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Requirements for American BBS Association Membership:
1. Operate an Electronic Bulletin Board System (BBS), Public or
Private, Free or Subscription which is available 24 hours a day.
2. Sign and return your agreement with the ABBSA Ethical Standards to
either your State ABBSA Chapter or the National ABBSA Office.
American BBS Association Ethical Standards
1. I will not use or allow my BBS to be used for illegal activity.
2. I will not allow my BBS to be used to distribute Pirated or
Copyrighted software except where software Copyright and\or License
agreements specifically allow electronic distribution and if such
software is uploaded to my board without my knowledge I will remove
it when I am made aware of it.
3. I will restrict access to adult material by minors and I will make
ALL REASONABLE EFFORTS to verify that a caller is 21 years of age
before allowing that caller access to adult material.
4. If I run a Public BBS I will not refuse access to any individual
on the basis of age, sex, religion, race, or ethnic origin except
restrictions to specific conferences that are necessary to provide
Private Conferences for particular age, sex, religious, racial or
ethnic groups.
5. I will support and promote the Right of Freedom of Speech and the
free exchange of ideas among individuals.
I REQUEST MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN BBS ASSOCIATION. I OPERATE A FULL
TIME BBS AND I SUPPORT THE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN BBS
ASSOCIATION. I AGREE TO OPERATE MY BBS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE ETHICAL
STANDARDS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
Signature _____________________________________ Date ___________
BBS Name:______________________________________
BBS Phone Number(s) ___________________________
Sysop Name and Address:___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
Sysop Phone number: ( ) -
Sysop Internet address:___________________________________ (if available)
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(end of ABBSA membership application)
(The name and addresses of Member Sysops are considered Confidential and )
(will not be provided to others without explicit permission of the individual)
(Sysop. BBS names and phone numbers are considered Public Information unless )
(you specfically request otherwise. )
If you wish to become a Member BBS of the American BBS Association, simply
sign this statement and mail a copy to your State ABBSA Chapter or to the
American BBS Association National Office at the addresses listed below.
Upon signing and mailing this statement you are entitled to post a notice
on your BBS for up to 90 days that you are a temporary:
Member of the American BBS Association
(your_state Chapter) [if desired]
pending receipt of an acknowledgment from either your State or the National
ABBSA office that your application has been received after which you are a
permanent ABBSA member unless such membership is revoked by the State or
National Office. You are also encouraged to post ABBSA.BLT as a public
bulletin on your system.
* NATIONAL ABBSA CONTACTS:
ABBSA National Office
(voice) (205) 251-9347
(Internet) abbsa.nat@the-matrix.com
(BBS) (205) 3233-2016 (Conference 450)
Mailing address: American BBS Association
1426 11th St. South
Birmingham, AL 35205
* STATE ABBSA CONTACTS:
=====[ Bulletin 10 ABBSA Member BBS ]========================================
Alabama Chapter Member BBS
Baudville BBS (205) 640-4593
BlueStarr BBS (205) 637-9448
Christian Apologetic BBS (205) 808-0763
Deep Space 9 (205) 980-1089
THE DEN BBS (205) 933-8744
The Executive Board (205) 525-5629
The Headland BBS (205) 991-0947
The Joker's Castle (205) 664-5589
Magic City BBS (205) 664-9883
The Master's Dungeon (205) 940-2116
The MATRIX (205) 323-2016 (State Chairman)
Medical Research for Life (205) 975-4601
Night Watch BBS (205) 841-2790
Owlabama Mensa BBS (205) 856-2521
The Party Line (205) 856-1336
Razor's Edge (205) 995-0412
Safe Harbor (205) 665-4332
Southern Stallion (205) 699-4797
UAB BBS (205) 975-6078
Weekends BBS (205) 841-8583
California Chapter Member BBS
Hangar 7 BBS (209) 675-3218
"Loose Talk" BBS (209) 667-9549
Tumble Weed Gardens B.B.S. (619) 241-8851 (State Chairman)
Wulihan PCBoard BBS (415) 382-8530
Colorado Chapter Member BBS
Computer Security BBS (303) 962-9536
Florida Chapter Member BBS
Board of Trade BBS (813) 862-4772
Tech's Warehouse (904) 260-9283
Georgia Chapter Member BBS
Abject Poverty BBS (404) 907-4361 (State Chairman)
R.' Little BBS (404) 879-1600
Idaho Chapter Member BBS
Phantasia BBS (208) 939-1350 (State Chairman)
Illinois Chapter Member BBS
Infoquest (618) 453-8511
Radio Daze BBS (219) 256-2255
Indiana Chapter Member BBS
Radio Date BBS (219) 256-2255
TGC Services (812) 284-1321 (State Chairman)
Iowa Chapter Member BBS
Up All Night! (515) 732-4555
Kentucky Chapter Member BBS
Hangar 18 BBS (502) 575-3359 (State Chairman)
Missouri Chapter Member BBS
The Passport System (816) 229-1841 (State Chairman)
New Hampshire Chapter Member BBS
Brickyard BBS (603) 332-0419
New Jersey Chapter Member BBS
The Sailboard BBS (201) 831-8152
New York Chapter Member BBS
The Image Center BBS (914) 693-9100
North Carolina Chapter Member BBS
Wilmington**80 TBBS (919) 763-1850
Globenet (919) 278-4198
North Dakota Chapter Member BBS
The N.E.R.D. Board (701) 266-5463
Ohio Chapter Member BBS
Computer "Latchkey" (216) 946-7042
Horizon System BBS (216) 899-1068 (State Chairman)
The Shareware Connection (216) 398-6229
TypeToo! Basement (513) 451-8990
Pennsylvania Chapter Member BBS
Computer Shop BBS (215) 395-9823 (State Chairman)
Nightwind (215) 497-3912
The Tanglewood Connection (717) 786-0715
South Carolina Chapter Member BBS
Zoo TV BBS (803) 272-2856 (State Chairman)
South Dakota Chapter Member BBS
Youth Education Electronic BBS (605) 331-5831 (State Chairman)
Texas Chapter Member BBS
VHF/UHF BBS (915) 235-1685
Washington Chapter Member BBS
Grand Illusion BBS (206) 532-9142 (State Chairman)
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The ABBSA National Support Conference is accessible for messages or echoing
on The MATRIX BBS in Birmingham, AL at:
300-2400 (205) 323-2016
9600+ (205) 323-6016
(American BBS Association and ABBSA are Service Marks of)
( the American BBS Association (1992) )