 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
include:
|
||
|
||
1. An independent judicial system.
|
||
|
||
2. A reduced size Board of Directors, to be completely
|
||
reseated in an election on or before FidoCon 1990.
|
||
|
||
3. Better representation from outside the United States.
|
||
|
||
4. Make each sysop in FidoNet a member in IFNA with all
|
||
rights and privileges of membership.
|
||
|
||
Voting for referendum of this document shall be completed on or
|
||
before December 1, 1989. The rules of the election shall make it
|
||
clear that failure of the election to approve the questions
|
||
presented shall result in the current Board of Directors acting
|
||
under Article XII to dissolve the corporation.
|
||
|
||
In addition, it shall be made clear that approval must be gained
|
||
from a majority of the eligible nodes in the nodelist in effect
|
||
at the time of the election.
|
||
|
||
(End of BoD resolution)
|
||
|
||
The Chairman of the BoD, Thom Henderson, has noted that the
|
||
following must be done by IFNA prior to December 1, 1989:
|
||
|
||
|
||
1) Run a net-wide vote of all sysops asking if IFNA should
|
||
manage FidoNet.
|
||
|
||
2) Win the vote by a clear majority of all sysops.
|
||
|
||
3) Draft new bylaws and a new policy document.
|
||
|
||
And by February 1, 1990:
|
||
|
||
4) Run another vote for approval/disapproval of the proposed
|
||
bylaws and policy.
|
||
|
||
5) Have the proposed bylaws and policy approved by the
|
||
membership (i.e. the sysops).
|
||
|
||
Even though this is the stated order, it has been commented by
|
||
several folks in the DEMOCRACY and SYSOP echo conferences that
|
||
there needs to be some indication of the direction of the new
|
||
bylaws and policy prior to the December 1, 1989 vote, or the vote
|
||
is likely to be "no" due to a lack of information. I agree. I am
|
||
making it a high priority to see that this effort goes on concur-
|
||
rently with the effort to organize the election itself. I believe
|
||
that the Sysops of FidoNet have the right to know what the direc-
|
||
tion of IFNA is going to be if they are going to cast an informed
|
||
vote.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 19 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
The election procedure will be determined by the nominations and
|
||
elections committee of IFNA. As soon as that work is done, I will
|
||
publish it here. The bylaws and policy drafts will be done by the
|
||
bylaws and rules committee of IFNA. At this time, however, I
|
||
believe it would be a very good idea if the policy effort were
|
||
open for input from all in FidoNet who care to participate. To
|
||
this end, I am conducting discussions with Jason Steck and others
|
||
involved in the POLICY5.DEM effort, to see if that effort can be
|
||
folded in to the job of preparing a draft policy under IFNA's
|
||
name. The discussions to this point have not been conclusive, so
|
||
I cannot at this time make an announcement that there is an
|
||
agreement in principle to co-operate on this. However, I hope to
|
||
be able to bring this news to you soon.
|
||
|
||
In addition to all this, I understand that there is some question
|
||
as to whether or not proper policy has been followed in amending
|
||
the bylaws to make all FidoNet sysops members of IFNA. There is
|
||
reason to believe that a special election of the 200 or so paying
|
||
members of IFNA must be held prior to this bylaw change being
|
||
ratified. I am working on this as my highest priority, because
|
||
there is the possibility that without it no vote can be held in
|
||
December.
|
||
|
||
Summary
|
||
|
||
In sum, there are some procedural issues that must be dealt with
|
||
prior to the upcoming vote being held; there are organizational
|
||
matters to be dealt with in a very short time; and there is an
|
||
immense communication effort needed to get the word out to all
|
||
the nodes in the FidoNet nodelist. Sadly, a simple article in
|
||
FidoNews will not do this for us. Your help will be very valuable
|
||
in the near future in helping to get the word out. Please consid-
|
||
er seriously the difference you can make as an individual.
|
||
|
||
Next week we'll begin to deal with the substantive issues in more
|
||
detail, as well as look at some news and views regarding FidoCon
|
||
and future FidoCons.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 20 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
LATEST VERSIONS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Latest Software Versions
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS Systems
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Fido 12n+ Phoenix 1.3 TBBS 2.1
|
||
Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.04 TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
||
Kitten 2.15* RBBS 17.2A TPBoard 5.2
|
||
Opus 1.03b+ Wildcat! 2.00P
|
||
|
||
|
||
Network Node List Other
|
||
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.30* EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02
|
||
D'Bridge 1.21 MakeNL 2.12 ARCmail 2.0
|
||
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ConfMail 4.00
|
||
FrontDoor 2.0 Prune 1.40 EMM 2.02
|
||
PRENM 1.47 XlatList 2.90 GROUP 2.15*
|
||
SEAdog 4.51A XlaxDiff 2.32 LHARC 1.13
|
||
XlaxNode 2.32 MSG 3.3
|
||
MSGED 1.99
|
||
PK[UN]ZIP 1.01*
|
||
QM 1.0
|
||
TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
TMail 1.11
|
||
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
||
UFGATE 1.03
|
||
XRS 2.3
|
||
ZmailQ 1.09
|
||
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Red Ryder Host v2.1b3 Tabby 2.0* MacArc 0.03
|
||
Mansion 7.0 ArcMac 1.3
|
||
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51
|
||
TImport 1.331
|
||
TExport 1.32
|
||
Timestamp 1.6
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 21 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
Tset 1.3
|
||
Timestart 1.1
|
||
Tally 1.1
|
||
Mehitabel 1.2
|
||
Archie 1.60
|
||
Jennifer 0.25b2g
|
||
Numberizer 1.5c
|
||
MessageEdit 1.0
|
||
Mantissa 1.0
|
||
PreStamp 2.0
|
||
R.PreStamp 2.0
|
||
Saphire 2.1t
|
||
Epistle II 1.0
|
||
Import 1.2b
|
||
Export 1.2b
|
||
Sundial 1.2b
|
||
AreaFix 1.1
|
||
|
||
Amiga
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Paragon 1.00+* BinkleyTerm 1.50 ConfMail 1.10*
|
||
ChameleonEdit 0.10
|
||
RMB 1.30
|
||
|
||
|
||
Atari ST
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Star-Net 2.00 BinkleyTerm 1.03a ConfMail 1.00
|
||
EchoDoor 0.11 ParseList 1.30
|
||
GS Point 0.61 ARC 5.21
|
||
TurboArc 1.1
|
||
LHARC 0.40
|
||
PKUNZIP 1.00
|
||
MSGED 1.96S
|
||
SRENUM 6.2
|
||
OMMM 1.30
|
||
Timestop 1.00
|
||
|
||
|
||
+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
|
||
* Recently changed
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-38 Page 22 18 Sep 1989
|
||
|
||
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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5 Oct 1989
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20th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
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11 Oct 1989
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First International Modula-2 Conference at Bled, Yugoslavia
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hosting Niklaus Wirth and the British Standards Institution.
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Contact 1:106/8422 for more information.
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11 Nov 1989
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A new area code forms in northern Illinois at 12:01 am.
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Chicago proper will remain area code 312; suburban areas
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formerly served with that code will become area code 708.
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23 Nov 1989
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26th Anniversary of "Dr. Who" - and still going strong
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30 Dec 1989
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Telephone area codes (5, 3 and 0) are abolished in Hong Kong
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OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
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Thom Henderson 1:107/1015 Chairman of the Board
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Les Kooyman 1:204/501 President
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Fabian Gordon 1:107/323 Vice President
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Bill Bolton 3:3/0 Vice President-Technical Coordinator
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Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Secretary
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Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Treasurer
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IFNA COMMITTEE AND BOARD CHAIRS
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Administration and Finance *
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Board of Directors (CoB) Thom Henderson 1:107/1015
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By-laws and Rules *
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Executive Committee (Pres) Les Kooyman 1:204/501
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International Affairs *
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Membership Services *
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Public Affairs *
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Technical Standards Rick Moore 1:115/333
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Grievance Committee *
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IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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DIVISION AT-LARGE
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10 Courtney Harris 1:107/732 Don Daniels 1:107/210
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11 John Rafuse 1:1/212 Phil Buonomo 1:107/583
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12 Bill Bolton 3:3/0 Mark Hawthorne 1:107/238
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13 Fabian Gordon 1:107/323 Tom Jennings 1:125/111
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14 Ken Kaplan 1:100/22 Irene Henderson 1:107/9
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15 Scott Miller 1:128/12 Steve Jordan 1:206/2871
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16 Ivan Schaffel 1:141/390 Robert Rudolph 1:261/628
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17 Kathi Crockett 1:134/30 Dave Melnik 1:107/233
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18 Andrew Adler 1:135/47 Jim Hruby 1:107/536
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19 Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Burt Juda 1:107/1
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2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 Karl Schinke 1:107/516
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3 Matt Whelan 3:3/1 John Roberts 1:147/14
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