From owner-footbag@list.footbag.org Wed Oct 16 11:08:12 2002 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g9GI8Bga018564 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:08:11 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g9GI8Bck018562 for footbag-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:08:11 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-footbag@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from megan ([151.201.154.178]) by pop015.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.09 201-253-122-126-109-20020611) with ESMTP id <20021016173058.YGJF28019.pop015.verizon.net@megan> for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:30:58 -0500 From: "Bob Riefer" To: Subject: [footbag] Footbag parents poll Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:29:09 -0400 Message-ID: <005301c27539$89a2d1d0$8c00a8c0@megan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH LOGIN at pop015.verizon.net from [151.201.154.178] at Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:30:58 -0500 X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-footbag@list.footbag.org Hello kickers. Please take a moment to read the following. Your input is valuable. **Please reply only to me.** I have an interesting request (or an unusual one at least)... I want to compile some comments and thoughts on our sport. The catch is, I want to compile information from parents' points of view. You see, recently in securing space for the upcoming Chilly Philly Freestyle Jam (shameless plug: it's going to be a great event!! check out the event listing), I offered references from past venues we'd used. The sponsor loved it, and we got the spot free of charge. To strengthen this approach for future events, I want to write up a "thoughts from the parents" type of reference sheet. People believe parents more easily when footbag is something new to the potential sponsor, so this will be a good way to gain validity in the eyes of those sponsors. Wordy... Sorry. Anyhow, that said, if any of you have a parent that would be willing to take a few moments to answer the following questions, that would be great. Depending on how useful the feedback is, I will compile into a nice document for anyone (such as kids trying to start a high school club, or promoters etc.) to use. Again, **please reply only to me**. Thanks! Bob Riefer Philly Footworks ----------cut------------- Hello footbag parent! First, I want to thank you for taking time to give me your feedback on the sport that has become so important to your son or daughter (or both!). I truly appreciate your time and efforts. Secondly.. My purpose. There are many footbag promoters in the country (although we could always use more). Each promoter faces the difficulty of convincing unknowing sponsors to be.. err.. sponsors. Your feedback will assist those promoters in showing sponsors that we are a valid and respectable sport that is supported by parents everywhere!! Please insert your answers after each question. Include as much or as little information as you'd like. Here we go!! 1) When did you first learn about footbag as something more than a "hack circle" at a Grateful Dead concert? For example, did your child introduce you to the concept, did you see a website or a news spot on TV...? 2) Who in your family plays footbag? 3) When did s/he start playing (please give year and age)? And, how old is s/he now? 4) What footbag discipline does s/he play (net, freestyle etc.)? 5) How seriously does s/he take the sport (hours practicing, traveling to events etc.)? 6) What was your initial reaction when you found out your child was devoting time to footbag? Were you worried? Why? Were you happy? Why? 7) What are your thoughts on the "Footbag family"? That is, what do you think of the informal community surrounding the sport? 8) Now that you are more aware of what Footbag is all about (including how we play the game/s and the community around the game) have your feelings about the sport changed? How? Why have your feelings changed? 9) Your favorite aspect of the sport is... (include benefits to your son/daughter, something you like to watch in particular, whatever...) 10) Free form. Please use this space to say anything else that you may have to say about Footbag in general. Stories, testimonials... Anything goes here. 11) Your name (optional): 12) City, State (please include this even if you do not include your name): Thanks again! Bob Riefer Philly Footworks From owner-footbag@list.footbag.org Fri Oct 18 16:31:02 2002 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g9INV26F015713 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:31:02 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g9INV2CK015711 for footbag-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:31:02 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-footbag@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from [207.160.174.20] (HELO mlerf.org) by foundationcomputing.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.8) with ESMTP id 3084227 for footbag@footbag.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 07:32:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:40:22 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v546) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: [footbag] Sending plain/text with AOL From: Derrick Fogle To: footbag@footbag.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <269A78CB-E29F-11D6-A036-003065BA9A0E@mlerf.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.546) X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-footbag@list.footbag.org Hello footbag players! The list manager for another list that my company hosts has researched the following information about AOL and plain text messages. It includes instructions on how to do it if if can be done, and which versions can't do it at all. Enjoy! -Derrick Fogle Begin forwarded message: ------------------------- From: "J. Y. Miller" Via: (A list for Missouri Lions and their friends.) I found this information on a web page. Evidently, AOL is not being very cooperative with huge numbers of their subscribers that have already complained about this "feature" of their mail program. They DO promise that AOL V8.0 will have this feature built back in. I just heard a commercial for V8.0 on the TV while I was pasting this up. Not being an AOL subscriber myself (whew!), I do not have any way of testing the information printed below. Note that it likely does not work with later version of V7.0 (those distributed on CD) How to send plain text from AOL V6.0: ===================================== 1. Make sure your font is set to Arial 10, the AOL default. 2. Create a message using only default Arial 10 type. Any quoted text pasted in from another message must also be in Arial 10 type (no bold, other sizes or colors). Note: if you paste a message that was received in HTML format, it will probably cause you to send in HTML. 3. Hit Control-A to highlight the entire message. 4. Right click anywhere in the message itself: A 'popup menu' will appear. Move the cursor to "text" and another menu will appear. Move the cursor to "normal" and click on it. 5. Send the message. ============================================ How To Send Plain Text (no HTML!) with early versions of AOL V7.0 Note: this won't work with 7.0 from CDs distributed after fall 2001 * On the tool bar click on SETTINGS. * A menu pops up and you click on PREFERENCES. * Another window opens up with 3 columns on it. * Under the one headed COMMUNICATIONS click on FONT, TEXT & GRAPHICS. * This window opens and you go to the bottom of it and click on RESET then click on SAVE. * Do not change anything else in this window. * Then close your windows and you are done. From now on all mail you send will be in plain ASCII. From owner-footbag@list.footbag.org Sat Oct 26 11:38:00 2002 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g9QIc0u2014823 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:38:00 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g9QIc0ej014821 for footbag-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:38:00 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-footbag@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from origo (cpe.atm0-0-0-132240.0x3ef210da.virnxx4.customer.tele.dk [62.242.16.218]) by pasmtp.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 476FFB78A for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:36:21 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <008801c27c45$385027c0$0301a8c0@ONCONSULT.DK> From: "Uve Poom" To: References: <3DB6BF52.BC4AAB18@attbi.com> Subject: [footbag] Where did the name "footbag" come from? Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:40:12 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-footbag@list.footbag.org Hey footbag-historians, Where did the name "footbag" come from? Uve Poom Tallinn Footbag Club Estonia PS! Would be fun to get some more of those footbag-history lessons posted. Would you please sharpen your pencils, footbag-veterans :) From owner-footbag@list.footbag.org Sat Oct 26 12:16:50 2002 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g9QJGou2016650 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 12:16:50 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g9QJGoqL016648 for footbag-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 12:16:50 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-footbag@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from I (brat.footbag.org [209.125.90.60]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g9QJGnu3016644 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 12:16:49 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: brat@209.125.90.2 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <008801c27c45$385027c0$0301a8c0@ONCONSULT.DK> References: <3DB6BF52.BC4AAB18@attbi.com> <008801c27c45$385027c0$0301a8c0@ONCONSULT.DK> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 12:16:48 -0700 To: footbag@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: Re: [footbag] Where did the name "footbag" come from? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-footbag@list.footbag.org See http://www.footbag.org/faq/ before posting questions to the list. That question is answered there. (In http://www.footbag.org/faq/show/origins titled "Where did footbag come from?") Also, please read the FAQ section relating to the footbag.org list policies which includes the entry, "check the FAQ before posting", aka "(7) Don't be lazy". :-) http://www.footbag.org/faq/show/list-policies Thanks. :-) Steve At 6:40 PM +0200 10/25/02, Uve Poom wrote: >Where did the name "footbag" come from?