Lions-L Discussion List - December, 1995

Hey, Baker Lions! I made it into the mailing list!

I'm Bob Brown. I'm a Class of '65 Lion. I work for DeKalb Medical Center and DeKalb Regional Healthcare System and teach part-time at Southern College of Technology.

Ummm, and I cheated. It was easier for me to get on this list than it was for some of you. The computer it runs on is in the building where I work!

--Bob

Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 18:02:14 -0400
From: Jeanne Sweeney

Hello from another Baker grad! It is so exciting to be a part of this enormous and innovative project -- a dream come true -- thanks to many hours of work by Bob Brown.

For those of you that don't know me (I know that my 'lil brother is out there somewhere) -- I graduated from Baker in 1965. I live on Lake Sinclair and teach nursing at Georgia College. My clinical interests are in the areas of gastroenterology and community health education. My education interests are in the area of computer mediated instructional technology. I "watch after' about 24 Macs and an assundry of other computer equipment and software for the School of Nursing -- with the help of another colleague.

Here at Georgia College we are busy working on the college home page -- but we are not as far along as the Baker effort. You can check out Georgia College and the School of Nursing with this address:

I checked Netscape this afternoon and saw where Mr. Hardy is out there in cyber space. Thanks for contacting us, Mr. Hardy!

Bob Brown said that we have had some grads for the '50's to contact us as well. I am excited that so many people are getting involved.

Look forward to hearing from others ..... Jeannie

Date: Thu, 28 Dec 95 18:15:40 EST
From: Bob Brown
Subject: New Mailing List Description

One of you was kind enough to point out privately that the instructions for the Lions-L mailing list weren't, ummm, all they should be.

In particular, there was no explanation of what electronic mailing lists are all about, nor did the instructions in the welcome message adequately distinguish between the list address (Lions-L@Baker.HS.org) and the addresses to send commands to the list server or to reach the list owner. (Lions-L-Request@Baker.HS.org is the server's command processing program and Lions-L-Owner@Baker.HS.org reaches the list owner, currently me.

I've revised the instructions. If you want to retrieve a copy of the new instructions, send a message to Lions-L-Request@Baker.HS.org (the command processor address) with the word INFO in the body of the message.

In fact, I'd appreciate it if several of you *would* retrieve the new instructions and then send your comments to the mailing list so we can discuss how they can be further improved. I'm *very* new at this stuff, and need all the help I can get.

--Bob '65

Date: Fri, 29 Dec 95 00:30:17 EST
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Web Page Backgrounds

Someone who's been in on this project from the beginning suggested that the plain white background of the BHS Home Page was, uhhh, dull.

Following her suggestion (that's a hint about who it is) I looked at several background files, but I didn't like any of them. Finally I began to wonder what I could do here. I've developed a background of the initials BHS repeating across the background, looking like they were embossed into it. I think it's pretty neat. Unhappily, it also causes the home page to load more slowly.

OK Lions, please look at http://www.baker.hs.org/test.html to see the BHS embossed background, then report back here to Lions-L about whether you prefer plain or fancy.

By the way, several people have joined the list recently. I can no longer count the subscribers without using my thumbs. However, Jeannie and I are the only ones who've sent an "I'm here" message to the list. OK, rest of you... we know you're there. Please speak up and be counted.

Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 04:26:54 -0800
From: Keith Pratt
Subject: I'm Here

Dear Everyone, L'm here, Keith Pratt, class of '65, bios on the board. Keith

Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 04:41:45 -0800
From: Keith Pratt
Subject: Web Page

Has anyone else tried to view the new Web Page that Bob has put up? I tried it and couldn't get the background he was talking about. Is anyone else able to see it?? Keith

Date: Sun, 31 Dec 95 06:12:20 EST
From: Bob Brown
Subject: More Names Coming!

It looks like we're going to get the names from two classes from the '50s within the next few weeks. Jim Cleveland, BHS'50, has volunteered to organize the names from his class. (Ummm, but he hadn't seen the format info yet when he volunteered.) Britt Ware and Elizabeth Nelson Ware, BHS'53 are working on that class. They have information from their 40th Reunion in 1993 that'll let us be fairly current on who was in that class.

None of these three folks is on the Lions-L mailing list yet, but I'm sending Jim and Britt copies of this message since it's mostly about them.

Speaking of which, I'm having trouble getting people to subscribe to the mailing list. Apparently I'm taking a wrong approach or something. If anyone has any ideas about how to do this better, I surely would like to hear from them. Thanks!

--Bob Brown '65

Date: Sun, 31 Dec 95 06:12:41 EST
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Oops! I Mangled a Name. Sorry!

I wrote: Elizabeth Nelson Ware

But I really *meant* Elizabeth Cleveland Ware. Sorry, Liz. I plead lack of coffee at too early an hour on the last day of the year.

Speaking of which, Happy New Year, everyone! --Bob

January, 1996 M.O.