| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 1.1 | History--conference first move from ATFAB | ATFAB::WYMAN | | Tue May 08 1984 20:26 | 22 |
| In re 1.2:
Tracy,
ATFAB is being packed up and shipped to Charlotte, N.C. where it
will be used to complete development of ALL-IN-1 V2.0. We just couldn't
keep going with only one 750 in Charlotte and the only machine we could
get our hands on was ATFAB... So, it was a choice between developers
revolting or management overhead and architecture types like us in MK
learning to live with paper and telephones... We figured the telephones
would "build character".
Actually, we'll be on the net slightly longer then we expected
since we're having problems getting KUDZU's (Charlottes) connection
to the ENET moved off ATFAB onto another machine. It was supposed to
be done on Wednesday but won't be so we get to wait till it's done.
Which will be very soon.
bob wyman
PS: We may be short of machine cycles but it's still better then in V1.x
days when ALL-IN-1 was developed using spare cycles on a machine time-
shared with customers!
|
| 1.2 | Keywords! | VIRTUE::RAVAN | | Thu Feb 20 1986 10:26 | 11 |
| Mike has kindly opened the file to keyword-creation, and I've added
some keywords to the more obvious notes. To see the currently-defined
keys, use SHOW KEY/ALL; to see which notes they point to, use SHOW
KEY/FULL *; or use DIR/KEY=<specific keyword> to get a directory
of the keyed notes.
Anyone can relate an existing keyword to any note, whether they
wrote it or not, so if you find a topic or reply that you think
should be keyed, go ahead and ADD KEYWORD <key> note#.
-b
|
| 1.23 | Moderator history | MTV::FOLEY | I'm Frey'd | Wed Jul 02 1986 09:36 | 8 |
| Hi,
Mike Raspuzzi will be taking over the moderator duties
while I'm away on vacation. Thanks for volunteering
Mike!
mike
|
| 1.45 | History--conference move from MTV | MTV::FOLEY | Boom shacka-lacka | Mon Nov 03 1986 18:05 | 14 |
|
SF needs a home. I'm not taking it to LKG with me. Matt
THEBAY::MTHOMAS has kindly offered if no one out here in the
east offers to give it a home. Matt and I would rather
see it kept back east due to the overhead and slowness (sometimes)
of the link to THEBAY.
If you can give it a home out here then please mail me ASAP!
I'm backing it up on Wednesday, Nov 5th and it will close
as of that date until a new home is found..
thanks
mike
|
| 1.47 | Old location | DELNI::CANTOR | Dave Cantor | Mon Nov 10 1986 18:49 | 7 |
| This conference is now located at NAC::SF.
Mike Foley (DELNI::FOLEY) remains the moderator; I will act
as backup moderator.
Dave C.
(former moderator)
|
| 1.48 | Note Titles | CACHE::MARSHALL | hunting the snark | Fri Nov 21 1986 09:43 | 53 |
| Hi,
I have a gripe with the poor titles people sometimes give to their
notes.
Below is a directory listing of all titles that have "NEW" in them,
and are ambiguous. Notice the two "NEW HEINLEIN" titles.
The first refers to _Job_, the second to
_The_Cat_Who_Walks_Through_Walls_.
All of these notes should have been titled the same as the book
to which it relates.
What I ask, is that when you write a new note, please consider your
title carefully. Your note will become permanent, people will be
reading it years from now. The title of a note is NOT like the
SUBJECT field on a MAIL message. What is "new" when you write the
note will not be "new" for long, but your note will remain a long
time.
This file is not just used as a topic-of-the-day file people do
like to go back and enter replies to notes that are no longer
"active". For example, I just recently finished reading
_The_Cat_Who_Walks_Through_Walls_ and wanted to enter my comments.
Needless to say I was annoyed to find two "NEW HEINLEIN" titles.
Especially since neither of them are really "new" anymore.
Well, I'm beginning to rant and rave, excuse me, please.
Please think about your titles, please try to make them informative.
"NEW <author>" is not informative.
/
( ___
) ///
/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arcana Caelestia
Created: 11-FEB-1986 05:42 413 topics Updated: 21-NOV-1986 08:38
-< There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. >-
Topic Author Date Repl Title
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 NACHO::LYNCH 20-DEC-1983 17 New movies?
9 NACHO::LYNCH 20-DEC-1983 3 New Doctor?
40 NACHO::LYNCH 16-MAR-1984 41 New Tarzan flick
77 PARROT::BLOTCKY 24-MAY-1984 1 New Lensmen Stories
101 ADVISE::THOMPSON 28-JUN-1984 6 New Fuzzy Book Coming?
109 NUHAVN::COSTLEY 25-JUL-1984 2 New Robert Silverberg story
121 NACHO::LYNCH 17-AUG-1984 7 New Heinlein
202 CTOAVX::JOHNSON 4-MAY-1985 9 New Shannara Book
258 RAVEN1::HEFFELFINGER 28-AUG-1985 0 New Heechee Novel
272 2LITTL::BERNSTEIN 17-OCT-1985 1 New Creative Writing file
273 SHOGUN::HEFFEL 21-OCT-1985 13 New Heinlein
292 SHOGUN::HEFFEL 25-NOV-1985 5 New McCaffrey
377 NATASH::HYATT 25-AUG-1986 20 New Foundation Novel?
385 PFLOYD::ROTHBERG 16-SEP-1986 5 New Amber ?!?!?
|
| 1.49 | Topic write-locked and reserved for moderators | DELNI::CANTOR | Dave Cantor | Sat Nov 22 1986 00:30 | 5 |
| This introductory topic is now write locked. If you think
you have something which should go into this topic. Please
write to one of the moderators.
Dave C.
|
| 1.50 | Some VAX Notes Commands and Rules, Part 1 | DICKNS::KLAES | The Universe is safe. | Thu Aug 27 1987 15:53 | 37 |
| It is easier to understand and enjoy the SCIENCE FICTION (SF)
VAX Notes Conference better if you know some of the commands and rules
which could help you find the Topics you want to read and respond to.
Please read all of the following instructions before participating
further in the SF Conference:
To find a Topic in SF, write this command at the Notes> prompt in
the upper left corner of the screen (with it being understood that you
then press the RETURN key after writing this and most of the other
commands listed here):
DIR/TITLE=topicname
To view Topic titles in the Conference Directory in list form,
write:
DIR LAST-1 or DIR 1-LAST
If looking through the Directory for a particular Topic fails,
write this command example:
SEARCH Asimov
This will take you to the very first mention of Asimov in the
Conference. Continue to write (or call up) the command SEARCH (you
do not have to write the name of the item you are looking for again,
until you start looking for a new item), and it will take you
continuously to the next reference to Asimov.
To set the SF Conference so that you can read and keep up
with the latest Replies and Topics in SF, write this command:
SET SEEN/BEFORE=YESTERDAY
Then when you want to read the most recent Noters' entries in the
Conference, press the ENTER key from now on.
|
| 1.51 | VAX Notes Commands and Rules, Part 2 | DICKNS::KLAES | The Universe is safe. | Thu Aug 27 1987 15:55 | 36 |
| The commands for REPLYING to a Note and WRITING your own Topic
are rather straightforward:
If you want to reply to a particular comment, just write REPLY
at the Note you want to respond to, and press RETURN. Write your
commentary, and when you are through, press CONTROL Z; you will be
asked to put in a title for your Reply. When you have written your
title, press RETURN, write YES that you want to put your Reply in,
press RETURN again, and there is your Reply, all safe and snug in the
proper Topic.
To write your *own* Topic (do *not* confuse this with REPLY), just
write the command WRITE and press RETURN. Then write your new Topic
(First make certain that it has *not* been done before, though), then
press CONTROL Z, create your title, and press RETURN again (it is similar
to REPLY).
If you have an SF article in your main non-NOTES directory,
to add it to the Conference in the *appropriate* Topic, just write
REPLY filename.TXT (make sure it is a .TXT file), then do every
other procedure like a regular REPLY command mentioned above.
If you want to copy a Note in the Conference, write SAVE and
press RETURN at the Note you want to save. You will then be
prompted to make up a name for it (Do not write .TXT after the name,
as that is done automatically); then write the Note's (or Notes')
number (120.0-.5, for example), and in approximately one minute, you
will receive a message stating that those Notes have been copied to
your main non-NOTES directory.
If you want to make your own PERSONAL NAME - those clever
and sometimes informational phrases which appear immediately after
your user name at the left of the Note's header - write this command:
SET PROFILE/PERSONAL_NAME="Clever phrase."
|
| 1.52 | VAX Notes Commands and Rules, Part 3 | DICKNS::KLAES | The Universe is safe. | Thu Aug 27 1987 15:58 | 36 |
| Please use *correct* grammar and spelling when possible. Write
your commentaries clearly and precisely. Do *not* use ALL CAPITALS
when writing: It is considered SHOUTING in Notes, and is not
appreciated by other Noters, unless you have a legitimate reason for
being angry about something in the Notesfile.
Please put your SF commentaries in their *proper* Topics.
If your commentary is in the wrong Topic, it will be moved to the
correct location in the Conference. Please do *not* enter commentaries
which are *not* about and/or related to SF. Such items will be removed
from the Conference and returned to you. Do *not* use obscene or
offensive words or phrases, as such a Note will be removed immediately
from the Conference and returned to you. If you have comments, questions,
or problems about VAX Notes which you are unable to answer yourself,
please contact the Moderator about them - do *not* write them in the
Conference, as they too will be removed and returned to you.
It is a good idea to just READ through the Conference at first for
a while, to get a feel of what SF Topics exist and where they are
located - and what has already been written - before replying, or
writing your own Topic.
To learn more about KEYPAD commands, just press the PF2 key when
in Notes. For more detailed information on Notes in general,
write the command HELP when in Notes. Also, I highly suggest
reading the SAMPLE_CONFERENCE (NOTES$SAMPLE) Conference, which is
automatically supplied with every Notesfile in your VAX Notes Main
Directory. You can also order the USER'S GUIDE TO VAX NOTES
Manual (Order Number AI-G98HA-TE), which can be ordered through your
Secretary.
These are just a few VAX Notes commands and rules, but they are
the most helpful, and they naturally apply to *all* of the VAX Notes
Conferences. They will help you participate in SF better, and I hope
you enjoy the Notes!
|
| 1.53 | History of SF Conference prior to VAX Notes | DELNI::CANTOR | Dave C. | Sat Sep 12 1987 20:19 | 86 |
| The following was extracted from the old NOTESLIST file (where
NOTES-11 files used to be announced). It contains some history
of this SF conference, which may be of interest sometime.
Thus I'm reposting it here, so as not to lose it.
If you don't care about Notes history, hit NEXT now.
Dave C.
<<< NOTESLIST.NOT >>>
-< Notes-11 File Announcements >-
================================================================================
Note 55.0 Science Fiction 14 replies
ATFAB::WYMAN 2 lines 8-DEC-1983 17:52
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATFAB::SYS$NOTES:SF.NOT
================================================================================
ATFAB::WYMAN NotesFiles Announcements 8-MAY-1984 18:31
Note #185.6 -< NotesFiles Need a Home >- 6 of 10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Science Fiction NotesFile has been moved to:
NUHAVN::SYS$NOTES:SF.NOT.
bob wyman
================================================================================
Note 55.2 Science Fiction 2 of 14
NUHAVN::CANTOR 8 lines 8-MAY-1985 16:23
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Science Fiction notes file has been temporarily moved to
OLORIN""::SYS$NOTES:SF.NOT
It is expected to move to the new Andover MIS VAXcluster on or about
16-May-1985.
Dave C.
================================================================================
Note 55.3 Science Fiction 3 of 14
PENNSY::CANTOR 13 lines 10-JUL-1985 23:05
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Only two months later than expected, the Science Fiction notes file has been
moved back to the Andover MIS cluster.
Please access this file via
{LEHIGH,ERIE,PENNSY,NUHAVN}""::SYS$NOTES:SF.NOT
--
The Shelf Scanner on the above VAXcluster again is tracking this notes file,
too, index number 76.
Dave C.
================================================================================
Note 55.4 Science Fiction 4 of 14
MTV::FOLEY 13 lines 3-DEC-1985 06:30
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have now graciously taken over the responsiblity as the
moderator for the Science Fiction notesfile. SF.NOT can
now be reached via the ICO Cluster.. If you note in prime
time ONLY then please try and use NESN.. (I won't be as adamant
about this anymore.. Just try if you can) Otherwise, feel free to
use the rest of the cluster.
{NESN,ESPN,HBO,MTV}""::SYS$NOTES:SF.NOT
Enjoy!
mike
================================================================================
Note 55.5 Science Fiction 5 of 14
NUHAVN::CANTOR 4 lines 4-DEC-1985 08:58
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And, of course, this file is no longer scanned as local by the Andover Shelf
Scanner.
Dave C.
================================================================================
Note 55.14 Science Fiction 14 of 14
MTV::FOLEY 6 lines 12-FEB-1986 01:24
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Science Fiction has been converted to VAX Notes. The old file is
write locked and will remain there for a short time..
mike
|
| 1.54 | Irrelevant old notes removed | DELNI::CANTOR | Dave C. | Sat Sep 12 1987 20:51 | 10 |
| I've removed several earlier replies to this, the moderators'
topic. Some of the notes I've removed pertained to an old, now
moot, problem with the unseen count; others pertained to the
controversy over when the conference was to be converted to
VAX Notes format.
I've retained the notes pertaining to moderatorship and history
of this conference.
Dave C.
|
| 1.55 | Pointer to Etiquette conference | DELNI::CANTOR | Dave C. | Sat Sep 12 1987 20:55 | 5 |
| The conference HUMAN::ETIQUETTE (Hit KP7 to add it to your
notebook) contains much discussion and many good tips for writing
notes. I recommend all new noters to read this conference.
Dave C.
|
| 1.56 | Allowed topics; quotations; actual works disallowed. | DELNI::CANTOR | Dave C. | Fri Sep 18 1987 14:55 | 21 |
| This conference should be used for the discussion of SF and
of SF-related material and SF conventions.
Discussions about the rules for this file, or of the moderation
style of this file should be carried out by private communication
with the moderator(s). Use the command
Notes> SHOW MODERATOR
to find the names and mail addresses of the moderator(s).
Except for short quotations, written works should not be posted
in this conference. Though this is late notice, this has
always been the policy in this conference, and the moderators
apologize for not having said so before. An example of the
the enforcement of the rule in the past can be found in note
107, where someone was suggesting the posting of a work called
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Net" for the second time.
Mike Foley and Dave Cantor,
moderators
|
| 1.58 | Old location | NICLUS::CANTOR | Dave C. | Sat Jun 18 1988 15:32 | 7 |
| This conference is now located at NICLUS::SF. Modify your notebook
entry as follows:
Notes> MODIFY ENTRY SF/FILE=NICLUS::SF
Dave C.
|
| 1.59 | Copyright issue | AKOV11::BOYAJIAN | Copyright � 1953 | Fri Aug 12 1988 03:15 | 38 |
| The following is [with some slight editing] something I wrote for the
moderator of QARRY::ANIMATION, regarding the issue of copyright
violation. It should be considered as policy for this conference.
This is something that unfortunately needs to be stated explicitly, as the
problem has cropped up in other conferences, most recently in DSSDEV::VIDEO,
where someone was offering videotape copies of Disney features that have
not been made commercially available by Disney.
Offering to make and/or distribute copies of copyrighted
material, or seeking such material for the purpose of
making and/or distributing copies is AGAINST THE LAW.
If Digital was to allow such offers or requests to be made via corporate
resources (i.e. the Easynet and its Notes conferences), the company is
legally liable for damages as an accessory. Obviously, Digital cannot
control what you do in your private lives, so if you are of a mind to
violate copyright laws, that's your personal business. Just don't use
Digital's resources to help you do so.
As there has been much debate in related conferences, as well as the courts
over what *is* legal as far as taping or copying copyrighted material (eg.
Should CATV be treated the same as broadcast TV? Can commerically produced
cassettes be copied if it's only for private home use?), it is best to err
on the side of conservatism. Please do not discuss the copying of copyrighted
material here. General discussion of the issue would be better off occuring
in DSSDEV::VIDEO.
It's safe to ask to borrow material (eg. "I missed the Bugs Bunny Special
on TV last night. Does anyone have it on VHS tape that I could borrow?")
for viewing, or to offer to loan something that is hard to find. Just don't
mention copying. It's also reasonably safe to mention that you taped a given
program off the TV. Just use good judgement; if you have doubts about the
propriety of mentioning it, then don't.
--- jerry
|
| 1.61 | Note titles subject to change | DDIF::CANTOR | And I saw the Jag slide into the curve. | Fri Dec 30 1988 04:29 | 39 |
| Effective now, the moderators reserve the right to change the titles of
notes (both topic notes and replies) with or without notifying the
author.
Some of the reasons for modification of note titles are:
o Misspelling
o Illegibility
o Forbidden language: fighting words, obscenities, etc.
o Nondescriptiveness of actual text of note
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list. We will not change the
titles just because we don't like an original title, but there may be
other reasons than those stated above.
We will notify the authors of SUBSTANTIVE change to their titles, but
not of mere corrections to spelling.
There is a class of notes where a noter asks a question about a subject
and enters a title which is nondescriptive (typically, something like
"help" or "what about foobar" or "story title request"). When these are
answered, we will try to retitle the note to indicate the true subject
(which wasn't known at the outset). In general, we will not notify the
authors of these changes.
There is now an effort underway to retitle several dozen old topics in
this file to have descriptive titles. Authors will not be notified of
these. Several old topics which are not related to SF of fantasy will
be removed at this time, too. Authors again will not be notified.
These removals are typically concerned with using the old Notes products
"Kawell Notes" and NOTES-11.
A major portion of the research work which was required to do this was
done by Larry Klaes. Thanks, Larry.
Dave C.
|
| 1.62 | Conference moving. Home not settled yet!! | AXEL::FOLEY | Rebel without a Clue | Wed Jan 04 1989 00:32 | 13 |
|
Hi, I've accepted a new job in VMS Engineering and that means
I gotta take my conferences with me. Unfortunately, it's gonna
take me about a week or two to get settled and find a system
to put this on. Please bear with me. I will announce the
change in the EASYNOTES.LIS file and the EASYNET_CONFERENCES
conference.
Sorry for the short notice.
mike
Moderator
|
| 1.63 | New location | AXEL::FOLEY | Rebel without a Clue | Fri Jan 06 1989 00:04 | 12 |
|
SF is now currently on UPSAR. Many thanks to Matt Thomas
for hosting it and to Andy Leslie for the offer of hosting it.
I've made Matt a moderator also.. He and Dave and Jerry keep
up with SF more than I at the moment.
We'll see how things go for Matt and myself in a few weeks before
we decide to either move SF again or keep it on UPSAR.
mike
Moderator
|
| 1.64 | progress report? | UPSAR::THOMAS | The Code Warrior | Wed Mar 08 1989 14:36 | 5 |
| OK. It been about 2 months now. Any complaints about performance or
any other problem accessing SF?? If so, send me mail at NETRIX::THOMAS.
BTW, if you occasionally see SF become not found, don't worry - I'm
just compressing it and it will shortly be become available again.
|
| 1.65 | Notes now may be moved. | DDIF::CANTOR | This is not all rock and roll, dude. | Mon Mar 20 1989 13:55 | 8 |
| Now that the conference file has been reformatted to the new format
which allows moving of notes, the moderators now reserve the right
to move notes to more appropriate topics. (E.g., a second topic note
started on the same subject would get moved.)
When feasible, the moderators will notify those whose notes are moved.
Dave C.
|
| 1.66 | Separation of subjects into separate topics | ASABET::BOYAJIAN | Protect! Serve! Run Away! | Fri Jul 28 1989 05:01 | 10 |
| You may have noticed that I separated out Mishel's Stephen Brust
question (and its attendant replies) from the Schmitz/Brust note.
Simply for convenience's (and order's) sake, please try to keep
each topic limited to one subject. If you have questions about
two different authors, write two separate topics.
Thanks.
--- jerry
|
| 1.67 | Buy/sell/swap prohibited. | PROXY::CANTOR | $ DEL [*...]*.*;* fixes any problem! | Fri Oct 06 1989 12:25 | 14 |
| Buy/sell/swap notes have not been permitted in this conference since it
was founded. At one time, it was thought that buy/sell/swap notes were
disallowed by Digital policy. If that was true at one time, it is not
true now, and hasn't been for some time.
However, there is a conference TECHNO::CLASSIFIED_ADS (hit KP7 to add it
to your notebook) which is specifically set up for buy/sell/swap notes.
Please use that conference if you wish to enter that kind of note.
Please do not enter buy/sell/swap notes here. Buy/sell/swap notes
will be returned to the author and deleted. (This has been the policy
of this conference right along, but wasn't explicit before.)
Dave C.
|
| 1.68 | Keywords maintainer | HGABSS::SZETO | Simon Szeto @HGO, Hongkong | Wed Jul 04 1990 04:37 | 17 |
| Some months ago the moderators gave me the privilege to move notes
around when I volunteered to untwine the Zelazny and Eddings skeins in
topic 609. Later I spun off the Elenium string from the Mallorean
discussion in topic 640. I have since stayed on by default as
permanent guest moderator.
More recently, Larry Klaes has been added as "keyword czar" -- member
with create-keyword and write-regardless privileges, without being
moderator. Keyword creation is now restricted in this conference. In
the words of Dave Cantor, "Larry has been a constant contributor to the
file and has been really helpful in labelling notes with the proper
keywords. He has almost single-handedly been maintaining the keywords
for a long time."
Simon Szeto, (mostly-) absentee moderator
P.S. Dave C. is on vacation, so I'm announcing this on his behalf.
Oh, and Happy Fourth (to the Americans in the readership).
|
| 1.70 | Conference pointers updated. | STAR::CANTOR | IM2BZ2P | Sat Jul 27 1991 19:38 | 11 |
| All the conference pointers in this conference have been updated as of
today. The old locations of other conferences in the text of notes, of
course, has not been changed, but where there is a conference pointer,
it has been updated.
The current location of a conference can be looked up in VTX EASYNOTES,
in the biweekly edition of EASYNOTES.LIS, and in the conference for
announcing conferences, EASYNET_CONFERENCES (Hit KP7 to add it to your
notebook).
Dave C.
|
| 1.71 | Restored after corruption. | STAR::CANTOR | IM2BZ2P | Tue Aug 13 1991 10:37 | 3 |
| The corruption has been corrected; see topic 100.
Dave C.
|
| 1.72 | Memo from Corporate Personnel Dept. | STAR::CANTOR | Have pun, will babble. | Thu Jan 30 1992 17:03 | 117 |
|
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: See Below
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:
TO: Remote Addressee ( _CVG::Thompson )
TO: Remote Addressee ( _dr::Blinn )
TO: Remote Addressee ( _prose::Eppes )
TO: Remote Addressee ( _clt::Talcott )
TO: Remote Addressee ( _covert::Covert )
TO: Remote Addressee ( _mipsbx::Thomas )
TO: Remote Addressee ( _Closet::T_Parmenter )
TO: Remote Addressee ( _brons::burrows )
TO: Remote Addressee ( _thundr::Minow )
TO: Remote Addressee ( _beirut::Sunnaa )
CC: Remote Addressee ( _ics::glover )
CC: Remote Addressee ( _ics::seltzer )
|
| 1.73 | How it applies to SF.NOTE | STAR::CANTOR | Have pun, will babble. | Thu Jan 30 1992 17:19 | 48 |
| There isn't much a problem in the SF conference, but please be aware of
the contents of Glover's and Sims' memoranda.
Criticism:
It is my interpretation as moderator that criticising works of
literature, cinema, and other art forms is acceptable so long as it does
not include negative statements about the author, editor, artist or
other persons.
Criticize the works, not the persons! Saying Joe Blow's latest book is
awful is okay; saying that Joe Blow is a low-down (*#^&*( as
demonstrated in his latest book is definitely not acceptable.
Sex and degradation, devaluation, and discrimination:
It is my opinion that you may discuss the fact that a work discusses sex
or any of the three D's. You may not quote things or rephrase things
which describe sexual acts or tend to condone any of the three D's.
Work hours:
Your work hours are what your manager thinks are your work hours. Act
accordingly. If you don't want your manager to know you're writing
in this conference during the time (s)he thinks that you're working,
then don't write here during that time.
Policy for this conference:
Henceforth, the moderators will be rejecting and deleting notes which do
not conform to policy. Such notes may usually be rewritten to exclude
the offending material, and then resubmitted.
Discussion of this policy:
This is NOT a proper subject for discussion in this conference, however.
As pointed out in Sims' memo, you can discuss the rules with any
moderator or with managers or with personnel representatives by PRIVATE
communication. Any such communication posted here will be deleted.
If wishes could be fishes:
I wish it weren't necessary for me to have written this note. I wish it
weren't necessary for Mssrs. Sims and Glover to have written their
memoranda. Unfortunately, it was.
Dave C.
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| 1.74 | | RUBY::BOYAJIAN | History is made at night | Fri Feb 14 1992 08:59 | 8 |
| Please do not enter the same note in multiple topics. Most noters
read the conference by the "next unseen" method, and they will be
reading your note again and again as they "next unseen" from topic
to topic. Once is sufficient.
Thank you.
--- jerry_as_moderator
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| 1.75 | Down one more mod. | STAR::CANTOR | Dave Cantor | Tue Jan 19 1993 00:40 | 7 |
| Bye-bye. I leave Digital this Friday due to TFSO. Joining the
moderation team as I leave is Ann Broomhead.
But I'll see you folks around the various SF conventions from
time-to-time. This sure was fun--I'm gonna miss it.
Dave C.
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