to address complaints or abuses about and by CCN members.
There were two member accounts terminated by the Board at the
recommendation of the Policy Committee for repeated violations of the
Chebucto User Agreement. Email-borne viruses, trojan horse programs and
internet worms have all been an ongoing source of trouble and disruption
in 2000 and continue to plague Chebucto users. Few if any Chebucto text
account users are affected by these, as the text service requires a manual
save and download of any attachments. Most viruses and such are written to
take advantage of graphical access connections and email programs. Some,
such as the now infamous Snow White letter with the attached Hybris95
worm, have required the Policy Committee to quarantine Chebucto Plus users
until they can clean their systems.
As Chebucto introduces new services, it is becoming clear that more
policies and agreements to cover them will be necessary to protect the
rights and limit or offset liability for all parties. It is anticipated
that 2001 will be even busier than 2000 was for the Policy Committee.
Fortunately there is an active Policy Committee to deal with these issues
as they arise.
Andrew D. Wright
Chair, Policy Committee
Chebucto Community Net
References
User Agreement: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/Registration/UserAgreement.shtml
Neighbourhood Account Agreement: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/n_agree.html
Draft of Proposed New By-laws: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Chebucto/AGM-2000/2001-bylaws.html
PASSED AND APPROVED - IN EFFECT AS OF JUNE 2001
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