Conference misery::feline_v1

    
    Nancy, what's the aproximate cost of a "typlical" portrait....
    Say, an 8 1/2 X 11.
                                                     
    Sounds like a great gift to buy MYSELF for Christmas!
    
    Barbara
        

    Ditto!  I have cat paraphenalia all over the house including a mom
    cat and her kitten I made in a ceramics class, numerous pillows,
    figurines, pictures, etc.
    
    I would love a portrait of my 2 (soon to be 3) babies.
    
    Cost?
    
    /Roberta
    

    15 Dittos !!  Do you discount quantity?
    
    E.T. + 15 kids

    As I'm working at my terminal I get this message across my screen.
    
    New mail on node IAMOK from FELINE::TABBATHA_SILVER_MICKI_SNOOKS
    
    
                                                   
    TO:  IAMOK::HTAYLOR
    FROM:  FELINE::TABBATHA_SILVER_MICKI_SNOOKS
    SUBJ:  PLEASE????????
                         
    Hey MOM!  did you see that new note in the FELINE notes file?? 
    About the portraits?  We wanna do it!!!! PLEASE????
                                                    
    (We promise not to terrorize the house tonight!!)
    
    Tabbatha, Silver, Michaela, and snooks
    
                         
                         
                         

From:	FELINE::TABATHA_SILVER_MICKI_SNOOKS   "Us and our hunk o' human" 
To:	JAWS::COTE
Subj:	Forward to aja...

Aja,

Bug Edd for a portrait!

We want ours done and if lotsa cats ask for it then maybe Holly
will do it for us...

Pleeeeeeeeease????

Thanks,

The Taylor Kats

    
      What a response! I only entered my ad at noon...there are obviously
    some questions about cost.  As some of you may already know, I really
    need to see the reference material. There are many price-determining
    factors to be considered here. to name a few:
    
    * Full size Cat body or just head
    * How many Cats in the picture?
    * Full color or half-tones
    * Mat provided?
    
    All my mat-cutting and framing is done professionally. I am a client
    of "THE CASUAL CAT" Picture Framing and Art Gallery in Amherst NH.
    
    So if you are interested, I will need some of this info for a ballpark
    quote, and ultimately to see the reference photo. I take full
    responsibility for any precious phots given to me. I always return
    them intact. 
    
    in response to the "Quantity in numbers" --- 15? Wow! thats alot
    of purring!  what an enormous effort that would be, quite a 
    challenge to say the least.  But Art doesn't work quite that way..
    I'm afraid!
    
    Drop me a line....
    
    This response is wonderful, now I really feel guilty!
    ! I still haven't done portraits of my own precious Long-haired 
    Yaddie, and the new, ever-so-wild, Pippontat-kitten!!)
    
     
    
    a
    my work to THE CASUAL CAT 
    

    I hate to put a damper on this, but I believe the base note and
    note .6 violate Digital's policy on not using computers for other
    businesses you or your relatives may have.
    
    Here is the relevant section of policy 6.06 which I found in VTX.
    Section B is the relevant section. I  know other conferences have
    found it necessary to ban all mention of other businesses people
    are involved in.
    

Employee Doing outside Consulting...

 II.  EMPLOYEE DOING OUTSIDE CONSULTING OR ENGAGING IN OUTSIDE
      BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

      An employee is allowed to do outside consulting or to engage
      in outside business activities provided the employee meets
      all the following criteria:

      A.  The consulting or outside business activity, including
          preparation, is not on Company time nor does the consult-
          ing or outside business activity in any way impact the
          employee's job performance at Digital.

      B.  The consulting or outside business activity does not in
          any way utilize any Digital resources; e.g., facilities,
          materials, equipment, telephones, trade secrets, Company
          proprietary or confidential information, etc.

      C.  The consulting or outside business activity is not for,
          with, or at any competitor, supplier or customer.

      D.  The consulting or outside business activity does not
          compete with any business activities of, or services
          currently offered by, Digital.

      E.  The consulting or outside business activity does not
          result in significant enhancements of competitors'
          products, involve decision-making which could result in
          recommending competitor's products, or result in a
          significant business advantage for a competitor.

      F.  Consulting or outside business activity in the field of
          computers or related activities is reviewed by the
          employee's manager.  In situations requiring interpre-
          tation of this policy, the case will be referred to the
          Business Conduct Committee for final decision.
    

Our personnel rep should be in this afternoon and I'll ask him for
an interpretation of this.  If he takes a narrow view, then we'll
have to delete notes about employees offering pet sitting services, 
etc.

Pam

    
    Well, yes this did occur to me and I even attempted to delete the
    note.  Then when I got replies I could not delete the note. It was
    protected.  So. I'm sorry if I was wrong.  I will wait for further
    response from our moderator.  Thank you for making me aware of the
    facts. 
    

    Let's not go overboard here.  I vote for keeping this note in.
    

This seems to be a situation with alot of grey areas.  My personnel rep
didn't really see anything wrong with allowing this to stand, or this 
practice to continue.  He feels that if you take a very narrow inter-
pretation of the policy, then one would have to believe that this sort
of thing should not be allowed.  However, his feeling was that employee
interest notesfiles should serve the interests of employees and that
employees who provide services of interest to employees should be allowed
to make that known.  He said that solicitation is clearly not allowed,
however.

So, it is the opinion of the moderators that there is nothing wrong here.

Pam

    Mommy,mommy,mommy.....all the *other* kitties are doing it!!!!
    And we are *so* pretty.....please, meowrrrrrrr???
    
    
    Niniane and Charm