[17216] in APO-L
Lists, Alumni and other business (crosspost)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy Licata)
Wed Sep 3 09:52:28 1997
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 06:50:52 PDT
Reply-To: Jeremy Licata <dcnblus@HOTMAIL.COM>
From: Jeremy Licata <dcnblus@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Please direct all replies to me at dcnblus@hotmail.com. I do not wish
this to become another bothersome thread that gets Brothers irate...
1. Lists
I have made this offer before, and I will make it again: For anyone
needing help maintaining, administering or otherwise manageing some sort
of electronic list server product for the express use of Alpha Phi
Omega, I gladly offer my services. Furthermore, if you have
non-electronic endeavors, I also offer my services...
I am not limited to Region III, or Section 84. The nice thing
about this Internet thing is that you don't have to be there to do it...
2. Alumni
I recognize that Brotherhood in Alpha Phi Omega is a Lifetime
Committment to Service. It doesn't end after you graduate from
college nor does it end if you transfer to another school without a
chapter.
I will warn those that have started these Alumni Associations that
you cannot limit yourself simply to electronic communication. Frankly, I
have not heard a word about the DCAAO (or any other National Alumni
Effort) unless I have been on APO-L (and I have not been APO-L in quite
some time). If you limit the venue, then you limit your audience. I will
gladly assist in any effort that I know about
(again, regardless of region, section or chapter affiliation) - but I
(and any others you expect to participate) need to know about what is
going on....
3. Other business
APO has an official web site, hosted by a brother. Several sections and
chapters have sites, also generally hosted by individual
brothers. Do you simply expect that all brothers:
a) have internet access;
most universities do, granted. Many brothers are more concerned with
their classes, graduating and active participation in their own chapter
and don't have the time for 'playing on the computer' and, lets face it,
the only reason for APOSOC-L is because there were a
lot of us who just had too much time to play on the computer and
were not satisfied with our own chapter...
b) actively search for APO on the Internet;
it's out there, granted. But how easy is it to find and of what interest
is it to me. Will I find out what is happening and what events are
coming up? Will these events matter to me if I have to
be involved in my own chapter?
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INFORMATION IS POWER - BUT WHOM DOES IT SERVE?
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c) do not have the same concerns for information privacy that
pervades the commercial sector.
Perhaps college students do not have as much regard for information
privacy issues. Once graduated and within the real world, this issue
becomes particularly relevant.
I don't mean to occupy the soapbox for very long, but the primary point
is that all of us "Electronic Brothers" need to recognize that we are
the minority within the Fraternity. We cannot rely on the Internet as an
effective means of information exchange or as an effective method or
organizational development. Technology has assisted in advancing the
Fraternity within certain endeavors and
will continue to assist us in the future.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled list, already in progress.
:jeremy
AKA Tanner
EM Fall '90
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