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    It is becoming increasingly obvious that there are many Disney-holics
    who read this conference who once they get their own fix of Disney,
    forget about their fellows stuck back home.
    
    I'm talking about those of you, (and you know who you are), who
    spend weeks telling us all about your plans, asking advice, gleaning
    priceless information from our collective Disney wisdom, and after
    returning from your vacation never say another word.  That goes
    for the hundreds of you who only read this conference too.  
    
    That is like letting a kid look at all the candy in the shop window,
    and not letting them have any.  It is cruel to us addicts.  We want to
    know what is going on at our favorite place on earth.
    
    So if that's the way you want it, OK, no more Mr. Nice Guy!
    
    From now on, anyone returning from a Disney vacation is REQUIRED to
    post a trip report in topic 183.  Failure to do so will result in us
    sending some Dole-whip crazed thugs to your house and who will forcibly
    remove your mouse ears and any other Mickey souvenirs they might find.
    
    Please don't make us get ugly.  Post your report and you'll feel
    much better about the whole thing.
    
    Len            
    Disney Moderator
       
    P.S.  This note is only partly in jest.
    

    To all,
    
    There  seems  to  have  been  a  rash  of  notes  lately requesting the
    sale/trade/wanting of the unused portion of Disney multi-day passports,
    and this is currently against  the  conference  guideline  see  excerpt
    below.
    
    We instituted this guideline of forbiding the Sale/Trade/Wanting of the
    unused ticket portions, since they are marked non-transferable on them.
    We mod's know there is a black  market  on  these  but  also  know that
    Disney will do whatever it takes at time  to  protect  themselfs.   The
    last thing we as mod's would like to do  is  bring Digital into a legal
    action (remember the  Mickey  Mouse Regis Picture episode?) with Disney
    because any trading of unused ticket portions going on in this file and
    possibly lose this file as a result.
    
    So  please  refrain from posting these requests, and save us moderators
    from having to delete them and sending you mail.
    
    Claude_with_his_moderator_hat_firmly_on
    
***** From 1.1 ****
        
64.*    For Sale/Wanted/Trade
    
    This  topic  is  set  aside  for  the  sale/trade/wanted  of  items  by
    Disney Noter's. 
    
    NOTE #1.  This topic is set aside for aid to Disney Noter's in selling,
    trading or wanting  a once in a blue moon nature.  Those Disney Noter's
    which continuously have for  sale  replies  or the same nature (provide
    thier services in travel planing  for a fee), will be deemed solicitous
    in nature and will be asked  by  the  moderators  to  stop,  and  those
    replies deleted.
    
    NOTE #2.  Please refrain from posting for sale/trade/wanted items  such
    as  Disney  World/Land  passports  or  coupons  which are considered as
    non-transferable by  Disney  and  marked  as such.  Any posting to this
    nature whether in  this  topic  or  elsewhere in the conference will be
    deleted by the moderators and returned back  to the author.  The reason
    for this is that Disney has been known  to  take  legal  action  in the
    past,  and  we  don't  need to get Digital in  a  lawsuit  with  Disney
    concerning trading etc.  of world passport taking place in this file.  

    Attached below  is  a memo that has been recirculating the net of late,
    but actually  was posted in the SINGLES conference back in Febuary '90,
    and is not new to us Mod's.   
    
    Ron  Glover's  memo  is  NOT  DIGITAL  POLICY  but  rather  writen as a
    GUIDELINE on  safe  conduct in notes, and was used as the basis for the
    policy this conference  will  follow  in the future concerning negative
    reviews of Individuals/Businesses.

    This conference for the most part has been upbeat and  we would like to
    keep it that way.  In the past we have had  very  little  trouble  with
    negative reviews, (The  only  hidden  notes  deal  with  the  MKC  card
    policy) in the future if you  are  unsure of a note/reply that you will
    be posting, please run it by the moderators FIRST, if you don't you run
    the risk of having you entry hidden/deleted and  returned to you asking
    for rewording etc.
    
    Please  keep  to  the  FACTS  when  making a review.  Reviews should be
    HONEST, FAIR, AND FREE OF ANY  INFLAMMATORY  LANGUAGE.   Reviews should
    also be BASED ON YOUR FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCES, and if they are not, that
    should be  clearly  stated  at  the begining.  Also, it should be clear
    that the entire  review REPRESENTS THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, even when
    the author honestly believes that he/she is reporting facts. 

    For example reviews with 

     "AVOID  using  Harry's  Rent-A-Car  because  he's  a  crook  and  he's
      overpriced and .."

                or
    
     "DON'T FLY TRANS GLOBAL AIR, THEIR SERVICE STINKS..."
                
    are NOT OK and will be deleted, however reviews such as 

     "The last time I went down I tried Harry's Rent-A-Car.  I thought that
      for money I spent I would get a better serviced car.  The car I ended
      up with had some problems..."

                or
    
     "The  last time I flew TRANS GLOBAL AIR, I had the  following  trouble
      with their baggage service..."
    
    will be allowed.
    
    If  someone  is  requesting info on an establishment, that you yourself
    would never recommend  to  your  own  mother,  then please fine another
    method of communication to convey that to the requestor (ie phone)
    
    Please,  when  writing  reviews  please  keep the interest of yourself,
    Digital and us MOD's  in  mind.   
    
    Thanks
    
    Len, Mike and Claude (your freindly Mod's)
    
    
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                 Message from Ron Glover Corporate Personnel     OCT 1990
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    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

    Below is  the  latest  Memo  circulating the net/conferences concerning
    Employee Interest  Conferences.  We  moderators  appreciate  your
    cooperation in this area.
    
    thanks,
    

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]

    Updated Disney Conference Moderator List:

          Nina Eppes   (BOOKIE::EPPES)
          Susan Farina (VAXUUM::FARINA)
          Ruth  Lowell (DSSDEV::LOWELL)
          Mike  Scopa  (DONVAN::SCOPA)