A Silver Sunset over Half Moon Island (Frank Bolton - August 2000)
This InfoSheet is number: 1044
Summary: What the ChipLakeNEWS is and how it operates.
The ChipLakeNEWS and some "e-folkways" that will be observed.
INITIAL CORRESPONDENCE:
This is the initial document that is sent to all recipients of the ChipLakeNEWS (clN) who request to be added to its e-address list. I presume that you are new to the clNEWSletter and hope you enjoy receiving these communications in the future. The following is pretty much how the ChipLakeNEWS operates.
WHAT THE ChipLakesNEWS IS (...and is not):
The "ChipLakeNEWS" is NOT the voice of CLIC nor its members nor the SCIWC nor does it speak for any other organization, group or agency. Rather, it is a communication and information SERVICE offered to all who are interested in receiving it. The ideas and concepts stated are those of the editor and any contributor whose words are included. [ChipLakeNEWS<AT>aol.com and ChipLakeINFO<AT>aol.com are private screen names of the editor.]
WHAT THE ChipLakeNEWS (newsletter and web site) MAY CONTAIN:
The contents of future clN transmissions are limited only by the whims of the editor (me, I plan to act as a benevolent dictator) and may/will include information about the Chiputneticooks and other Maine and New Brunswick lake/waterway systems, CLIC, the actions of the Maine Legislature and hopefully NB legislative actions, local non-governmental activities, fish, people (including their comments and questions), articles written by the editor, by recipients (hopefully) and often (probably) copied from other sources that will interest many of you.
The content of future clNEWSletters and the clNEWSwebsite will be open to ALL TYPES of "classified" articles both WANTED and FOR SALE (the BBBB, the BargainBasementBulletinBoard). Announcements and short offerings or solicitations will be free and published with other similar items on a regular but limited schedule. Personal services, small personal items, yard sales, boats and even real estate are not beyond the scope of items that may be listed for free. Charges for larger, detailed one or two time individual transmissions, even ongoing web pages will be considered on an item by item basis...digital JPEG photos may be accepted.
The ChipLakeNEWS will NOT avoid controversial topics and will endeavor to publish BOTH SIDES of all subjects without prejudice...with the intention that the reader will use his own judgement about which side of the fence to land on (or to remain on the fence). The intent is to present information for your evaluation.
Your e-mailed responses to all issues raised via either the newsletter or the web site are solicited, but please use the e-mail address ChipLakeINFO<AT>aol.com and NOT ChipLakeNEWS
YOUR PRIVACY:
It's my intention to protect your individual privacy (real and online), i.e., to guard your e-mail address, i.e., not give it out...unless I think you would want me to [...and I'm very conservative]. In general, I will NOT give out ANY recipient's e-address unless I believe it's either already in the public domain or easily available via another source. I will, however, forward an electronic request to a clN recipient being sought so that he can respond to the seeker, if he chooses. It is intended, with certain exceptions, that each ChipLakeNEWS go out as a "blind copy" so that no one can see anyone else's e-address. If you become aware of another recipient's online address, please extend the courtesy of protecting their address(es) as I try to protect yours. I will often/usually/always forward textual requests for information and/or comments, suggestions, complaints (etc.) but I will not (usually) forward attachments so if you get an attachment from me, I've probably generated it myself (digital photo or drawing or file etc.).
IN ADDITION, HOWEVER, I do require that I know with whom I correspond...I require to know your real name and a valid mailing address (and, of course, your e-mail address). Nobody else gets it but I require knowing who you are and where you are...and as many people change their e-address and/or their e-mail domain, it is up to each recipient to notify me of changes to their e-address.
A RECIPIENT'S COMMENT:
<< If convenient, could you please provide a glossary at the end of your e-mails, giving the names which are represented by letters, like WWLT. >>
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: I try to keep the e-mails simple (and short...but accuracy sometimes dictates a little more explanation than everyone needs). Although I don't see an easy way of providing a continuing glossary in EVERY transmission, I will try to be more clear with the acronyms I use...I will try to identify an acronym with the first reference in the text. For starters...
WWLT is the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust, a tax exempt corporation, based in Forest City, Maine. Elbridge Cleaves, is President (2006 & 2007) and you can reach him online through WWLTmembers<AT>aol.com. Woodie Wheaton was a long time Forest City fishing guide. The WWLT is dedicated to preserving the pristine wildness of the Chiputneticook chain of lakes and their surrounding areas.
SCIWC is the St. Croix International Waterway Commission in Calais, Maine and St. Stephen, NB. Ms. Lee Sochasky is it's executive director. < staff<AT>stcroix.org >. One might say that it is the benevolent international overseer of the hundred+ mile long St. Croix Waterway.
The IJC is the International Joint Commission, the "joint" commission between the U.S. and Canada that controls, in addition to our St. Croix Waterway, the levels and flows of ALL the boundary waters between the two countries, Atlantic to Pacific. See: www.ijc.org Their local body is the International St. Croix River Board. The US Secretary is <Barbara.R.Blumeris@usace.army.mil> and the CAN Secretary is (new).
Of course, CLIC is the acronym for the Chiputneticook Lakes International Conservancy (Inc.). Chiputneticook is the Native-American (Aboriginal) name for the northernmost group of five lakes in the St. Croix Waterway. This appellation usually appears (only) on Canadian maps. Do you know what "Ktchiquispam" is?
clN and clNEWS are the nicknames for the Chiputneticook Lakes NEWSletter...er...the ChipLakeNEWS. Ktchiquispam is the Native-American name for East Grand Lake.
ROFLMAO is a common internet CHAT abbreviation like: lol = "laughing out loud" or brb = "be right back" or ttfn = "tah tah for now" = "good bye." ROFLMAO = "rolling on the floor, laughing my ass off" :-D.
ANOTHER RECIPIENT'S COMMENT:
<< I will henceforth limit my smart-ass comments (not to mention trade secrets) in order to minimize my discomfort upon being quoted! >>
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: Both smart-ass AND trade secret comments are especially appreciated. I enjoy both serious and tongue-in-cheek responses...it wouldn't be as much fun doing this if everyone corresponded as if their lives depended on it. I will, however, withhold your name from forwarded information, IF YOU REQUEST me to.
OUTCOME: In general I will include many/most comments sent to me in future clNEWSletters. The rules that I use when I quote and/or give credit to senders/responders will be used with all correspondence, both received and sent via < ChipLakeNEWS<AT>aol.com > i.e., I will withhold anyone's name who requests that I do so AND I will withhold anyone's name and omit any comment if I think something said may cause undue hard feelings or embarrassment or misunderstanding (even though I might use the comment anyway). Anticipate that many/most e-mails sent to clN will be quoted or passed along in some fashion...unless you request that they not be. When I send a clNEWSletter I normally send it to ALL recipients. (I won't, however, forward irrelevant chat or jokes nor will I correct spelling or grammar in received comments before I include them...I assume that if you use poor grammar or don't properly spell your words, that you won't be embarrassed if everyone else reads what you send to me.)
FINAL COMMENT ABOUT BEING QUOTED: << OK! OK! You are free to quote anything that I may write. I just might be a bit more circumspect about what I say. (But don't count on it!) I appreciate your efforts to keep us updated and informed. And you may quote me on that! >>
PS: I don't ALWAYS use quote marks when I include a quote, neither the common kind (" and ") nor the internet kind >> at the beginning of each line) nor the AOL kind (>> and <<), but be aware that when it looks like it's a quote, it probably is.
PPS: Unless I can't help myself I will usually keep my two cents to myself. However, when I do add a comment, I will try to remember to make specific reference that it is the "EDITOR'S RESPONSE" or, at least, to set my words off with square brackets, [thus]...making editorial comments is one of the perks of being the editor. :-D
GETTING ON the ChipLakeNEWS Address List.
If you know someone who would like to receive The ChipLakeNEWS, have him/her e-mail a request to ChipLakeINFO<AT>aol.com and upon receiving his request, name and mailing address, I will put him on the e-mailing list. Have potential recipients put "Subscription Request" on the subject line of their e-mail.
GETTING OFF the ChipLakeNEWS Address List:
Don’t be bashful. If you don’t enjoy receiving The ChipLakeNEWS and want off the list, it’s as easy as 1...2..."Please take me off the ChipLakeNEWS address list." (It'ud be nice if you continued to support YOUR local lake/waterway association, though. :-) Send such a request to: ChipLakeNEWS<AT>aol.com as that's where the addressbook is located. Please type "Cancel Subscription" in the subject line of your e-mail.
RESPONSES AND COMMENTS:
YOUR comments are always welcome...AND solicited! Comments, suggestions, clarifications, responses, questions and, yes, even your complaints are welcomed and solicited along with any electronic (textual) contribution that you think may be of interest to other ChipLakeNEWS recipients. As editor, I reserve the privilege to edit, though! You may send me a question with which to poll the online recipients and I'll include it in the next ChipLaker's COMMENTS newsletter or maybe I'll even send a special clNEWS letter devoted to your topic. (Please don't ask ME to research your topic, though. I do a lot of research throughout the year for all the other topics offered and you must do your own necessary research. :-)
ATTACHMENTS sent to ChipLakeINFO@aol.com:
I'm Macintosh and can't read many FORMATTED PC/DOS/Windows/etc DOCUMENTS sent as an ATTACHMENT. (I can read documents written in MS WORD). I can read <.jpg> <.gif> & <.bmp> photos; <.xls> Excel documents and <.txt> "text only" documents (that are unformatted and with no carriage return at the end of each line)...those types of attachments are fine...else, please don't send me attachments.
I won't send an attachment to you except in a VERY unusual situation. Anything that I might otherwise attach will, rather, be posted on this website...e.g., picchers and the like. IF you do receive an e-mail with an attachment from ChipLakeNEWS or ChipLakeINFO, DON'T DOWNLOAD IT unless I describe what is attached in the body of the e-mail. I have received several e-mails that were apparently sent from e-addresses that I recognized but that turned out to be bogus...i.e., not sent by the person I know...I have even received e-mails apparently from my own address that I did not send. Beware! and Be Aware!
If I send an attachment to you, it'll be one with the dotsuffixes noted above...though text will (almost always) be in the body of the clNEWSletter itself. I write in a wide window and don't use carriage returns except at the end of a paragraph (although your e-mail software may shorten the lines AND add carriage returns). If columns don't line up correctly or if it appears that too many paragraphs are used, try making your e-mail window as wide as your monitor will allow and see if that helps. When I use columns, I use <tab>s to separate them (NOT spaces)...if columns don't line up or if too many automatic word wraparounds make a list unreadable, first try making your window wider -- OR, if that doesn't work well -- copy ALL the original text and paste it into a wordprocessor document and then add <tab>s in the governing rulers. Finally, if nothing else works, you might manually remove carriage returns that your e-mail program/server inserted.
Please DO NOT FORWARD attachments to me that YOU have not originated !!! without FIRST discussing them with me
and:
Please DO NOT FORWARD text or e-mail to me that someone else has written and that YOU have not cleared of internet quotation marks !!!
Almost everything that arrives at ChipLakeINFO and ChipLakeNEWS that is preceded by "Fwd" goes into the trash.
WHO RECEIVES the ChipLakeNEWS?
YOU are one of more than 185 current recipients who choose to receive the ChipLakesNEWS online. All recipients receive the same clNEWSletter. Although most current recipients are members of CLIC...you don't need to be a CLIC member to receive the ChipLakeNEWS. The ONLY requirements are that you request to be on the e-mailing list and that I know who the real you is. As I noted previously, it would be nice if you supported (financially) some Maine or New Brunswick Lake or Water organization.
Who DOESN’T get the ChipLakeNEWS?
Any recipient who askes to be removed from the e-address list and everyone else (the world) who has not individually requested (or agreed) to be added to the lists. No one (except a new CLIC member whose e-address I come to know) is added without their specific request...I usually ask new CLICers if they want me to send them the clN.
I don't print any of the clNEWSletters on paper and none are mailed via postal service...but you may print and forward copies if you wish to. If you do, please give the ChipLakeNEWS credit.
If you electronically forward the clN to another recipient, why not have that recipient e-mail me a request to be added to the original list. I will not, however, put anonymous recipients on the clN e-address list.
About OTHER ADDRESSES AND CONTACTS:
I am (continuously) compiling e-mail and snail-mail addresses and other data for Local, State/Provincial and Federal agents and agencies; lake oriented groups and establishments; wildlife and fishery specialists, Legislators, etc. etc. who those of our ilk may need to contact in the future. If you have a need to find someone or an agency that you think this database may know about, don't hesitate to send me a request by e-mail...the worst I can say is that I don't know their location or how to reach them. If you know someone that the database should have on file, please e-mail me the information that you think the database should have...if I need more info than you send, I'll contact you.
Who is BILL WALTON?
Who’s Bill Walton?...a Charter CLIC Member, a member of the CLIC Board of Directors between 1998 and 2001and again 2007-2010. He’s a lake area enthusiast and a CLIC and SCIWC and WWLT evangelist and the major compiler and sole editor of the text of The ChipLakeNEWS website and e-newsletter...the person willing to gather and edit the data so you may be a little better informed and sometimes, hopefully, even a little amused. He is the holder and manager of the membership data for CLIC and the EGSC. He is also a member of the Board of Directors, Treasurer and the Membership Secretary for the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust that is based in Forest City, ME. His residence address is 28 Snowberry Lane, Orient, ME 04471-4320 Phone: 207-448-7758. His occasional winter residence is in Wayside, New Jersey. Mail received at 28 Snowberry Lane is forwarded to New Jersey during the winter months so you may always use this snail-mail address.
WHAT IS <ChipLakeINFO <AT> aol.com>?
As a client of America On Line, I (Bill Walton) have 7 screen names available to me - 7 “identities” if you will. One of those seven, <ChipLakeINFO <AT> aol.com>, is the one that I will use: 1) as compiler, editor of the ChipLakeNEWS and for ALMOST all other online correspondence in relation to the “Chiputneticook Lakes area” information, i.e., for ALMOST ALL my MAINE electronic correspondence. I seldomly read e-mail sent to ChipLakeNEWS<AT>aol.com which is my SEND screenname, so PLEASE send your e-mail to ChipLakeINFO<AT>aol.com which I usually read daily.
THEY ARE BOTH MY PERSONAL SCREEN NAMES!!! When you use either of them, you get ME...not CLIC, not SCIWC and not anyone else.
What is CLIC?
The Chiputneticook Lakes International Conservancy, Inc. is the local lake association formed in late 1992 to support the five Chiputneticook Lakes, North, East Grand, Mud, Spednic and Palfrey. (See also CLIC's Frequently Asked Questions among the CLIC pages). CLIC was recognized by the IRS as a publicly supported charitable organization under Chapter 501c3 of the IRS Codes on April 12, 2002.
The ONLY direct and OFFICIAL way to reach the real and only Chiputneticook Lakes International Conservancy, Inc. is via its US Postal Address: P. O. Box 85, Orient, ME USA 04471-0085 OR, perhaps through its 2005-06 President, Bob Quebec of Orient and Acton, Mass. or through the CLIC Clerk, (now vacant) or legally via the Registered Agent (who is registered in Augusta as the corporate agent). There is no CLIC phone number and no CLIC E-Mail address.
What is SCIWC?
The St. Croix International Waterway Commission was established through a 1986 Memorandum of Understanding and 1987 Legislative Acts by the State of Maine and the Province of New Brunswick and its influence extends the full length of the St. Croix boundary waters, from their origin at the source of Monument Brook in Aroostook and York Counties to their confluence, 185km/110mi distant, with the Passamaquoddy Bay which bounds Washington and Charlotte Counties. Also part of the Waterway is a 250ft/75m corridor of adjacent shorelands in both countries. The SCIWC works closely with the International Joint Commission and the IJC's local operating river board and all other local agencies, bureaus, commissions, associations, clubs and individuals. It's executive director is Ms. Lee Sochasky.
staff<AT>stcroix.org
St. Croix International Waterway Commission
P. O. Box 610, Calais, ME 04619
or
#5 Route 1 Dufferin, St. Stephen, NB E3L 2Y8
Tel: (506) 466-7550, Fax: (506) 466-7551 [both New Brunswick exchanges - no phone in Maine]
Web: www.stcroix.org
What are some other Lake/Waterway Associations/Organizations?
Grand Lake Stream Lakes Assoc.
Skiff Lake Campowner's Assoc.
Woodie Wheaton Land TrustWelcome to the ChipLakeNEWS and www.ChipLakeNEWS.org. I hope you enjoy them
© 2001 W¶W - William P. Walton, III - Webmanager