History of Nova Scotia
with special attention given to
Communications and Transportation

Chapter 46
2000 August

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2000 August

Auto Dealer Websites

Known websites operated by automobile dealers in Nova Scotia
as of early August 2000

Listed alphabetically by URL

All of the above URLs were valid in early August 2000.
They have been reproduced here by Copy and Paste.
There are no typing errors in the URLs, because no typing was involved.




Yarmouth Car Dealer Gets Online

24 August 2000

A Yarmouth car dealership has jumped online to help customers finance automobile purchases. A news release issued Thursday by Motor Mart said the dealership is using Carbiz.com, a Canadian company that provides financing options. The dot-com has reduced loan approval time from two days to two minutes by connecting lending institutions with credit bureaus, the release said.
[The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Friday, 25 August 2000]

Reference:
Carbiz.com website "Automotive Finance Solutions"
    http://207.176.222.13/Splash/splash.html

2000 August

Theodore Too Becomes International Draw

Hull number 216 returning to Nova Scotia

Theodore Too is steaming back to the area of his birth. The world-famous jolly fellow, now a life-size replica, will be joining the fun at Mahone Bay's Wooden Boat Festival, August 2-6 and Lunenburg's Fishermen's Picnic and Reunion August 19th and 20th.

The famous tugboat was built down the road by Snyder's Shipyard in Dayspring, Lunenburg County, with the official launching and capping on April 19th, 2000.

The series is filmed in Halifax by Cochran Entertainment Incorporated. "There's a stunning level of skill, ingenuity and caring evident in every inch of this boat," says Mr. Cochran. "They've not only portrayed the look of the original character, but somehow his whole personality."

Series seen in 70 countries

The television series is viewed by pre-schoolers and their families in 70 countries around the world. "He has gained a reputation for being friendly, kind, courteous and safe," he adds, "and his growing popularity has resulted in many requests for personal appearances."

Theodore Too is committed to helping children and families be safe while having fun in or on the water. He's the official ambassador of the Canadian Coast Guard.

Herb Dhaliwal enthusiastic

"We are very excited about this partnering opportunity," says Herb Dhaliwal, federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, "as a way to deliver key boating safety messages to young Canadians. Theodore Tugboat ... will help the Coast Guard reach an important segment of the population. Learning about water safety from Theodore Tugboat will be fun and exciting for children."

Official ambassador, United States National Safe Boating Council

As well, he is an official ambassador of the United States National Safe
Tugboat Theodore Too
Click image for full size view
Boating Council. He launched National Safe Boating Week in Washington, D.C., and took in a week of public tours and special events in the U.S. Capital before enjoying an enthusiastic welcome to New York City. He'll help welcome Tall Ships 2000 to Halifax before steaming down the coast.

Theodore Too was Snyder's 216th hull. The most challenging part of the project was sourcing the right kind of timber. "Because of the shape of the bow and the stern," says Philip Snyder, "We needed some very large wood. We had to do a lot of looking to find wood big enough to do the job." He describes the shipyard as the last Maritime builder turning out boats of this size. And credits wooden boats as being better sea boats than their fibreglass and metal counterparts.

In September, Theodore Too will begin a nine-month cruise, stopping in many ports for special events along the eastern seaboard, travelling all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. He is scheduled to return to Nova Scotia in May of next year.

[The Lunenburg Progress-Enterprise, 19 July 2000]

2000 August 1

Cable TV Channels in Cape Breton

A Arichat
BBaddeck
CCanso
EEskasoni
GGlace Bay
HPort Hood
IInverness
LLouisdale
MMabou
SSydney
WWhycocomagh
[ ]Over the air


Analog Cable TV Channels in Cape Breton
1 August 2000
S G L A C E M I W H B
A&E 16 16 21 21 21 16 21 21 21 21  
ABC-B 31 31 6 6 6 2 16 16 16 16 19
ASN 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 4
ATV   [4] 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 2
BN 11 4                  
BRAVO 33 57                  
CBAT 3 3 11 11 11 5 11 11 11 11 3
CBC-FR [13] 2 2 8 7              
CBS-B 32 32     10 3 7 7 7 7 5
CFTM 51                    
CHCH 21   26 26 26 8 26 26 26 26 9
CHSN 62                    
CITV 14   18 18 18 11 18 18 18 18 8
CITY             32 32 32 32  
CMTV 19 56 23 23 18 23 23 23 23 20  
CNN 17 17 16 16 16   30 30 30 30  
COM 39 49                  
COMM 10 10     4   3 3 3 3  
CPAC 58 60     30   31 31 31 31  
CTVN1 44 54                  
CTV Sports 50 36                  
FAMILY 43 26                  
FOX 36 40 25 25 25 15 17   17 15  
GLOBAL [11] 6 6                  
GOLF 52                    
GUIDE 5 5                  
HGTV 46 47                  
HIST 20 45                  
HLN 40 33                  
HLS 51 43                  
LIFE 38 38                  
MUCH 22 18     29   29 29 29 29 18
MUSIC 48 55                  
NBC-B 12 12 13 13 13 6 4 9 4 4 11
NEWSW 30 30                  
OUT 49 14                  
PAR   59                  
PBS-B 9 9 20 20 20 7 20 20 20 20 13
PIX   25                  
PRIME 45 19                  
QS 49 59 27 27 27            
SHOW 37 37                  
SPACE 47 48                  
TDC 35 35 24 24 24 19 18   16 16  
TLC 34 34                  
TMN 25 22 2 2 2   2 2 2 2  
TNN 15 15     15   27 27 27 27  
TOON 26 46                  
TSN 18 20 22 22 22 12 22 22 22 22 7
VISON 58 58                 21
WEATHER 29 29     33   33 33 33 33  
WGN 25 24     34            
WSBK 23 23     31   28 28 28 28  
WTBS 24 44 17 17 17   25 25 25 25  
WTN 27 39                  
YTV 28 28 19 19 19   19 19 19 19 17
S G L A C E M I W H B
Source:
"TVtimes" July 29 to August 4, in the Cape Breton Post, 29 July 2000

The number in each cell (above) indicates the channel on which each signal is supplied. For example, the History Channel is distributed on cable channel 20 in Sydney, on channel 45 in Glace Bay, and is not available elsewhere.

A&E Arts and Entertainment
ABC-B WCVB Boston ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation)
ASN ASN (Atlantic Satellite Network)
ATV CKLT-ATV (Atlantic Television Network)
BN  
BRAVO Bravo! Channel
CBAT CBAT-CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
CBC-FR CBC-SRC-French
CBS-B WBZ Boston CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System)
CFTM CFTM-TVA
CHCH CHCH Hamilton, Ontario
CHSN CHSN
CITV CITV Edmonton, Alberta
CITY CITY-TV Toronto, Ontario
CMTV Country Music Television
CNN Cable News Network, Atlanta, Georgia
COM Comedy Central
COMM Local Community Channel
CPAC Canadian Public Affairs Channel, Ottawa, Ontario
CTVN1 CTV News One
CTV Sports CTV Sportsnet
FAMILY Family Channel
FOX WUHF Rochester, New York (Fox Network)
GLOBAL CIHF Global Network
GOLF The Golf Channel
GUIDE On-screen program schedule
HGTV Home and Garden Television
HIST History Channel
HLN Headline News
HLS Headline Sports
LIFE Life Channel
MUCH Much Music Channel, Toronto, Ontario
MUSIC Music Plus
NBC-B WHDH Boston NBC (National Broadcasting Company)
NEWSW CBC Newsworld
OUT Outdoor Lfe Channel
PAR PARL
PBS-B WGBH Boston PBS (Public Broadcasting System)
PIX Movie Pix
PRIME Prime Television Channel
QS CFJP-QS
SHOW Showcase Channel
SPACE Space Channel
TDC The Discovery Channel
TLC The Learning Channel
TMN The Movie Network channel #1
TNN The Nashville Network
TOON Cartoon Channel
TSN The Sports Network
VISION Vision television
WEATHER The Weather Channel
WGN WGN Satellite Channel, Chicago, Illinois
WSBK WSBK Boston, Massachusetts
WTBS WTBS Atlanta (Turner Broadcasting System)
WTN Women's Television Network
YTV Youth Television


2000 August 1

Major Montreal Newspaper Flunks Geography

Montreal Gazette banner

Montreal Gazette thinks that St. John's is in Nova Scotia

Montreal Gazette's list
On this day, on the front page above the fold, under the headline New News Empire is Born, the Montreal Gazette published a list of the larger daily newspapers included in the deal. CanWest Global Communications Corporation agreed to pay Hollinger Incorporated $3,500,000,000 in cash and stock to acquire 28 daily newspapers, including the Montreal Gazette and 12 other big-city newspapers, 136 community newspapers, and other assets. Above is a reproduction of the top half of the Gazette's list, which placed St. John's in Nova Scotia.

2000 August 2

Planning Continues for New Trail Group

Name not yet decided

SPRINGFIELD, LUNENBURG COUNTY — Another section of abandoned rail line is getting closer to becoming developed. A meeting of the group interested in developing the Pinehurst, Lunenburg County, to Bridgetown, Annapolis County and New Germany, Lunenburg County, to Caledonia, Queens County, lines was held August 2nd at the Springfield Fire Hall. Three interim committees had been set up at an earlier meeting in June, and the groups reported their progress.

A tentative memorandum of association was presented and proposed the name South Shore North-Trail System.

But that name was not finalized, as some people at the meeting suggested the name Davison Recreation Trail System, as a tribute to the old Davison Lumber Company that operated in the area.

Also suggested was the Old North Branch Rail Line Recreation Trail, using the name that was known to CN workers. Carroll Randall, recreation co-ordinator for Lunenburg County said no decisions needed to be made that evening. "We're in no hurry," he said. Corey Robar of the Central Nova ATV Club donated $100 on behalf of his group to help get the trail planning off the ground. The interim groups will continue to meet and plan. The next public update meeting is scheduled for September 27 at the Springfield Fire Hall.

[The Bridgewater Bulletin, 9 August 2000]

2000 August 2

Picton Castle to Tour the Great Lakes

Buffalo, Cleveland, Sarnia, South Haven,
Chicago, Wyandotte, and Erie

LUNENBURG — For the crew of Picton Castle, a return to their home port of Lunenburg last week offered little time to unwind. Within roughly 48 hours, the square rigger was casting off again, bound for the Great Lakes.

"It's kind of a show of the flag thing," Capt. Daniel Moreland said of the trip, which will see the vessel visiting the ports of Buffalo, New York, Cleveland, Ohio, Sarnia, Ontario, South Haven, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, Wyandotte, Michigan and Erie, Pennsylvania, before heading back to Lunenburg to prepare for a second world voyage in November.

It has already been a busy year for the ship, which departed June 1, 2000, to join Tall Ships 2000 events at Bermuda. Since that time, the vessel has been welcoming a new group of young sail trainees roughly every week as part of the Tall Ships Millennium Challenge youth initiative. It's a schedule that's been particularly hard on the ship's regular crew.

"This ship is a great square-rigged training ship but the shorter trips are harder because there's just so much to learn," said Capt. Moreland. Still, "we knew that going in," he said, and "were a party to the decision." It was basically the choice between "40 people having an incredibly in-depth experience or 200 having a wonderful taste," said the skipper, who always favoured the latter option. And it's really not accurate to say the trainees only got a taste. "No, they got an in-depth experience too," said the captain, "but you know, the younger they are the more this is an in-depth thing because this is a greater portion of their life and their life experience. "For an older person, it wouldn't have been."

In fact, in many ways, shorter trips were probably better given the nature of this summer's schedule, said Capt. Moreland, named sail trainer of the year by the American Sail Training Association in 1999. "We did a lot of repetitious stuff in terms of the Tall Ships events," he said, "and if they were on all summer and went to five Tall Ships events they would have gotten jaded. But it basically worked out to one or one and half to two Tall Ships events per trip for the kids and that's an amazing thing."

Still, the ship's schedule was "very demanding. "The learning curve is always straight up," said the captain, "and it doesn't ever stop being straight up. So the trick then is to manage it safely and effectively and make it a decent learning experience for the kids within the context of what we're doing here, which was getting from port to port, sailing, trying to look presentable, having open houses and talking to the public a lot, which I think is a very important job as Canadian youth ambassadors. "It's not just about them, it's about them connecting with people and I think they had a very enlightening experience."

Now essentially finished with the program, the vessel is heading to the Great Lakes with as many as ten former Millennium Challenge sailors aboard. "They wanted to stay on and I needed some extra guys through the Lakes so I said sure, join us," said the captain.

Tahiti, Bora Bora, Rarotonga

She will return to Lunenburg in late September, 2000, where she will spend roughly five weeks getting ready for her second around-the-world voyage. Asked if this trip will be similar to the vessel's first circumnavigation in 1998-99, the captain said as far as the ports, yes. "We're sort of in this bad rut. ... We have to go to Tahiti every three years and then after that we have to go to Bora Bora and Rarotonga, and I just don't know what to do to break out of the old rut we're in. I'm beside myself with self-pity."

All-new crew except one

As for the rest of the trip, he said it "can't be the same. "I made that decision over the winter, some of the old crew were thinking about coming
Chibbly
Hilary Drummond,
boatswain's mate aboard
the tall ship Picton Castle,
cuddles the ship's beloved
feline Chibbly.
back and I decided that it has to be a new trip and that the only way to do that is with new people. So with the exception of the cat, it will be a completely new crew. And in a sense, even the ports won't be the same because it's three years later." The captain did admit the vessel's turnaround to be a bit tight. "When we do this again I think I'm going to put two years between the trips," he said.

Meanwhile, Picton Castle wasn't the only Lunenburg vessel making a quick trip home. Bluenose II skipper Orval Banfield and his crew had just three days in the port before heading off for visits at Shelburne, Yarmouth and Digby.

It's been a "particularly hectic summer because of Tall Ships," said the captain, who at one point was hosting up to four receptions a day. However, that's the nature of the job, he said. The schooner is currently scheduled to be back in port in time for the Lunenburg Fishermen's Picnic August 26-27, 2000.

[The Lunenburg Progress-Enterprise, 2 August 2000]



References:
Picton Castle's website
    http://www.picton-castle.com/index.html
Over 500 images of Picton Castle and her crew
    http://www.picton-castle.com/page52.html
Tall Ships NewsWire — breaking news of tall ships
    http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/
A fundraising video for Windward Isles Sailing Ship Company
    http://www.xensei.com/users/newfilm/NFC/news.htm



The Barque Picton Castle was completely overhauled and outfitted for tropical ocean voyaging as a training ship in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, during a 2 million dollar refit in 1996-97. The ship is registered in Avatiu, Rarotonga Cook Islands, headquarters for her South Pacific voyages. She is inspected by qualified surveyors and certified as a Sail Training Vessel for World Wide Service by the Cook Island Department of Transportation and Tourism. She is outfitted with the high standard of safety equipment her Certificate of Safety Equipment requires. Her stability and ballasting has been calculated and tested by inclining tests supervised by a qualified naval architect and marine engineer trained by the Webb Institute. The ship is outfitted with six water-tight bulkheads for collision and damage control and every effort has been made to equip the ship for safe ocean voyaging...
Source:
    http://www.opsailvirginia.com/ships/page5.html

2000 August 2

Former scallop captain enjoying new career aboard Picton Castle

LUNENBURG — Murray Gurney admits it was never his dream to sail the Atlantic aboard a tall ship. The days of sail were well over when the Little Dover, Nova Scotia native started fishing at age 14 and until recently, his entire seagoing career had been spent aboard motor vessels, notably the scalloper T.K. Pierce, which he skippered for 14 years.

All that changed this spring when the Lunenburg resident was contacted by Capt. Daniel Moreland of the barque Picton Castle. "I was sitting home playing with my grandson when I got the call," Capt. Gurney recalls. "He said he wanted to meet me down at Bluenose II. At the time, I didn't really know what it was about."

It turned out Capt. Moreland needed a second mate and had heard about Capt. Gurney via Bluenose II skipper Orval Banfield, himself a former fishing captain. Capt. Banfield knew the skipper was looking for work, having lost his ship following the last round of downsizing at Deep Sea Trawlers. He also knew he had gone back to school to upgrade from a fishing master's ticket to master of vessels up to 350 tons. The meeting went well and Capt. Gurney was offered the job. He didn't hesitate. "I'd been looking for a job for the last year and nothing came up so I thought I'll give it a try," he says. "It's a different kind of experience but I'm enjoying it."

Capt. Gurney joined the square-rigger in mid-May as she prepared to take on her first group of trainees as part of the Tall Ships Millennium Challenge, a Lunenburg-based youth initiative that's given 500 Canadian young people the chance to crew Tall Ships this summer. It took about a week to acquaint himself with the vessel's sail plan and rigging and while he had no previous sailing ship experience, he says he never felt intimidated. "A ship's a ship," he says, explaining how he had captained three or four fish draggers prior to taking the helm of the Pierce and was "used to working with different kinds of gear. Besides, "we teach the kids in a week and most of them have never been to sea before," he adds.

In fact, for Capt. Gurney, the most dramatic difference between his work aboard Picton Castle as compared to other vessels has more to do with its travels. "When you're fishing you go out and back from the same port for the most part," he says. "This way you're seeing things you never saw before."

Boston, Bermuda, Norfolk, Philadelphia, New York

This spring those things have included places like Boston, Bermuda, Norfolk, Philadelphia and New York, as part of Tall Ships 2000. But there's lots more ahead. Last Thursday, the vessel departed Lunenburg for a tour of the Great Lakes with Capt. Gurney signed on as chief mate, a position previously held by fellow Lunenburger Kim Smith.

While saddened by the departure of Mr. Smith, whom he describes as a "jewel of Lunenburg," Capt. Moreland says it was inevitable. "He's got a wife and a dog and a dory shop to take care of. (But) we are going to miss him. He's been on the ship close to three years now, ... he's represented the ship ... Lunenburg and Nova Scotia extremely well and never lost his sense of humour, which is remarkable. And the kids love him and that was a very important part of being chief mate this summer." As for his new chief mate, the captain says it's "a pleasure having him aboard. "He does a lot of great things. First of all, he's a mariner. He's a steady hand, good with the kids. (And) there's no job that is too onerous. "When our young kids are sweating and thinking they're working hard he just laughs, you know, this is not hard work compared to scalloping."

Asked whether he'll stay with the ship for its second world voyage, scheduled to begin this November, Capt. Gurney smiles and shakes his head. "That's a little too long. I missed my own kids growing up, I'm not going to miss my grandson. But this is fine for now."

Picton Castle is slated to return to Lunenburg in late September.

[The Lunenburg Progress-Enterprise, 2 August 2000]



LOS ANGELES — Completing its inaugural year 1999 on the Internet and already cited for its innovative way of "using communications to benefit children," the "Tidal Passages" interactive educational Web site is moving to a new at-sea home.

It was announced at the White House Internet Summit that "Tidal Passages" has transferred its overseas operations staff to the three-masted square-rigger, the Barque Picton Castle. WinStar for Education, cited the move as an important step in expanding its "Tidal Passages'" educational curricula into a global learning venture for students around the world ...

Reached by satellite phone en route to Pukapuka in the Cook Islands, Captain Daniel Moreland, skipper of the Picton Castle, elaborated on the ship's mission. "Everything about a deep-ocean voyaging ship has to do with education, conservation and service. For example, we conduct classes in celestial navigation, small boat seamanship, sail making, watch standing and a myriad of other subjects for the crew on a daily basis. 'Education' on a tall ship means survival. What's more, you very quickly learn to conserve your every resource: food, water, fuel, knowledge and each other. It is as important on today's ocean as it was to the great Polynesian explorers in another time." "We try to carry this philosophy ashore with us.

In the Galapagos we gathered El Nino water temperature data for NOAA and the Charles Darwin Research Center. For the wonderful descendants of the Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island, we conducted medical clinics, repaired equipment, roofed a home, cultivated gardens and performed other chores. Starting in French Polynesia, we've been distributing educational materials about El Nino, global warming, rising ocean levels, and sustainable development. By the time we reached Australia, we had shared our lesson plans, viewgraphs, pamphlets, wall posters, and videos with thousands of children"...

Source:
    http://www.picton-castle.com/page32.html

Reference:
Tidal Passages — interactive scientific and cultural journey aboard Picton Castle 1999
    http://www.tidalpassages.com/

2000 August 2

Local Effort to Restore Bounty

There occurred a mutiny on the day of April 28 in the year 1789 aboard
His Majesty's ship Bounty as she sailed peacefully off volcanic islands
in the South Pacific. And thus began a fantastic series of historic events...

LUNENBURG — Lunenburg's own Bounty is the most famous tall ship not to come to Halifax and participate in this year's Parade of Sail. A group of people who view the ship's no-show as a "catastrophe" are trying to bring the famed boat back to its home.

The HMS Bounty Reunion 2000 was held July 23rd in Lunenburg and organized by Cathy Carey of Hantsport. Some of the people on hand were former crew members Jim Johnson and Hugh Boyd, and Joachim Pohnke from Germany who's looking to acquire Bounty.

Mr. Pohnke contacted the present owners two years ago and asked if it was for sale. They were told Bounty wasn't for sale, but if they made a good offer they could take it to the board of the Tall Ship Bounty Foundation, owned by the Chamber of Commerce in Fall River, Massachusetts.

"My interest in Bounty is to restore it here in Nova Scotia because I think they are the best boat-owning people in the world in my opinion," Mr. Pohnke says. "She was built here. So they have the experience. The experience is still here. The goal is bringing her to the South Seas."

Mrs. Carey, whose husband was a crew member on Bounty when it was still seaworthy, organized the HMS Bounty reunion and is also part of the extended Bounty family, who have an interest in the preservation of the ship. "I've heard nothing but Bounty, Bounty, Bounty since I've been associated with him (her husband) and it grows on you," she says.

Bounty's extended family includes about fifty people. "They have been a driving force in the efforts to help resuscitate Bounty and to get it back here," Mr. Johnson says. In 1997, Mr. Johnston took a one-month cruise on Bounty to Fall River to restore his faith in sailing ships and what he saw was a ship with problems. "Of course she was ravaged by the years like we all are," he says. "I tried to talk to a number of people who were trying to get the ship back. In the meantime I heard about Cathy's efforts and here we are today."

The ship is currently leaking pretty badly with four pumps working full time pumping about 2000 litres of water an hour.

Bounty's people Shown are three of the people who want to bring Bounty back to Lunenburg County. From the left: Joachim Pohnke is the man trying to buy the ship, Jim Johnston, who was a crew member on the ship, and Hugh Boyd who was Bounty's captain for 16 years. They are in the same building where Bounty was built.

Mr. Johnson explains no steps have been taken recently to regain ownership of Bounty, but forming a group like this is a major accomplishment. "We're a group of people who have a common interest in trying to get the ship and restore it. If nothing else it has brought together a group with a common purpose," he says.

"Especially our friend here," he says while pointing to Mr. Pohnke, "who seems to be maybe the catalyst that might make this thing come together."

He adds placing Bounty at the "forefront" of people's consciousness and the importance it has to Lunenburg is crucial.

"This would be the logical place for it to be even though Bluenose is here," he says. "These are two very important symbols of Lunenburg." "If you raise the level of awareness of the importance of these symbols to this culture, we are people of the sea."

Mr. Johnson referred to Bounty not being in Nova Scotia for Tall Ships 2000 as a "catastrophe." "If you watch the ads leading up to the Tall Ships the marque ship in the ad was Bounty," he says.

Mrs. Carey explained, "They didn't show a whole flotilla of ships arriving, they showed one ship," she says. "They didn't choose Bluenose, they chose Bounty."

Mr. Johnson says this could have all been avoided. "Had she been given a little bit of care or more she'd be here," he says. "She'd be visiting with Rose."

[The Lunenburg Progress-Enterprise, 2 August 2000]

References:

Society for the Preservation of H.M.S. Bounty
    http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ccarey/

A recent addition to the Fall River waterfront is the H.M.S. Bounty of "Mutiny on the Bounty" fame. In addition to this feature film, she has been featured in many films and television shows, including "Treasure Island," "Yellowbeard," and "Miami Vice." The Bounty is one of the last wooden sailing ships still actively cruising the world's oceans. She was a donation to the Fall River Chamber of Commerce Foundation from Turner Broadcasting...
Source:
Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts
    http://www.frchamber.com/fallriver/mystery.html

Reminiscences of Bounty's radio operator, Spud Roscoe (page 139)
    http://www2.scotweb.co.uk/ns1398/roscoe04.html
Reminiscences of Bounty's radio operator, Spud Roscoe (page 258)
    http://www2.scotweb.co.uk/ns1398/roscoe07.html
Reminiscences of Bounty's radio operator, Spud Roscoe (pages 307-314)
    http://www2.scotweb.co.uk/ns1398/roscoe08.html
Reminiscences of Bounty's radio operator, Spud Roscoe (pages 325-353)
    http://www2.scotweb.co.uk/ns1398/roscoe09.html

Bristol County and southeastern Massachusetts
    http://www.southofboston.org/fallriver.htm

2000 August 6

CKJM Opens New Digital Recording Studio

La cooperative Radio Cheticamp (CKJM) will officially open its brand new recording studio on Sunday afternoon, August 6th, at 1:30pm. Situated in the basement of Les Trois Pignons building in Cheticamp, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, the studio, with its high-tech digital equipment, was designed by Steven Durr, professional acoustic engineer from Nashville, Tennessee. The studio, which cost $150,000, was made possible by contributions from both federal and provincial governments, as well as an important financial investment by the Cooperators. Many area businesses and organizations have also contributed financially to the project. Clarence Deveaux, a well-known professional musician, has been hired to coordinate the activities of the new studio. The official opening ceremonies will be followed by the national broadcast of a musical radio program live from the new studio. The program will be broadcast on eighteen French community radio stations across Canada via the satellite network of Le Reseau Francophone d'Amerique.
[The Inverness Oran, 19 July 2000]

References:
Inverness County
    http://www.invernessco.com/
"Nashville's top acoustics expert, Steven Durr..."
    http://www.patchnet.com/caravell/news.htm

2000 August 8

Trail Groups Must Ask for Help in Writing

BRIDGEWATER — Lunenburg Municipal Warden Jack Wentzell told representatives of two groups interested in developing recreational trails along abandoned railway lines to put their requests for municipal assistance in writing. Scott Hamilton, chairman of the Dynamite Trail Association, and Carlo Testa, president of the Bay to Bay Trail Association, appeared before council August 8th to ask for help with their respective projects.

The Dynamite Trail Association plans to develop the old rail line from Mahone Bay to Martins River, and the Bay to Bay group wants to enhance the trail from Mahone Bay to Lunenburg and from the southern boundary of Lunenburg to Battery Point. "We're looking for support from the municipality," said Mr. Hamilton. Among the support items was a request for a municipal trails co-ordinator to work with volunteers on trail development, he said.

Mr. Testa said his group also wanted support from the municipal planning department in helping decide where is the best location for a central terminal for the trail. Both men asked for use of municipal office services such as faxes, telephones, desk space and possibly accounting.

During the discussions, members of council asked the representatives what uses they planned to allow on their trails. "We haven't decided what kind of usage we're going to have," said Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Testa said, "our association has decided it will be a multi-functioning trail." Councillor Diane Tanner questioned, "won't all the trails be the same usage?" Councillor Merle Kaulback noted, "I don't look at ATVs and horses as being a great mix on a three-metre ten-foot (trail) bed (in width)." Mr. Testa said, "we have dealt with ATV associations. We have found them to be very responsible."

Councillor Lee Nauss said, "I don't know how you can control the renegades. They'll splash you, they'll do anything. There has to be a lot of discussion before you put multi-use on it."

[The Bridgewater Bulletin, 16 August 2000]

2000 August 11

Point Tupper Gas Lateral Pipeline Approved for Operation

The National Energy Board (NEB) has approved the transmission of natural gas through the lateral pipeline from Goldboro, Guysborough County, to Point Tupper, Richmond County. The NEB notified Sable Offshore Energy Incorporated and Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline Limited that the lateral pipeline has been given official approval for operation at a reduced pressure of 4710 kPa.

"Technical literature has established that at this pressure, the risk of a pipeline rupturing from any of the known causes of pipeline failure would be negligable," the NEB wrote. "The reduced operating pressure will still allow us to deliver natural gas to our contracted customers," Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline spokesperson Steve Rankin said.

Three customers in Point Tupper, including Sable's fractionation plant, Stora Enso, and the Canadian Gypsum Company (CGC), have been awaiting the gas service since last year. Both Stora and CGC have converted their operations to burn natural gas as soon as it becomes available.

Rankin said it could still be a while before the customers receive gas. "It won't be an immediate thing," he said. "There's a bit of work we have to do on the line to allow it to operate at the 50 percent pressure." A pressure reducing station will be installed at the main pipeline take-off near Goldboro to reduce the gas pressure from the main line working pressure to the approved lateral working pressure. The pipeline owner is also required to file an integrity management plan with the NEB by November 1st of this year.

Negotiations between SOEI and M&NP also have to take place to pass over ownership of the line. "Now that we have the leave to open, we have to enter into discussions on how to proceed with SOEI," he said. "We have to purchase the line. Over the next few weeks we should have a timeline developed but we don't have a date for that yet," he said.

Sable Offshore Energy built the 55km pipeline for Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline while simultaneously constructing the Sable-owned NGL (natural gas liquids) pipeline. The two pipes were laid in the same trench about 50cm apart.

The liquids pipeline is under provincial (U&RB) jurisdiction, while the gas pipeline is under federal (NEB) jurisdiction. The NGL pipeline was approved for operation last winter, and has been carrying condensates for several months to the fractionation plant in Point Tupper. The NGL pipeline operates at a lower pressure than the gas lateral's design pressure.

The gas lateral will carry "more than we need for the contract," Rankin said. He added an additional market could develop in Cape Breton for natural gas, including distribution to homes and businesses. "We feel there is enough capacity in the line to serve that market ... it will depend on market acceptance."

Rankin said the NEB has not yet made clear whether the pipeline will ever be permitted to operate at the original planned pressure. "It would be through discussions with them that we could determine if we could (operate at full pressure)," he said.

The pipeline owners have had a series of information exchanges with the NEB since last December, after the application to open the line was filed. Landowners along the lateral were also involved in the discussions. The Board questioned the integrity of the line, after hydrostatic (water pressure) tests carried out last year failed. In late February 2000, the NEB denied the request to open the line, and asked the owners to establish the integrity and safety of the line by providing additional information. Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline and SOEI submitted a joint response in late April, including a technical plan.

[The Guysborough Journal, 16 August 2000]

4710 kPa   =   683 psi
4710 kilopascals   =   683 pounds per square inch



Pipeline installation, 1999
1999: Installation of NGL pipeline and Point Tupper gas pipeline side by side in one trench.
Source: http://www.soep.com/soep-bin/getpage?section=5&subsection=1&subsubsection=8


The Point Tupper Lateral Pipeline is approximately 59km in length and includes associated metering, control and pressure regulation facilities. The first 55km of the pipeline, from the main pipeline, is 8 inches 20cm in diameter and was installed at the same time as the Sable Offshore Energy Inc. natural gas liquids pipeline. The remaining 4km of the pipeline is 6 inches 15cm in diameter.
Source:
Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline website — Project Overview
    http://www.mnpp.com/canada/project_overview.html

References:
Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline website
    http://www.mnpp.com/
SOEI, Sable Offshore Energy Incorporated
    http://www.soep.com/
National Energy Board
    http://www.neb.gc.ca/

NEB approves Maritimes & Northeast's application
for leave to open the Point Tupper Lateral at 30 per cent
of specified minimum yield strength of the pipeline

11 August 2000

The National Energy Board has approved an application from Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline Management Limited (M&NP) for leave to open the Point Tupper Pipeline Lateral. The Board decided to grant leave to open the pipeline on the condition that the pipeline is operated with a maximum operating pressure of 4710 kilopascals, which results in an operating stress of 30 percent of the Specified Minimum Yield Strength of the pipeline material. In arriving at its decision, the Board has reviewed the application, additional information submitted by M&NP and submissions by interested parties.

In December 1999, M&NP applied for leave to open the Point Tupper Lateral. As part of its application, M&NP filed a report entitled Technical Report — Point Tupper Lateral Pipeline Integrity Engineering Assessment. The Board was of the view that considerable uncertainty existed regarding the integrity and safety of the Point Tupper Lateral as presented in the Technical Report.

On 29 February 2000, the Board advised M&NP that it was not satisfied that the information filed by M&NP demonstrated that the Point Tupper Pipeline Lateral could be safely opened for the transmission of natural gas and that prior to further considering the application for leave to open, it expected M&NP to establish that the integrity and safety of the pipeline are equivalent to the integrity and safety the Board normally expects for new natural gas pipelines. On 17 April, M&NPand Sable Offshore Energy Incorporated (SOEI) filed a Technical Plan, amended on 23 June 2000, to address the Board's concerns with respect to the integrity and safety of the Point Tupper Lateral.

The Point Tupper Lateral, which was approved by the Board in January 1999, consists of approximately 55 kilometres (34.2 miles) of 219 millimetre (8 inch) diameter pipeline from a point near Goldboro, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia to the delivery point at the SOEI Fractionation Plant in Point Tupper. Construction of the Point Tupper Lateral, between the M&NPMainline and the SOEI Fractionation Plant was carried out at the same time as construction of the SOEI Natural Gas Liquids pipeline. The Point Tupper Lateral was installed in the same trench as the NGL pipeline.

Source:
National Energy Board press release, 11 August 2000
    http://www.neb.gc.ca/regupd/releases/nr2000/nre0023.htm

2000 August 12

Half Island Cove CAP Site Opens

A new Community Access Point (CAP) site opened in Half Island Cove last month, and was officially launched with an open house today. Half Island Cove is in Guysborough County on the southern shore of Chedabucto Bay, about halfway between Canso and Guysborough.

Located at Hanham's Gas Station and Convenience Store, the site contains six computers with an Internet connection, and scanning, photocopying and fax services. Cecelia Jamieson is the chair of the CAP site's board of directors. She said her efforts to establish a local site began last year. "SENCEN (Strait East Nova Community Enterprise Network) advised me that because we are a rural community between two larger communities that we could possibly have access to money that would help us to start a CAP site for ourselves," she explained. There are six people on the board, including Sandra Jamieson, Arnold Hendsbee, Mary Miller, Val Richardson and Howard Creamer. They got $12,000 from Industry Canada to develop and supply the site with equipment. They bought three new computers, and SENCEN donated three reconditioned computers. The space is a room at the side of the convenience store, provided rent and utility free by Dave Hanham.

Jamieson, a teacher, said the service is a necessity for students. "This way they can do work that they can't do at school because they have to catch the bus (right after the end of classes). A lot of school age kids around here don't have access to the Internet, don't have computers at home, and this will provide them with the ability to keep up with their school work and not worry about trying to arrange a way home if they had to stay at school and do work on the computers," she said. She said it also provides an important service for adults who want to learn how to use a computer or become more literate in the technology. Parents must sign permission slips for children under 18 years old to be on the Internet.

Tourists have also been using the site. "We've had tourists stop in and do e-mail; we've had people from Florida come in and fax papers to work and do work on the computers," she said.

The site has low usage fees. They will burn a CD for $10.00, including the blank CD. Computer use is $2.00 per hour on the new computers, and $1.50 on the reconditioned machines. Printing is 10¢ a page and faxing is $1.00 a page.

[The Guysborough Journal, 16 August 2000]

2000 August 14

350 New Radio Stations Launched Today in Canada

From 'Alternative Rock' to 'Groovin' Oldies'

All Available in Nova Scotia on Internet Radio

Suddenly the CRTC is Irrelevant

Toronto   August 14, 2000 — Martz Communications Group Inc. announced today that FMcanada.com is live and on the air in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. FMcanada.com is now streaming CD quality radio with local and national news and information from 50 Internet radio stations in each city. All are available everywhere on the Internet.

Each of the 50 Internet radio stations features professionally selected music in a specific format. Choices range from Top 40 to Jazz to Classical to Reggae to Christian rock.. This high quality content provides a range of choices not available from commercial broadcasters with limited commercial interruption.

Local information provided by each station includes live traffic reports, AccuWeather, TV listings, maps and directions and a host of useful information specific to the local communities. Each FMcanada.com website provides continuously updated local and national news and sports. Listeners can access any of these features without interrupting their audio stream from anywhere in the world.

Music is selected and scheduled by Everstream.com Incorporated, an Internet music provider based in Cleveland, Ohio. News, weather, and traffic information is now available only as on-screen text.

All 350 Internet radio stations are run out of offices in Ottawa, but Timothy Martz, the 49-year-old chief executive of FMcanada.com, said this may change if the project is successful. "Ultimately, my wildest dream is that we will have studios in each city as we compete with local radio," he said, adding he hopes each city eventually will have an Internet station playing strictly local and independent music.

Mr. Martz would not say how much he's spending to start this Canadian network, but said he expects to turn a profit within 18 months. Revenue will come from advertising. Currently, the online radio stations have no commercials, but Mr, Martz expects increasing Internet traffic to begin generating advertising revenue over the next few weeks.

"The Internet is dramatically changing the way we listen to radio," says Mr. Martz. "Internet radio gives listeners an amazing array of music options and advertisers the power to get their message directly to the people who buy their products; it provides listeners with CD quality sound and puts them in control of what they want to hear and see. With 50 formats, FMcanada.com provides more outlets for more artists than today's limited traditional radio formatted stations."

Using state of the art audio streaming technology and the Windows Media Player each of FMcanada.com's 350 stations offers innovative features such as:

No commercials until October (and limited commercials later)
Name and artist of current song
"Pause a song" for a minute or an hour and resume at the note you left
"Next selection", tells you what artist is up next
"Skip to the next song" lets you jump immediately to hear the next song
One step "click and purchase" the current CD (through CDNow.com).

With no CRTC restrictions, FMcanada.com actually opens the doors for Canadian artists, Mr. Martz says. There are many Canadian musicians who are unable to get adequate airplay on traditional tightly formatted radio stations. FMcanada.com will provide a much needed outlet for these talented artists. FMcanada.com has only one content requirement, to play the best music regardless of origin.

Building local content is the key to the future success of Internet radio, said Brahm Eiley, president of Convergence Consulting Group Limited of Toronto. Local advertisers account for about 75 percent of the close to &1,000,000,000 in annual advertising revenue generated by private Canadian broadcasters, Mr. Eiley said.

Traditional radio is going to disappear

"Traditional radio, as we know it today, is going to decline and eventually disappear," according to Wall Street Journal columnist, Walt Mossberg. "But not the concept of radio — of listening to audio content as a pleasant way of passing the time."

Mr. Martz, who operates nine radio stations in New York, said the Internet's ability to respond to specifictastes and demands is forcing traditional radio to change. He's convinced the future of radio is on the Internet, where listeners will be able to shape the programming they listen to. Suanne Kelman, director of broadcasting at Ryerson's School of Journalism in Toronto, agrees. "This is the only hope for radio, as far as I can see," Ms. Kelman said. "The Internet allows a great deal of experimentation and tailoring of tastes, so if radio were to revived in all of it's potential, that's how it would be done."

According to Statistics Canada, however, traditional radio isn't in decline. Canadians are listening to the radio more frequently than they have since 1995. The agency reports Canadians listened to an average of 20.5 hours of radio each week last year, the third straight annual increase.

FMcanada.com is a division of FMcities.com, a network of more than 650 local internet radio stations in North America serving U.S. markets in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington and Seattle with more on the way. FMcities.com is privately owned by Canadian Tim Martz and has offices in San Francisco and Ottawa.

The Globe and Mail, 15 August 2000
The National Post, 15 August 2000
FMcanada.com media release, 14 August 2000
    http://www.fmcanada.com/nr8-14-00.html

References:
FMcanada.com website at
    http://www.fmcanada.com/
FMcanada.com Technology Fact Sheet
    http://www.fmcanada.com/techsheet.html
Internet Radio Fact Sheet
    http://www.fmcanada.com/factsheet.html

2000 August 14

Salter Street in Running for a Category One Licence

Cable Companies Must Carry Category Ones

When it is time to kick back and unwind, many Canadians tune out by tuning in to their favourite TV show. Increasingly, that show is being carried on a specialty TV channel such as the Golf Channel or the Women's Network or Star TV.

Soon it may be the Computer Channel, or Technology TV. Indeed, in an online world and a 500-channel universe, it is probably only a matter of time before the two become one.

The New World of Digital Television

That union may be just around the corner. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has put out a call for specialty programming channels to be carried in the new world of digital television.

For the first time, TV, production and cable companies can apply for what are called Category Two licences, as well as Category One licences. Category Ones must be carried by a cable operator. Category Twos are not mandatory, and carriage of each Category Two channel on cable distribution systems has to be negotiated between the production company and individual cable companies — the survival of a Category Two channel depends on it being able to wangle enough distribution.

At least five companies, including CTV and Global TV, have pitched the concept of a computer channel and all five are pitching the concept in Category One.

A Computer Channel Will Be Licensed by the CRTC

"A computer channel will be one of the ten licensed by the CRTC," says Alison Clayton, a media consultant who is help Rogers Cablesystems Limited prepare its applications, one of which is for a technology channel called ZDTV. "There has to be an incentive for Canadians to get off of analog and into digital [service]. People are betting on computers. The level of interest is very high."

It is high even among those applications not specifically pitching a technology network. Salter Street Films, which produces This Hour Has 22 Minutes, has filed 30 applications with the CRTC of which six are in Category One. The six must-carry applications include Girls TV, Nature Television, and the Independent Film Channel Canada.

Consumer Choice and Control is the Main Point

Also included is ZTV, which is aimed at the 20-something market and will be techno heavy, says Claude Galipeau, vice-president of corporate planning with the Halifax-based production company. "The penetration of Internet users among 18-to-24-year- olds is very high, in the 60 to 70% range. We did focus groups. The most salient issue [for this age group] is choice and control of programming. This comes from being a sovereign consumer on the Internet."

ZTV would carry such standard television fare as a talk show featuring young entrepreneurs who have made it big in the IT industry. "The Internet and the new economy has empowered this new generation. They are acutely aware of the potential of the new media," says Mr. Galipeau.

But technology TV must go beyond standard television fare and offer viewers the bells and whistles they have come to expect in a wired world. For example, the talk show on young entrepreneurs might well offer interactive features such as a pull-down menu from which viewers could bring up a bio of the guest being interviewed, or they could key in a question and have the guest answer it live on the air. "If you hang around young adults, they multi-task on technology," says Mr. Galipeau. "They might be watching TV and talking in a chat room linked to the TV program."

The concept of a technology channel is well founded, says Paul Lima, a dot-com writer based in Toronto.

"People are fascinated with and by technology ... People want to know what's new, what's old, what's working, what isn't, what's invading their privacy, what allows them to snoop," he says. "If you build it, people will watch."

Jim Carroll, a Canadian Internet consultant and author of the book From Light Bulbs to Yottabits: How to Profit From the Internet of the Future, is less convinced of the merits of a computer channel. "Well, if the Golf Channel is still on air, I suppose a computer channel could be," he says. "I think there is an interest, obviously, in the topic, but I don't know if it could sustain an entire channel."

Salter Street Wants to Develop an Interactive Soap Opera

What seems certain, however, is that even if Canadians are not watching TV to learn more about technology, they will increasingly use technology to watch TV.

As part of its ZTV lineup, for example, Salter Street wants to develop Argyle 6, an interactive soap opera. Viewers would watch the characters slip in and out of situations, but they would also have direct input into story lines and character development as the soap opera unfolds on screen.

"We're experts in niche programming and offering programs targeted to a particular demographic. In the television industry, fragmentation has occurred. In order to compete, you have to become an expert in demographics," says Mr. Galipeau.

Salter Street's research with the 20-something crowd, in particular, shows they want more high-tech whiz bang along with their daily dose of TV. "ZTV focus groups feel they are not being well served in terms of interactive options," says Mr. Galipeau. "They feel they're more empowered on the Net."

[The National Post — Financial Post, 14 August 2000]

Salter Street Films Limited has its main office
at 1668 Barrington Street, Halifax.


2000 August 14

Worldwide Online Election

Historic First

Scheduled for 1-10 October 2000

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ — The At Large Members of ICANN are scheduled to participate in a historic first — a worldwide online election to choose Directors for the Internet's governing body, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Closing a fifteen-day window to apply for nomination on August 14th, At Large Member candidates have just fifteen days more — August 15th to August 31st — to garner enough endorsements for a spot on ICANN's October ballot.

Endorsement requires support from 2% of the At Large Members in her/his geographic region, or 20 members, whichever is greater; and support from residents of at least two countries. The final ballot for At-Large Director will include the candidates nominated by ICANN'S Nominating Committee, and any candidates who have met the conditions for member-nomination.

In an effort to help voters meet the candidates, ICB Toll Free News queried each by email as to their opinions and positions on such issues as domain name dispute arbitration and new top level domains (TLD's), and today published the survey results at http://icbtollfree.com/txt/icbsurveyresults.htm (registration required).

"This survey only covers Domain Name issues that we felt impact end users significantly on a day-to-day basis," says Judith Oppenheimer, publisher of ICB. "We provided a multiple choice format, as well as an open-ended option for nominees to write in their own response, of which most took generous advantage."

The survey presents an overview of the candidates' positions on major issues, in their own words, unedited. This overview clearly shows which candidates favor global governance; which favor individual country's rights under their own laws; and which of them have definite bias in favor of intellectual property interests, etc.

There is currently an overabundance of representation for major commercial and intellectual property interests on ICANN's Board of Directors. These candidates are running for seats to represent the at-large community's interests.

Source: Mailing-List   list tollfree-l@egroups.com
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:39:41 -0400

ICANN At-Large Membership Exceeds 158,000

July 31, 2000   Marina del Rey, California — The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that it had ended its first At-Large Membership registration period with more than 158,000 Internet users signed up worldwide. The registration period extended from February 25th to July 31st, 2000.

Preliminary total registration numbers by region are:
    Africa — 787
    Asia/Australia/Pacific — 93782
    Europe — 35942
    Latin America/Caribbean — 6486
    North America — 21596

ICANN's At-Large Membership program is intended as a means for Internet users from all over the globe to have a voice in ICANN's technical policymaking structure for the Internet's domain name and numbering systems. ICANN's At Large Membership will select five members of the ICANN Board of Directors in a worldwide online vote, currently scheduled for October 1-10, 2000. One Director will be elected from each of five geographic regions:
    Africa
    Asia - Australia - Pacific
    Europe
    Latin America - Caribbean
    North America

Sources:
    http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr31jul00.htm
    http://members.icann.org/news.htm

References:
ICANN's website
    http://www.icann.org/
ICANN At Large Membership and Elections
    http://www.icann.org/at-large/at-large.htm

Election Info for Voters

For those of you who registered to vote in the upcoming ICANN elections, you can now, and for the next two weeks, formally endorse a candidate seeking to make the final ballot. The endorsement URL is:
    https://members.icann.org/cgi-bin/atlarge/endorse.cgi

(The endorsement process is simply to determine who makes the final ballot. You could endorse a candidate for ballot purposes and then vote for someone else in October, when the election is held.)

ICB endorses Karl Auerbach. His platform (proposing significant, much needed reform of ICANN ) is at:
    http://www.cavebear.com/ialc/platform.htm

... and many of his writings and essays can be found in ICB's Editorial Section.

ICB's Domain Name Survey of At Large Member Nominees is at:
    http://icbtollfree.com/txt/icbsurveyresults.htm (Registration required. Names/contact info not divulged sold leased rented shared whispered etc.)

You can read the nominees' ICANN candidate pages here:
    https://members.icann.org/nom.html

To endorse a candidate, you'll first need to activate your membership. To activate, you'll need your membership number, password and PIN. You can activate here:
    http://members.icann.org/members_only.htm

The reminder URL to have your membership number and password e-mailed to you is at
    https://members.icann.org/reminder.access.html

Your PIN was sent via postal mail. (This is the way the place of residence is confirmed for each voter — to get your PIN you have to receive mail sent to this address.)

You can only endorse one candidate, so you might take the time to read the candidate pages and survey responses etc. carefully.

From Judith Oppenheimer   <joppenheimer@icbtollfree.com>
president of ICB Consultancy
    http://www.1800TheExpert.com/
publisher of ICB TOLL FREE NEWS
    http://www.icbtollfree.com and
WhoSells800.com Toll Free Service Provider Directory
    http://www.whosells800.com

Source: Mailing-List   list tollfree-l@egroups.com
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:50:39 -0400

ICANN North America Region
Candidates for Nomination by Activated Members

These individuals named in this webpage have put their names forward as candidates for member-nomination in the ICANN North America Region. From August 15-31, activated At Large members can endorse a candidate in their region.
Source:   http://members.icann.org/nom/cp/NA.html

[ICS comment, written 16 August 2000, while browsing the complete list of North America candidates and their campaign material:]

Many of these candidates are well-qualified, and it's going to be tough to make a final voting decision from such a large number of excellent choices.



But some of the candidates have been surprisinlgy slipshod in preparing their information — which is intended to persuade people to vote for them. Three candidates have llinks to additional information which do not work. Two others have webpages that obviously have not been looked at after they were posted (an underline turned on and never turned off; the entire text rendered in strike-through font...). Several are fond of obscure acronyms (obscure to me and likely to others) which they don't explain. In my opinion (as an activated voting member) these deficiencies eliminate them from consideration.

And some of them apparently consider spelling to be irrelevant in a written message. The following examples were copied and pasted from their own material:

"...address technical deficiencies as they are razed..."
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