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| 3.1 | A new notes conference | GENRAL::LEECH | NEVER assume anything. | Fri Nov 23 1990 10:53 | 43 |
| From: JARETH::EDP "Always mount a scratch monkey. 22-Nov-1990 1524" 22-NOV-1990 13:22:31.60
To: Moderators of conference EQUITATION
CC:
Subj: Conference announcement
Dear moderator:
This mail is being sent to the moderators of all the employee-interest and
valuing-differences conferences. There are a growing number of problems with
Notes in Digital, and I have created a new conference to deal with these and
other Notes-related issues. I am seeking participation from as broad a base
in the Notes community as possible. To this end, I ask that you post the
following announcement of the new conference in your conference. (The
conference for which you are receiving this message should be indicated in the
"To:" line of the mail header. You may receive this message several times if
you moderate several conferences.)
-- edp (Eric Postpischil)
New Conference on Notes Issues
All noters -- readers, writers, and moderators -- are invited to
participate in a new conference to discuss issues about or involving
Notes. As we explore the communication medium of Notes, we discover
new problems to deal with. One problem is disputes between noters and
moderators. Complaints about diverse conferences have reached
Corporate Personnel. Ron Glover suggests that noters work to find
something the community accepts as good standards for resolving
disputes. Discussion about this should involve all members of the
community, not just moderators or writers. I would like to create a
process for resolving disputes which is generally accepted by
moderators and noters. So if you can help or are interested, I ask you
to join us.
Add the new conference to your notebook with the command:
ADD ENTRY JARETH::EDPEDP::DKA300:[EDP]NOTES
-- edp
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| 3.2 | New conference announcement | BOSOX::LCOBURN | If it works, break it. | Mon Dec 03 1990 08:22 | 45 |
| <I recieved this via vax mail, some noters
may be interested in it.>
From: LESLIE::LESLIE "Andy Leslie, CSSE 01-Dec-1990 2245" 1-DEC-1990 18:17:17.25
To: @DIST$DIR:EIN
CC: LESLIE
Subj: A new conference to discuss Employee Interest Noting
Hi
please feel free to join in the discussions in this conference,
/andy/
<<< LESLIE::EMPLOYEE_INTEREST_NOTING >>>
-< Employee Interest Noting >-
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Note 1.0 Introduction No replies
LESLIE::LESLIE "Andy, NEW B1/2-5, DTN 774 6230" 22 lines 1-DEC-1990 21:30
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This conference has been established to discuss issues regarding
Employee Interest Noting in the DIGITAL Equipment Corporation.
Of late, it has become evident that some regard this activity as
counterproductive and in fact detrimental to the interests of DIGITAL
Equipment Corporation.
I stand at the opposite end of the spectrum and hope, with the
assistance of participants here, to be able to counter some of the more
extreme allegations with fact and reasoned debate.
However, this conference is intended to represent and debate a broad
spectrum of opinions and I welcome comment from all sides of this
discussion.
To be fair, I wish to declare that the basis for my establishing this
conference is to eventually come up with a memorandum, not exceeding
three pages in length, to be submitted to the Operations Committee to
actively seek their support of Employee Interest Noting.
/andy/
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| 3.3 | Policy for the for sale/lease/wanted topics. | GENRAL::LEECH | NEVER assume anything. | Tue Jun 25 1991 01:54 | 130 |
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The following is the policy for all for sale/lease wanted topics in the
equitation notes file. We the moderators feel that it is necessary to
start a policy for the ad section of this notess file in order to keep
misunderstandings to a minimum in the future. Your co-operation with
these new policies will be appriciated.
Summary of the rules. Your ad will be deleted if you break a rule:
o Your name, mailstop, and DTN must be in the first 15 lines
of the ad.
o Ads expire 180 days from the date the reply is entered.
o Use mail or the send/author feature of notes to inquire about
items in a for sale/wanted ad. Do not add replies to the topic
that contains the item that you are interested. Such replies will
be deleted.
Suggestions for a good ad -- remember the following points:
o Be descriptive.
o Include a descriptive title!!
o Add keywords to your note, if you choose (all ads
eventually get keywords).
o Include your asking price, if selling an item.
o Please include which state or country you're located in and
if the asking price includes shipping. Not all of the users of
this notes file live in the same state or country and it is very
difficult to tell from the node name of the author.
Remove Old Ads >-
All ads whose items have been disposed of should be deleted. If you
cannot delete the ad, send a message to the moderators stating the
specific note to be deleted. (It MUST be YOUR note!) If the problem
is that you have moved from the system where the note was entered,
state it in your message.
Ads older than 180 days are deleted without notification. It is the
advertiser's responsibility to keep copies of the ad they place. When
the item(s) in the ad are sold, please delete the ad and any replies
if you wrote them. If this is not the case, please send one of the
moderators mail (do a SHOW MOD and it will give you all the
moderators of this conference) and the extraneous reply(ies) will be
taken care of.
Repeat Ads (BILLBOARDing) >-
Please do not keep entering the same item just to get it in the public
(NEXT UNSEEN) eye. An item should be re-entered ONLY IF:
1. an item has been sold from a list of items (delete original ad)
2. the price has changed (delete original ad)
3. there are other *real* corrections to be made: spelling
inaccuracies, owner information (DTN, LOC/MS), etc.
(delete original ad)
A corrected or changed ad should refer to the original ad by number
and the original should be deleted. The number will show up in
archived directories of conference files giving title and date.
City, State + Area Codes >-
Do not assume that our readers know what Area Code or state you are
in by your system node name. If you use only DTN numbers a site code
still doesn't tell me if you are a reasonable distance from me for me
to expect to do business with you.
Please include your location by City/Town, State. If you use a
non-DTN number, be sure to include your Area Code.
Eye catching ads don't sell here; complete ads do.
DTN in First 15 Lines or DELETE/NOTE >-
Your DTN and your name MUST appear in the first fifteen lines of your
ad. If not, a moderator/moderators may automatically delete the ad!
If you are placing the ad for someone else, THEIR DTN or telephone
number must also appear within the first fifteen lines.
There should not be any page breaks or form feeds <FF> within the
first fifteen lines of the ad. If there are, they may not occur
before the DTN(s) appear.
Your name must accompany your DTN. FOOBAR::COMMON_ACCOUNT is not
enough identification.
If you do not want people to call you at your DTN, make that *very*
clear. People that answer ads should read them very carefully to see
whether or not it would be convenient to call the work number and if
so when.
Why fifteen lines? That's how much text shows up on a VT100/2nn
screen in a note. This file takes up too much time as it is. We
don't like to have to go through long notes searching for DTN
numbers and names. Not everyone has a VSII or other work station
that allows full page notes.
Your cooperation is and will be appreciated.
Descriptive Titles >-
For courtesy sake, could authors of notes please make sure they use
DESCRIPTIVE titles for their advertisements. Something like "This ya
gotta see" or "Hey baby" or whatever isn't descriptive of a dirtbike
for sale or a female roommate wanted, etc...
Adding or Changing Information >-
If you currently have an advertisement in this conference and you are
simply adding your DTN or bringing down the price a bit, please delete
the original reply and reneter it rather than making it a new topic.
Again, we have ways of finding out if you're just pushing your note
to the front of the UNSEEN map. Please don't play games with us. We
all have REAL jobs to do.
[The following is an example ad. My notes are in brackets.]
Frist name Last name [Your name, mailstop, AND DTN
DTN: XXX-XXXX *must* appear in the first 15
Mail stop lines of the ad. I suggest
that this information be at
the top of the ad.]
Please, DON'T call me on my DTN. [Must have your DTN even if
you don't want calls.]
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| 3.4 | Notes policy from corporate personel office. | GENRAL::LEECH | NEVER assume anything. | Fri Jan 31 1992 11:24 | 110 |
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From: Ron Glover, Corporate Personnel Policy Manager
Subj: A Message to Employee Interest Notes File Users
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 29-Jan-1992 11:49am EST
From: RON GLOVER
GLOVER.RON
Dept: Corporate Employee Relations
Tel No: 508-493-9569
TO: Conference Moderators
Subject: A Message to Employee Interest Notes File Users
By way of introduction, I am the Corporate Personnel Policy Manager.
Part of my responsibility includes providing interpretation of Digital's
Personnel Policy, including the Personnel Policy 6.54. I would greatly
appreciate your assistance in posting the attached memo from John Sims in
the Notes files you moderate, and as many other Employee Interest Notes
Files as possible. Please give me a call if you have any questions.
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 30-Jan-1992
From: John Sims
SIMS.JOHN AT A1 at CORA @ CORE
Dept: Strategic Resources
Tel No: 223-7243
TO: Employee Interest Notes File Participants
Subject: A message to employee interest notes file users
A MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEE INTEREST NOTES FILE USERS
Over the last few months I have received a number of complaints
from employees, and individuals outside of the company about
material communicated in electronic mail systems and posted in
various employee interest notes files. After reading some of this
material it is clear that a reminder about appropriate comment and
behavior in these systems is necessary.
First, and most critically; the electronic mail systems and notes
files are company facilities subject to normal workplace rules of
conduct. As such, the same rules that govern conduct and comment
in any other Digital workplace apply with equal weight in these
systems. Stated simply, if you wouldn't say something in a
Digital business meeting, you shouldn't say it in electronic mail
or notes. PERIOD.
Statements that attribute improper, illegal or immoral motives or
actions to others; statements that cast aspersions on the
character or integrity of others or that amount to libel or
slander are not permitted. PERIOD. In this regard, it does not
matter whether the individuals subject to the comment are elected
public officials or directors of organizations disfavored by the
author. There is no "Public Figure" exception in these systems.
Comments of a sexual nature are not acceptable whether they are
about the author or directed at others. Similarly, comments that
degrade, devalue or discriminate against others are also
prohibited.
Neither the notes conferences nor electronic mail should be used
to solicit other employees. This prohibition covers efforts to
solicit employees for personal or political gain, to sell or
market goods or services (except authorized marketplace or
discount conferences) and efforts to solicit employees to take
action, sign petitions or support particular causes or candidates.
Finally, employees should remember that it is never appropriate to
spend working time in employee interest notes for non-work
purposes. Personal or entertainment activities in these notes
files should be limited to assigned break times, lunch time and
before or after business hours.
Employee interest notes files and conferences provide an
electronic forum to share ideas and opinions about matters of
common interest. In supporting these conferences, the company
understood that there would be occasions where employees would
disagree on issues being discussed, but we believed and continue
to believe it is possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
Personnel Policy 6.54, Proper Use of Digital Computers, Systems
and Networks provides further information about appropriate
conduct and comment in these systems. Employees who fail to meet
these expectations, or who use company computer systems in ways
that are contrary to the letter or spirit of that policy are
subject to Corrective Action and Discipline up to and including
the termination of their employment.
The moderators of these conferences, along with your system
managers, personnel representatives and the Personnel Policy
Manager are all available to answer any question you might have
about appropriate use of these systems.
Please feel free to forward this memo to other Digital notes
files and conferences.
Distribution: Selected conference moderators
[Original list deleted]
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| 3.5 | I have been asked to re-post the following. | GENRAL::LEECH | A closed mouth gathers no feet. | Wed Mar 25 1992 11:31 | 54 |
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I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 20-Feb-1990 02:11pm EST
From: RON GLOVER
GLOVER.RON
Dept: Corp. ER Relations
Tel No: 251-1318
TO: Notes conference moderators & participants
Subject: Negative references to external businesses, services, etc.
Over the last several months Digital has been contacted by a number of
individuals and business entities that were angry about negative
comments made about them in our Notesfiles and Conferences. As the
Personnel Policy Manager for Digital I have been the recipient of many
of those notes. I thought I should take the time to post this note to
inform employees that it is not appropriate for them to make negative
comments or references about any person or business entity in any of
Digital's employee interest notesfile or conferences.
There are several reasons why we are establishing this rule. The first
has to do with fundamental fairness. It is simply not fair for an
employee to make a negative comment about a business when we don't
provide those businesses an opportunity to respond and defend
themselves. This is particularly true given the fact that we have no
way of determining whether the comment is honest, fair, or accurate.
Clearly Digital has no intention, or desire, to open up its notesfiles
to third-party businesses so that they can engage in a debate about
whether they provide quality services. The only logical solution then
is to ask our employees to refrain from using the Notesfiles to air
grievances they have with individuals, vendors, or organizations.
In addition to our concerns about fairness, we are concerned about the
potential damage that these kinds of comments may cause to third-party
businesses. In that regard, employees should understand that they may
be personally liable if the statements they make cause harm to any
person or business. Moreover, there is some possibility Digital may be
held liable for such comments as well. Stated more simply, comments
made in a Notesfile or conference are in no way privileged or immune
from claims of liable, slander or defamation.
We are asking all of the users of Notesfiles to exercise discretion and
judgment in the comments that they make in the system. We are also
asking the moderators to go back and review the notesfiles they
moderate and to remove any notes that include derogatory references to
third-party businesses.
Please feel free to contact your moderator if you have any questions on
this subject.
Ron Glover
Corporate Personnel Policy Manager
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| 3.6 | Language use in the notes conference | GENRAL::LEECH | A closed mouth gathers no feet. | Thu Aug 06 1992 17:02 | 25 |
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I hate to do this , but it seems that I must put on my moderator hat
today.
I have noticed a trend in several of the more recent notes toward a
rather liberal use of profanities. Even though I personally tend to
agree with most of the sentiments being expressed, I am also required
as a moderator to keep such usage to a minimum so that this conference
conforms to the Digital guidelines for notes conferences.
In the future, let us all try to find other ways to express ourselves,
our feelings and our opinions rather than to resort to vulgarities.
Thank you,
Pat Leech
Co-moderator
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| 3.7 | | CSLALL::LCOBURN | Plan B Farm | Fri Dec 18 1992 14:41 | 16 |
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Thanks so much to everyone who volunteered to help with moderating this
conference, it's good to see participants eager to chip in! For now,
the moderators are:
Kiirja Paananen XLIB::PAANANEN
Vicki Janicki TUXEDO::JANICKI
Linda Coburn CSLALL::LCOBURN
Please feel free to contact any of the three of us with any comments,
concerns, suggestions (always welcome!), etc.
Thanks again everyone!
Linda
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| 3.8 | New Co-moderator announcement! | CSLALL::LCOBURN | Plan B Farm | Tue Jul 06 1993 15:30 | 20 |
| Hi everyone,
I am happy to announce that John Daddamio has joined Vicki and myself
as the newest co-moderator of this conference. Thank you, John, for
offering to help out, we look forward to working with you!
Co-moderators of this conference are now:
Vicki Janicki TUXEDO::JANICKI
John Daddamio DECWET::JDADDAMIO
Linda Coburn CSLALL::LCOBURN
Any questions, concerns, etc should be directed to one of the three
of us.
Thanks much!
Linda
Co-moderator
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| 3.9 | Honest, it's just me | DECWET::JDADDAMIO | Seattle Rain Festival: 1/1-12/31 | Tue Jul 27 1993 14:48 | 10 |
| Thanks to Donna Fultz(who still had Ed Fultz's indexing scripts from
when he was moderator), I will be putting the Note 4 index back
together over the next few days.
Since I'm not a VMS type(can you spell UNIX?), I'm sure there will be
an error or two while I get organized. So, don't be surprised if Note 4
does weird things for a while. ;-) Honest, it's just me and not another
"set seen" problem like we had a while ago.
John
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| 3.10 | Index seems to be working | DECWET::JDADDAMIO | Seattle Rain Festival: 1/1-12/31 | Mon Sep 13 1993 18:11 | 23 |
| Well, it took a while to get the bugs out but I think we now have a
reliable index generation script. I couldn't use the scripts Donna had
sent me without some modification because many keywords had changed
since Ed left. I didn't want to type up and/or manually maintain a file
of keywords. With a few hours reading DCL manuals(YUK!) and a couple
hints from Vicki(Thanks, Vicki!), I figured out how to get a set of
keywords automatically generated and input them into the index generation
script.
The system log produced by one script contains the keywords and the
index script is run later and reads it to get the keywords. It's set up
to automatically repeat weekly....until my VMS cluster gets taken down
for maintenance/repairs/upgrades.
Anyway, we now have an "Ed" style index with "Kiirja" style keywords
which will automatically add new keywords to the index when necessary.
No, I haven't figured out a way to get the replies to note 4 to be
"invisible" to those who get them by mail. Those who use batch
extracting might try the hints in 4.2 to avoid seeing the replies.
John
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| 3.11 | SET SEEN problem | GBLAUT::JANICKI | V. Janicki DCE Engineering DTN 226-5980 | Thu Jan 06 1994 16:34 | 9 |
| You may experience a problem with your SET SEEN
count/date going wacko today. We don't know what
the problem is.
To fix, use SET SEEN/BEFORE=6-JAN-1994 or the
set seen windows interface.
Vicky
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| 3.12 | New moderator added | MTADMS::COBURN | Plan B Farm | Mon Jul 15 1996 17:56 | 18 |
| With the lose of Vicki, (who will be sorely missed!) Jan Daddamio has
graciously volunteered to help John and myself keep this conference
organized. We'll be particularly needing her VMS skills and insight,
and I'd like to thank you, Jan, for pitching in!
Moderators of this conference are now:
John Daddamio DECWET::JDADDAMIO
Jan Daddamio DECWET::DADDAMIO
Linda Coburn DOOVAX::COBURN
Thanks again, Jan!
Regards,
Linda
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| 3.13 | We didn't do it! ;-) | DECWET::JDADDAMIO | Think softly | Wed Feb 05 1997 13:11 | 6 |
| Somehow, Note 2068 about Gifted got set /NOWRITE. None of us moderators
did it, at least not on ppurpose! ;-) So, if you find any other notes
that have replies prohibited, please let us know.
In the meanwhile, Note 2068 has been repaired and the additional note
added to that topic rather than have two topics about Gifted's death.
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