Volume 5, Number 34 22 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 Hitch Hikers Guide to the Bylaws Amendments .............. 1 Why's That in the EchoList? .............................. 5 FidoCon Update ........................................... 7 Kids & Computers ......................................... 9 2. FOR SALE ................................................. 11 Programs too big? Give 'em the AXE! ..................... 11 3. NOTICES .................................................. 12 New Echo: ADOPTEES ....................................... 12 The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 12 Latest Software Versions ................................. 13 4. COMMITTEE REPORTS ........................................ 14 FidoNews 5-34 Page 1 22 Aug 1988 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Hitch Hikers Guide to the Bylaws Amendments. Please read the entire message. 1. 0001- A. NO. It puts an untested and unused policy in the bylaws and in definitions. Definitions are not for procedures and policy. BAD amendment. 2. 0002- B. NO. Gives all sysops the "right" to vote without ever paying dues. Why would anyone join? Other problems: who amends bylaws. Why give power to non members if IFNA has no power over them? If you like that idea, please vote for 0002 E! 3. 0002- E. Called the Bacon- Jordan- Perilleo Amendment. It gives the organization half over to non paying sysops. Okay, IF IFNA retains responsibility for FidoNet. Otherwise, why bother? NO RECOMMENDATION, but acceptable. 4. 0004. Sets dues within bylaws. No recommendation, acceptable. 5. 0006. Fees. IFNA has been poor for quite a while and with the number of directors we have, IFNA is not going to be sugar daddy. Yes, but no affect. 6. 0018- B. NO. Gives seats on directors for members of Alternet, GoodEgg. 1. We have more than enough directors and nets now. 2. Why give multiple votes to a single person? 7. 0020- A and B. Ahhh. . . this is interesting. Proposition A assumes that the VP TC has nothing to do with nodelist (not IC). Proposition B clarifies old bylaws state that the VP TC is IC. Recommendation (no surprise) - B. Otherwise the VP TC and IFNA do nothing. 8. Remember if you vote for A, be consistent with other votes. 9. Grievance committee. Yes. A committee can only report and suggest to the board. 10. Zones. ??? You call it. (I do not like the idea tho'.) 11. Others are moderately safe and sane. FidoNews 5-34 Page 2 22 Aug 1988 You can vote on bylaws for IFNA. Why should you bother? What are the real issues? You need some background and opinions. I got involved before and after Colorado Springs. I wrote a draft set of bylaws to get things started. And now... I get ahead of the story. A. Background In the beginning, we had no rules. Policy was open "Do it my way or leave." There was no IFNA. The International Coordinator(s) formed IFNA so that they could receive support without tax consequences. The IC needed support. It may be okay to do that job for 50, 200, or maybe 500. When the list goes over 2,000 including international nodes, it becomes too much for one person. We had a meeting in Colorado Springs. Depending on your point of view, there was a revolt by some "flamers" OR the founders of IFNA blew it. Both points have merit. After FidoCon, I decided that no one else was going to write the bylaws so I sat down and did a ROUGH draft! We formed a committee. EchoMail committees don't work. We met in Nashua, NH. We came up with another, different draft. We were to go home to revise the rough parts. The BoD of IFNA put that draft to a vote against our complaints. The bylaw's committee wanted to clean it up, but there was no final draft. What you see today, should have been cleaned up before the first vote. Why? There are too many directors and ambiguities. The procedures are terrible. Since then I have had many suggestions and even final drafts of bylaws. Now here is the dilemma. You have multiple amendments to consider. THE proposals are conflicting. They are written by various people who disagree. DO NOT APPROVE EVERY ONE. Some sound better than they will taste. Some sysops are trying the middle ground. Real danger! Why? If there are problems in any of FidoNet, then IFNA is supposed to help. Our first response is an argument over what is our territory. If FidoNet is successful, then credit goes to *C's, no one joins IFNA. No one joins IFNA -> no support for *C's. If you try to please everyone by fuzzy thinking, you please no one. THE ISSUES: Does IFNA control the FidoNet? How much? How? No one suggests that IFNA try to enforce day-to-day control of fidonet. If IFNA does not control, can it and should it support? If IFNA does not control, then who does? Is IFNA international? Are we an American organization that FidoNews 5-34 Page 3 22 Aug 1988 allows foreigners to join, but leave them out? How can we integrate our international friends? How does it all fit? Try to follow my logic. A. The FidoNet Sysops need a coordinator system(*C's) to : 1. Maintain a nodelist with unique numbers. 2. Process and expedite netmail. 3. Develop standards so that net mail and echomail function. 4. Make FidoNews available. 5. Help them setting up their BBS. B. The *C's need IFNA to: 1. Raise money to support financially the FidoNet Sysops and the *C's. 2. Sanction the Technical Committee. 3. Protect the *C's from legal challenges. 4. Protect the copyright of the nodelist for the benefit of the FNS. 5. Interface with the world. IFNA is a corporation and a legal entity and the *C's are not. The *C's cannot enter into contracts or apply for copyrights. C. IFNA needs the support of the FidoNet Sysops to: 1. Sell memberships. No memberships -=> no money -=> no IFNA. 2. Without membership, no feedback from the Sysops and IFNA cannot lead without feedback and legitimacy. D. IFNA needs the *C's to: 1. Operate the net by maintaining the weekly nodelist and adjudicate differences within the FNS and *C's. 2. Develop rules for operation of the net (policy). E. To protect and finance the *C's (see above) and to protect the interest of its members, IFNA needs a strong link to the nodelist. Without that link, membership shall decline and better leaders shall abandon IFNA. Therefore, FULLY RESPECTING THE OPINIONS OF THE *C's, IFNA shall: 1. Elect the VP TC. The VP TC shall either be the IC or appoint someone to be the IC. 2. Adopt policy as recommended by the VP TC without making unreasonable amendments. F. To protect its administrative function, the *C's shall: 1. Advise IFNA of their choice of VP TC and their version of Policy. 2. Retain the right to severe its relationship with IFNA. Severing its relationship with IFNA may have a negative FidoNews 5-34 Page 4 22 Aug 1988 effect upon the Sysops of the FidoNet. Therefore, the *C's shall get a vote from those sysops before the separation. G. All the above is consistent with common sense and now accepted documents and require no amendments to bylaws nor policy. Therefore, be it resolved that: 1. IFNA is the official organization of the FidoNet sysops. IFNA supports the operation of that Net. 2. IFNA grants the *C's authority and wide discretion to administer the FidoNet. Humbly yours, Steve Jordan 102/2871 Regional Director of IFNA Chairman of Bylaws Committee Artichoke Evangelist (yes, even that is true.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-34 Page 5 22 Aug 1988 Mike Fuchs 1:1/201 EchoList - The EchoMail Conference List I got a reasonable critique recently, essentially asking why waste telephone time and paper on those ancillary reference files published with the EchoList, when they were basically redundant to the ELISTnnn.TXT file? It was a reasonable question, and I hope I provided a reasonable answer. Having done so, however, I thought it might be a good idea to expand on my last article about the EchoList by providing everyone with that explanation of what's in the EchoList distribution, and why. Currently, the ELISTnnn.ARC file includes four files: ELISTnnn.TXT - The full, detailed EchoList ELISTnnn.MOD - The Moderator cross-reference report ELISTnnn.NAM - The cross-reference by Symbolic Area Name ELISTnnn.ARM - An abbreviated Conference list with all primary and alternate Moderators I added the additional cross references over that last few months as responses to specific needs. The .TXT file is the authoritative listing. It contains all information except the alternate moderators. The reason that certain entries do not display the Symbolic Area Name is that the Moderator of that conference has requested that it not be disclosed-- for security from hackers, or whatever. I just list what moderators provide. The other listings are meant as short cross references and/or different sort orders. I agree that it's unfortunate that it adds something to the phone time. But, of course, there is no reason to print them if you don't want them. The .MOD is important to Moderators since all conferences are listed in order of Moderator name. They can find all listings active for them in short order. The .NAM is needed because the primary .TXT listing is sorted by Title, and some moderators chose Titles that sort to useless places. If you want to know more about the FLIRT echo, it's easy to find in .NAM; but would be down in the W's (for "Where men and women can Flirt") in the main list. Also, ONLY conferences with published Symbolic Area Names are in this listing. The .ARM was only recently added, and it's the most superfluous as far as I'm concerned. It was added to kill two stones with one bird. First, some conferences want to list multiple Moderators, and I would have had a problem adding them to the .TXT listing without wasting a lot of space for the vast majority of conferences. So, they are FidoNews 5-34 Page 6 22 Aug 1988 listed ONLY in .ARM. Second, it was added as a result of a critique just opposite to the message I mentioned earlier in the article. The .TXT file has gotten so long and time consuming to print, that a summary 'index' of sorts was needed. So .ARM is actually the only file anyone would 'have' to print to see a complete conference listing by title. Then you could browse the .TXT file on disk for more information if you wanted it. It bothers me that it's so redundant, but I figured more options meant better ease of use... so there it is. If you're interested, you can file request "ELISTMOD" from 1:1/201 to get documentation on what options Moderators have for submitting entries in the EchoList; and instructions on how to submit an entry if you Moderate a conference yourself. And "ECHOLIST" will always get you the most recent EchoList itself. Enjoy, And have fun with it! - Mike Fuchs, 1:1/201 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-34 Page 7 22 Aug 1988 Believe it or not FidoCon '88 is just around the corner. If you plan to attend this year and have not yet registered, please let us know so that we can better plan for attendance. Just drop us a note at 1/88 or 108/62 and tell us if your comming. Early registration is closed, but we still want you! Final arrangments are now being made. Come join your fellow SYSOPs in what promises to be the BBS event of the year! -------------------- FidoCon '88 Agenda -------------------- Wednesday August 24th, 1988 --------------------------- 3:30-7:00 Registration 7:00-9:00 Get-to-Know-Me Reception Thursday August 25th, 1988 -------------------------- 8:30-12:30 Registration 9:00- 10:00 Opening ceremony: Don Daniels 10:30-12:00 Track I George Stanislov Opus V1.10? Avatar Track II Tom Marshall Shareware (Legal) Track III Larry Paul & Basil Astronomy 12:30- 1:30 Deli Lunch 1:45- 3:15 Track I Tim Pozar UUCP Gateway Track II Mike Bader FidoNet Tech. at work Track III Bob Hartman FTSC report 3:30- 5:00 Track I Bob Hartman OMMM Track II Julia Stockreef New online Info system Track III Marshall Presnell Assoc. Net Sysops 6:00- 7:00 Hawaiian Luau Dinner Friday August 26th, 1988 ------------------------ 10:30-12:00 Track I U.S. Robotics High speed modems Track II Kitty Heavener CompuTech for the Blind Track III Harry Lee GS point & Glufwd FidoNews 5-34 Page 8 22 Aug 1988 12:30- 1:30 Poolside Cookout Lunch 1:45- 3:15 Track I Butch Walker Multitasking BBS's Track II Chris Irwin&Joaquim Front Door & D'Bridge Track III Dale Lovell FidoNews 3:30- 5:00 Track I Johnathon Wallace BBS Legal Issues Track II Thom Henderson Seadog & Axe Track III Randy Van de Loo Hard Drives & ARLL 7:30-10:00 FidoCon '88 Banquet Saturday August 27th, 1988 -------------------------- 10:30-12:00 Track I Ben Baker Fidonet Calendar Track II Decker Doggett Lessons in E'mail Track III Mike Bryeans Lynx 12:30- 1:30 Deli Lunch 1:45- 3:15 Track I Linda Thompson BBS privacy suit Track II Phil Becker TBBS Track III Tom Hendricks Software Distrib. 3:30- 5:00 Track I Bob, Vince, Alan BinkleyTerm Track II Henk Wevers Dutchie Track III David Drexler KidsNet Sunday August 28th, 1988 ------------------------ 10:30 - ? IFNA BOD meeting (open to all IFNA members) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-34 Page 9 22 Aug 1988 Freeman Witherspoon Fido 100/525 Is KidsNews Dying? The following will be included in the next edition of KidsNews. It is here now for your edification: The KidsNews staff has undergone some major changes in how the KidsNews newsletter is published. I am Brandy's Dad and I got involved because KidsNews seemed to be headed in a direction that was not consistant with the goals as stated in KidsNews.A04 two months ago. Also, there was a lack of reader contribution in any form which has hurt the newsletter tremendously. It is just not possible for a 13 year old kid to publish the newsletter and then distribute it independantly without some contributions to enhance its continuance. She was expected to pay for paper to print it for "Snail Mail" subscriptions and the stamps to mail it. She was expected to pay the phone bills for mailing through the Fido (tm) Network system. And she was expected to continue to keep a grade average in school that was of an acceptable standard to her Mom and I. This may not seem like much to some people, but it just didn't pan out for her. She even asked the Sysops of some systems to help her in distributing the newsletter and from some she got the reply "Its not financially within my capability". There is some finances involved appearantly to this newsletter business. I wish I could help also and I have to the point of paying her bills as DONATIONS to her cause. Now I need help also. Then again, maybe it was a bit much, considering the amount of contributions sent through various medium like the "National KIDS Echo Conference", Fido (tm) NetMail messages, direct mailing capabilities (her post office box which she had to pay for), and last but not least, direct link into Seguaro BBS for a chat. None of which materialized over a six month period. Oh, there were about three jokes, a handful of trivia, and some birthdays, that made it through the connections to 100/525. However, all the "Articles" were composed manually by Brandy. This required a lot of time on her part. So, come on and get those articles in. If by chance there were some items that were submitted via the echo for inclusion into the newsletter, they never made it to 100/525. Please bring it to the Editors attention when you want something included by adding a sentence that says "Please include in KidsNews". It will be done if the message gets to our Bulletin Board. We have "Crash Mail" capability. As you can see from the above, contributions may not necessarily mean monitary in nature. Her compiling and writing the articles, thinking of games to add, contest, trivia, and all the items that comprise the newsletter was a burden also. There was one contest which is still running. Contributed by the good folks at FIREPLUG I, (Fido 1:322/710.0). Mr Kevin Sinksen submitted the contest which is listed below in reguards to National Fire Prevention Week. Its an essay contest which will enhance our childrens safety when it comes to fires. A noteable FidoNews 5-34 Page 10 22 Aug 1988 gesture on Mr. Sinksens part in enhancing the future and longevity of our children. Please get your child involved in these projects and contest. Thier life may depend on some of it. Thank you Mr. Sinksen for the nice contribution to the kids and KidsNews. The last KidsNews was sent out with a subscription form in an attempt to recoupe some of the loss encountered during this endeavor to provide the kids around this great nation with a publication that they could have a say in, submit articles in, even run a column in. This i'm sad to say was possibly a redundant idea since the echo seemed to provide all that was needed. To those of you who used the subscription form, your funds will be returned to you unless you state that it is a DONATION to help KidsNews continue. To those of you who have not contributed, we will run a FEW more editions to allow you the opportunity to do so. Again, the address is: Claude F. Witherspoon P.O Box 8045 Granite City, IL 62040-8045 There will be no subscription attached to this newsletter. Only a request for donations for its continuance. We at KidsNews appologize to those that we have confused, burdened in any way, or flat made mad by our inability to predict the human nature. This article is submitted by me with Brandy's permission and is in no way her idea for generating an income. I just didn't like to see her worry over something that may be of no interest to the public as a whole. Then again maybe it is. We will find out by your involvement. Brandy is not asking for much, just some participation by you for the kids around the country. Who knows, maybe even for the kids in other countries as well? Thank you ever so much for your time. I hope that I have given some of you an idea of what Brandy was up against and that you may see it in your heart to contribute in this worth while project for not just Brandy, but the kids around the nation and over seas. Yes we are trying to get the publication to Australia and England. The echo is connected there and it should be an easy task to have everyone involved. We, can with your support. I hope to be communicating with all of you in the kids echo or otherwise. Till then, "G'day" as they say in Australia. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-34 Page 11 22 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 5-34 Page 12 22 Aug 1988 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Bob Heide Fido 227/3 New Echo: ADOPTEES There is a new echo available which offers helpful information for adoptees, birth parents and others. Topics include: 1) Discussion of legislation affecting adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents. 2) How, when and where to search. 3) Agencies that offer help to adoptees or parents searching for relatives. 4) Inquires from adoptees, birth parents and siblings, using as much information as is available to them concerning the person they are searching for. This is an ideal companion echo for those people already carrying the genealogical conference. If you are interested in this echo, it is available thru the REGION 11 co-ordinator, and can easily be passed to other regional co-ordinators. If you would like to take a look at the echo, you can read it on my board, Treasure Chest BBS, at (219) 287-4326. If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer net mail. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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! 17 Oct 1988 Start of the Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society's (DECUS) semi-annual symposium. It is being held at Anaheim, California. 23 Nov 1988 25th Anniversary of Doctor Who 7 Doctors and going strong! FidoNews 5-34 Page 13 22 Aug 1988 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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* X00 1.10a* 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 5-34 Page 14 22 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 5-34 Page 15 22 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 5-34 Page 16 22 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 5-34 Page 17 22 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 5-34 Page 18 22 Aug 1988 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 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 _____ _____ FidoNews 5-34 Page 19 22 Aug 1988 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 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. FidoNews 5-34 Page 20 22 Aug 1988 Thank You Rob Barker Elections and Nominations Committee ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-34 Page 21 22 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 Joe Keenan 109/661 16 Vince Perriello 141/491 Robert Rudolph 261/628 17 Rob Barker 138/34 Doug Thompson 221/162 18 Christopher Baker 135/14 Bob Swift 140/24 19 - vacant - Larry Wall 15/18 2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 Gee Wong 107/312 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-34 Page 22 22 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 5-34 Page 23 22 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___________________________ -----------------------------------------------------------------