Duped by the Grinch

[Donna Baumbach 407-823-2056 <BAUMBAD@MAIL.FIRN.EDU>]

Ok, so I was duped again.  What grinch would do this?  Please disregard the
message I forwarded to you yesterday about sending messages to
santa@north.pole.org and having money go to charity.  I found a notice on
another listserv that said it was a HOAX and was intended to spam (new
vocabulary word for me but it means something like jam the mailbox with so
many messages that it becomes non-functional!).

However, there is SOME hope (and maybe where the rumor grew from.  If you
have access to WWW and you go to http://north.pole.org/ you will find MANY
interesting things:

1) A message requesting that you PLEASE not spam Santa because he is very
busy this time of the year (no explanation of spamming here, but I think it
is what I mentioned above).

2) Some links to information about different charitable organizations and
projects.  When you go to those pages, you find that, indeed, each one is
sponsored and the sponsor (and one is Sun MicroSystems) WILL give the
organization or project 10 cents for every time the page is accessed.
There are some VERY interesting projects involved, so do take a look.
Heck, I'd pay the dime just to learn what I did about spamming!

Anyway, in the spirit of the holidays, let's assume that the message was
sincere and just got mixed up in the process.  Stop sending copies of
everything to santa.  Just send him (or her) a nice note wishing for peace
on earth, good will among all, and sufficient funding to help library media
specialists all over the world do the job that is so important to teaching
and learning.

Happy Holidays!