Volume 5, Number 32 8 August 1988 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | _ | | / \ | | /|oo \ | | - FidoNews - (_| /_) | | _`@/_ \ _ | | International | | \ \\ | | FidoNet Association | (*) | \ )) | | Newsletter ______ |__U__| / \// | | / FIDO \ _//|| _\ / | | (________) (_/(_|(____/ | | (jm) | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Editor in Chief Dale Lovell Editor Emeritus: Thom Henderson Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings Contributing Editors: Al Arango FidoNews is published weekly by the International FidoNet Association as its official newsletter. You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. Copyright 1988 by the International FidoNet Association. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact IFNA at (314) 576-4067. IFNA may also be contacted at PO Box 41143, St. Louis, MO 63141. Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, 164 Shipley Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94107 and are used with permission. The contents of the articles contained here are not our responsibility, nor do we necessarily agree with them. Everything here is subject to debate. We publish EVERYTHING received. Table of Contents 1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1 IFNA Should Adopt an Advocacy Mission .................... 1 The Week of 10-16 July 88! ............................... 3 The Week of 24-29 July 88! ............................... 4 TBBS User Group Symposium ................................ 5 2. COLUMNS .................................................. 8 The Priven Creed ......................................... 8 3. FOR SALE ................................................. 10 Programs too big? Give 'em the AXE! ..................... 10 U.S. Robotics 2400 bps internal modems ................... 11 4. NOTICES .................................................. 12 The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 12 Latest Software Versions ................................. 14 And more! FidoNews 5-32 Page 1 8 Aug 1988 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= David Lescohier The Bionic Dog 1:101/138 The IFNA Should Focus on Advocacy for the Fidonet Hobby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Members of the IFNA and participants in Fidonet agree that the IFNA is having a tough time coping with Fidonet's growth and remarkable technical advances. Part of the problem is that the IFNA has not been able to anticipate the incredible success Fidonet has enjoyed. It has tried, beyond the time when it is possible, to be all things to all people. As a result, Fidonet has not fulfilled satisfactorily the expectations of anyone. I feel that there is a fundamental incompatibility within the IFNA: On the one hand IFNA tries to run a net and balance all the competing interests of the net while at the same time attempting to play an advocacy role. Advocacy and service delivery do not mix well, hence all the complaints about, "An undemocratic Fidonet." In my view, these complaints are a reflection of the mixing of incompatible missions in one organization, not a lack of democracy. It is time for the IFNA to re-position itself with a new, much narrower mission. It is time for the IFNA to get out of the Fidonet business. The mission of the IFNA should be to: - Increase understanding and support for the Fidonet hobby by disseminating information about networks using Fidonet technology to the general public and the telecommunications industry, - Maintain technical standards in order to ensure compatibility, portability, and high standards of performance within nets using the Fidonet technology, - Represent and protect the interests of the Fidonet community with manufacturers, government agencies, and common carriers in the United States and abroad, and - Maintain a visible, stable, financially responsible, and democratic association which acts as an open, accessible forum that brings people together for the common good of the hobby. FidoNews 5-32 Page 2 8 Aug 1988 You will note that there is nothing in this proposed mission statement about owning and maintaining a nodelist, or administering the Fidonet. These are functions which the IFNA should phase down. A much reduced Fidonet should be maintained only for the internal use of the IFNA in carrying out its mission. The Fidonet would then only be open to IFNA members and be devoted to exchange of information about technical standards, the latest rulings of the FCC and other authorities, efforts to advocate for favorable rulings, information about new products of interest to the Fidonet community, etc. Needless to say minutes of IFNA meetings, discussions regarding IFNA affairs, distribution of Fidonews, and even committee meetings would occur through the Fidonet. Already at least two alternative nets have emerged using Fidonet technology. One is Alternet, the other is EggNet. A third, LCRNET (Least Cost Routing Net) has been proposed. Such nets should be encouraged, and a sysop should be able to choose among various nets based upon his interests and inclinations. Each of these nets will maintain their nodelist, and the new sysop would obtain a number in the net of his choice. Fidonet would seldom be an appropriate first choice unless the sysop had a strong commitment to participating in IFNA affairs. Gateways between the nets could be established at the local calling area level, so no one in one net should feel that he would be missing out in something happening in another net. These arrangements are already a reality in many areas. This approach addresses the question of the proportions of future nodelists, a problem which is most easily resolved by the existence of independent nets. The IFNA will end up stronger and more effective by restricting itself to an advocacy mission, and letting others administer nets, some democratic, some autocratic. Thus, a sysop will able to choose the net(s) he belongs to according to his interests, values, and philosophy. Once IFNA has redefined a narrowed mission it will hopefully no longer be mired in a vortex of flames and devisiveness that has characterized its recent history. Rather, it will be able to achieve its potential as an advocate of the Fidonet Hobby. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 3 8 Aug 1988 Jake Hargrove Fido 301/1 High Mesa Ranger's Well it is that time of the week again. I just finnished deleting all of the messages and *.dat files created in the message areas by Confmail and OPUS toss functions. For some reason over the last 2 weeks I have had to kill almost 4 megs of bad_bndl messages. At first I thought it may have been the system from which I was geting the mail from but it has seem to have also gone over to another system which up til this week had been reliable. There we a lot of duplicate messages being passed around but most of them were not getting into the system So in doing my normal purge of messages this PM I took the giant step for BBSing around the world. I used the Norton WipeFile program and Wiped the files clean. It has seem to clear up some of the other problems I was starting to have. Like time being off. I booted the system, reset the time, and when it rebooted at 23:59 like it is suppose to it had a different date and time than what I had set it with only moments earlier. After having our Net Echo Feed drop the majority of our echo mail, I have scrambled to pick up the echo's from where ever I could. It is impractical to make one phone call of 30 minutes each night, when you can make 2 phone calls of 10 minutes and get the same stuff. Do not ask me why except that it seems that the backbone may be feeding more messages than the little off the wall pickup. I should not call calling to Louisiana a little of the wall. But it is cheaper for me to call La than to call Pheonix. Well here it is Saturday afternoon and after looking at the log for last night I noticed I made connections with the usual boards and picked up the usual mail but I did notice there were no BAD_BNDl's in the root directory. So apparently what we have done here in 301 has at least temporarily fixed our minor problem of duplicate messages, and now the Bad Bundle fiasco. As mentioned in last weeks article, though we may be one of the smallest net's around, we are growing. I have had request for two new node numbers, and as soon as they get their BBS's operational and send me net mail stating so I will be issuing node numbers for these to. So you can look forward to at least two more BBS's going online here in Albuquerque shortly. In the mean time, as usual you are indeed reading the Fido News Letter if you are reading this article. Or you are reading the High Mesa Ranger's News Letter, or you may well be reading the OPUS Gazette. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 4 8 Aug 1988 Jake Hargrove Fido 301/1 High Mesa Ranger's Well after getting node 301/4 set up and operational last week I kinda figured this week would be a breeze. I came in and was doing some work on the echo areas. Deleteing those I no longer was carrying and cleaning up the meassge area for future use. It did not take very long to do all of this but it was a tedious task. I had done everything I wanted to and was satisfied with my acomplishments. What I was hoping to do was reduce my phone bill for echo mail and gain some disk space back I had lost because of the size of a couple of the message area I was getting. I had let things go for a couple of days when I was checking the OPUS.LOG. I noticed an error message I had not seen before. It was: ! 25 Jul 1:09:23 OPUS Bad echo line: ` ' I for one had never seen that particular message before but being the good sysop I try to be. I sat down at the machine and tried to figure out what was happening with my Echo Control file. I spent about 3 days deleteing lines and adding lines and just plain old normal problem seeking. After the 3rd day I became rather frustrated and decided to do the sensible thing. I went in and make a printed copy of my ctl file and then I did the ultimate. I erased the ECHO.CTL file completely and restarted all over over again. Apparently what ever it was was not visible to the naked eye or the careful look see of my wife. I still do not know exactly what was causing the Bad echo line: ` ' message but I suspect it could have been a blank space at the end of one of the lines and I was just missing it. Well this week has come and gone rather quickly. I spent a lot of time at the office writing some application files for RBASE for dos. One which allows me to have the JULIAN date for leap years and normal years with out having to look on a piece of paper or calender it come up on the screen when I want it to. I also spent a lot of time working on another one which will allow me to place the date and time a file was updated into a variable and a data column. So I was rather busy here and at work also. It has been raining almost every night here in Albuquerque, the flood we had a couple of weeks ago has everyone watching the sky for those frequent rain storms. It clears up in the morning but then in the afternoon when the heat starts to go up so do the clouds and then around 6PM here comes the little water drops. Well another month has gone by the way side also and summer is almost gone. An it is time for me to close so I will get out of the way and let you read some of the other articles in the News Letter. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 5 8 Aug 1988 TBBS User Group Symposium Larry Kayser 1st TBBS USER GROUP SYMPOSIUM Phil Becker has announced that "After being asked over the last year by many TBBS customers, and more recently after Larry Kayser twisted my arm a bit", he has decided to put together the 1st Annual TBBS User's Group Symposium. Since I did not get back out of the way fast enough I have been enlisted to help in putting together the program. We have secured facilities in Denver for the meeting, and it will take place the Weekend of September 24th. Plans are for a day and a half intensive meeting, with teaching seminars on Menu building, Editor usage, Large System Configuration etc." The preliminary schedule is as follows : Drafted 06/09/88 Friday, September 23 5:00 - 10:00 pm - Registration 7:00 - 10:00 pm - Get Acquainted Hospitality Saturday, September 24 7:45 - 8:45 am - Breakfast 7:45 - 11:00 am - Registration 9:00 - 10:15 am - Third Part Software Presentations --------------------------------- An overview of currently available third party enhancement software for TBBS Version 2.0. 10:15 - 10:45 am - Break 10:45 - 12:00 pm - TBBS 2.1 Features and Functions ------------------------------- A discussion by Phil Becker of the enhancements in release 2.1 of both single and multi-line TBBS. 12:15 - 1:15 pm - Lunch 1:30 - 3:00 pm - Effective Menu Design --------------------- Detailed tutorial examples of how to design an effective TBBS menu system including menu sets, control options, security and hardware selection. Specific examples will be fully FidoNews 5-32 Page 6 8 Aug 1988 developed during this session to illustrate implementation of the most common design questions. Handouts covering all topics will be provided. 3:00 - 3:30 pm - Break 3:30 - 5:00 pm Applications of Version 2.1 Features & Functions ---------------------------------------- A demonstration of the use of the new version 2.1 features and functions in specific applications. In addition use of the new System Design Language (SDL) compiler to ease large system development will be detailed. Specific examples will be fully developed during this session to illustrate implementation of the 2.1 features. Handouts covering all topics will be provided. 5:00 - 6:30 pm - Free Time 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Reception 7:30 - 9:30 pm - Dinner, Awards, Keynote Speaker 9:30 - 11:30 pm - eSoft Hospitality Suite Sunday, Sept 25 7:45 - 8:45 am - Breakfast 9:00 - 10:15 am - TBBS Design Considerations Pt 1 ------------------------------- An in-depth discussion of ideas and techniques related to TBBS implementation including capacity and performance planning issues. This session will highlight techniques for assessing hardware requirements based on number of lines, line speed and system usage. 10:15 - 10:45 am - Break 10:45 - 11:30 am - TBBS Design Considerations Pt 2 ------------------------------- Large Capacity disk, Storage alternatives, and disk management techniques will be examined. The impact of these on TBBS performance will be detailed, and use of the new 2.1 Performance monitor to evaluate disk and CPU impact under actual load will be FidoNews 5-32 Page 7 8 Aug 1988 discussed. 11:30 - 12:00 pm - Closing Session Breakout rooms and facilities will be available during the meeting to support any "birds of a feather" sessions that may develop. Phil has indicated that "My goal to provide an affordable and very useful meeting this first time out". Further more he indicated that " I intend this session to be of maximum use to those who know what they want to do with TBBS, but may not know HOW to do it. You will leave the session with many concrete examples of techniques of information presentation which were fully explained in the seminar presentations. These will also be made available to you on disks to take back along with printed workbooks. I feel this session will be well worth the price of coming for all who can attend". Pricing Hotel ------- $45 single $55 (single or double suite) Conference ------------ $100 includes all Saturday meals and Sunday Breakfast. For additional information contact eSoft at (303) 699-6565. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 8 8 Aug 1988 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= The Priven Creed By Aaron Priven Fidonet 1:204/1154 I dropped out of the various sysop echos some time back. I did this because I found myself too caught up in arguments over Fidonet policy. I found myself caught in a bitter argument with someone I respected greatly. (I still do.) I simply couldn't deal with the fact that someone like that could disagree with me that strongly -- strongly enough to flame me. I've realized now that the reason he did that wasn't because he really hated me. It was because he was too tied up with this authority thing that he couldn't grasp the fact that I was just stating an opinion. (He kept asking me who I was representing, what I stood to gain from what I said, and so on.) He was just too caught up in the power play of Net Politics to listen to what I said instead of a supposed ulterior motive. Well, I'm back now. It's not exactly my own choice. I am going away to school in September, and one of my users may be interested in taking over my BBS when that happens. Since that person has little technical expertise, and very little concept of the net itself, I thought it would help to give the person read-only access to these conferences and answer questions myself. But to do that I have to read the areas. So I am writing, mostly for my own benefit, a creed of what I will and will not do in these areas. It may not be easy to follow, but I will try. 1. I will NOT respond to any messages about Fidonet or Echomail policy, or mention it in my own messages. It just isn't important enough to spend time and get stressed from. THE MAIL WILL STILL FLOW even if the policymaking structures fall on their faces. What's really important is the ability to communicate with people, and as long as that is accomplished, Fidonet is doing its job. If other people have other ideas of what Fidonet is supposed to do, that's ok, as long as the mail flows. (There may be exceptions to this -- for example, I read in INTERUSER that in some places there is a pseudo-IFNA rule that there is no political discussion allowed in any echos. This kind of censorship is overriding.) 2. I will NOT flame anyone. If I do flame anyone I have been incredibly rude and have hurt the possibility of discussion. 3. I will NOT respond to flames in a like manner. I WILL take flames seriously and critically examine them for truthful statements, and if I find any, try to correct flaws in myself. I am not perfect and I must recognize that. FidoNews 5-32 Page 9 8 Aug 1988 4. I WILL obey General Echomail Etiquette. (No ads in non-ad areas, no personal messages, no all-uppercase messages, etc.) Well, that's it. I can't think of any other rules to put down. I will try my hardest to obey this creed. It won't be easy, and at times I know I'll transgress the limits. If I do, please remind me. I give this to you in hopes that maybe one or two of you will realize what I've been trying to say: FIDONET POLICY IS NOT IMPORTANT. It doesn't matter. Who cares if there are two echomail distribution networks, or one, or eight, or 900. Who cares if there are independent zones or not. Who cares if there are two or twelve or six hundred little networks. It doesn't matter. You still get your echos, you still have a Fidonet address. The important things are all there. Let the rest alone and let those who really do have a Power Play mindset play with it. It doesn't matter anyway. Good luck to all of you, =Aaron= Priven ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 10 8 Aug 1988 ================================================================= FOR SALE ================================================================= Programs too big? Give 'em the AXE! What could SEA do to top it's phenominally successful ARC program? Well, have you noticed that new programs from SEA don't seem to ARC very well lately? * * * System Enhancement Associates, Inc. is proud to announce the latest and greatest addition to our line of quality software. Our new product is called AXE, and it can chop your programs down to size! If you thought ARC was good, wait until you see AXE! It can compress almost any .EXE or .COM file by twenty to thirty percent, saving you megabytes of disk space. And, here's the best part, the programs don't have to be uncompressed to run! That's right, you can AXE all your programs and make them twenty to thirty percent smaller (or MORE), and they still run just like they always did. You'll never even notice you AXEd them, but you'll sure notice the extra disk space! AXE is available for $50 from: System Enhancement Associates, Inc. 21 New Street, Wayne NJ 07470 or you can call us (voice) at 201-473-5153. We accept VISA and MasterCard. Get AXE today, and chop your programs down to size! ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 11 8 Aug 1988 John Hamilton, 1:143/8 U.S. Robotics 2400 bps internal, half-length modems are still available to SysOps and friends for $155.00 (prepaid, shipping included; COD ok for $150 plus shipping/insurance if you are a FidoNet SysOp). Check or money order accepted for payment, no credit cards. Contact John Hamilton at 143/8 for information if you wish to place an order. There is no quantity limitation. You want 200 of them? Go ahead, make my day! Discounts can be negotiated for quantities over five, but I will gladly sell one at a time. To date, over two dozen sysops have purchased one of these modems from me, and I am glad to be able to continue to offer to pass along a bargain available to me because of some R&D I am doing. Offer subject to change without notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 12 8 Aug 1988 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= The Interrupt Stack 25 Aug 1988 Start of the Fifth International FidoNet Conference, to be held at the Drawbridge Inn in Cincinnati, OH. Contact Tim Sullivan at 108/62 for more information. This is FidoNet's big annual get-together, and is your chance to meet all the people you've been talking with all this time. We're hoping to see you there! 24 Aug 1989 Voyager 2 passes Neptune. 5 Oct 1989 20th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" If you have something which you would like to see on this calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Barker 138/34 Chairman, Elections and Nominations Committee RULES AND PROCEDURES The next two pages are your Official ballot for the Election of the IFNA Board of Directors. The following are the few rules which must prevail in this election: 1. You must send a legible copy of this ballot to the address listed on the ballot or cast your vote in person at the conference prior to the closing of the election Polls. It must be signed and bear your current net/node number. 2. You may vote for any person in your Division for the position of Divisional Director. This vote is to be cast in the LEFT column of the ballot. 3. You may vote for any six people for the position of Director at Large. These votes are to be cast in the RIGHT column of the ballot. 4. Voting will continue until the end of the Conference registration on the 24th of August, 1988. Ballots which are mailed must reach the address listed below prior to Tuesday, 23 August 1988. The results will be read during the opening of business meeting on the first day of the conference. 5. Write-in votes will be accepted and are requested during this FidoNews 5-32 Page 13 8 Aug 1988 election. IFNA Board Of Directors Ballot Candidate Net/Node Divisional At-Large Vote Vote ------------------ --------- ---------- -------- DIVISION 2: Henk Weavers 500/1 (1) DIVISION 10: Jim Bacon 103/507 _____ _____ Courtney Harris 102/732 _____ _____ Steve Jordan 102/2871 _____ _____ DIVISION 12: Bill Bolton 711/403 _____ _____ Leonard Mednick 345/1 _____ _____ DIVISION 14: Glen Jackson 100/517 _____ _____ Ken Kaplan 100/22 _____ _____ DIVISION 16: Vince Perriello 141/491 (1) DIVISION 18: Chris Baker 18/14 (1) ADDITIONAL AT-LARGE Steve Bonine 115/777 _____ Don Daniels 107/210 _____ Dave Melnik 107/233 _____ Robert Rudolph 261/628 _____ Greg Small 148/122 _____ ________________ _________ _____ ________________ _________ _____ ________________ _________ _____ (1) This candidate has been elected to the office of Divisional Director with no further voting procedure necessary as per By Law #11. "The Nominations and Elections Committee shall delet the name of any nominee who mayt be ineligible for election and the name of any who may withdraw by written communications. The remaining names shall be listed on a ballot, in alphabetical order. IF THERE BE BUT ONE ELIGIBLE NOMINEE, THE NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION FidoNews 5-32 Page 14 8 Aug 1988 COMMITTEE SHALL DECLARE HIM ELECTED WITHOUT BALLOTING BY THE MEMBERSHIP. (Emphasis added. -rb) If there be more than one eligible nominee, then at least 45 days prior to the Annual Meeting the Secretary shall send by mail to every voting member, and publish in FidoNews, a bollot listing the candidates for director. The ballor shall contain a copy of the current voting rules." Name ______________________________ Net/Node ___________ Signature______________________________ Date ___________ Please complete this and mail it to: Rob Barker IFNA Elections Committee 7406 - 27th Street West Suite #7, Plaza West Tacoma, Wa 98466 or bring it with you when you come to the conference in August. Thank You Rob Barker Elections and Nominations Committee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Latest Software Versions BBS Systems Node List Other & Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version Dutchie 2.90* EditNL 4.00* ARC 5.22* Fido 12h MakeNL 2.12* ARCmail 1.1 Opus 1.03b Prune 1.40 ConfMail 3.31 SEAdog 4.10 XlatList 2.86 EchoMail 1.31 TBBS 2.0M XlaxNode 2.10* MGM 1.1 BinkleyTerm 1.50 XlaxDiff 2.10* QuickBBS 2.01 ParseList 1.10 * Recently changed Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 15 8 Aug 1988 ================================================================= COMMITTEE REPORTS ================================================================= Bob Swift 1:140/24 By-Laws and Rules Committee The following is the Ballot for the voting on the proposed amendments to the By-Laws of the International FidoNet Association (IFNA) for 1988. By-Law Item 40 states that "These By-Laws may be amended or changed by majority vote of the membership during any election. ..." These amendments are to be voted on in conjunction with the current Election of the IFNA Board of Directors and are to conform to the following rules: 1. You must send a legible copy of this ballot to the address listed on the ballot or cast your vote in person at the conference prior to the closing of the election Polls. It must be signed and bear your current net/node number. 2. Voting will continue until the end of the Conference registration on the 25th of August, 1988. Ballots which are mailed must reach the address listed below prior to Wednesday, 24 August 1988. The results will be read during the opening of business meeting on the first day of the conference. The actual text of the proposed amendments appeared in FidoNews volume 5 issue 31, dated 1 August 1988. The complete text of the proposed amendments along with a copy of this Ballot is available as BYLAW-88.ARC for download from 1:140/24, or may be file- requested under the name BYLAWS88 any time outside Zone 1 Mail Hour. International FidoNet Association 1988 By-Law Amendments Ballot --------------------------------- Docket Number BLA-88-0001 (Definitions) A _____ B _____ None _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0002 (Membership) A _____ B _____ C _____ D _____ E _____ None _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0003 (Application and Notification) A _____ B _____ None _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0004 (Annual Fees) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0005 (Directors' Successors) FidoNews 5-32 Page 16 8 Aug 1988 Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0006 (Compensation) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0007 (Qualification) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0008 (Representation) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0009 (Nomination Deadline) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0010 (Nominations) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0011 (Ballots) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0012 (Vacant Position) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0013 (Alternates) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0014 (Elections) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0015 (Recall Petition) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0016 (Annual Business Meeting) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0017 (Agenda) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0018 (Voting Divisions) A _____ B _____ None _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0019 (Secretary Responsibilities) FidoNews 5-32 Page 17 8 Aug 1988 Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0020 (VP-TC Responsibilities) A _____ B _____ None _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0021 (Standing Committees) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0022 (Administration and Finance Committee) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0023 (By-Laws and Rules Committee) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0024 (Fidonews) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0025 (By-Law Amendments) A _____ B _____ None _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0026 (Non-Compliance) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0027 (Financial Audit) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0028 (Trademarks) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0029 (Conduct of Business) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0030 (Meeting Precedence) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0031 (Zones) Yea _____ Nay _____ Docket Number BLA-88-0032 (Grievance Committee) Yea _____ Nay _____ FidoNews 5-32 Page 18 8 Aug 1988 Name ______________________________ Net/Node ___________ Signature______________________________ Date ___________ Please complete this and mail it to: Rob Barker IFNA Elections Committee 7406 - 27th Street West Suite #7, Plaza West Tacoma, Wa 98466 or bring it with you when you come to the conference in August. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 19 8 Aug 1988 OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION Ken Kaplan 100/22 Chairman of the Board Don Daniels 107/210 President Mark Grennan 147/1 Vice President Dave Dodell 114/15 Vice President - Technical Coordinator David Garrett 103/501 Secretary Leonard Mednick 345/1 Treasurer IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIVISION AT-LARGE 10 Steve Jordan 102/2871 Don Daniels 107/210 11 Bill Allbritten 11/301 Hal DuPrie 101/106 12 Leonard Mednick 345/1 Mark Grennan 147/1 13 Rick Siegel 107/27 Brad Hicks 100/523 14 Ken Kaplan 100/22 Ted Polczyinski 154/5 15 Jim Cannell 128/13 Kurt Reisler 109/74 16 Vince Perriello 141/491 Robert Rudolph 261/628 17 Rob Barker 138/34 Greg Small 148/122 18 Christopher Baker 135/14 Bob Swift 140/24 19 Vernon Six 19/0 Larry Wall 15/18 2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 Gee Wong 107/312 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 20 8 Aug 1988 __ The World's First / \ BBS Network /|oo \ * FidoNet * (_| /_) _`@/_ \ _ | | \ \\ | (*) | \ )) ______ |__U__| / \// / Fido \ _//|| _\ / (________) (_/(_|(____/ (tm) Membership for the International FidoNet Association Membership in IFNA is open to any individual or organization that pays the annual membership fee. IFNA serves the international FidoNet-compatible electronic mail community to increase worldwide communications. Name __________________________________ Date ___________________ Address _________________________________________________________ City ____________________________________________________________ State ________________________________ Zip _____________________ Country _________________________________________________________ Home Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________ Work Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________ Is this a new application? _________ a renewal? ________________ Are you a Sysop? _________ If so, for how long? ________________ Your BBS Info: (Non-Sysops enter info for your most-called BBS) Zone:Net/Node Number ____________________________________________ BBS Name ________________________________________________________ BBS Phone Number ________________________________________________ Your Special Interests __________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ In what areas would you be willing to help in FidoNet? __________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Are there any special resources that you could provide? _________ _________________________________________________________________ Regular Membership $25 Lifetime Membership $250 Send this form and a check or money order in US Funds to: International FidoNet Association c/o Leonard Mednick, CPA 700 Bishop Street, #1014 Honolulu, HI 96813 USA IFNA is a general not-for-profit organization. Articles of Association and By-Laws were adopted by the membership in January 1987. The IFNA Echomail Conference has been established on FidoNet to assist the Board of Directors. We welcome your input on this Conference. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-32 Page 21 8 Aug 1988 INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION ORDER FORM Publications The IFNA publications can be obtained by downloading from Fido 1:1/10 or other FidoNet compatible systems, or by purchasing them directly from IFNA. We ask that all our IFNA Committee Chairmen provide us with the latest versions of each publication, but we can make no written guarantees. Hardcopy prices as of October 1, 1986 IFNA Fido BBS listing $15.00 _____ IFNA Administrative Policy DOCs $10.00 _____ IFNA FidoNet Standards Committee DOCs $10.00 _____ SUBTOTAL _____ IFNA Member ONLY Special Offers System Enhancement Associates SEAdog $60.00 _____ SEAdog price as of March 1, 1987 ONLY 1 copy SEAdog per IFNA Member Fido Software's Fido/FidoNet $100.00 _____ Fido/FidoNet price as of November 1, 1987 ONLY 1 copy Fido/FidoNet per IFNA Member International orders include $10.00 for surface shipping or $20.00 for air shipping _____ SUBTOTAL _____ HI. Residents add 4.0 % Sales tax _____ TOTAL _____ SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN US FUNDS: International FidoNet Association c/o Leonard Mednick, MBA, CPA 700 Bishop Street, #1014 Honolulu, HI. 96813-4112 USA Name________________________________ Zone:Net/Node____:____/____ Company_____________________________ Address_____________________________ City____________________ State____________ Zip_____ Voice Phone_________________________ Signature___________________________ -----------------------------------------------------------------