================= Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:09:25 -0000 To: OBC-Announcements@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: New OBC applicant - please give your feedback We have a new applicant to join us in OBC; please take a few minutes to view Ken Pillion's application. You can find it by going to http://www.oldbaseball.com/NewMemberApps/Login.php?actionviewapp and logging in. Or, you can do it the hard way, by first going to the OBC home page, then clicking on "Directory" and then clicking on "View New OBC applications" and THEN logging in. :) Of course going to the home page is always fun, so consider that way the scenic route. Any comments on Ken - good or bad - will help the AC decide on Ken's Please make an effort to view Ken's application & post your comments ================= Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:41:11 -0000 To: OBC-Announcements@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: We have a new OBC member Please join me in welcoming our newest member of OBC - Richard Rich's mentor is someone he already knows in the group: Lynn Miller Thanks to the AC for voting on our newest member. Web gurus - please subscribe Rich to the servers, add him to the address directory, & get the links to his wantlist up & running when he creates one (I'll remind him about getting a WL on- line) at your earliest convenience. Until the web gurus do that voodoo that they do so well, here is Richard's contact information: Name: Richard Niessen Street address: 9405 S.Eastern Ave. Apt. 1079 Las Vegas NV 89123 Home Phone (702)476-6360 E-mail RAN912@AOL.com Web Page URL N/A Date of Birth 02/25/45 Once Richard has his wantlist on-line somewhere, please welcome him in the traditional OBC way! Your "New Member Guy", ================= Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:48:06 -0000 To: OBC-Announcements@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: We have yet another new OBC member! Rihcard Niessen's status as the newest OBC member lasted just 7 days; now he's a veteran, as we have a brand-new member of our fine group: please join me in welcoming our newest member of OBC, Ken Pillion. Ken's mentor is TBA; I have a mentor candidate in mind but I want to check with him first. Thanks to the AC for voting on Ken's application, and to the general membership for the comments that have been posted. Web gurus - please subscribe Ken to the servers, add him to the address directory, & get the links to his wantlist up & running at your earliest convenience. Until the web gurus do that voodoo that they do so well (and Joe is already working on it), here is Ken's contact information: Ken Pillion 45 Perciful St Mt Vernon Kentucky 40456 Work Phone: 859 623-1310 Home Phone: 859 248-4350 E-mail: kenpillion@windstream.net Web Page URL http://www.webspawner.com/users/kenslist/index.html Date of Birth: 06/30/1961 Please welcome Ken to the group in the traditional OBC way! Your "New Member Guy", ================= To: OBC Annoucements Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:05:24 -0400 From: Joe Isaac Subject: September report OBCer's, The focus of this month from the AC was the Rules of Conduct page (ROC). For those of you who have address and phone number on your site, you are required to remove these from your site - see the Want List section below. The following sections of the ROC have be amended (sections in bold are the new changes): 1. Current Member Issues (the first paragraph was eliminated due to the August Any member may submit a member of OBC for removal from membership. The OBC member must write to the OBCAC detailing his problem. The OBCAC will reviewand discuss the merits of the complaint and on a majority vote that a substantive issue exists, the accused member will be asked to respond. After review of the response the committee can remove the offending member on a vote of 5 OBCAC members for removal. (Revised AC 7/16/98 5.2.1) Anyone wishing to be removed from the directory before the semi-annual rollcall should contact the OBCAC and express their desire for removal. (Revised AC 7/16/98 5.2.3) 2. OBC Inactive Membership Your doubles box was emptied months ago. Your local card shop has either closed its doors, or you have located and purchased every off grade card he had in stock. When was the last time you found a bargain on eBay? Maybe you just can=92t keep up anymore? But you treasure your OBC Membership. An OBC Inactive Membership might be for you. OBC Inactive Members Procedures: 1. An inactive member=92s entry in the directory will be labeled =93inactive member.=94 Entries will include the inactive member=92s name and emaillink only. A link to the inactive member=92s wantlist or homepage is not permitted. 2. Inactive members are granted access to all the OBC mailservers. 3. Inactive members may keep their entry in the OBC Bios page. 4. Inactive members are not required to respond to OBC Membership Polls.The OBC Membership Poll is for the current active membership. 5. Inactive members may not serve on the OBCAC (Advisory Committee). Current OBC members may move to the inactive membership list by contacting any OBCAC member. The OBCAC member will then notify both the webmaster (to move the member to the INACTIVE page and kill the link to their wantlist) and the OBC directory manager (to place the word "INACTIVE" next to the members name in the directory). B: IF the inactive member desires no more e-mail as well and can't figure out how to take their names off the servers themselves, then that should be indicated to the AC member who will also notify the e-mail server moderator to take care of that for them. (However, at no time should the member'sname be unsubscribed from the 'Announcements' server, as important information for both ACTIVE and INACTIVE members will be shared on this server.) When the member is ready to become active again, they notify an OBCAC member to that fact and they in turn notify the same people as above to replace the link to their wantlist and remove the word "INACTIVE" from above their listing in the directory. (If their wantlist URL has changed during the time they were inactive or they can't resubscribe to the e-mail servers themselves, then they should let the AC member know.) 3. Want Lists It is the responsibility of each member to maintain a current wantlist. TheOBC website provides a link to each member=92s homepage or OBC wantlist. Directions on maintaining your OBC wantlist will be provided to all new members. Wantlists may also be sent to the OBC wantlist mail server. Want listsare sent to the server monthly, or whenever significant changes occur. (Added AC Meeting of 4/16/98, 4.2, 6-0) Every member is placed on the directory page with a link to their wantlist.The page linked to the directory must contain a wantlist of exclusively pre-1981 cards. All primary want lists links will point to a page that contains only pre 1981 cards. Any member who sees a violation of the guideline can report the violation to the OBCAC. A letter is then sent to the member whose page is in violation asking them to comply within 30 days. If they do not comply by then, their link can be inactivated by a majority vote of the AC. Once the wantlist fits the guidelines, the member may petition the OBCAC to reactivate the link. (Amended AC Meeting of 5/6/99, 10, 6-0) For the safety of the individual members wantlists should not include personal information such as addresses and phone numbers. Since OBC is more than just the cardboard we trade, under certain circumstances a member may refrain from keeping an online wantlist. The OBCAC should have an accounting from any member who does not wish to keep or have a link to their online webpage. These revisions have been posted and are now in effect. If there are any questions, contact the AC or myself. Remember to bring up any thoughts, concerns, etc to the Ramblings server if you think the AC should consider something. 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