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Re: [APO-L] Question of posting National Board Policy Manual onli ne
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Ryan Gallagher)
Tue Feb 4 10:23:03 2003
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:23:03 -0500
Reply-To: Michael Ryan Gallagher <famtree@UDel.Edu>
From: Michael Ryan Gallagher <famtree@UDel.Edu>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
I'm not sure. If the convention DID say that only hard copies would be
distributed, why did the issue come up and why was it briefly published
online, which lead me to my creation of the initial email yesterday?
Michael Gallagher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Price, Todd" <Todd.Price@Detroitdiesel.com>
To: <APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [APO-L] Question of posting National Board Policy Manual onli
ne
> Was I mistaken, or did the convention specifically approve the fact that
> copies of the Board Policy Manuals would only be given out to Brothers who
> requested them, and no electronic version would be published?
>
> If I am not mistaken, why are we still continuing to debate this point?
>
> And if you are wanting to talk about Computer Security issues in general,
> then please change the subject heading of this e-mail chain.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Todd Price
> Section 54 Vice Chair
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Cross
> To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
> Sent: 2/3/03 10:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [APO-L] Question of posting National Board Policy Manual
online
>
> I tested the site and I was able to get to the document -- I notified
> the
> Chapter that I could.
>
> What this really is starting to look like is that an education process
> needs
> to be developed by those of us more knowledgeable about internet and
> local
> computer security. This is probably a task for the National Media &
> Technology Committee, if it still exists.
>
> Matt Cross
> Section 74 Chair -- Alpha Phi Omega
> (888) 270-0074
> mailto:section.74.chair@apo.org
> http://www.section74.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alpha Phi Omega Discussion List [mailto:APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU]
> On
> Behalf Of Michael Ryan Gallagher
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:19 PM
> To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
> Subject: Re: [APO-L] Question of posting National Board Policy Manual
> online
>
>
> If anyone checked out the example site below, it isn't even a matter of
> usernames; just a password. (like
> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~wthighsm/ceremony/brotherhood.html) Does anyone
> on
> the list know how to code this?
>
> Maybe those chapters should have the "Brothers Only" section called
> "Chapter
> Brothers Only" because I was a bit turned off by a link that said
> "Brothers
> Only" which I couldn't access, since I AM A BROTHER.
>
> Michael Gallagher
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek J. Cashman" <derek.cashman@vcu.edu>
> To: <APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [APO-L] Question of posting National Board Policy Manual
> online
>
>
> > > Post it online in PDF format, as previously done before its removal.
>
> > > However, we can password-protect it as the Order of the Arrow (OA)
> > > material is. APO does not have levels of access to materials
> > > dealing
> > with > a given Honor level and those below, but we can use the same
> > idea. Use
> > > something unique to APO that is from the Initiation Ceremony, as the
> > OA
> > > uses for each of its types of initiation ceremonies. Ideas?
> > > Everyone
> >
> > > with an idea, chime in; register your $.02 so that we have "~$15K"
> > > of ideas.
> >
> > Basic password-protection is, in fact, already being used by many
> > regions & sections on their websites to protect critical information.
> > And I have noticed that an increased number of individual chapters
> > have incorporated a "Brothers Only" section into their chapter
> > websites as well. The common "dividers" I have seen so far are
> > basically for STAFF ONLY pages where a username & password is
> > distributed out to members of the section or region staff, as well as
> > chapters having a BROTHERS ONLY section that a username/password is
> > distributed out to brothers of the chapter.
> >
> > The most common information to put in this section is probably
> > address/phone number info. This type is generally the type of
> > information that brothers do not want on the regular web (mainly to
> > keep away from stalkers and spammers). Some chapters maintain a
> > listing of AIM screen names which they do not want published as well.
> > Region III keeps a staff directory in it's Staff Resources section, as
>
> > well as several other documents related to regional business. No, the
> > BOD policy manual is not in this section (yet),... we're holding off
> > on this for a bit (although it's probably on it's way there
> > eventually,... ;-)
> >
> > Also, you generally don't need to have individual usernames/passwords
> > for everyone that requires access. One single username/password would
> > suffice, and you just give that out to everyone that you want to have
> > access to your members only section. Although for security reasons,
> > you might change the username/password every two years or so (whenever
>
> > there's a change in the board), just as a preventative measure,...
> >
> > Anyway, if Regions, Sections, & Chapters can do this easily, I see no
> > reason why the National Office can't do it, too! The HTML coding for
> > it is actually quite simple. It requires merely a small bit of
> > knowledge of .htaccess & .htpasswd files, which you can easily glean
> > from doing a search for ".htaccess" and ".htpasswd" on www.google.com
> > (man's best friend, next to the dog; then again, google is a gift from
>
> > god, so dyslexics won't know the difference! :-) ... Some providers
> > make it even easier than that! For example, apo83.org uses yahoo! as a
>
> > web-hosting service, and they have a program in the configuration
> > section that configures the password and any directories you want
> > protected automatically!
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > Derek J. Cashman (derek.cashman@vcu.edu)
> > Technology & Electronic Communications (TEC) Coordinator Alpha Phi
> > Omega; Region III Graduate Student, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
> > MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University
> >
> > _____
> >
> > "A Drug is any substance which, when injected into a rat, produces a
> > publishable, scientific paper."
> >
>
