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% ┌────┐ ▀▀▀███████ ███████▀▀▀ ▀▀▀██ ██▀▀▀ └────┘ Intelec International E-Mail Network Operational Guidelines Release v1.5 dated 05/01/93 Copyright (c) 1993 DZ-Info Services, Inc. While it is not the intent of the Administration to interfere with any SysOps authority on their own board, all Intelec Network participants must follow these and/or future guidelines. These guidelines are to be enforced by all Intelec Network member SysOps. ┌───────────────┐ │ General Rules │ └───────────────┘ Illegal activities will not be tolerated in the Intelec Network. Any such activities constitute a grievous reason for removal from the Net- work and may necessitate further legal action against the violator for any legal liabilities such activities may cause. BBS ads are allowed in the BBS_ADS or ANSI conf once per BBS per week. Obvious "aliases" may not be used anywhere within Intelec conferences. Anyone found to be abusive in nature, such as but not limited to, name calling, insults, slanderous statements, arrogant or instigative posts or any other rude, lewd or otherwise obnoxious behavior or comments, will be dealt with as defined in these guidelines. The use of any word group of words, expression, comment, suggestion, or proposal which is profane, filthy, lewd, lascivious, obscene, indecent, or that is de- meaning ethnically or racially is strictly prohibited with the Intelec Network. Topics deemed immoral or unethical by the administration of the network are to cease when asked. Topics deemed to be in poor taste must also case when asked. Failure to do so can and will result in the removal of the offender from the Intelec Network. The Intelec Network, Intelec Business Network, Inc, all member SysOps assume no liability or accountability whatsoever for any violations of this policy by any and all participants of the Intelec Network. ANSI is permitted within the Intelec ANSI or BBS_Ads conferences only. BBS-Software-specific macros are not permitted for use within Intelec. English is the only official network language. No other is supported. Network matters must be discussed in the appropriate Admin conference. These include NetAdmin, Moderators, Regionals, Net-Staff conferences. Signatures may not be more than 3 lines or 80 characters at a MAXimum. `Taglines' may not be more than 1 line and 79 characters at a MAXimum. Political or religious statements must be within the appropriate conf- erence and this includes message headers, text, tags and signatures. Quote size is limited to only what's necessary for "train of thought", and as determined by conference moderators or administrative staff. Elaborate quoting utilities have been banned from use on this Network. ┌────────────────────┐ │ Member SysOp Rules │ └────────────────────┘ NetAdmin Conf mail must be read at a minimum of "YA" or as addressed to `you' (personal) and to ALL. Failure to respond to personal mail is grounds for removal from the network. `General announcements' from the network administrator are addressed to ALL in the NetAdmin conference. Every Intelec Network tagline must begin with the text string Intelec. QWK format SysOps must have the string `Intelec' in the Tag & Host Tag portion of their network software configuration files. [Conference Configurations] NetAdmin is our Administrative conference and is required to be carried by all member SysOps. NetAdmin is fully public and must be accessible to all participants unless Tcan'd. The Moderators conference is open only to Intelec SysOps/hosts/moderators. The SysOps conference is open to validated BBS SysOps only. Regionals conference is strongly recommended for Intelec Regional and Hub SysOps to carry. It is used for processing network applications privately be- tween the Regional or Hub SysOp and the Network Administrator and must be setup as PRIVATE conference. Network application may NOT be relayed through ANY OTHER CONF in the Intelec Network. Any other public conf- erence may be made private on a SysOps BBS at that SysOps discretion. SysOps must make their users aware of any conferences not carried and can be done by means of news screens or bulletins. Also, if a SysOp is carrying multiple networks, the conference menu must display a type of code that differentiates our conferences from any of the other network conferences that might also be available, such as I_SysOp or IN_SysOp. No Intelec Network SysOp may edit in any way any message relayed via the Intelec Network unless permission is given by the administrator to do so; this includes manual modification or with the use of utilities to do so automatically. Network guidelines handle this matter already. Member SysOps must follow all directives from their Regional Hub SysOp and failure to do so may result in suspension and/or permanent removal from the network. Should a Node or Hub SysOp feel the Regional or Hub SysOp directive is unfair or unjust they may bring this matter to the attention of the network administrator in the NetAdmin conference. The Regional and Hub SysOps must act responsibly with this policy and use it only when necessary as in when network quality will be compromised. See the below section with regard to Hub SysOp rules. ┌─────────────────┐ │ Hub SysOp Rules │ └─────────────────┘ Hub SysOps consist of Super-Regional, Regional and Local Hub SysOps. Hub SysOps are responsible for abiding by administrative decisions in said region. Hub SysOps are responsible for abiding by administrative decisions which pertain to their board or their region and it's nodes. Hub SysOps must relay mail a minimum of once daily unless it is tech- nically impossible" to do so. No Hub SysOp should intentionally shut down for over (24) consecutive hours without first making provisions for the continued relays of it's nodes. In the event that a Hub SysOp does not relay for 3 consecutive days without notification to the Net- work Administrator, its' Nodes and Hub, the Hub may be temporarily or permanently removed as that region's hub at the sole discretion of the Administrator. Hub SysOps must be `equipped' to carry any and all Intelec conferences that are requested by it's Nodes and/or Hubs. Effective 01/01/93 there are no exceptions to this rule under any circumstances. The Hub SysOp has the "authority" to remove the access of one or more of its nodes for one (1) day if the situation warrants such an action. Immediately following any node's "access removal", the Hub SysOp needs to notify the removed node by voice and the Network Administrator via voice or public message in NetAdmin explaining the situation in full. Regionals must relay through the Net Host BBS on a "daily basis". Hubs must relay through their respective Regional on a daily basis and Hubs cannot relay through the Net Host BBS unless message activity from the Hub warrants more "affordable" relays and upon approval by the Network Administrator. Regional zoning isn't written in stone and is flexible. ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Receiver Only and Copyrighted Messages │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ Pursuant to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, 18 USC 2510 et. seq., all BBS SYSOPs and users participating within Intelec, must be aware that there are no facilities provided by the Network for sending or receiving confidential electronic communications. Although Intelec maintains the capability and capacity to send and receive mail that is flagged as "Receiver-Only" or "Routed Mail.", mail so flagged is not to be considered by any user as actual "private" messages. The purpose of the "R/O" or "Routed Mail" are intended solely to provide means to limit the possible number of nodes and/or users that may have access to the mail for display purposes. All participating Network SysOps must agree, as a condition of network membership and participation, that they will notify anyone reading or exchanging messages within all Intelec conferences on their BBS of all network guidelines and that Intelec has no facilities for exchanging confidential electronic communications. Suitable bulletins and/or news displays should be placed in a prominent place within the users' view- ing capabilities, indicating that no confidential communications capa- bilities are available within the Intelec Network. All messages posted in relayed conferences are deemed to be public. Access policies to the private conferences must be maintained to restrict access to only the private conference members as described in these guidelines. Intelec Network, Intelec Business Network, Inc and all member SysOps assume no accountability or liability whatsoever for any violations of this policy by any and all users of the Intelec Network. Message entered into an Intelec Network conference become the property of the Intelec Network and its membership, unless the author posts an explicit copyright notice in the message so only the author of a copy- righted piece of material may post copyright notices on messages. ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ BBS/Network Software Supported │ └────────────────────────────────┘ Network members must use legally purchased or obtained NETWORK and BBS software as defined by that software author's docs or licensing and as used in the combinations listed below. If it is not listed, it is not approved for use in the Intelec Network. Authorized combinations are: PCBoard/RoseMail/Qnet/Rnet/Cam-Mail. Auntie/QWiKerNet. Spitfire/Jnet. GT_Power/BGNet/GTQwk. Wildcat/Tnet. TriBBS/TriNet. Gap/GapQWK. No other combinations are permitted at all. While Intelec currently has PCRelay in use by some of it's membership, we are not accepting applications from additional PCRelay SysOps. This *may* change at a future date but at this time no more PCRelay member- ships are being accepted. Intelec is now "officially" a QWK-based net- work. No deviation from the above mentioned combinations is permitted. The Administration reserves the right to "decline or terminate" access to the Network to those individuals failing to operate with the prop- erly registered or purchased software used for netmail operations, and or BBS operations. The Intelec Network can/has/will pursue all individuals participating in any illegal activities, including but not limited to copyright in- fringement, the illegal sale or distribution of software, any `pirate' activities that damage the reputation of legitimate BBS operators. ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ Conference Hosts and Moderators │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ Conference Moderators are selected by the Conference Coordinator or by the Network Administrator and may be removed and replaced should a `CH or CM' fail to fill their responsibilities. There is a prerequisite to becoming a conference moderator. That is the SysOp of the BBS that the moderator will be calling through must add the Moderator's Conference and give access [only] to the moderator. CH or CM responsibilities are described below: Maintain the friendly atmosphere that's become our quality trademark. Assist in the answering of questions relating to the subject of your conference, to the best of your ability. Read the Moderator's Conference on a regular timely basis. (see above) Keep message traffic `on topic' and politely redirect off topic users to the "appropriate" conference. Notify the Administration of problems regarding config errors such as but not limited to Duplicate messages, Cross-echoes, Cross-posts, etc. Notify the Network Administrator should you suspect a problem with the mail flow of your assigned conference(s). Do not flame or help fan the flames of users. Deal with a problem user(s) in the following manner: a. Issue polite warning to users failing to follow rules. b. If a user persists in a manner that you feel warrants a temporary suspension, contact the Chief Moderator in the Moderators conference only. Conference suspension, network suspension and/or network banning are described below. ┌──────────────────────┐ │ Bans and Suspensions │ └──────────────────────┘ Hub SysOps may NOT Tcan a user from the network mail software or mail door, thus preventing mail from the user from flowing through the Net- work. Network SysOps retain the right to Tcan a user from their BBS as this is considered a "BBS Tcan". Network Tcans are to be made with the approval of the Network Administration. Request for suspension/ban must be done in the Moderator's conference. Suspension or network bans are determined by the following guidelines: a A warning message must come from the conference moderator prior to administrative action unless actions are determined to be severe, and/or blatant enough to warrant an immediate suspension or ban as determined by the Network Administrator (for bans) or by the Chief Moderator (for suspensions). b 2nd offense: 30 day suspension from conference with a 90 day pro- bationary period. Offenses do not need to be the same nor do they need to occur in the same conferences as the original offense. If a user breaks network rules or conference guidelines while "on sus- pension" they may be banned on an "until further notice" basis. Tempo- rary suspensions are for a term of 30 days unless otherwise shortened, lengthened or extended by the Network Administrator. Moderators or hosts may request suspensions of a user(s) from "their conference" from the Chief Moderator when the `above conditions' have been met. Network-wide suspensions or bans can only be made with the approval of the network administrator. The Chief Moderator, upon enacting a user suspension, will inform the user's SysOp that the user has been suspended for `30 days' from the appropriate conference and inform that SysOp to remove the user's ac- cess to it. In a case where the SysOp's name is not known the CM can request this info from the Network Administrator, and/or request that the Administrator inform said SysOp to "speed up the process". Upon network-wide suspension or ban, a SysOp may "appeal" the decision on behalf of the user in the Moderators conference. This may only take place after the user suspension or ban has been enforced by the SysOp. ┌─────────────────────┐ │ Host BBS Operations │ └─────────────────────┘ The Intelec Network is a five-tier telecommunication network comprised of Host, Super-Regionals, Regionals, Hubs and Nodes. Intelec Host BBS equipment is NOT the property of any system relaying the Intelec Network. No claims may be made against the software and/or hardware that "comprises" the Net Host BBS. All software and hardware required to run the Net Host BBS is privately owned and used with per- mission by the owners of DZ-Info Services, Inc. Intelec is operated as a "public service" by DZ-Info Service, Inc., and DZ-Info Service serves as the Net Host BBS. The Network is run by the Administration, Dave Calmer, who is also the SysOp of DZ-Info Service and the President of DZ-Info Services, Inc. But while Intelec operates as a public service, it is NOT a "public access" network. We are a "private network" thus the rules of operation that have been set forth in this document supersede any and all rights set forth outside the boundaries of this document. Acceptance to Intelec Network is determined by the Administrator or by the Intelec Regional or Hub SysOps that an applicant may apply to. Any incomplete or outdated applications are not processed. Applicants may apply directly to any Intelec Super-Regional, Regional or Hub SysOp. The Network Administrator reserves the right to admit & refuse any BBS SysOp as participating members of the Intelec Network. The Network Ad- ministrator also reserves the right to remove or suspend net access of any individual node or hub SysOp for any action considered detrimental to the goals, spirit and/or quality of the Intelec Network as well as for failure to abide by these guidelines. ┌───────────────┐ │ Network Staff │ └───────────────┘ The Network Staff positions are by appointment only, any staff member failing to perform their duties can be replaced by the Network Admini- strator. Network Staff positions can and will be added as necessary. Network Administrator: Dave Calmer The Network Administrator is responsible for the overall direction of the network. He also determines membership of the network staff. It's also the Administrators function to keep track of the information for the Network Nodelist and keep it current. Regionals and/or hubs SysOps who approve new members must pass nodelist information updates to the Administrator in the Regionals [only] conference. As the information contained is private in nature it must not be displayed or transmitted in any public forum, regardless if it is R/O or not. Co-Administrator: Gordon Lincoln As Co-administrator, this position carries as much weight, with regard to decisions concerning the network, as the Administrator. While the Administrator still has `final word' power, the Co-Administrator role is `empowered' to make network related decisions without first seeking `pre-authorization'. He is also responsible for project coordination, quality control and in case of `absence' by the Administrator, he will serve as Administrator during this absence. Chief Moderator: Rod Wardlow Moderators will go to the CM first for assistance with any conference related problems. The CM is also the Moderator of all the Moderators. This key position will also be responsible for the initial attempts at any dispute settlement although the final administrative decisions may be determined by the Administration or Assistant Administrator. Conference Coordinator: David Bucci Responsible for taking suggestions for conference additions/deletions, etc., monitors interest of proposals and updates the conference list. Conference "deletion/approval" are subject to Administration approval. The conference list is to be forwarded to the IN Basket Chief Editor on a timely basis. The Conference Coordinator may assign assistants to aid in the monitoring of conferences. Assistant Conference Coordinator: Michael Socko Assistant to David Bucci and maintaining similar duties to the above. In Basket Chief Editor: Dave Calmer Compiles "monthly newsletter" (IN Basket) distributed as INB-yymm.ZIP. The Chief Editor also assigns assistants to aid in the distribution of the Network Distribution File or Monthly Newsletter. Network Statistician: Bob Gibbons Compile net/conference information, etc for inclusion in the IN Basket Network Marketing: David Shapiro Coordinate Callers Digest or other Ads that the network is involved in Network News Reporter: Barry Martin Gather news from around the network for inclusion in the IN Basket. ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ Network SysOp Membership Fees │ └───────────────────────────────┘ Membership fees will be rated at $35 one-time fee (due at the initial application processing) or as a $15 annual fee (due at initial applic- ation process and each subsequent `yearly' point of membership). These options are up to you. If you choose the $15 annual option you may up- grade this by paying the $20 difference during the "first 6 months" of that year's membership or by paying the $35 fee at the point where the annual fee is due. If a SysOp takes his or her board down anytime during the first year, the annual fee is refundable upon written request and prorated for the length of the membership, less $3 processing ($1.00 per unused month). If a SysOp has signed up for the one-time fee of $35 and takes his or her board down during the first year, the `one-time' fee is refundable upon written request and prorated for the length of membership, less $3 processing ($2.66 per unused month). This is only available during the first year of membership of SysOps using the one-time fee method. No `one-time fees' are refundable after the first year of membership. If a SysOp is removed from the network for guideline/rule infractions, neither the one-time fee nor the annual fee is refundable. There will be a $15 fee for bounced checks. Please make checks payable to DZ-Info Services, Inc. and mail to same at 1535-38 Street, Rock Island IL. 61201. ┌────────────┐ │ Amendments │ └────────────┘ Although the Administration is responsible for implementing changes to to these guidelines, any Intelec Node or Hub Sysop, Conference Host or Conference Moderator may request amendments to these guidelines from the Administration. Such requests petitions or any and all discussions thereof MUST take place in the NetAdmin, Regionals or Moderators conf- erence of the Intelec Network and no place else. Guideline changes are subject to approval by the Intelec Network Administrator. This document is copyright (1993) DZ-Info Services, Inc., and is not to be altered in any way shape or form. Altering this document for any reason is in violation of applicable copyright laws and violators can and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. <END> End of Network Guidelines.