Conference rusure::nintendo

   

	Redefining the policy around FOR SALE, TRADE and WANTED ITEMS.


	    
    Ads older than 45-60 days will deleted without notification.  It is
    the advertiser's responsibility to keep copies of the ad they place.
    When the item(s) in the ads are sold, traded or found please delete the ad
    and any replies if you wrote them.  If this is not the case, please send   
    me mail and the extraneous reply(ies) will be taken care of. 
    
	Mark Pilotte

	Moderator for Nintendo Notesfile

    
    
    Boy, I go a vacation for a few days and all hell breaks loose.
    
    FLAME ON (Steaming)
    
    	I have set all of note 272 (Sesame Street) hidden for the time
    being.  I will at a later date re-instate the replies that pertain
    to the game itself.  
    
    	This Notesfile was set up for the main purpose of discussing
    the Nintendo System and the games that go with it.  I as well as
    others (based on the mail and calls that I get)  DO NOT like seeing
    a topic turn into a SOAPBOX.  There are plenty of other Notesfiles
    out there for that sort of stuff.  If you want to toss insults back
    and forth or have discussions other than the Nintendo Games, please
    take it to those Notesfiles.  
    
       In the future, If I see anymore replies turn into a SOAPBOX
    like they did in note 272.  I will delete them without notice to
    the author.
    
    FLAME OFF
    
    P.S.
    
    Also please remember that not only Adults read this particular
    Conference. Based on a few of the Intro's that I have read. There
    are some kids out there reading this too.  So lets try and keep
    this conference a "G" rated one.

    
    Thank you
    
    	The Moderator
    

    
    
    
    I would like to announce and welcome aboard our first CO-Moderator
    
    Roy Karlson  CERBUS::KARLSON  will now be helping in moderating this
    conference...
    
    
    Mark 

    
    
    Add one more to the list of Co-Moderators.....
    
    Jack Cunniff   ASABET::CUNNIFF
    
    
    Jack will also be helping to make this a better Notesfile..
    
    mark

    Note 415.0 will be the home of the notefile index. On a frequent basis,
    I'll update the index. 
    
    FYI - one DIRECTORY command I recently learned was:
    
    DIRECTORY 1.* for instance, which will list all the replies to
    note 1. (Which means that the titles you choose for your notes, even
    replies, affect how useful the DIRECTORY command will be.)
    
    jack

    The attached is extracted from another notefile, and relates to
    Corporate Policy on notefiles. Please be aware of this policy,
    as certain statements you make regarding businesses (including
    Nintendo) may be contrary to the guidelines covered within.
    
    Jack Cunniff
    Nintendo CoModerator
    
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    In response to several incidents, Ron Glover, Corporate Personnel
    Policy Manager) has issued the following memo.
    
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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 out 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
judgement in the comments that they make in the system.  We are also
asking 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
    

    
    PLEASE NOTE:
    
    	Yesterday (03/26/90) we lost our SYSTEM Disk.  When we brought the
    system back up we had to revert to our backup tape which was a few days
    old.  Therefore if you have recently put something in this Notesfile 
    and it isn't there anymore, please re-enter it.
    
    Thanks,
    
    	Your friendly CO-Moderator
    
    Mark

    
    
    Just another thing you may want to do.  Because we had to go back 
    as far as 20-mar-1990 for our backup tapes...
    
    When you are at the Note prompt type  the following.
    
    Set Seen/Before=20-MAR-1990:00:05
    
    mark

       *****************    Notice     ******************


	Over the next 6 weekends, the Electric Light Company
	will be setting up new lines along the roadway.  As a
	precautionary measure, our building will be bringing the 
	systems down of Fridays at 6:30 p.m. and they will remain
	down until Monday's at 6:00 a.m.  This means that this
	Notes Conference will be unavailable during these times.

	I will let you know when we get back to a regular schedule.


	Your Co-Moderator,

				Mark

    Regarding note 553 - info on a "Nintendo repair service"...
    
    The moderators of the notefile have discussed this issue, and 
    have agreed that although the act of "solicitation" is against
    guidelines in the Personnel Policies & Procedures, offering to
    provide information about third party services such as a repair
    service is not.  
    
    To keep that note neat, though, we ask that all questions/comments
    be made "offline".
    
    jack
    NINTENDO co-moderator

    
    The nintendo conference has moved to node DRIVE here at VRO, Concord MA
    
    VRO is kind of out on a limb, and so access time may suffer a bit.
    However, next Thursday, January 10, all of us here at Virginia Road
    will begin moving to the new MSO building in Maynard. The computer lab
    will be located at PKO and there is a fiber line running from PKO to
    MSO. 
    
    This conference will be shut down next thursday afternoon at least
    through friday, and possibly through the weekend, depending on how
    smoothly the move goes.
    
    Mike Hanam, new host

    Well, DRIVE is back. The address didn't change; and so that saves alot
    of hassle. Welcome to beautiful MSO2.

    Mike

    
    Well, I've taken a new job and will be moving from MSO shortly. 
    I won't be able to host nintendo any longer. EDP, are you still up for
    taking this notefile? drop me a line one way or the other...
    
    Mike

    
    This Conference will be moving to RUSURE::nintendo sometime today.
    
    at that time everybody will be booted off and the conference locked 
    during the move. I'll put a note here with the new location for those
    that access here after the move... thanks.
    

    Welcome to the Nintendo conference in its new home on RUSURE.  As you
    can see in note 4.0, I had the honor of writing the first note about
    the Nintendo Entertainment System in the Games conference, five years
    ago.  As we all new, Nintendo grew quickly, and Mark Pilotte spawned
    the Nintendo conference.  The latest moderator, Mike Hanam, had to give
    it up, so the conference has come home to roost.  Enjoy.
                                                            
    
    				-- edp (Eric Postpischil)

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]

    Nintendo has several systems on the market:  The original Nintendo
    Entertainment System (NES), Gameboy, and the Super NES.  Because there
    is another conference where Super NES games are discussed and to avoid
    the confusion that might arise from discussing different systems' games
    in one conference, we have decided that this conference will specialize
    in NES and Gameboy games.
    
    Please use this conference to discuss NES and Gameboy games, and please
    use the Super NES conference to discuss Super NES games.
    
    The Super NES conference is currently at YUPPY::SUPER_NES.
    
    
    				-- edp