Conference turris::womannotes-v2

    I'll start off again (I'm 2.1 in v1).
    
    I'm usually Maggie or Meg and as you might suppose very proud of my
    scots ancestry.  I'm an engineering manager at PCSG in Littleton, and
    have been at DEC 3.5 years almost to the day. I've 3 adult children and
    one grandchild scattered all over the country, am unmarried, a
    psychologist by training, and I love cats (support 5 at present),
    traditional folk music, and asian food. 
    
    One of the things I'm proudest of is helping get this community of ours
    started; it's even in my vita! 
    
    					in loving Sisterhood,
    					=maggie 

    I work in Software Course Development which is part of Ed Services,
    and I am located in Nashua, NH.  I co-moderate several conferences
    on various work-related and non-work-related subjects.
          
    I've been involved with Womannotes since its early days, and have
    been a co-moderator since early 1988.  I got interested in feminism
    when I started taking Women's Studies courses in college, and have
    been interested ever since.
    
    When I'm not writing courses or moderating conferences, I'm working on
    a master's degree in computer science, listening to or playing folk
    music (especially British Isles and hammered dulcimer), playing with
    cats, doing genealogical research, or riding my bicycle.
    
    Holly 

    I'm Liz Augustine. I've been at DEC for 7 years, and am a Software
    Engineer in the AI Group in DLB (Marlboro, MA). Right before coming to
    DEC, I was a secretary at M.I.T.  I started out here at the bottom of
    the Wage Class 4 ladder as an administrative technical assistant.
    Somehow, I managed to convince my bosses to let me try programming for
    a living. About 5 years ago, I went back to school part time and
    eventually graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science. 
    
    Even though I've been aware of women's issues for years, I've learned 
    a tremendous amount by reading and participating in Womannotes. Through
    the file, I've met and become friends with women whom I would never
    have encountered otherwise. Thanks, Maggie, for starting Womannotes.
    
    Outside of work, I enjoy bicycling, swimming, cross-country skiing,
    puttering in my garden, watching all the seasons, and playing with
    my cats.    
    
    
    Liz

    I'm Bonnie Reinke. I've been at DEC for 4 years and I am a Planner
    II in the Options Business Unit Materials group in WMO (Westminster).
    I currenty play a reporting role in the Low End forecast group,
    determining forecast accuracy. I'm still at the bottom of the Wage
    Class 4 ladder but am looking for ways to move up. Recently I completed
    my fifth APICS course and I earned my CPIM in December (Certified
    in Production and Inventory Management). 
    
    Before coming to DEC I taught courses in several colleges, including
    Middlesex Community College and Cambridge Junior college. I've taught
    Biology, Oceanography, Anatomy, Chemistry, and Ecology.
    
    I have been married for 21 years and we have five children (one
    home grown and 4 adopted) the oldest of whom is a freshman in college.
    My husband also works for Dec. 
    
    I first became aware of womans issues when I heard Betty Friedan
    speak at my college during my sophomore year. Like Liz I have learned
    a lot from reading this file and am very glad that Maggie started
    it!
    
    Outside of Dec I enjoy gardening, reading (esp science fiction)
    and water color painting.

	Time to finally introduce myself -

	My name is Robin Wheeler, I work in MR01 as a systems 
	analyst.  I am 25 years old, and have been with Digital
	for 9 years - I worked nights after high school, then
	hired full time after graduation in June of 1981.

	I am the single parent of a 19 month old son, named
	John - after my father.

	I have a wide range of interests - quilting, photography,
	muscle-cars, traveling (more in New England)

	/Robin

	

       This is the most appropriate place for this, but not strictly
       appropriate since I don't *do* anything at DEC (my husband works
       there, not me...)

       From time to time, my contributions will appear, and this is just
       a place holder...

       My name is "Usa" (Thai for "dawn") though I prefer to be known by
       my nickname, which is "Ann". I was born in Khorat, Thailand and
       came to America last year, where I met my husband...

       My mother owns a restaurant in Khorat, where I was working as a
       chef prior to coming to America. Several of my recipes have
       appeared in TLE::COOKS (the only other place I contribute...)

       Due to the vaguaries of the American immigration visa system I
       currently can't take paid employment, and am looking forward to
       getting my "green card" so that I can stop watching so much TV,
       and get back to work.

       /. Ann .\

       (freely transcribed into English by /. Ian .\ since my English
       isn't too good...)

    
    	I am the Release Engineer for the Advanced Technology Products
    	& Services group in Spit Brook (ZKO) working primarily with
    	the developers of VAX SPM.
      
        I'm a single parent of a 19-month old son (Shawn) who takes
    	up most of my time.  Before Shawn, I studied voice for about
    	five years.  Now, I try to fit in some practice time whenever
    	possible.  Shawn likes to dance & sing when mom practices so
    	that's a help (sometimes).

        Other than that, we live in Nashua, have 1 cat and 2 goldfish.
    
        Beckie    

    I am Dondi LaRue Tomkinson, Platform Engineering at LJO2.  I am
    building a lab and will run it when it's here!  I came to DEC about
    six weeks ago from the world of printed circuit boards.
    
    I have two teenage sons, have a long distance marriage to my ice
    climbing partner, make quilts when I can, blacksmith a little and
    sleep in my spare time. :-).
    
    Dondi

I'm a principle software engineer with PCSG in Littleton, currently
working on DECwindows.  I've been with the company for 11 years in a
variety of organizations: operations and diagnostics in the Mill,
Technical Languages in Tewksbury and Spitbrook, IVIS in Bedford and
Burlington, and now here. 

I've worked my way up the hard way, after dropping out of college to 
live in a yoga ashram and get married. After two kids and all the bean
sprouts I could stand, I went back into the real world. I took naturally
to software, got a divorce, retrieved my maiden name, and never looked
back. 

I've usually thought of myself as having a feminist point of view, but
my understanding of what that means has grown and developed over time.
My life journey has brought me to identifying myself as a radical
lesbian feminist -- a vantage point from which I see many interesting
things. I enjoy endlessly theorizing about human behavior in my spare
time. 

When not dissecting the nature of patriarchy, I read, garden
compulsively, and enjoy progressive theatre, samurai films, and the
blues.  I force myself to enter the annual Boskone Science Fiction Art
Show, so I'm required to get out the pens and inks at least once a year.
If you end up on my Christmas list, you are likely to receive a
crocheted table runner. I still like to think of myself as a fencer,
although my back may never lunge again.  

I live in Jamaica Plain with my 12-year old daughter and my 14-year old 
son, and when they grow up I'm going to buy a motorcycle and become
irresponsible.

    Bonnie Randall Schutzman, principal software technical writer in
    the VIA Applications writing group.  I just sent the CDD/Plus
    Call Interface Manual to the printer.
    
    I've been with DEC since January 1980 except for a year on my own
    when I finished the SF novel I had been working on for several
    years and wrote a second novel.  I'm now working on #3, still
    science fiction, although I have a contemporary-lifestyles tale in
    the oven, too. 
    
    In the course of my life I've been a hippy, a single mother, an
    impoverished graduate student [English, specialty late medieval-
    early renaissance drama], a yuppie [I have to admit I like the
    money...], and now the mother of an adolescent.  You will probably
    hear almost as much about Kat, age 14, and Steven, age 4, as you
    do about me. 
    
    In the copious free time I have after work, novelling, and kids
    are taken care of, I like to cook, do needlework, and write long
    argumentative responses in notes.  My father-in-law told me once I
    should have been Jewish. 

    --bonnie

    I'm Janet Bader, more commonly known as -sunny-.  I'm a Security
    Officer II with ABO and have been with Digital since 1981.
    
    I recently completed cross-training in the Materials Acq. department
    as a Purchasing Associate and hope to move into that department
    on a permanent basis with the new fiscal.
    
    I just finished a fascinating workshop provided by UNM's Continuing
    Education Program called "How Successful Women Manage". It only
    served to reaffirm my faith in our sisterhood.
    
                                             -sunny-

    I am vivian and I work in Colorado Springs Customer support center
    with the DECserver/networks support team as a software specialist.
    I have been with DEC for almost 8 years, started out building 
    RK06/07 disk packs in the clean room.  lotsa fun...
    I live with my 9 almost 10 year old daughter named Patty Jo who
    I absolutely adore.  I belong to a Sheltie named Sandy and a orange
    kitty named butterscotch.  
    I am a comfirmed craftaholic and recent gardener.  
    I plan on retiring after PJ gets out of school, I told her she would
    have to get a gooooodddd job so that she could support me and the
    animals :-)
    I am a disabled Army Vet and have strong feelings about that.  I
    learned alot in the Army, and worked in the operating room of the
    main hospital in Frankfurt Germany.  I wouldn't give away my life
    experiences for nothing. 
    
    glad to be here...

    vivian

    Hi!  I'm Roberta and I work in Bedford (BUO) for DIS Training. 
    My job title is Admin. Secretary, but lately I've been doing the
    Department Coordinator's work since she is on a leave of absence.
    
    I'll be married for five years this October to Jim (EXIT26::STRATTON)
    and our son BJ will be four years old this September.  I like to
    read, bowl (10-pin), sew and spend time with my family and friends.
    I recently started to trace my family tree, I've gone back four
    generations already.
    
    If anyone is in Bedford for training, stop by and see me.
    
    Roberta

    Lee Tatistcheff - Lee is short for Lizinka which is long for Liza
    which is short for Elizabeth (my ELF registration).
    
    I'm 25 now and have been with DEC for just over 2 years.  I work
    in NRO, the Material and Technology Analysis Lab, as an Acoustic
    Microscopist.
    
    I live just outside of Boston (Newton, in transition to JP) with
    my ex-kitten, now fat Morris look-alikw, Noah.
    
    I have been described as radical feminist, middle-of-the-roader,
    and sell-out, depending on who's talking.  Myself, I don't like
    labels much.
    
    I have a few hot buttons, but as long as no one is pushing them,
    I tend to be rather quiet in =wn= these days.

    I joined DEC in October '86 as a software specialist providing support
    to the field.  I hold a bachelors degree in history and computer
    science.  I'm toying with the idea of going back to grad school,
    but I can't decide which field to pursue.  I'm happily single and
    living alone in Nashua - which is expensive, but worth it.  (Living
    alone, that is.)

    
    Theresa Carlson, currently with DIS Operations in Atlanta GA.
    
    	Right now, I'm the Lead Operator - hungry for an Ops Analyst
    position.  (awaiting the next opening - positive thinking....)
    I've been with DEC for 7 years and hope to retire here.  Gee, can
    I retire at 40?
    
    	I'm 29 and holding.
    	I like music, birds, men, nature, horses, reading, etc.
    I'm currently learning about the human potential, and am quite amazed.
    

   Sherry Litasi, at CXO (Colorado Springs) since May, 1987.  Currently
    a Sr. Programmer Analyst in MIS working on Manuf. Finance applications.
    I Love it!
    
    I tried to read womennotes last year, but became discouraged when
    in a day there were over 100 unseen notes, not to mention tons of
    history.  With a new file, maybe I can keep up!  I also read Human
    relations, mennotes, singles and lots of actual technical stuff.
    
    I separated from my husband of 17 years on April 2nd and am really
    enjoying my life as a single person.  Tom and I get along really
    well now and share custody of our 12 yr old daughter.  I have
    rediscovered "dating" and have a lot to learn!
    
    Other important stuff:  After hiding out in a fat body for the last
    10 years to avoid my confusion over men and sex and career...and
    previous sexual harrassment...I have my act together!  I've lost
    35# so far, with 20 to go, all thru exercise!  I love feeling
    strong and healthy and in control of my body!  Body image is a real
    problem, but I suppose you have all talked about that already.
    
    My participation in the file may range from reading to lots of
    writing depending on the subject...I hope to learn a lot from
    all of you.
    
    	sherry

	Holly Spencer - I just started reading this notes file.
It's rather verbose, and about the 50th on my list, after DNT,
ETHERNET, SNA, X25, DNA PHASE V ... and ONTOLOGY, so I doubt if 
I'll keep up.

	I work in the field, as a network consultant in the DNT.
I'm part of Software Services, and I deal with our large customers
in the Route 128 Area, designing and recommending networks.  I spend
a lot of time keeping up with industry, technology, and Digital's prodigious
lists of products and services, and their myriad undocumented interactions.

	The job is great, though quite demanding.  Informal "networks" 
of people are as valuable as are actual, hands-on communications
technology.  

	I have a partner and a 5-year old son, and we now live
in a 60-year old house in Brookline.  We have a cat named Big Kitty.
I like to garden, bike, ski, read, and get together with people to talk.
I appreciate the tone of sisterhood, and the sense of "we're on
this small blue-green planet together" in these notes.

My name is Margaret Mary Meehan, alias m3 (pronounced m-cubed).  I have
been working at Digital for over nine years, the last six of which have
been in the AI Technology Center as a product manager.  I have been a reader
of Womannotes from the start but I do not write much.  I prefer to save my
energy for the front lines, a place where I often find myself -- much to my
chagrin. 

I am the Margaret that lives with that lives with Hal Shubin (of note 3.12
fame).  Since word has gotten out that we will marry soon, many people have
asked me if I plan to change my name.  I am fine-tuning my response, but it
is usually something like, "We each plan to change our names to a
contraction of the two -- probably 'Meebin' so that my nickname does not get
corrupted.  Also, that gives Hal a chance to move up the alphabet, although
that probably doesn't matter now that he is out of grammar school and
probably hasn't been lined up alphabetically in a couple of decades."

I am currently looking for a new job and trying to plan a fun wedding.  When
I am not involved in either of those pursuits, I like to eat the wonderful
food that Hal cooks, read, do aerobic exercise, go to the movies and hang
out with my friends.

....m3

    Several things have changed since I wrote my into in V1 of Womannotes.
    
    I still work in the Mill, but am starting to cast my eyes towards
    NH for a job. I was just promoted to Department Coordinator III,
    but am looking to get out of admnistration and into something more
    technical. I am going to school and plan to enter a Master's program
    in the fall of '89 for a masters in CS.
    
    I just got married this April and I live in Nashua, with my husband,
    Jon Callas, and 2 cats.
    
    I enjoy reading, designing and sewing clothing, fantasy role playing
    games, mystery games, science fiction conventions, and cooking.
    
    Tamzen

    Linda L. Huxtable (2.217 in V1)

    Work:  Software Specialist in Software Services, KCO, Great
    Plains District.  I do lots of programming, which I both
    enjoy and do pretty well.  I've been with Digital since Oct
    '87, and I'm really enjoying it so far.

    Personal:  I've been living with/married to my best friend
    since we moved in together in May '83.  We have no children
    :), no television :), and no cats :(.  We both read lots of
    science fiction and fantasy, as well as a good smattering of
    other stuff.  I've lived in the Midwest (Kansas now, Oklahoma
    originally) for most of my life, and (mostly) I like it here.
    I have a mild hearing loss and wear hearing-aids in both
    ears; sometimes it's frustrating, but mostly neither I nor
    anyone else notice much...Although people occasionally ask me
    about my "British accent," which I attribute to the hearing
    loss and reading unpronounceable words at a tender age.  :)

    I am a senior software engineer with the VMS Test Systems Development
    group at ZKO.  I've been with Digital for a little more than a year.
    
    I live in Weare, NH with three cats and a goose.  I enjoy country
    living, motorcycles, home remodeling and construction, flying,
    handguns, model trains, and woods work.
    
    Well, that's all for now.
    
    Nancy

    My name is Alex Alexandra and I am living in Munich, Germany at
    the moment on a 3 year contract from DEC UK.
    
    I have worked for DEC since February 1988, starting life as a secretary
    and gradually moving on to do implementation for European projects
    and now, finally, managing my own project. What I'll do after the
    3 years are up I still haven't decided.
        
    I live alone with my dog and enjoy reading, cycling, walking, gardening
    and cooking. I am doing a correspondence course on interior design
    and collect 19th century (or older) silver watches. 
    
    Some years ago, I changed my name to Alex Alexandra (the Alex bit
    is original). I felt I needed a change of perspective. After my
    experiences and personal growth since then, I may change it again
    when I return to the UK, to reflect the person I have become. My
    experiences the first time were positive, though the reactions I
    got from other people were very interesting. One woman told me I
    shouldn't change my name because it was my family name! I wondered
    what her reaction would have been if I had told I was changing it
    because I was getting married!
    
    This is the first time I have been involved with womannotes. I found
    the backlog of the first one rather daunting. I hope to be able
    to keep up with this one.
    
    Regards,
    
    Alex
    
                                      
    

    HI Everyone,
    	I just started reading this notes file (version 1) not long
    ago.  Am glad to a notes file like this and look forward to putting
    in my two cents.
    	I'm labeled a Software Specialist here in Merrimack NH.  I've
    been with my group, SWSE/ACES, since joining DEC some 4.5 years
    ago.  I support Ultrix and anything that will run on it including
    the worksystems software.
    	Before DEC, I worked for a consulting firm in California, and
    before that, I was in school in Berkeley where I received my bachelors
    degree in CS.  Originally from Calif., people in the Northeast can't
    figure out why I moved to Boston.  Let's just say that I needed
    a change and I got it!  Not that I'm engaged to be married, it looks
    like I'm going to be out here a lot longer than I had intended. 
    (God, I'm not looking forward to more cold New England winters.)
    Actually, I'm glad I came out here.  I've met some great people
    and made some close and lasting friendships not to mention my fiancee. 
    	What do I do in my spare time?  Up to a month ago, I was involved
    in community organizations, sitting on the Exec Committees.  Loved
    doing it, but it takes up a lot of time.  After 3 years I made the
    difficult decision to quit.  Other than that I go to school part
    time at nights working towards an MBA.  And what little time I have
    left, I jog, cook, and for the time being, I'm planning for the
    BIG wedding day.  I wish there were two of me to do all the things
    I want to do (like reading notes files).  
    	Before signing off, just want to mention that I'm a feminist
    (according to my own definition).
    					Ms. Brenda
    
     
    	This notes file is great.  I wish I started on this a lot sooner.
    Better late than never, right? 

    
    I'm Jenny Turaj. I'm a technical writer out of the ASD group in
    Merrimack, but my office is in Chelmsford. I've been a writer at
    DEC for about 4 years, and before that did a master's in writing
    at CMU. Before that I was an English major, but that doesn't pay very
    well. 
    
    I recently moved from the Boston area to Dracut so I could afford
    to live alone, which I love. I now have a cat, but she doesn't talk
    on the phone or watch TV or take long showers, so she makes a good
    roommate. 
    
    Since I'm still fairly new in town, I'm interested in making some
    new friends in the Lowell area, and am particularly interested in
    biking partners. Send mail if you're interested.
    
    Besides biking, I like to read and sometimes write for pleasure.
    I enjoy movies and music and theater and swimming and will try camping
    this summer. Friends have called me a new age flake, which is pretty
    much true. 
         
    I used to read V1 of womannotes occasionally, but was overwhelmed
    by the 22,000+ unseens I had. So, I'm glad for a new file. I've
    learned a lot from womannotes, and have made some wonderful friends.
    
    Glad to be here and looking forward to keeping up,
    
    Jenny
    

    My name is Barbara Haslam, and I am the Systems Manager in the Salt
    Lake City, Utah, office.  I'll be starting my 5th year at DEC in
    August.  I am happily married (finally!) and currently have 4 of
    my 7 children living at home, plus one of my grandsons.
    
    My husband, Michael, is  returning to school for his third
    degree--this time in Communications Disorders.  He is hoping to
    combine his engineering, programming, and audiology degrees and
    work in audiology (hearing) research.  
    
    Until recently, I co-owned a toy store where I spent many hours
    of "spare" time after work.  I also cater VIP affairs for companies 
    and private parties.  Other outlets for my need to be creative include 
    presenting seminars both professionally and unpaid for women's groups, 
    divorced singles, and church groups in the SL valley.  I consider
    writing a book last year to be one of THE high points in my life
    because I wasn't sure I could do it, yet I did.
    
    At home, my children are Erin, age 8, Tom age 10, Jennifer, almost
    17, and Mary Beth, almost 19 and the mother of Bobby who is 18 months
    old.  Of necessity, the children are highly independent, so it is
    difficult to say how we manage to stay a close family, but we do.
    At least, when we see each other, it's a lot like seeing a friend
    we  haven't talked to for awhile, so we share a lot about what's
    happening in our lives, and in this way, remain close.
                                                         
    Other things I enjoy are sewing, reading, music and art, and
    communcating with other people.

    
    I'm Lory Lee.  I've been with DEC for 9 years, and I am a Senior
    Software Engineer in DSPG located at ZKO. 
    
    I have been in and out (mostly out) of the woman notes file since it
    first started.  But this is the first time I signed in. Don't ask why
    I never signed in before, because I don't know why, 
    
    Interest: arts & crafts; reading murders mysteries; music - classical,
    new age and rock'n roll; skiing - downhill & cross-country.

    - Lory        

    I'm Jody...I've worked at DEC for over a year, and I am a technical
    writer with CUP in MR0.  
    
    I have found this notesfile, in its past incarnation (and more than
    likely in present and future ones) to be alternately touching,
    troubling, teaching, and rib-tickling.  I feel very at home here,
    surrounded by many kindred spirits (of both sexes).

    I enjoy reading...a lot...I also play piano, lift weights, write
    creatively, listen to music (new age, jazz, rock, classical).  
    I look forward to continued growth via this file.
    
    -Jody
     

    This must be my lucky number.  I'm also 2.32 in the first version
    of womannotes.  I'll give you an update on me because things have
    changed quite a bit since that introduction.  I am now the U.S.
    Area Business Support Group Product Manager for Storage Systems,
    Networks, and Communications for systems products (now that's a
    mouthful). What that all translates to is that I make sure that
    the field is ready to service the new products as they are announced
    and shipped, and that the service strategies make sense.  This is
    a step up for me from my last position as Program Manager over in
    NPO at the Mill, but I can say that this one will definitely be
    challenging.  I've been at this job for all of 2 weeks now, so I'm
    spending a lot of time defining my role and making contacts.
    
    I've been at DEC for about 6 1/2 years, and have made lots of friends.
    I live in Bolton with my husband, Mark.  In my spare time, I'm making
    the curtains for our house and I enjoy all kinds of crafts, cooking
    and eating. 
    
    I enjoy womannotes, though I tend to be a read-only member.
    
    Cathy

    
    Dawn Evans 
    
    Software Engineer with the TOPS-20 group, and part-time
    Massage Therapist. Came to 36-bit land from Nixdorf Computer
    where I'd spent a year, which in turn had followed 14 (count 'em)
    14 years of teaching junior high school. 
    
    

    (2.253 of V.1)
    
    Hi everyone...  My name is Kathryn and I work for the Computer
    Images Group in Bedford, MA.  I'm a senior graphic illustrator
    (computer-graphics, that is) and I've worked on and off at DEC
    for the past ten years.  When I wasn't living here, I lived in
    San Francisco (mostly) and Norway and Denmark.  I live alone,
    but not for long.  I'm getting married in October and I'll be
    an "instant mom".  My future husband has a seven year-old son
    named Craig and I always look forward to the weekends that he
    spends with us.  I was married before, but I have no children
    of my own.  Well, I guess I do in a way.  I've got two cats that
    are mother and son and their names are Florence and the Cowboy.
    
    I'm so glad this conference has re-started...  I guess (like a lot
    of others) I was a little intimidated by the size of V.1.  I'm
    basically a read-only type, but I may join in some discussions
    if I've got something to say.  Mostly, I learn quite a bit from
    the rest of you.  Thanks...
    
    - Kathryn
    

    Hi, I'm Robin Aagesen.  I have been working for Digital (GSO) for
    2 1/2 months now as a Sr. Producibility Engineer. So far, I love
    both working for DEC and my new job.
     
    Prior to my move to South Carolina, I lived in Florida for 20+ years,
    which is where I started in this crazy business of PWB manufacturing.
    I was born in Newport, R.I., but with my father in the military,
    we did alot of "2yrs here/there" before he retired in Florida in
    1966.I think the "here/there" routine is what prompted my love of
    travel!
     
    I am 31 yrs. young, parenting a new 11 wk old pup (:)), and enjoying
    the new changes that this career move has provided.
     
    I have been read only in this file for over a month, and now that
    I'm officially "signed in", I hope to contribute some of my own
    perspective in the ongoing conversations!

    My name is Tracy Warren and I've been a mostly read-only womannoter 
    for two years.
                                
    I'm 30 (I still have a hard time saying that) and I've worked at
    Digital in Education Industry Marketing group for four years.  I'm
    currently a Sr. Marketing Specialist and in need of a change.  Most
    of my prior experience (here and at other companies) is in marketing
    communications (and some tech. writing).  I've worked 30 hours/week
    for 13 months now (though that's changing in July), and I feel pretty
    good about setting a precedent in my group and showing it can work.
    We now have two other women who have gone to part-time (20 hours each).
                          
    I have a wonderful husband of 3 1/2 years named Paul, a beautiful,
    18-month-old daughter named Caileigh (well-known to Parenting noters),
    and (might as well announce it here...) another one on the way!
                          
    I have a degree in English and am going part-time for an MBA (but
    I don't take classes in the summer).  I am also co-owner of a new
    small business (a bookstore named Bookends that opened in Westboro MA 
    on Feb. 29th and sells used and new paperbacks; we have a great
    SF section).  And I'm finally working on doing some serious writing 
    (trying to get published and everything!).                 
                                          
    In my spare time (ha, ha) these days, I go boating, read non-stop, 
    note, and spend as much time as possible with my family.  I _don't_ 
    cook, clean house, or do anything else that doesn't feel necessary.      
                                                
    I was a feminist before I knew what the word meant, and I'm becoming
    more radical (not there yet) with each year.
    
    -Tracy
    

    
    
    I'am Geetha Anandraj.  I have been at DEC for 7+ years and I am a
    Programmer/Analyst in Specification Controls Group in Northboro.
    I am from Madras, India and been in USA since 1976 and love it here.
    My husband works in Marlboro DEC facility.(UPO). We live in Worcester
    wiht our daughters Sonia 5 1/2 and Praveena almost 4.
    
    I love gardening and spending most of my spare time with my children. 
    I like wearing different Indian Dresses (including Saree) in summer.
    I am mostly read-only noter and enjoy this file very much. 
    Thanks to Maggie and other moderators.  
    
    Regards,
    Geetha

    Hi,  I'm Anna Ostiguy Bogart.  I'm a systems analyst in MRO for
    the High Performance Cluster computer services group.  I've worked
    for DEC for 13 years now starting off in the Northest Regional Data
    Center in Waltham.
    
    I'm 30 years old, been married for over 4 years and have a 7 month
    old son, Jonathan.  I love being a parent.
    
    Anna
    

    Hello,
    Thought I would introduce myself since I have been reading this
    conference for about a year now.  My name is Annette Ladd and I
    am a software engineer in the SEG/CAD organization here in HLO2.
    I have been working for DEC for almost 4 years.  When I am not
    working I like to read, knit/crochet, cross-country ski and
    spend time with my husband Matthew.
    
    I have very much enjoyed and learned alot from 
    womannotes.
    
    Annette
    
    

    Hi,
    
    I have been a reader for several months now  (about 6), and have
    been rather casual about it.  I have finally realized that I always
    have been a feminist. 
    
    I work at ICO, in Chelmsford, Mass., live in Salem, N.H.  I am
    currently a Project Manager for the Field Manufacturing Information
    Center, and am looking for a new challenge.  I have been with DEC
    for 5 years.  When I am not working, I like to go camping with my
    husband and dog (children (4) have all graduated out of the nest),
    in our motor home.  I do all the driving, etc., because my husband
    is slightly disabled.  That means I earn the bread too.  I learned
    to ski (down-hill) last winter, and am looking forward to next.
    Most of the time I imagine I will be a 'reader', but might find
    something interesting to contribute now and then!
    
    Oh!! by the way, my first name is Nancy.....
    

Career:  I joined Digital in 1968 to develop an automated test system 
for our first COBOL compiler (PDP-6/PDP-10).  Most of my time at DEC 
has been in management: Software Quality, Industry Standards, 
Applications, Storage Systems Quality.  I am now Product Strategy 
Manager for Service Industry Marketing.  Service Industries are the 
corporations whose product is a service: Financial, Telecommunications, 
Media, Utilities, Transportation, and Wholesale/Retail. (Digital does 
not classify Government as a service!!). 

Before Digital, I taught school, and had several programming jobs.  I
have a BA in ornithology and zoology (birds and animals). 

Non-work interests: I am involved in feminist thealogy: reading, 
participating in groups to revision theology/philosophy/psychology 
from women's experience, and leading the UUA curriculum "Cakes for 
the Queen of Heaven", with Peggy Leedberg and others.  I am interested 
in integrating feminist values into society, writing women back into 
history, and living in harmony with the earth. 

I live on an old farm in Harvard, Massachusetts with five cats, four 
laying hens, and a huge dog (Great Pyrenees).  I also have bats in the 
barn, barn swallows in the garage, and swifts in my chimney.  I grow 
herbs, perennial flowers, and a few vegetables.
 
In my copious spare time I am an adult advisor to the UU church youth 
group.  I enjoy opera, chamber music, contra and square dancing, murder
mysteries, history/herstory, and poetry.  I have no time for housework!!

Pat

    
    
    I am finally getting do my into into the new file.
    
    My name is Peggy Leedberg, I am a Software Specialist for
    SWS/Engineering Methods & Tools in Stow, MA.  I have worked for 
    DEC for almost 7 years and I have been in what is now SWS/E for 
    most of that time.  I am the Toolmeister for the ToolShed as 
    well as being a system mangler and a friend to creatures with 
    scales.
    
    In one of my many personalities I am a mother of two grown children,
    my son is 20 and my daughter is 18.  They both live with me (this
    week anyway).
    
    In another guise I am a proponent of Feminism - but I am by no
    means a radical feminist.  Pat White and I have been leading workshops
    on Feminist Thealogy over the past two years - together and separately.
    That is where my sign-off tag comes from.
    
    		(-)
    		 |	It is a Labris/labrys which comes from
    			pre-classical Greece (Pre-Helenic) Crete.
    			It is one of the Symbols of the Goddess.
    			Sometimes it is larger than at other times
    			that usually depends on the amount of constraint
    			I need to use on my writing.
    
    In another of my personalities I am involved (Chair of) in the Greater
    Lowell Walk for Hunger that happens every year on Good Friday.
    
    When I am not doing any of the above I am usually trying to figure
    out a way to travel to someplace else.
    
    _peggy
    
    		(-)
    		 |
    			In the eyes of the Goddess we are all
    			valued and accepted.
    	

	Hi, I'm Liesl Kolbe from Colorado Springs CX03, I'm finally back
	in WOMANNOTES after 8 months of being to busy to particiapte.
	I'm a system manager/jill of all trades for Information Services,
	we're the folks who bring you STARS/DISN/FSIN. I've been with DEC
	for 5 years - 3 as a VMS phone support specialist.

	I was married for 15 years but that ended last November, not by my
	choice,	now I'm starting to get used to life alone. I have a horse
	who I've trained in jumping and trail and now we're starting dressage.
	I've also got two dogs, Joe and Artie, and a 16 year old cat named
	Sylvester. I play the french horn (semi-professionally) and love
	Science fiction and fantasy books. 

	I'm glad to be back in the comfort of WOMANNOTES. liesl

Mary Ellen Zurko, in Secure Systems in Boxborough Mass.

Current technical interest: creating user interfaces

Current non-technical interests: Shakespeare, and experiencing life as a
woman.

    Hi everyone:
    
    I am Sharon Carroll and I have worked for DEC for 4 years in
    Burlington, VT.  I have just transferred to MET in Marlboro, MA
    working for the Product Marketing Group.  My title is Senior Engineer
    and what I really do is work with Digital's CMP's, either evaluating
    them or helping them work with Digital's products.  Additionally
    we help non-Digital software vendors convert to Digital.  I have
    been here for four weeks and so far the job looks pretty good.
    
    I just found this notes file and feel it's great that there is a
    vehicle in DEC for woman to communicate.  I'm looking forward to
    speaking with all of you.
    
    I do want to say hi to Jenna from Vermont, it's been a long time.
    

Hi, I'm Nancy Quinlan; I am a project specialist with the ORS (Order
Routing Switch) Business Management group at DDD in Nashua, NH.
I made a career change from Medical Technology and came to DECdirect
as a customer service rep in April 1984. I love working for Digital -
it's quite a change from a hospital lab!!

Even though I only read WOMANNOTES-V1, I still learned a lot about 
myself and other women (and men). I plan on participating, as time 
allows, from now on. 

Nancy

    I'm back, after a three-month leave of absence (what it took
    to move back from Europe).  This is my third Digital job, and country.
    I'm an American Swiss married to a Brit.  My added-value?  I dabble
    in French translations, but usually am mostly read-only.
    
    Helen                        
    

    Hi!
    
      Paula here..been with good ole' DEC for 20 1/2 yrs.
    Started out at the Mill as a switchboard opertor (two
    position) and had lots of funny experiences with the
    paging system!  Got into the secretarial field, and
    two years ago, after some hard work and nagging got
    promoted to a Financial Analyst.  My main responsibilities
    are doing graphs.  All those colorful little charts...I
    love them!  It's tough breaking away from the entry level
    WC4 scene (as I noticed a few of us have).  
    
    Personal:  Am married (for the second time) to a wonderful
    guy who loves to plant flowers...if you reside in the
    Hudson facilities, you all know him (he's the telephone man!).
    I have one son, Richie, 16 years old, who is only
    recognizable with a computer at the tip of his fingers,
    and three step children, Rich - 23, Christine - 21, and 
    David - 19.  I am working towards my Associates degree
    in Business Management, love to play in the yard, take
    trips to Bermuda (yearly), clothes shop, needlepoint,
    and various other sundries.  This notes file is great!
    
    Paula
    

    Gak - another introduction note! See also notes 2.53 and 2.226 in the
    old conference, and - for a really entertaining note with lots of extra
    details - 920 in WORDS::WHOAREYOU. [And when is VAXnotes going to
    implement automatic cross-referencing? :-)] 
        
    I'm a Senior S/E with BOSE in ZK, and have been with DEC for nine
    (!) years now. I'm 36, recently divorced, and live in Nashua with
    my two cats.
    
    I like this conference because I like noting, I like reading, and
    in general I like discussing just about anything - *except* how
    a conference should be run. (Or jazz. But anything else goes.) I
    don't like shouting, whether verbally or in writing, and this
    conference seems (most of the time) to allow more reasonable discussion
    than most of the other chat-type conferences.
    
    I believe in fairness, but must admit that it is not always easy
    to define - or implement.
    
    -b

    Je crois etre, avec Helen (.48), la seule francophone de la conference.
    Je passe ici et la, toujours suivie par une/plusieurs traductrice(s)
    bienveillante(s), qui s'efforce(nt) de rendre ma prose comprehensible
    au commun des mortels... :-)
    
    Je suis employee chez Digital depuis bientot 4 ans; 3 ans comme
    apprentie comptable, et 1 an comme aide-comptable. Je prepare depuis
    un an un diplome de programmeur-analyste en cours du soir; j'aimerais
    me lancer dans le developpement informatique, puis dans le
    project-management. Je suis ce qu'on peut appeler une "self-made-girl".
    
    J'aime la voile, le soleil, l'ocean. J'aime la nature et la beaute
    des choses simples. Je joue du piano, je cuisine pour l'art de
    cuisiner.. et pour le plaisir de manger; je dessine et j'ecris.
    Tout cela de facon pas tres serieuse; pour le plaisir, pour m'exprimer.
    Je lis enormement, aussi. Et je suis tres bavarde :-).
    
    J'ai toujours des projets plein la tete. Je suis toujours un peu
    amoureuse, mais jamais de la meme tete. Et j'aime mon ami, David.
    
    Je suis femme, donc feministe. Je souhaite avoir des enfants, mais
    je ne veux pas cesser de travailler, je ne veux pas me faire
    entretenir. J'aime etre responsable de moi-meme.
    
    J'ai 21 ans. Je suis Juive.

    Shalom.

    Mez told me about the new file, so I'm in again.  I got so far behind
    on V1 that I gave up.
    
    I've been with DEC for 2 1/2 years as a senior software engineer
    in the Secure Systems group.
    
    What's changed since the last introduction: our group has moved
    to Boxboro, I am 29 years old (in a couple of weeks), and I married
    my sweetheart of 8 years two months ago.
    
    What's the same: still into rock climbing, bicycling, xc skiing,
    and birding.

    This translation of 2.51 was generously given to us by an anonymous
    benefactor!  (Many thanks, by the way - HH)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    
       A translation of note 2.51 is attached.  Please feel free to
       enter it anywhere you'd like in the conference (intros? reactions
       to intros?), but, if you use it, please enter the translation
       anonymously.  
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          -<Blandine MILLIOT @GEO >-

       I believe that, along with Helen (.48), I am the only francophone
       in the conference.  I move around here and there, inevitably
       followed by one or more kindhearted translators, who do what they
       can to turn my writing into something that the common vulgar can
       understand [Ed note: smiley face by author].
       
       I've been working for Digital for 4 years now, three as an
       apprentice bookkeeper and 1 as an assistant bookkeeper.  I've
       been working for a year on a programmer-analyst degree in night
       school; I'd like to get into the software development field,
       and then into project management.  I am what you might call
       a "self-made-girl".  [Ed note #2: that last one was easy.]
       
       I like sailing, the sun, and the ocean.  I like nature and the
       beauty of simple things.  I play the piano, I cook for the art of
       cooking ... and for the pleasure of eating, I draw and I write.
       That's all done none too seriously -- I do it for pleasure and to
       express myself.  I also read an enormous amount.  And I'm very
       talkative, too.  [Ed note: Another smiley face].
       
       My head is always filled with ideas for new projects.  I'm a
       romantic, too, but not to the same extent.  And I love my friend,
       David.
       
       I am a woman, therefore a feminist.  I hope to have children,
       but I wouldn't want to quit working, to depend on another for
       support.  I like being responsible for myself.
       
       I am 21.  I am Jewish.
       
       Shalom.

    

    Gosh, another intro note.  Here it goes again: I'm a software engineer
    (or something like that;  I can never remember my exact job title)
    at the Systems Research Center  in Palo Alto, Calif.  Originally
    from Rhode Island.  Back at DEC for the second time; intermediate
    stops at Tymshare and Xerox.  I have two gorgeous sweet pussycats,
    Sweetie and Holly, and Pussycat of fond remembrance.  I'm a history
    and politics freak, and active in the Rainbow Coalition and various
    Arab-American groups (nice of them to let me in even though I'm Danish
    by descent).  Visited Algeria on my vacation last year, planning
    to visit Tunisia this year.  Studying Arabic and Arabic calligraphy.
                                  
    
    

    I'm so excited:  A *new* Womannotes conference.  I felt so far behind
    on the last one that I never looked at it much.  Hopefully, this
    time I'll catch up.
    
    Personal Info.:  I'm an Exec. Sec. working for the head of Software
    Licensing and Pricing.  I've been with DEC for over seven years;
    working in Finance, Litigation, and Valuing Differences.  I've found
    myself a terrific manager now, so I'll probably be with the group
    for a while (I've been here two years already).
    
    When I'm not working furiously, I attend Clark University's adult
    education program, trying to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree
    with a double major in Business Administration and Psychology.  I'll
    be in my Senior year there after two more classes!  I'm married
    (it'll be 10 years on the 25th of this month!!) and we have no
    children (but we do have our dog, Kat).
    

[moved by moderator]
    
    I'm Martha Phinney.  I'm a Financial Cons. in Industry Mkt F&A (since
    November 1987) and have been in the Finance world for about 4 years
    now.  I just completed my second degree from BU (Bus Admin) as my
    first in Pre-Vet wasn't helping much with computers!
    
    I've been married for 3 years this past April - not all was happy,
    as a matter of fact, 2 1/2 of those years were kind of hellish.
    I began reading womennotes last December when I needed a shoulder
    to cry on regarding my marriage.  I'm happy to say that things
    have turned around considerably (with the aid of counseling I'm
    sure) and for the first time, I'm seriously considering (and looking
    forward to!) our first child.
    
    I've been with DEC 10 years and have a lot to be thankful for in
    terms of the opportunities and advancement I've experienced.
    
    I'm looking forward to contributing more in this 2nd version of
    womannotes.  And I want to thank the friends that have responded
    to my entries in the past - it made me feel awfully warm inside!
    
    Martha

    
    
    My name is Justine.  I've been reading Womannotes for most of
    its 2 years, but it took about a year of reading before I 
    started writing.  Politically I consider myself to be just slightly 
    left of center, but I wish I were much more radical.  I really admire 
    strong women, and one of my personal goals is to get arrested for 
    performing some wonderful act of civil disobedience.  

    I've been with DEC just over 4 years.  I started out as a TAG (DEC's 
    internal temporary group) and then got a permanent wage class 2 job 
    at the training center in Bedford.  About 2 years ago I got hired as a
    Technical Writer in Maynard, where I work now.   It was tough making the 
    jump from wage class 2 to wage class 4, but I was fortunate enough to find 
    a hiring manager who saw real promise in my writing samples and who was 
    willing to take a risk and develop me as a writer.  That "risk" seems to 
    have paid off for both the manager and me because I've been doing really
    well in my job, and I like it.
    
    In my other life... I've been going to school forEVER trying to finish my
    undergraduate degree in Sociology. Sociology has almost nothing to do with
    Technical Writing, but I like it, and I just want the darn diploma at this 
    point.  I started out as a full time student, but I "ran away" to be with
    an older, graduating student (long story...) That relationship was not
    good for me.  There was a huge power differential between us, and my 
    already-low self esteem just about withered away in the +/- 4 years we
    were together.  

    While we lived together I went to school off and on - we relocated a 
    couple of times because of her work, and all I could get (with no
    degree) were low-paying jobs.  Getting hired at DEC really helped me
    gain some valuable skills and some financial independence, both of
    which helped me gain the self confidence I needed to get out of the 
    relationship (though it did end very badly... at least it ended.)  

    For about 2 years after that, I lived alone and focused on getting my 
    professional and personal life in order.  I spent time in therapy and 
    did a lot of good work around what led me to choose such an abusive 
    relationship.  I made friends, started dating people who appreciated
    my intelligence instead of feeling threatened by it.  Then I got this 
    job, found a wonderful sweetie, and promised myself that I would take 
    at least one class each semester until I finished.  And Finally!  I
    will finish - Next May!  

    This intro has gotten longer than I intended it to be.  But many of
    you have shared a great deal of yourselves in this file, and I
    realized that while I'm often quite liberal - double meaning intended
    :-) - with my opinions, I haven't talked much about my life.  I'm glad 
    to be part of this community.  I'm delighted to see women reaching out 
    to each other and working to make this file a safe place to talk about 
    issues that are important to us.

    Justine

    
    I guess it's time to re-introduce myself.  I'm Corinne Fletcher,
    I live in Kennesaw, Georgia.  I work at ATO, in Atlanta, Ga, as
    a Senior Secretary for the Telecommunications and Utlilites Sales
    Support unit.  I'm 25 years old, and have been very happily divorced
    for a couple of years.  I like to read (mostly Science Fiction and
    comic books!), draw, talk walks in the woods, and watch car races
    on TV.
    
    Bye, Y'all!
    
    Corinne
    

I've been an intermittent read-only follower of Womannotes-V1 for a 
couple years, but typically months behind. I did finally catch up,
just before the switch to Womannotes-V2. I'm really glad this conference
has survived all the debates about FWO notes, how the conference should be
run, what the tee shirt slogan should be, etc. etc. My compliments to 
the moderators for their skill, care, and patience. And my thanks to
the rest of y'all for making this such an interesting place. I'm 
pretty shy and apt to remain mostly read-only.

I work in Software Services doing VMS support. In general, that means
I read VMS code to figure out what it means and tell other people.
In particular, I work on the VMS Internals and Data Structures book 
and on a VMS troubleshooting course and its student guide, bugcheck.mem,
about crashdump analysis. My favorite work thing is a nice juicy crashdump.
I feel very fortunate in having a niche that meets my interests as well as 
it does. The down side of that is how easy it is to do little else.

I've been at Digital 15 1/2 years, all interesting and challenging,
most really good, a couple really awful. 

Outside of work, I read science fiction, feed birds, try to garden,
and do needlework, mostly knitting. Jim, my SO, also works for Digital.

I've been married and divorced, once each, almost 20 years ago.
I gave up my name that once and was elated to get it back again.

reg (my initials, an habitual electronic signature)

Hello from Tokyo.

My name is Manami Takahama. I'm marketing communication specialist at software
service of Japan Digital.

I've been reading this note since last year. What's going on here is very
interesting, making me realize all the differences and sometimes similarities 
between women in the U.S. and Japan.

I've been with DEC for about 4 years. I'm 29 years old, single and soon to be
get married. 

Sorry about the previous note. This is my personal name in English.

Manami

    After reading this notes file for several years now it seems
    appropriate that I introduce myself.   My name is Susan Chadsey
    and I work for Site Systems Support in Westminster, Mass.  I am
    in my second marridge with Baby #4 on the way.   I am in a 'creative
    work' assignment and work primarly at home.   I like to garden,
    read and play with the kids.

    I just started reading the womannotes file about a month ago and
    have found it very interesting as well as informative.  My name
    is Ginger Robbins.  I'm a recent graduate of WPI (Dec '87) with
    a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and I presently work DEC-Shrewsbury.
    I live on my own and just got a kitten and I enjoy going to the
    Cape, biking, and many other activities to keep me busy.

    I've been a reader of Womannotes for the past year and have recently
    started replying to some of the notes.
    
    I've been with DEC for 11 1/2 years and enjoying it.  Currently
    I am a Corporate Meeting Planner (what's that?) and travel about
    80% of my time (at times I feel that my address should be Logan
    Airport). 
    
    I live with my cat Schnitzel.  I enjoy reading, travelling (good
    thing) and cooking, but hate cleaning up, and doing spur of the
    moment things.
    

    Hi,
    
    I am new to Digital and notes.  In fact this is my first time reading
    a notes file.  I was hired 5 weeks ago as a programmer/systems analyst
    from the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ).
    
    I now live in Tempe, AZ.  This 120 mile move was a big deal for
    me because I've lived all of my 21 years in Tucson.
    
    I am looking forward to help from womannotes as I learn and grow.
    I am aware that I have a lot of learning and growing to do. 
                                                        
    I am living alone (plus kitty)at the present.  My boyfriend is still
    deciding whether to move here or not.  I would like him to, but I know it's
    not the end of the world if he doesn't.

    In my spare time I enjoy aerobics, dancing, water sports, reading,
    singing, playing with my kitty, etc.
    
    					Becky

    Hi,
    
    My name is Terri Warren.  I recently started full-time with DEC as
    a Software Engineer in a group called Distributed Queueing Services.
    Before that, I interned in the Rdb/VMS group for a year while finishing
    up my bachelor's degree at Rivier College.
    
    I am a reader of Womannotes, and became interested in Women's Studies
    while in college.  Other areas of interest include all all sports,
    coaching, and reading.
    
    
    

    
    Hi,
    
    Thought I should enter my name here, as I have been reading
    for nearly a year.
    Started with DEC over a year ago, work in Network Sales Support
    as a consultant to customers.
    
    I think this is a great notesfile, and look forward to its
    continued success.
    
    
    Mostly read-only,
    
    Debbie Alford
    

    At last, a place to air alllll off mmmyyy problems!  Only kidding.
    Could have you used you folks a year ago when it all hit the fun.  But,
    as pages turn in the book of life, I have now escaped from an unhappy
    marriage, found a new job in a new group with wonderful people and
    am seeing a wonderful man.
    
    My name is Cheryl.  I started at DEC in 1985 as a Temporary.  Was
    officiailly hired in July 1986 as an Admin. Sec and altho my goal is 
    not to retire as one, I am happy in this position at this time.  I
    work in SSMI Headquarters Finance.
    
    I am the proud owner of one daughter and four furry felines.  Being
    a Cancer, I love water, react violently when the moon is full and
    am beginning to enjoy classical music.  I'd like to be more active
    in the Notes files, altho I do read DEJAVU, PSYCH, Human Relations
    and a couple of others, I tend to read, more than initiate.
    
    With all of the changes that have occured in my life over the last
    +/- 2 years, I feel like a butterfly escaping from her coccoon and
    am finally allowed to spread my wings.  I'm just not sure where
    I want to fly yet.
    
    In my previous life, I attended Central NE College for certification
    in Industrial Management, but ended that after my daughter was born.
    Took up a Data Processing Degree Program, but freaked at Cobol.
    Now I'm at a minor standstill and am not sure of what I want to
    be when I grow up....(I'm now 37)
    
    Oh yes, she says, there is so much more....but look at the used
    Disk space......
    
    Cheryl

    Hi,
    
    I've reading WOMANNOTES for a while and decided I should sign in.
    My name is Denise Hurley and I work as an Admin Sec in the ESTG
    Marketing Group.  I've been with DEC for 1-1/2 years.  
    
    I will certainly put my 2 cents in once in a while.
    
    Denise
    

    I'm a software engineer working with the Engineering Systems Group 
    in Marlboro (MRO3), working primarily with applications support.
    Yes, I do windows!

    I joined Digital in January, moving here from Denver, where I worked 
    for a small company that specializes in oil & gas software.  New
    England is almost what I had romanticized it to be, and since I have
    gotten use to being lost all of the time, I am really enjoying getting 
    to know the area!  (I have adopted a "who cares what direction we 
    are going -- isn't this pretty?" attitude)

    Back when I was studying (and I use that term lightly) to be a teacher, 
    one of my professors told me that I had better get the sarcasm out 
    of my personality if I ever wanted to teach.

    Well, here I am programming computers.


    
    

    I've already had a bit to say, so maybe I should introduce myself.
    
    I'm the Cost/Budget Analyst for the Market Information Services
    Group [MKO,CFO,MRO].  [MISG is the parent group for the Market Research
    Centers, the Competitive Information System, the Industry News Service,
    ...].  I am in Merrimack most of the time.

    Since my last introduction, in Version 1, I have changed jobs -
    I am now a Sales Communications Specialist (official title, Senior
    Selling Information Specialist (Gateway) - what a mouthful!).  I
    am based in Reading, UK, and have been at Digital four years and
    three months; this fact constantly surprises me, as I didn't think
    I'd stick it this long!!
    
    On a personal note, I'm 30, married eight years, no children, live
    with Keith (my husband), and three cats in a village outside Reading,
    which will shortly be another village outside Reading when we move
    house next month.  My main interest outside work is riding my pony,
    and I also read a great deal (mainly twentieth century women
    novelists).  I studied English and Latin Literature at University,
    a long time ago.
    
    Although I don't write much, I read this file a lot, and just knowing
    that you all exist has frequently made me feel better.
    
    Helen.

Well, I've put this off for long enough...

I'm Carol Johns, a Software Specialist on the Language Support Team at the
Colorado Springs Customer Support Center.  I started working for Digital in
1983 as a temporary CRR (I answered the phones) and worked my way up so that I
am currently a Software Spec II.  I love my job and currently support FORTRAN,
C, GKS (graphics), and am learning LISP.  Occasionally I support BASIC, ADA,
COBOL, PASCAL, etc, etc.   I also was loaned to another group for a few months
to write part of a graphics application to be used here.

Originally from Southern California, I attended college in San Diego, and my
family is from the South and the Ozarks. I have a B.A. from San Diego State
University in Psychology and a minor in Business Administration, Management.
I have also studied Computer Science, Mathematics, French, Russian, ASL,
Spanish, Anthropology (under Shirley Strum), and Art History.

I came through Colorado while singing with an evangelistic team, and later
returned here to live.  It was a wonderful move.  I really like it here.

On a personal note, I am married to a wonderful woman and we have one son, 
Evan, born on March 11, 1988.  We also have 3 kitties and an Arkansas box 
turtle named Terra who just sort of "appeared" one day.

I have been reading/writing to Womannotes for a LONG time now, and really 
enjoy it.  I have made many, many friends here, and I thank you for being you.

                    Carol

I started at DEC in January '87 as a technical editor.  Currently, I
am on loan to the course development/writing department where I am
updating a course on VAX RALLY.  I was an engineering writer at my
previous job at Sanders, and hope to return to writing someday.

I graduated with an English/Communuication Arts degree from 
Ursinus College outside of Philadelphia and moved to New England in 
the fall of '84.  I had never set foot in this area of the country 
before.  I am really growing to like it up here.
                          
I spent my life growing up all over the country as my dad was in the
Air Force and we moved every 3 or 4 years.

I enjoy participating in and watching all sports, especially tennis.
I love to write in my spare time and want to someday complete a
novel.

After discovering womannotes was starting a second volume, I jumped
at the chance to try to keep up with all the discussions this time!! 

Barb

    I've been thinking that I ought to introduce myself, as I've been
    writing in here for a coupla weeks...  But on the other hand, since
    I am only going to be here for four more weeks, I don't know if
    it's appropriate. But here it is anyway...
    
    My name is Diana Carroll and I am a summer intern in the Mill. 
    I'm from RPI (or Rensselaer, as they insist on being called nowadays)
    in Troy, NY (USA!).  I'm a senior in Computer Science (next fall.)
    I'll be headed back to school in four weeks,
    which is both good and bad.  (I like school, but I like summer...)
    I like science fiction, scuba diving, talking (and talking and talking)
    eating out and music.
    
    Unfortunately, I made it almost the whole summer before I discovered
    =wn=, but now it's my favorite notesfile. BTW, has anyone else read
    soc.women on the usenet?  I got so turned off to that, everyone
    was so vicious and flames abounded, which was one of the reasons
    I didn't check this group out earlier - but this is so civilized!
     Everyone seems so reasonable and open minded... I love you all!
    
    Another BTW - I *love* getting mail...
    
    Diana
      !                  

    
    	Hi...I really feel like all I do is introduce myself in these
    	conferences.  I haven't actually read anything but the intros
    	but if they're any indication, I think that I'll like this 
    	conference.
    
    	Bio data:  22 years old (I still watch the Disney channel though),
    	degree in English with a minor in Computer Applications (I'm
    	tired of explaining it but it means I can dabble in programming
    	and I can pick up computer "stuff" easily), went to the University
    	of Notre Dame on a ROTC scholarship and am waiting to be sent
    	to San Angelo,TX for 6 months of Inteligence school (probably
    	in March of '89, working as a secretary in MRO3 but they discovered
    	that it doesn't keep me busy so I'm also working with MTBF/MTTR
    	PID info, and this sentence is much too long and doesn't even
    	have a verb.
    
    	I'm interested in this conference because ND, which I LOVE,
    	only went co-ed in the early '70s.  The ratio is still in 
    	the guys favor and there is a lot of tension between the 
    	two sexes as a whole.  
    
    	I miss college already and I miss my friends even more so notes
    	is my way of having discussions about many topics just like
    	I used to do at school.  I think that I could go on and on
    	but there's some more info at whoareyou.950.
    
    		Rachel

    Ann A. Broomhead
    Senior Software Engineer
    MLO 1-3/E12  Pole22c  223-2547 (but moving to
    DSG 1-1/C8 635-8283 Real Soon Now)
    
    I've been with Digital for most of my working life.  Currently
    I'm half the Fonts Engineering group; we try to insure that the
    little marks on your screens and pieces of paper make sense and
    look good.
    
    I'm actively involved in the science fiction community, and for
    the next year and a half my principal activity in that area will
    be to be treasurer for Noreascon Three, the 47th World Science
    Fiction Convention.  Some of you have already volunteered to help
    in this enterprise, but more are always welcome.  Other activities
    I engage in are needlework, research into intriguing little byways,
    and role playing, both tabletop and full-scale.
    
    							Ann B.

I figured I should update my intro, since everything about me has changed
    since V.1 (except my name, which be changing in 65 days). I was
    working third shift and hating it, but I got a new job in PKO as
    a Technical writer. (In fact, I owe this in part to a womannotes
    party where I met a tech writer. I told him I wanted to be a t.w.
    when I grow up, and he told me how to put together a portfolio,
    which I did, and got the first job I applied for.) I have moved
    to Arlington, and will be getting married in October. I will be
    changing my last name to Ryan, not for un-feminist reasons, but
    because I think Irish last names are neat.
    
    
    Dee

    I had an intro in the old file, but it's time for an update anyway,
    so...
    
    I'm a Software Corporate Account Manager, located in Dallas, and
    dedicated exclusively to Texas Instruments.  My job is to keep them
    happy and in a buying mood!  Seriously, I manage the sales efforts
    for large opportunities as well as resolve internal Digital issues
    that affect my customer.  It's an exciting job.
    
    I've been with Digital a little more than 10 years.  Spent the first 7
    in Charlotte, N.C. in Software Services.  Then I became a unit manager
    and moved to Birmingham, Alabama for two years.  In March of '87 I got
    married to another Digit and we moved to Dallas.  I have officially
    declared that I'm NEVER, EVER moving again!
    
    My husband is an office consultant in the A.C.T. here.  In our spare
    time we're slaves to a house, yard and garden, and we go sailing every
    chance we get (which isn't nearly often enough!). 
    
    I've been in WOMANNOTES for, oh, about a year I guess.  I've really
    enjoyed getting to know all the folks who participate in this
    conference, and have learned a lot by reading all the different
    points of view.  Can't wait to get my T-shirt!!!!
    
    							Pat

    Hello,
    
    My name is Brenda Luckhurst, and I work for European ADG in a new
    building just opened in Basingstoke UK called The Crescent.
    
    I am a senior secretary and I work for the End User Engineering
    Group Manager.  I look after a group of people (approx 20 ish)
    
    I've been reading this notes file for a few weeks, and have joined
    in one or two.  I think we need more support and input from this
    side of the pond.  It would be interesting to see if our feelings
    about certain issues are similar to yours.                    
    
    See you all in the files
    
    Brenda

    Hello,
    
    My name is Laura Ervin and I have been at DEC for 7 weeks.
    I work out of Stow, MA in SSMI Headquarters Personnel managing the
    personnel systems here.  My organization works closely with Field
    Personnel MIS.  Also new to VAX technology.  Prior to working here,
    my systems experience has been on (and I say it with a whisper)
    IB&M equipment.  But as we all know, IBM JCL was invented by the
    Marquis de Sade and batch is boring. 
    
    GLAD TO BE AT DEC.
    
    Regards,
    
    Laura
      

    Hello,
    
    My name is Donna Moulico and I have also just joined DEC.  I am
    a Business Systems Analyst for Publications and Circulation Services.
    What a mouthful!  I just graduated from college and this is my first
    job in the real world.  I really enjoy it here so far.  I found
    out about this conference after my first week and have been trying
    to catch up on the different topics but I have been buried in
    documentation. 
    
    I think I will learn a lot from this conference and I'll try to
    put my 2 cents in too.
    

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    My name is Nancy Brennan and I have worked for Dec for 12-yrs. 
    I began my career here in Westfield in the Machine Shop.  I am now
    in the Incoming Inspection department for Vendor Products.  We have
    lots of work and stay busy for the most part.
    
    I am an active member of a Gay/Lesbian Support Group here in WFO
    and am anxiously awaiting the day we can go public.
    
    My interests outside of Dec consists of being trained by 2 very
    large German Shepards and 1 little kitty.  I love animals, partying
    and swimming in the pool which I maintain for 3 families.  I love
    the sun and summer.  Winter interests include skiing, cross-country
    and downhill and spending lots of time with my friends.
    
    My wishes to WOMAN are to be happy and live for better days

    HI...
         My name is Judie.  I have been with DEC for 11 3/4 years. 
    I am currently with Security, but I have a strong computer background.
    (left the field to re-group and find the trees in the forest)
    
    I am new to Notes, and am looking forward to being a regular
    participant.

My name is Robin Goodman.  I have been a read only/rarely write member 
for about 2 years.  I just changed jobs.  I am a Software Engineer in the
TLE group in Spitbrook working on CDD/Plus.

    As a new person on Womannotes I would like to introduce myself.
    My name is Pat Ryan.  I'm an Executive Secretary for an Engineering
    Group Manager at the Mill in Maynard.  I've been in the secretarial
    and/or office management field for many years.  About a year ago
    I got my Associates Degree in Business Management and am now thinking
    of making a career change, hopefully within Digital.
    
    On a personal level, I am in my late 40's, divorced, have three
    grown sons who have all left home.  My babies now consist of four
    cats (yes, really, I have 4).  Seems like everytime a child leaves
    home I replace them with a cat.  I am a liberal, a feminist, I write
    poetry.  Like to travel, read, go to concerts (particularly symphony).
    Don't know what else to say about me except that I am glad I found
    this notes file.  Hope it will be a resource for networking with
    other women in Digital.
    
    					Regards, Pat
    

    HI!  My name is Kathy James.  I'm an Admin. Secretary in the Austin,
    Texas sales office.  I've been with Digital for 5 years, 3 years
    in Atlanta, Software Services secretary/customer assistance rep/tech
    writer and 2 years here in Austin.  I still don't know what I want
    to be when I grow up (I'm 36.)  I have so many interests.  
    
    I was a music education major in college; however, I dropped out
    after 2 years to get married so I could help my husband (now ex)
    through college and graduate school.  To make a long story short,
    I got a divorce from my brilliant, extremely talented, egotistical
    husband, remained single for about 5 years, met/lived with/married
    my brilliant, handsome, egotistical husband Randy and we are the
    proud parents of a 3 1/2 year old son "Sparky" (Samuel Robert).
    
    I love classical music, reading, time alone, a clean house (even
    though I have to do it myself), cold weather (I didn't leave
    Massachusetts because of the weather), the ocean (I'm from Plymouth,
    Massa*tooses*, as they say down here), singing to myself, entertaining
    the office, our 2 dogs (Harley and Kelly), our cat (Foots), my 3
    sisters and 2 brothers, and my parents who just moved to Claremont,
    New Hampshire.  I also love my mother-in-law who is one of my closest
    friends.
    
    I HATE fire ants, hot Texas summers, *ss kissers, sales reps who
    act like children, I could go on.  
    
    I'm more of a reader than a writer in notes files.  I seem to express
    myself better in person.  Thanks for listening and I look forward
    to being a part of WOMMANNOTES.
    
    From the Austin City Limits...KJ

    I've been a read-mostly, write-sometimes noter in this
    file for a few months, so I guess I'll sign in.
    
    My name is Pat Pederson. I'm with the US Area Pre-cert Tech
    Edit group located (remotely) in MKO. I've been with DEC for
    11 years and 1 month (as of tomorrow), starting in the (yuk)
    mailroom. I've been in Pre-cert tech edit for 4 yrs supporting
    the NY/NJ region. I'm married to another Digit (we met while
    I was in the mailroom scenario) and will celebrate our 2nd
    anniversay in Sept. We have a condo in Manchester, NH and
    an Australian Shephard named "Nikoma". I love Stephen King
    novels, noting and other "stuff". 
    
    If all goes well (fingers crossed here) I'll be heading out
    west to a new position in DEC sometime soon.
    Just to let you know where I'm coming from in any replies I
    might make, I'm Pro-choice, Democrat to the bitter end,
    career-oriented and anti-nuke.                         
    I hold the hope that someday this world will be a peaceful
    place for every living soul.
    
    pat
    
    

    I've been reading in this file for almost a month now and have begun
    to enter some replies so I, too, will sign in.
    
    My name is Jan Ritari.  I'm with AISC (Admin Information Services
    Center) in CHM.  Our group does high-level summary reporting for
    senior management.  We also design reporting packages for specific
    products/product families.  I do decision support, providing
    information on sales of specific products/product families or to
    specific customers.  Sometimes I get off-the-wall questions for
    order information that need to be researched (these are my favorites).
    
    I've been with DEC for 8-1/2 years starting in GIA (a storefront
    in Nagog mall), then to Stow and now in CHM.
    
    I've been a widow for the past 2-1/2 years after many happy years
    with a *really special* man.  Our children (25 and 19) still live
    at home.  We all have pretty busy social lives and even though we
    live in the same house, we're rarely all there at the same time
    (except to sleep).  I'm in the MBA program at Clark University's
    Boxboro campus and have only 9 more courses to go.  I'll need some
    finance courses to graduate, but I'll take only the bare minimum
    required -- number crunching isn't my thing.
    
    I love to read and to write letters.  I think I have a good sense
    of humor (though I've never heard anyone own up to not having a
    sense of humor) and I love Monty Python (my son introduced me to
    them).  I've done some travelling (not nearly enough) and intend
    to do a lot more as soon as I finish with college tuitions (mine
    and my daughter's).
    
    You'll probably be seeing more of me in this conference now that
    I've got my feet wet here.
    
    Jan

         Just found out about this notesfile, and have really
    enjoyed reading through all the various topics. So, I guess
    it's time to sign in.
    
    Chris Boone
    Computer Operator
    BXB1 and BXB2 (Boxboro, Mass)
    

    After some reading here, not introducing myself would give me a
    kind of voyeuristic feeling - so: my name is Christiane Weyrich,
    but everbody (still) calls me Pony - I used to wear a poney tail
    when I was a child. I've been with Digital Munich for almost 11
    years now, started as a temporary replacement and never had planned
    to stay....
    Before that, I did some (mostly American) literature at Wuerzburg
    University (a town about 300 km north of Munich), focus on poetry
    - a nice thing to starve on...
    I've never been married and have no kids. I'm with a wonderful man
    (10 years already!!!), but we don't live together; he helped me
    a lot in learning about women's situation - I never thought there
    was a real problem until I started working; you hardly experience
    it in school or university...
    I'm really happy I found this file, and some of you already seem
    quite familiar to me ;) If anybody ever comes to Munich (for the
    Octoberfest, for example...) please DO CONTACT ME.
    
    regards
    pony
    

My name is Nancy and I'm from Kentucky.

I am:
- Technical writer for about 5 years
- New to DEC as of 6/20/88
- Writer in the PC Systems Group in Littleton (LJO2)
- Happily married for 26 years
- Mother of two sons, 20 and 17
- Seminary graduate (BU, 1966 - before the influx of women into seminaries)

I have been:
- Licensed preacher (United Methodist - first licensed in 1958 or 59)
- Director of Christian Education (about 14 years, UM and UCC)
- Director of a career assessment and job-hunting-skills program for
       Displaced Homemakers (CETA-funded, early 80's)
- Belly dancer (I highly recommend this for feminist women - interested
  in discussing?)
- Leader of women's (and sometimes men's) consciousness-raising workshops
       (early 70's)



Interests:
- Psychology (developmental, social, and organizational)
- Music:  folk, country, and classical
- Theology (to some extent)
- Politics (sorta')

Curious about:
- Feminist issues that are important to people today - I have been somewhat
  out of touch with women's groups for several years as I worked to learn
  about computers and become established in documetation, enjoy teen-age
  sons, be supportive to my husband in his fledgling business, etc.

Looming Crisis:
- "Facing Fifty" very soon!

    I have been reading this note for sometime, and finally entered
    a reply.  I thought it would be nice if I introduced myself.
    
    Andrea Ciccone
    Project Specialist
    OGO

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    Hi!
    
    I'm Nanci Van Fleet from CXO3 in Colorado Springs.
    I'm a Customer Response Representative (fancy title
    for a telephone answerer who occasionally soothes
    ruffled feathers and keeps administrative track of
    calls) for the Remote Sales Support Team.
    
    I have been looking for this conference for a few 
    weeks and finally found it today.  Yay!!
    
    Have already replied to a few notes.  I'm a con-
    firmed note-aholic.  I can't imagine leaving DEC.
    What would I do without Notes?
    
    Nanci

    I just realized I haven't properly introduced myself.
    Here goes...
    
    Jodi Newell, recovering perfectionist, 12.5 years with DEC.
    
    My first 8.5 years were spent making excuses for the Computer 
    Special Systems (CSS) division of Digital in California.  I was 
    involved in electro/mechanical design and drafting. 
    
    When CSS West transferred it's businiess to New Hampshire I opted
    to take a job with the Southwest Area Software Services group as
    their Marketing Communications Specialist.  That was fun but I missed
    the technical side of the business.  Four months ago I transferred
    to the SWA Proposals Group.
    
    I am now in charge of proposal graphics, proposal graphic standards
    and any odd graphics job that comes along.  No, I do not do garage
    sale signs!  
    
    I am married. Just celebrated 15 years of marriage to a man I have
    known since second grade.  We dated for 6 years before getting
    married when I was 20.  We have two children, a 3 year old girl
    and a 1 year old boy.  Live and work in Irvine, California.  
    I am 35 years old, 5'1", medium build.  
    
    I am addicted to notes and have considered seeking professional 
    help. :^|

    
    Jodi-

    Thanks for the reminder I never think of introducing myself...even
    in person.
    
    I'm Gail Koski, I work at VRO in Concord, MA. I am an up and coming
    employment professional. 
    
    I started keeping up with W_N to compliment the views expressed in
    Human_Relations & M_N. 
    
    The other details I will keep to myself, so as not to bias your
    opinion of me. (insert grin here).
    
    Someday I may even get up the nerve to attend one of the parties...
    
    
    

    
    Hi -  everytime I get into WN I see the "have you introduced
    yourself yet" staring at me, so I decided to finally do it, 
    so here goes. 
    
    My name is Laura Casey.  I am a Senior Secretary working in
    a Program Management Group at the Mill.  As of next Wednesday,
    I will be here 1 year. I am an outside contract worker...hoping
    to become permanent at some point.
    
    I live in Clinton and it takes me about 20-25 minutes to
    get to work - depending on the traffic on Rt. 117.  
    
    I really enjoy WN, and I also enjoy Friends, and I sometimes
    like to read what's going on in Soapbox.  
    
                                                             
    

    Hi!  I am Dorothy Dixon and I work as a Software Documentation
    Editor for SWS Pubs and Techologies at Parker Street in Maynard.
    
    I have been with DEC for 5 years, with this same group.  I started
    out as a Word Processing Operator and 4 promotions later, I am
    now an Editor.  I am sorry to say, however, that I must now look
    for a job outside of the company.  I have just had a baby and
    (after much thought) have decided that I need to spend more
    time with him.  [Sam is 4 months old].  I approached my
    manager about working part-time, be he denied it.  I have
    had no luck finding part-time work in the company, so now I must
    start looking outside the company.  I am disappointed for a lot
    of reasons.  One of those reasons is Womannotes.  I have
    been reading and learning for 2 years now.  =WN= has been a 
    tremendous help to me.  There was so much I was feeling but
    couldn't express, and =wn= helped me understand alot of what
    I was feeling. After reading for so long, I've just started to
    participate and it feels good. I will continue to participate
    as long as I can.
    
    As I said, I have a 4 month old son, Samuel.  He is the center
    of Richard's and my life.  I am also the step-mom to Richard's
    3 children from his first marriage.
    
    Well, that's enough for now.  I am looking forward to becoming
    a member of the warm and supportive family.
    
    Dorothy

    Hello..
    
    Gailann Keville-Evans
    Solent Business Park
    Southampton, UK
    
    I am American living in the UK with my British husband and our two
    kids.  I am the creator of Euro_Woman, our European equivalent to
    this conference. ;-)  We are still in our baby days but it seems
    to be a hit.
    
    I have been with Digital now for almost 6 years.  I started out
    logging property removal passes for Security at the Mill and now
    I am a Programmer/Analyst seconded to IS right now doing application
    support and some Administrative work for them.  I really like what
    I do these days and may never go back to Programming!!
    
    As mentioned I'm married and the kids are girls, age 12 and 10.
    We have a border collie named Ben, 4 cats, an assortment of pet
    rabbits, 3 rats, a guinea pig and 3 birds...  love that menagerie!
    
    Hobbies include, needlework, vegetarian cookery, our pets, reading
    and old movies.   

    Here's to friendship across the pond!!
    
    gailann

Liz Wilcox

Software Engineer in Database Systems/West in Colorado Springs. 
I like to think of it as Mid-West...Used to work at the Customer
Support Center supporting VIA products, love databases the best
and love customers, really and truely.

35, married with one child, a daughter not quite 14 months (an
"older" mother according to some lady in the bathroom at a restaurant).

    Sue Gaddis
    
    Project Specialist in SWS Training in Parker Street/Maynard.  Started
    out as a secretary in the Rolling Meadows, IL office, where I met
    my husband.  We transferred out east 9 years ago and commute to
    Maynard from Merrimack, NH.
    
    We have a five year old son and a three year old daughter who
    alternately make life heaven or hell depending on the time of day
    (or depending on who gets to sit on the side of the car from where
    the horses can be seen).
    
    

    
    shirley from atlanta
    
    i've been with dec 4 years this month.  i'm a field service engineer
    and for the past three years i've done new system and software
    installs. 
    
    i'm an occassional reader of womannotes as i only get a chance at
    noting after hours.  it sure is a great way to relax.  hopefully
    i'll be able to be a sometimes writer.
    

    
    I've followed this file (and the old one) off and on for more than
    a year now and since I just ordered the T-shirt I'll sign in too!
    
    My name is Ann Ljungberg. I work for Information Services in Stockholm,
    Sweden, mainly supporting ALL-IN-1 (just finished implementing it
    in Digital Sweden). I've been with DEC for almost two years and can't 
    think of a better place to work.
                                                      
    I'm 26, married (but that may change soon...) to a self employed
    engineer, no kids, live "out in the boonies" in the house my husband 
    built. I have many interests but too little time.
                                
    I really enjoy this file as it makes me THINK even though I'm not
    contributing a whole lot. (I'll try but I'm a bit shy)
    
    * *
     V   Ann
    
    
    

    Hello,
    
    Since I've been reading for a long time and writing in this conference
    for quite a while as well, I figured I should introduce myself.
    (finally!)
    
    My name is Amy Asbury. I am 23 years old and single. I am currently
    working as an engineer in the VAX Workstations group in The Mill,
    although, I am hoping to change this in the near future. I graduated
    from WPI in May, 1987 and have been in this job since July of that
    year. I am currently attending Babson College at night, working
    towards an MBA.
    
    I have a lot of strong feelings and opinions about a lot of issues,
    but I also try to listen to viewpoints that are different from my
    own. I mean, really LISTEN *and* hear, and try to understand where
    they come from. I also am trying not to be judgemental.
    
    My main goal in life is to be happy. I also want this for all of
    my friends. (they are slowly getting used to me asking "but does
    it make you happy??" instead of "why on earth would you want to
    do *that*??") 
    
    That's all, I guess.
    
     -Amy.
    
    

    I'm a project specialist, formerly a SW specialist, at the Customer 
    Support Center in Atlanta. I've been reading for a while and 
    learning a lot.
    
    I've been with DEC 4+ years and have been married to another DECcie
    for 2+ years. 
    
    Nancy

    I figured that it is about time that I registered.
    
    My name is Karen Fahel, and I prefer K.C.  I have been a TAG with
    DEC since 2/87 working out of MKO, and I have been with the same
    group in NUO (CSS Nashua, NH) since 12/87, doing data entry.
    
    I am 24, married for 3 years, no kids (yet! ;-) ), and 2 cats.  I 
    have 2 sisters, 4 brothers, have 8 nieces and nephews, and two more 
    on the way.  I have lived in Nashua all of my life (and I am NOT 
    bragging about it!)
    
    I am old-fashioned, enjoy singing, acting, reading, needlecraft
    and aerobics.  
    
    And reading NOTES!
    
    K.C.

    I'm Polly Strife.  I work for Corp Distribution in Northboro and
    have for all of my 9 1/2 years with Digital.  I'm the Corp. Hazardous
    Materials Transportation ,gr and as such also sit on the  Corp.
    Environmental. Health and Safety Mgr's staff and the corporate
    Environmental,Safety adn Health Advisory Board (ESHAB).  I also
    sit on the Board of Directors of the Hazardous Materials Advisory
    Council in Washington, D.C  HMAC is the industry advisory group
    for hazardous materials transportation safety worldwide.
    
    I'm divorced (for 16 years now), and have a 19year old daughter,
    Stacy, who is a sophomore at Johnson & Wales College in Providence.
    I got my law degrewe about 4 years ago and have a small part time
    practice in Worcester.  I do wills etc. and a great deal of "family
    law" type of work.
    
    I live in Westborough with my dog, cats, fish, birds and about 50
    plants - including several bonsai trees.

    Hi there,
    
    Val Pollard, co-creator and co-moderator of the "other" women's
    conference - Euro_Woman.  I decided it was about time I introduced
    myself as I've entered a couple of notes in here.
    
    I work in Financial Operations as Secretary to their Manager, Brian
    Totham.  I'm a temporary, and have been temping at DEC in one position
    or another for nearly a year now.  I started out with CSS while
    they were still in Reading, and then moved into Finance.  I'm on
    the look out for a permanent job with DEC at Reading.
    
    Outside work my hobbies are reading, writing poetry, amateur dramatics
    (I'm a member of the newly-formed DEC Reading Amateur Dramatic Group),
    playing darts (I play for my local pub) and socialising generally.
    
    I'm divorced, 31, and share a house with three other women.  I have
    one child, a boy, who lives with foster parents.
    
    Look forward to contributing more actively,
    
    Val

    Hi my name is Judy Pilotte, sometimes called Jude. I work for GIA
    Materials and Distribution Organization in BPO, Marlboro Mass.
    My title is Information Systems Consultant. What that means is that
    I work in MIS and that I lead projects with resources scattered
    all over the world. It makes the job very interesting.
    I am married (number 2) and have a wonderful husband, an 8 year
    old daughter by my first marriage. I also have a step-daughter,
    12, who lives with her natural mother. I live in Hudson Mass.
    

    
    Its pronounced WOOL-LOCK-O-WITZ.     ;^)
    
    I'm in my second week as a Commodity Manager at LMO2 located in
    Marlboro.  My previous job was as a Component Engineer and when
    I started at DEC almost nine years ago I was a Financial Analyst.
    I think DEC is one of the few companies around that allows such
    job flexibiltity.
    Outside of DEC I work part-time as a Nautilus Instructor at Your
    Life Center, a health club located in Auburn.  Its fun and gratifying
    at the same time.  I work-out primarily with free-weights and some
    of my other interests include hiking, bicycling and cross-country
    skiing.  But I'm *NOT* a jock.   ;^)
    I also enjoy cooking and baking (thats one of the reasons I have
    to exercise so much!) and on ocassion I'll do some needlepoint.
    I also like to read and try to read a few books a week, ranging
    from psychology to sci-fi to mystery.  Being single lends itself
    to alot of free time.   ;^)
    I have been reading this notesfile for quite awhile and have learned
    alot from many of the contributions.  Its comforting to know that
    I'm not alone in many of the things that I have experienced over
    the years.  I have been read-only for the past year but I intend
    to make the time to contribute to this notesfile.  
         
                                      
    Nance
    

I've been a software writer for CUP in Nashua, N.H.  since
June, 1987.  I'm currently writing about CDD/Plus, in the Technical
Languages and Environments group.  I'm also a member of the Spit Brook
Singers (SpitTunes).

I'm 31, divorced, and share an apartment with my cat, Lucy.  We are both
avid bird-watchers, but I get a bit farther afield.  I'm particularly
interested in the birds of the neotropics: have spent two weeks in a 
Panamanian rain forest and plan to visit to Costa Rica next April.

I read a lot -- mostly science fiction, mysteries, and trendy rubbish.  
I've sold poetry and non-fiction to national magazines, and once spent
two years building a sailboat from a hull and deck kit, though I'm
no longer interested in boats.

I am the youngest elder in my (Presbyterian) church.  (Elders are the 
members elected to govern a Presbyterian church.  In many congregations, most 
elders are men, regardless of congregational composition.)

I look forward to reading more, and maybe even contributing a note or 
two! 

Jane

    
    Well, now that I've finally entered a reply somewhere I guess 
    I'd better introduce myself.
    
    I graduated from Tufts and New England Conservatory last May with
    a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in jazz piano. I'm currently
    working in the PIMS project (part of PIMO) by day, and trying to
    practice and play music with other musicians by night.
    
    I come from an almost embarassingly stereotypical lower middle class
    liberal Jewish New York family. My father died when I was eight
    so after this point I was raised by my mother alone. I have only just begun
    to appreciate what this undertaking entailed, and my respect for
    her increases as I age (23 at present and very depressed about it,
    I must say).                              
    
    Even though my father died when I was so young I still feel that
    he made a strong impression on me somehow. My political views are
    closer to his than to my mother's (more leftist than hers),
    and often in a conversation with my mother in which we disagree
    about something, she'll tell me that my father said the same thing
    I'm saying.  This goes for my musical views as well, as my father
    was a musician, even though the only thing he really knew about
    jazz was that Louis Armstrong could really sing a tune! :^)
    
    Anyway, I am constantly amazed not just by how much sexism there
    is (which I expect from idiots) but at how many INTELLIGENT, decent
    people refuse to be called feminists. I don't know what the problem
    is that people have with this label. So let it be known, I am a feminist.
    You really can't not be one if you are going to pursue male-dominated
    fields like music and software engineering.  It also helps that
    I am a fairly strong-minded, confident person, so I don't get fazed easily. 
    
    I live in Somerville, since September in my own apartment for the 
    first time ever and I love it. I don't get the slightest bit lonely.
    
    I feel a little "inferior" to some of the womannoters whose notes I have
    read. I have never been married, divorced, gone through intense
    sexual reorientations, or done any of the exciting things everyone
    in this file seems to have done. I hope I will have lots of exciting
    life experiences so I have something worth contributing. (Sorry
    for being facetious. I hope no one takes it for disrespect. Actually I 
    am half serious).
                          
    Looking forward to lots of cool noting.
    
    Roberta
    
    P.S. If you want to know about upcoming gigs, let me know and I will put you
    on my mailing list!
    
                     

    	This is a bit longer than most of the intros here.  It's a bit
    more detailed than I usually write (athough it fit right in in the
    notefile it came from). But since I 1) hate writing intros, 2) had 
    just written this one within the last week or so for another note file,
    and 3) was pretty pleased with the overall balance of this one, I
    decided I'd just move it part and parcel over here. 
    
        
    	I was born in Akron, Ohio in 1961.  Moved to South Carolina
    between 2nd and 3rd grade and been here ever since.  (Although I
    have stubbornly held onto my northern accent.)
    
    	Was probably the only avowed atheist to attend Furman University, a
    small Southern Baptist liberal arts college.  Here I got my degree.
    Majored in Computer Science and Business and minored in Math and
    Music (Vocal Performance).  (Can you say overcommitted?  I knew
    you could!)
    
    	I joined DEC here in Greenville, S.C.(Printed Wiring Board shop) in
    June 1983. I did a stint as an Application programmer supporting
    various Financial Applications.  After 2 years, I joined the Tech
    Support group. I'm still here today as a Sr. Systems Analyst doing system
    management of 3 clusters and tech support for programmers and end users
    alike. I do all hardware configuring and ordering for the plant.  I'm
    also the local expert in System Security.  (Expert is a relative term
    and in this case is sorta damning with faint praise. :-) ) 
    
         I'm another singer.   I usually sing contralto or tenor.  Then
    I took voice in college and was informed that I was actually a
    coloratura. (For those non-musically inclined, a contralto is the
    lowest female voice and often has a heavy or Wagnerian tone.  A
    coloratura is a soprano (highest voice) whose tone is light and
    agile and suited to singing very baroque or ornate music.)  While I 
    stood there with my mouth open, my voice instructor informed me that
    often women with extremely high vocal ranges can sing quite low as
    well.  The ones that are musically inclined are often stuck into the
    alto section when young because they can hack the tougher role of
    singing harmony. After working with her for three months I had a well
    developed 3 1/2 octave range.  I hardly ever sing "right" nowadays; I
    do no significant training/practicing at all so my range has dropped
    back to about 3 octaves (and on bad days a little less than that :-)).
    I really miss singing "professionsally" but the time that I need to
    keep "in shape" and the opportunites to sing the things I want to sing
    in the environment I want to sing them are practically non-existent.
    Nowadays I limit myself to singing around the house and in my Church
    choir.  (8 people; I'm the only soprano.  We refer to ourselves as the
    Clemson Unitarian Universalist Mass Chorus and Tabernacle Choir, "the
    only choir whose name is bigger than the reality!") 
    
    	Currently, my political convictions are mainly disgusted.  
    I decide things on an issue by issue basis, but I usually end up left
    of center. (Sometimes just a little bit left; sometimes way the hell
    out in left field.)  I've only been old enough to vote in the last two
    (pres.) elections.  I voted independent once and libertarian once.  I
    don't plan to vote this year at all.  (Yeah, yeah I know.  I'm
    disgusted with myself over this, but the choices were so uninspriring
    that I flat missed the deadline to register.) (We moved this past year so
    my registration is no longer good.) 
    
    	My religious convictions are not something I usually discuss
    in public.  I no longer consider myself an atheist, but I'm certainly
    not Christian either.  I'm attracted to some of the ideas in neo-
    paganism, but so far that attraction has remained an intellectual
    one and not a spiritual/emotional response.  Depending on the phase
    of the moon, I waver between agnostic, theist, and animist.  For
    now I feel at home with the Unitarian Universalists.
                     
    	My interests outside of work are:  Noting.  Although, like many
    here, my noting has decreased from the "old days".  I'm mainly
    read-only now.  Cats.  We have seven.  Most came from the shelter.
    a few were strays.  One is a Siamese that we bought from the breeder.
    When a cat needs a home, we can't seem to say no....  Crafts.  Mainly
    needlework of various kinds (knitting, cross stitch, sewing, etc.
    ad nausea) but occasionally I foray into woodworking.  (I just looked
    up "foray" to make sure that I really could use that as a verb.  The
    entry says: "to ravage in search of spoils:PILLAGE vi: to make a
    raid or brief invasion <forayed into enemy territory>"  Given my
    love-hate relationship with it and skill level, this word was more 
    appropriate than I knew when I chose to use it. :-) ) Reading.  Mainly 
    SF and Fantasy.  It's a rare week that I don't read at least two books.
    When I get into a real reading mode, I can down 1 or more a day.
    Aikido. Currently a Blue belt, was about to test for Green (about
    halfway to Black in our school) when I found out I'd be taking a
    several month "leave of absence".  (Obstetricians do not look kindly
    upon a woman being slammed to the mat in a legsweep when she is
    pregnant. :-) ) 
    
     	Which brings me to personal life.  I'm married to Gary, whom
    I met in college.  This Jan (89) will be our 4th anniversary. 
    Gary and I are currently expecting a child.  The due date is May
    8th.
    
    	I guess that's it.  Is anybody still awake out there?    
                            
    Trace 
    (aka tlh)
                   
    

    SCARGO::TNEXEMPT "Lisa V."
    
                            -< Lisa Veilleux >-
    
         Hi wimyn!  This is my first attempt at a reply - I've been
    a read-only noter until now.  But this great file really made me
    want to get involved.
    
         As you may be able to guess by my username, I'm a DECtemp 
    (are we allowed to note?), so my address won't always be the same.
    I've only been with DEC a few months, but I really like the atmosphere
    here.  As a temp, the only way to describe what I do here at DEC
    is "a little bitta this, a little bitta that".  So far, I've been
    fortunate to have two excellent assignments.
    
         I and my spouse are currently finishing up a brand new house
    in Bow, NH, and can't wait to move in (hopefully by Thanksgiving).
    We have two "kids" with fur coats and wagging tails - Manco, a
    lab-shepherd cross-breed, and Saiga, a greyhound adopted from the
    Seabrook racetrack (a plug for REGAP - they make great pets!).
    
         I enjoy:  reading (esp. historical fiction), good music (esp.
    blues, e.g. Koko Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughan), Jazzercise, playing
    with my dogs, hiking, camping, the beach, and fun friendships. 
    I just read that paragraph and yuk!! it sounds like a singles ad.
    Well, this is my first reply - guess I need more practice.  
    
         Hope to be noting regularly, this file is great!
    
                   ...Lisa V...
    

    Ok, Ok, so I procrastinate when it comes to talking about myself.
    When was the last vote?  That's the last time I introduced myself --
    back in V1.
  
    I've been reading this conference (and V1) almost since their creation.
    I've learned a lot, cried a lot, rejoiced and hollered a lot.  Who
    ever said that growing is easy?
    
    I'm a Principal Software Engineer with the VMS group now.  Just
    getting my feet wet -- this is my fourth week.  
    
    Prior to this I spent a short stint in AITG before the great-budget-
    cutters-in-the-sky canceled the project.  And before that, I spent six
    years in SEG/CAD working on DECSIM.  And before that, (yes, I've been
    with DEC eight years), I worked in the Microcomputer Product Line as a
    Product Planning Specialist.  The group merged with the Tech OEM group
    and became Tech Volume Group; who knows what they're called now, but
    they're over in MR03.
    
    And there was even life before Digital.  I worked as a programmer,
    trainer, installer, pre-sales support, post-sales support for a small
    company in Vermont before I finished school.  I had taken a year off
    from school, and worked at this job and others.  After finding out
    what burnout really is and paying my entire salary in taxes for our
    household, I decided it was time to finish school, get my degree and
    earn a real wage.  Sure am glad Digital was hiring when I was ready.
    
    Outside of work I'm an avid bicyclist.  During the warmer months I try
    to commute to work or ride during lunch.  You may have spotted me.
    I'm the weird person who rides a Linear -- a semi-recumbent.  As I get
    older [where's my cane?  ;-) ] the standard touring saddle just
    doesn't make it any more.  The recumbent is a very different way to
    deal with this, but it works for me.  You should see how traffic stops
    to stare!!
    
    I also enjoy model railroading.  My hubby and I belong to Northeast
    NTRAK; its a modular club in N-Scale (1/160th of the real thing).  We
    bring our 2x4 foot modules to train shows, set them up with others in
    our club, and run trains all day long and talk with viewers.  Great
    fun.  I specialize in building the structures and doing the scenery.
    Right now I'm building a model of the house we live in.
    
    We also belong to Northeast Live Steamers.  This is a club that
    promotes steam engines.  We own two live steamers.  One is a model of
    the Woodstock Railway engine that ran in the 1890's in Woodstock, Vt;
    it runs on 7 1/4" track.  The other is a Boston and Maine.  It runs on
    3 1/2" track.  Both run outdoors and burn real coal; operating
    pressure is around 100 PSI.  The larger one allows the engineer to sit
    on the tender and pull cars with people behind.  The smaller one
    requires the engineer to sit on a flat car behind the tender and can
    pull significantly less passengers.

    Both hobbies are great fun, accept I'm the only woman in both clubs.
    Its not bad in the Ntrak club because the fellows range in age.  But
    the Live Steamers are typically around the retirement age due to cost
    of entry and time needed to build an engine.  Old impressions die
    hard.  They love to see me operate the engine though, so maybe there's
    hope.

    So am I off the hook for an introduction yet?  Cheers....
					-Leslie

    
    My name is Adele Hache, I have been with Dec almost 9 years now
    and am currently working in Valbonne, France.  I am an applications
    programmer with the ADG group here.
    
    I really enjoy this notes file, it helps keep me sane and in
    touch with American women even if I don't write in often.
    

	 okay, I know...an introduction is in order....

	 I'm Kathy Gallup, and I've worked for DEC in Colorado Springs
	 now for 11 months.  I'm 23, and in December of '87 graduated
	 from the University of Arizona with a bachelor's degree in
	 Computer Engineering (software emphasis).

	 My interests:  sports, 4-wheeling, skiing, travelling,
	 staying single, sewing, knitting....well, this list could go
	 on forever...I'm pretty much interested in a little of
	 everything (except country music!)
	 

	

    My name is Cyndy Foulkrod.  I work in the Customer Service Revenue
    Administration group in the Minneapolis, Minnesota office (gods
    country out here).  I've been with Digital 5 1/2 years. Nice to
    meet you all!

    About time to introduce myself.
    
    I am Louise Hague and I am a secretary here in Salt Lake City. 
    Contrary to popular opinion, I LOVE it here.  
    
    I am married and have 5 daughters and 4 grandchildren.  I have a
    Dachshund named Cringer, a cat named Yoda, and a fish who is unnamed
    as of today.
    
    I plan on being an active participant in womannotes.  I tend to
    be a little outspoken at times (especially when I know I am right)
    but I believe you can learn something from everyone.
    
    Glad to be here!

    I'm Gayle Connor.  I have worked for Digital for 7 years.  I have
    worked as a Personnel professional for 15 years until 9 months ago.
    I changed careers at that time and now work in Marketing.  I
    do research work for our collection of emerging industries in the
    General Services Industry Marketing organization. 

Hi - my name is Susan Moore, and I've been a little remiss in introducing 
myself promptly in =wn=.  I began working at Digital in August of this 
year, and starting reading =wn= a little while ago.  I was about to 
introduce myself and start noting more here when I was distracted by the 
realization that they would like me to *work* here, too.  So I felt I 
should take a short break from notes rather than jeopardize my mortgage!

I work as a sr. consultant in Management Sciences in Stow. We are 
essentially a planning and operations management consulting group of about 
70 who work for Digital and consult only to Digital organizations.  I've 
been working as a consultant for about 8 years, but in the health care 
field before now.  So this industry is new to me, but being here has felt 
like a good change for me from the beginning.

Actually this has been only the latest in a lot of major life changes. Over 
the years I've been a sleep researcher, social worker, pilot, potter, 
cellist, and hospital operations analyst.  I've earned at least some of my 
living at most of those at some point.  I think I'm driven by a fear that I 
won't think my life has been interesting enough as I look back on it when 
I'm 90.  Or maybe it's that I can't decide what I want to be when I 
grow up!  :^)

I'm particularly enjoying the people I've been connecting with since I came 
to Digital, especially those I've met through this and other notesfiles.  
Community is very important to me, and I'm delighted at the additions to my 
own community that I've been making since I came here.

I look forwokard to getting to know you all more.

    
    
    Alison Waskom
    
    I work in Data Admin for US Field Service.  It's interesting to
    be in on the birth of a "new" discipline.
    
    I've been reading this conference for several months, since I came
    to DEC.  It has been the source of much thought, a few tears, and
    a great deal of laughter.  I'm looking forward to participating
    more.
    
    I am a single mom of a 15 year old boy, divorced for 9+ years. 
    Enabling his growth is my current biggest job, and a source of growth
    for me.
    
    I read much, square dance at least weekly, downhill ski when there
    is snow, and hate housework.  I have 2 sisters, both married with
    small babies (somewhere, I think my timing on having my kid was
    off).
    
    			Alison
    

Hi,

My real name is Margaret, but all my friends call me Muggsie. I have been
at DEC for 1 year 9 mo. I am in the CASE marketing group in ESG, focusing
on product strategies for CASE. I now really like my job, but it took
awhile - coming to DEC was a real adjustment.

Before coming to DEC, I worked for Tektronix, for 9 years in both engineering 
and in sales support. 

I grew up in LA, and then lived in Oregon for 10 years, before moving to
New England 6 years ago. I love New England and feel very at home here.

I have been married for 3 1/2 years to a wonderful man who also believes that
marriage is an equal partnership. We don't have any kids, but would like to 
sometime in the near future. I am 32 and am feeling that biological clock
ticking ... For right now we put all of our parenting instincts into our
dog Scoobie.

I have just starting reading this conference and have some catching up to do.
I will keep reading, and will respond some of the time also.

Muggsie

    
    
    Well, it's finally time to introduce myself after almost 10 months
    of read/only.  My name is Maria Saiz and I am a Project Manager
    in Revenue Accounting in PKO.  I'm a relatively new DECie ( only
    since Jan. 88) who finally beginning to adjust to both the private
    sector and DEC.  
    
    I've really enjoyed reading this note and look forward to somehow
    keeping up with it.  Now that I've introduced myself, I'll have
    to participate.

	Referring back to 2.21, I have actually managed to keep
up with WOMANNOTES.  I have grown to appreciate more the gentle,
irrestible pathos of woman's plight in this world from some very
outspoken, brave, and touching notes I've seen.

	I have transferred from the field to NAC Engineering, 
where I am the DECnet Phase V Migration Field Test coordinator.  
I'll be planning and coordinating DECnet/OSI testing for customers
on both sides of the Atlantic.  

	I still follow network technology. though I've also 
expanded my quest to "humanet" technology, how people network
to each other, to see the web of interconnections.  "Towards
a New Woman's Psychology" by Jean Miller from the Stone Center
in Wellesley has given me a boost along those lines.  I have 
discovered yoga, and am a more relaxed and vital person 
than previously.  

	I still live in town, in Brookline, MA and I have become 
increasingly active in local political action.  I am concerned
about local and global environmental issues, town greenspace
and recycling efforts, and day care and schools.  I have been
to the state house to lobby for toxic waste reduction in Mass.
I urge others to get out of their armchairs, and join effective
organizations that work towards a closer, greener world.  It's
fun and rewarding!

    Ahem.
    
    Lee T checking in after quite a long silence.
    
    Changing jobs; will be working for SBO in LMO.  New lab, a little
    less acoustic microscopy and a lot of other stuff too.
    
    Moving in to a larger apartment and seriously considering another
    cat.
    
    Will remain very quiet for a while.
    
    lt

    Hi,
    
    I'm Doris Zimmermann Tuor, I am working as a Marketing Specialist for
    DEC Switzerland. 
    
    As English is not my native language I find it very hard to actively
    particiate in this file, but I do enjoy reading it. I'm learning a
    lot about different mentalities/attitudes.
    
    

    Hello,
    
    My name is Danielle Marie, I work in BUO, Custom Training.  I am
    new to =wn= but I am looking forward to being part of the community.
    I will be 24 in a few weeks and it feels very odd.  Sometimes I
    feel so old and mature and sage, and then sometimes I feel so young
    and inexperienced.  I helped raise my younger sisters and brother
    and I have been on my own for six years now.  
    
    I am a student at Northeastern University and I have a business
    of my own.  I like most crafts, writing (short stories, poems, and
    someone of these days I'm going to start the novel that's been 
    running around in my head for the past few months) walking and 
    cooking.  I participate in a few other conferences...Friends and
    Cooks mostly.  
    
    I'm looking forward to being "one of you"
    
    Kind Regards,
    Danielle Marie

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    My name is Maureen Robinson and I am located in Houston Texas. 
    I am in Sales, and currently am Strategic Account Manager for Shell
    Oil.  I am currently expecting a baby in the beginning of April,
    but am planning on continuing work after the baby is born.  I haven't
    been involved with this conference before, but hope to carry on
    some good conversations with women from around the company here.

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    My name is Beverly Marshall and I am a Credit Specialist at STO
    - St. Louis, MO.  
    
    I have been with DEC for 2 years and really enjoy working here.
    It does get rather frustrating at times; especially quarter end.
    
    I just recently discovered this notesfile and really wish I had
    more time to read.  Maybe I will when I get a system to take home.
    I also wish I were more technically oriented.  However, I intend
    to work on this.
    
    After working hours, my interests include travel, sports, bicycling,
    sailing, golf (only recently) and, "happy hours".  
    
    Whoever is responsible for this conference, and I think the persons
    name is Maggie, thank you.
    
    Beverly

    Lynne M. Sigel
    MRO-4 Marlborough Mass.
    Sr Secretary
    
    I live in Shrewsbury Ma....recently married....no children (yet!)
    Graduated from Worcester State College with a Degree in Media,
    minor-art.  Looking for a job in the Media field.  I am a temporary
    trying to get perminant so when I do.......I will continue!!

As I have been away from this Notefile for about 3 month, and hadn't introduced
myself since somewhere back in V1, I thought I'd better do something about the
situation before starting to note again...

Joana Bize, 33, married, 1 stepdaughter (15), 1 daughter (9), 2 cats, 1 dog,
1 rabbit. Main interests: books, animals, food.

I have been with DEC 11 years, in European HQ, Geneva, Switzerland and recently 
followed an intensive 3 months training to become a Network Support Specialist.
The training was quite fascinating, and I am very happy I got this opportunity.
I came back from vacation, and have been ON THE JOB - which seems incredible 
after all this preparation ... - since January 3rd. I don't have the title yet,
just the job, but I'd rather prove my worth and get the title after, than get 
the title before I am ready to handle the responsibilities, and be disappointed
because I can't! (I known I'll be able to, I am just desperately trying to 
sound modest and not feeling it in the least!)

While on the training I have more or less followed what was happening in WN by
extracting batches of notes and reading them when I found a little time, but 
even that way it was hard keeping up with all the traffic! I hope I'll be able
to read and note regularly ... at least now I can say I am testing our network
connection with the US! 

Warmest regards to you all, it's nice to be back!

Joana

    I'm Peg Gilson, a Senior Secretary whose primary responsibility
    is to edit Software proposals.
    
    Re .129
    
    Dear Doris,
    
    Bonjour. Tag.  Your English is fine.  Even people for whom English
    is their first language make mistakes, so don't let that stand in
    the way of your communicating with us.  We value your input.
    
    In sisterhood,
    
    Peg

    I'm Sharon Kruger, Software Engineer working in Technical Languages
    and Environments, working on the VAX C compiler.  I just started on Jan.
    3rd, but I had a summer co-op this past summer in Tewksbury, during
    which I kept up with this notesfile, posting a little bit.
    
    I just graduated in December from the University of Massachusetts
    at Amherst, and I'll be getting married this summer.  And yes,
    another "Digital couple" -- my fiance works in VMS performance!!
    
    --Sharon
    

    I am Marilyn Irlbacher, Admin Sec in a Marketing Group at MKO2.
    
    Statistics:  55, widowed, 4 children, 3 gchildren, live alone
    go to college in Cambridge, like to travel, *love* Boston,
    am a hiker whose last big trip was a 20 mile - 3 day hike in the 
    White Mts. in August, read, read, like classical and folk music and
    "art" films and read.
    
    I am of the generation that hit the streets in the Civil Rights
    Movement and the Anti-War protests, and am laughingly called the
    obligatory liberal of my group.  
   
    Have only recently gotten interested in notes files, and find them
    (1) quite interesting  (2) often helpful  (3) sometimes amusing
    (4) and...I "can't believe that person *said* that!"
    
    Marilyn 
    
    
    

    Hello!
    	I have enjoyed =wn= immensely for the past two months and will
    now introduce myself.  I am Barbara Miner, newly hired in Hudson
    Massachusetts.  This is my first professional job after TEN years
    of college.  I am very glad to be at Digital and am *delighted*
    to work with/for so many women.  (An aside:  in my field of chemistry,
    the number of female professors at PhD-granting institutions is
    0.6%; there are fewer in administration.)
    
    	I have been married for six years to a wonderful man; we have
    no children.  My husband and I both grew up in (different) small
    towns in Montana.  We spent the last six years in Arizona, and now
    we are really enjoying New England.
    
    	I didn't have a lot of time for hobbies in graduate school,
    but I have always been an avid reader.  My husband introduced me
    to science fiction and fantasy.  My favorite books are about Real
    people who have done good or difficult or wonderful things.  I 
    like to read history. I also like to hike gently (see more; hurry
    less) and go camping.  I can't wait to see what the spring flowers
    look like in this part of the country.    
    
    	Glad to be here.
    
    Barbara

    I was finally promoted to an Information Systems Specialist,
    working for US-IS in Atlanta GA!!
    
    theresa.

Hi! I'm Patti. I am a technical writer. My current assignment is with
the HPSCAD group in Marlboro, MA (MRO1). 

I'm a new homeowner (since Jan. 3!!!!). My hobbies include hiking,
reading, quilting (just started classes), cooking, canoeing, and
collecting windup toys. I'm having fun exploring my new surroundings.

I'm 28. I studied electrical engineering. I was one of two women in my
class (Southeastern Massachusetts University '82). I'm glad to see
that more and more women are starting non-traditional careers. It was
tough being in such a minority in college, especially since I was
brought up in a very traditional home.

    Hi I'm Sue.........work in CAS im Welwyn Garden City, England...been
    with Digital for 16 months now.  (Yes, I', probably completely insane
    by now ) ;-)
    
    Married.  No kids.........but have two springer spaniels and look
    after injured birds of prey (currently have two tawny owls).  Will
    shortly be buying a horse, which is ideal as we live in a village
    about thirty miles north of London.
    
    I like swimming, parachute-jumping, horse-riding and reading Stephen
    King novels.
    
    I hope I can add some value to this conference as I'm sure I will
    enjoy writing as much as I have enjoyed reading.
    
    Sue

    Hi, I thought since I wrote a reply in one of the topics, I'd better
    introduce myself...My name is Donna Gamester and I work over at
    VRO in Concord Mass.as a temporary secretary...I'm not married and no
    kids(I'm in no rush for either...:-))...My interests are
    varied...Psych.,Astronomy,Theatre,Reading,Hanging around..I even
    did clowning for awhile...
    I don't have any set goals for myself at this time but, who knows...I
    might see one I like someday...(A temporary one is to be a performer
    at the King Richard's Faire...)
    I've been reading this file for some time now and have enjoyed it
    alot.  I hope that I'll be able to share almost as much with you as you
    have with me whether it be whimsical or serious...
    I'm getting sappy so I'd better stop...See you around the directory!!!
    
    			- Donna

    I'm Holly Taylor.  I work at DSG in Westford Mass as a Secretary for 
    the T.A.S.T.E. group.  I live in Leominster, MA.  I am not married 
    (See note 694.21(I think) for details about this.  The note is called 
    "Dealing with Death")                                                     
                                                                       
    I have many interests.  I guess my main interests are children and 
    cats.  I have 5 cats, but no children (not yet at least).  I am
    a purebred cat breeder.  I breed a rare kind of cat called a Korat.
    I am also interested in poetry, DRAMA, reading, psychology, and many    
    other things.  I am also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, 
    and am a co-moderator of the Masonic notes file.            
                                                                    
    Other notesfiles I get into are Arthritis (I've had it all my life),
    Friends, Lefties, Human relations, and Chocolate (See personal name).
                                                                
    As for long term goals.  I would eventually like to open my own
    business.  It is either going to be a child care business or a Pet
    grooming business (I need no training in this what so ever).
                  

   I'm looking forward to participating in this notes file.
    
    Holly
    

    I'm Elizabeth (Liz ... it's quicker to type!).  I've been with DEC
    2.5 years.  I'm a principal software specialist in the Automotive
    District in Detroit.  I've watched this notesfile for about 6 months
    and have decided that it's time I made myself known!  Hi.
    
    I'm 26, married for 5 years, a DINK (dual income, no kids).  I suppose
    I'd characterize myself as a feminist - I believe that 'doing' is
    better than 'talking'.  
    
    One other distinguishing characteristic about me ... I'm a kiwi
    (that's the name New Zealander's call themselves - it's named after
    the national animal; a kiwi bird.  Nothing to do with the fruit!)
    
    Liz

    Lynne M Sigel
    MRO-1/A65
    Marlborough, MA 
         I justed moved from MRO-4..old node-CURIE::MARCOMTAG
    Still the same Lynne (Don't worry, Be Happy).....and happy
    to be back on the noter scene!!.....so let's have fun!
    

    Hi, new to this note file, so thought I'd introduce myself;
    Been at Digital for 11 years now, started as a secretary in
    Maynard and now a Marketing Communication Specialist in a 
    marketing organization.  Have offices in MK02 and MR02. Do
    crazy things from renting porta-potties at Digital sales meetings,
    to laser shows (when budgets were big) to video's and now slide
    shows.  All the motivational stuff that people need to keep them
    moving, they call me.  My job is an adventure....and sometimes
    it's like an old book.  That's the DEC way!
    
    Kathy Schubert
    MK02 and sometimes MR02...........

Hi,

I started my post-college life with a degree in fine arts, a new husband, and
very little idea what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.  I spent the 
next 5 years tinkering around with painting, pottery, drawing, woodworking...  
until I finally realized that I did not want to be an artist.  So, three
years later I had another degree, this time in computer science and a new job 
as a software engineer in VMS.  That was almost 2 years ago, and it was a 
good move.  

I enjoy playing fantasy role playing games and am currently in several GURPS 
campaigns - one is a medieval Chinese setting, and the other group alternates
between fantasy and post-holocaust campaigns.  I also enjoy hiking, Jazzercise 
(when the music's good), music, good friends, and especially, animals.  I 
share a house in the woods with my husband Ed, two dogs and two cats.  Ed is 
also a software engineer at at Digital.  He recently joined VMS, making us one 
of seven married couples in the VMS engineering group.  The cats are Tristan 
who's a deaf, white, blue-eyed bozo, and Tenzing, a tabby who's purrs could 
wake the dead.  Our dogs are both Borzois (otherwise known as Russian 
Wolfhounds) named Aisha and Zowie.  They're tri colored females about 6 years
old.   

I've enjoyed reading this file for several months and hope to become more
activelly involved in it.

Karen.

    Hello!
    
    My name is Cheryl Coleman, and I've been with DEC for 5 years, 3
    months. The first 5 years I was a struggling secretary in Software
    Product Services, and recently moved into the job of Operations
    Analyst, and have been here for 3 months and love it!
    
    I work at the DEC office in Landover, MD (outside Washington, DC)
    and live in Annapolis, MD. I attend the University of Maryland
    part-time, finishing my degree in Information Systems Management.
    I've been married for 1-1/2 years, no children, and 2 cats. I'm
    a follower of the FELINE and SKIING conferences, and due to a course
    I'm taking in college this semester, decided to read this one, liked
    it, and decided to introduce myself!
    
    Cheryl
    

    GREETINGS!   My name is Taunya - I'm located in the SLO office.
    Joining/contributing to the `Notes' community should prove interesting
    and rewarding.  It should prove quite interesting....

	Hi, I'm back (as much as I can).  I was fairly active in V1
	of the file, but changed jobs at about the same time as this
	version was created.  

	I've worked for DEC for almost 9 years, the first 8 of
	which I worked in the VLSI CAD group in Hudson, Ma.  Last
	June I transfered to the DECtrade project in FIE (Financial
	Industries Engineering).  I'm project leader of the Management
	piece of the project.  My piece allows the sytem manager to
	monitor and set characteristics of the DECtrade components
	as well as user-written applications anywhere on the network.

	It's been a very high-stress project, but I'm loving the
	challenge.  

	I've recently joined the women's barbershop group in DEC, since
	I love to sing and haven't been part of any choral group since
	I joined this company.  Also, this will keep me from working
	late every night now that I have another commitment.

	I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone who has
	joined this since I stopped reading, and re-aquaint myself
	with the older members.

	...Karen (currently in LM04, but soon to be in PDM)

    My name is Peg Petagna.  I am an Administrative Secretary in USM
    IM (U.S. Manufacturing Information Management).  I have been at
    DEC 10 years.  I have a family (son, age 26 yrs and daughters, age
    17 and 23, and my husband).  I am enrolled in a Compensation and
    Benefits certificate program at Northeastern University.  When I
    complete this program, I hope to get a certificate in Human Resource
    Management, also.  At some point, before I retire, I would like to
    work in Human Resource Management.                

	OK, I'll finally sign-in.

	I've been with DEC for 4 years, 7 months and I've been reading
	Womannotes since Jan '88.  Why have I never written?  Just a
	coward I guess.

	I'm a Senior Software Specialist recently having finished working
	on an OLTP project for GE.  The project is over but unfortunately
	it was never "done". 

	Outside DEC I work with the Senior High Youth Group at my church
	and have traveled all around the U.S with twenty-some high schoolers
	( they are the best! ). I sing in the choir, play co-ed volleyball
	and have spend the better part of a year making baby quilts for
	my six friends having their first babies. 

	I've considered myself a feminist since college ( much to the 
	dismay of my friends who didn't want to be associated with such
	a strong label )  however I think I've been intellectually soft
	when it comes to all "human" issues in the last five years.  I
	love Womannotes because it has me thinking again.  I recently read 
	Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaiden's Tale" after seeing it mentioned 
	here.  I lent it to a friend ( who happens to be married to a minister )
	and I can't wait to discuss it with her when she's finished. 

	Well, back to read-only ( maybe ). 

    It's about time I finally signed-in - I've been reading =wn= for
    a very long time.  I've often wished the noters were together, in
    person - it seems so much *easier* to talk in person!
    
    I work in PKO for Field OMS - I'm called a "Post Delivery Manager".
    (Sounds like I work in a maternity ward!)  I've been with DEC for
    twelve years; thanks to Digital, I have a BS in Business and a
    Masters in Business Management...almost.  Still haven't finished
    the dam*ed thesis!
    
    Much of my spare time is devoted to women's issues...I've been a
    member of South Middlesex NOW for years, co-facilitate a "Women
    and Aging" group, and spend lots of energy working on pro-choice
    issues.  I'm also interested in antiques, and have been taking
    classes this year.  
    
    I've been divorced for so long (23 years) that marriage is a dim
    memory.  I'm 46; have one son (that I'm embarrassingly proud of)
    who is 28.  I'm pretty proud of Harmony, my cat, too!
    
    Perhaps I'll be brave enough to participate in =wn=, now that I've
    introduced myself...
     
    

    Hi!
    
    My name is Julie Palmason and I work in WAO for Field Service Sales
    Support.  I have been with DEC for 5+ years, love that extra week
    of vacation!!
    
    I have been keeping up-to-date with Womannotes for several months,
    and also keep tabs on notes in Gardening, Environmental Issues and
    Home_work.  I love getting into heated discussions with my mother
    about her feelings that women's liberation has destroyed men.  
    
    I live in Littleton with husband Rob, and I can't wait for our current
    remodelling project to be completed.  We are doing alot of the work
    ourselves and it is quite a task!
    
    Looking forward to becoming more active here.
                                                 
    Julie

    HI,MY NAME IS ANGELINA GUTIERREZ
    
    I WORK IN CALIFORNIA IN THE DEC FACILITIES IN CUPERTINO I WORK AS
    A SECURITY RECEPTIONIST. AND I THINK THAT THIS FILE IS GREAT SO
    KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
    
    ANGELINA

    I'm Clare Baggott. I've been with Digital in Reading, UK, for
    exactly 2 years (I joined on March 2nd 1987). I did a variety
    of things before joining DIGITAL, including translations, writing
    and editing, research into medieval Florentine social and political
    history, university lecturing, adult training. Since I've been
    with the company I have worked as a user information engineer
    with IED (International Engineering Development), and am currently
    an engineering specialist with the UK Local Engineering Group.
    We provide localised products for the UK market.
    
    I have two children (aged 4 and 5), a husband, a cat and, currently,
    a French au pair.
    
    Though mainly a silent (but not passive!) reader of =wn= I feel
    strongly linked in to and supported by this community. It's good
    to read the discussions of like-minded people, even if the Atlantic
    usually separates us.
    
    With Love,
    Clare 
    

    My name is Deborah Grahn. I've been at Digital for nine years and
    have had basically three/four different jobs, the common thread is 
    that they have all been in Manufacturing or in support of it. I 
    started my career at the MLO in Corporate Quality as an Information 
    Specialist, moved on to the Boston plant as a Vendor Quality Liaison,
    after that I became a Customer Satisfaction representative and now I'm 
    a Project Manager in an organization that has seen many re-organizations 
    and name changes, we are now known as the U.S Business Center located
    in MRO/HYO/MKO/WJO....
    
    I am a Gemini and for the most part I am more comfortable and prefer 
    human contact verses electronic contact, I have been reading the 
    womannotes file for sometime and feel I have remained on the sidelines 
    of silence long enough.
    
    I consider myself a holistic, spiritual feminist, who's very curious
    about everything!
    
    I'm grateful there is support within DEC for women.
    
    Deb
    
       
    

	I work for the Field Manufacturing Information Center here in 
	Chelmsford, MA (ICO).  I'm a Sr. Programmer/Analyst, although 
	in my group they refer to me as a Tools Consultant.  I've been 
	with DEC for just over 5 years now, and I too *love* that extra 
	weeks vacation!

	I'm happily single, I love all animals, I think it's the little 
	things in life that count the most and I'm a vegetarian.

	My main goal in life right now is to discover who *I* really am.
	It hasn't been an easy task, but it has had major rewards!

	I've been a read-only member of this notes conference for quite
	a few months now, but have decided that it was time to at least
	introduce myself.

	I've really enjoyed reading everything that goes on in here, but
	I've especially enjoyed seeing all of the warmth and support that is 
	given so freely.

	I'm not sure how much I will contribute, but I hope I can in some
	small way so that I can give back what I have taken.

	Smiles,

	- L

    
    
    hi, my name is Angelina Gutierrez
    and im from puerto rico but raised
    in california,i live in the santa clara valley (San Jose)
    i work for DEC,in cupertino.i have been working here for 1 yr.
    Angelina

Moved by co-mod.
	Mez

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    I'm Debbie Redmond, but known as DREDMONDS in these circles.  I'm
    in Security at Cupertino, California and will be leaving DEC in
    about a week.  Nothing against DEC, everything against SECURITY.
    I am one of the zillions of people in this universe who is not
    living up to my potential - lots of skills and aptitudes and no
    where to put them - this will soon change.
    
    I spent the first 10 years of my adult life in the U.S. Army
    and have been out another 10 - having babies and getting an AA
    degree, which I am not using, which is why I am working in 
    Security for $6.48 an hour, when I am capable of so much more.
    (At least that is what my friends keep telling me!)
    
    After looking at the walls and trying to look busy, one of the
    other guards (known as AngieBaby) finally cued me into this
    form of communication.  What a God-send!  The only problem is that
    I'm one of 'those people who are intimidated by computers' and it
    takes me three days to do what others do in three minutes.  I just
    can't remember what button to push to do what I want to do!
    
    Anyway, thanks for being here.  There is no way I can read even
    a fraction of the info. here in a week's time; but I will do as
    much as I can and I hope that I can add some insights as well. 
    My loves are psychology, holistic practices, and of course, Women
    in the Military.
    
    Keep up the great work - professionally and privately.  It truely
    makes me proud to be a woman in these times.  As so many of you
    already know - I CHOSE TO BE A WOMAN THIS LIFETIME because there
    are so many exciting things going on.  I also chose an alcoholic
    father, a martyr for a mother, and OMAHA, NEBRASKA (?) to be born
    in.  Why would I chose Omaha, Nebraska to be born in?  Of course,
    I had to wake up one day, look around and ask 'Is this all there
    is?'  And of course, being born right smack dab in the middle of
    the good ol' USA, I knew there was more.  And more.  And more.
    AND MORE.  
    
    I've seen most of this country and some of Europe.  I'm almost 38
    now and I figure I have at least 50 years left, so I plan to see
    more.  And more.  AND MORE.
    
    I just remembered - this is supposed to be an intro., not a book.
    Please forgive me - I just discovered I was a writer not long ago.
    
    Again, I say thank you and God bless.
    
    D.

    Hi, my name is Janet Palubinskas.  I am a Senior Programmer Analyst
    working in Chelmsford for Digital's Electronic Store for 2 1/2 years.
    Before joining Digital I worked for Data General Corporation for
    8 years.  I attended evening school for seven years and earned a
    Bachelor's degree in Mathematics/Computer Science in 1986.
    I have been married for almost 9 years and am expecting my first child 
    in August.  I enjoy doing stained glass in my spare time.
    
 
    

    Hello Everyone!
    
    Ok Ok, I guess it's about time that I introduce myself.
    
    My name is Pamela Matsis.  I'm 27 years old.   Have been working
    at Digital in Littleton, MA for 9 months.  I am a Software Support
    Engineer.  Worked for Wang before comming to DEC (GREAT move).
    
    Love Skiing, Golf, Bodybuilding (yea Jody!), animals, children and
    much much more.  
    
    This is a great notes file.  Can't believe there are so many nice
    people out there.
    
    Pam

    Hi! 
    My name is Carol Kernich and I have been a silent reader for about
    3-4 months. I work at UP01 facility in MARLBORO, MA.
    I never really caught up with volume 1 and I hope to keep current
    with this volume. I tremendously enjoy this conference
    - don't know what I did without it before this. I look forward to
    inputting and learning alot and sharing through common experiences
    and feelings. Thanks.
    

    Well, life has changed somewhat for me since I first introduced
    myself in here (reply 2.105). Most of the change has been, thankfully,
    for the better. 
    
    I am now working in Marlboro (MR4, to be exact) in ESG - Applications
    Technical Support. I have been here for 2 months, almost, and I
    love it. I am still going to grad school at night (Babson College)
    aiming toward an MBA. I work on the weekends as a volunteer at Emerson
    hospital in Concord, MA. If you come in the main entrace Saturday
    mornings, my smiling face will most likely be one of the first things
    you see. 
    
    This new job keeps me very busy, but I still try to keep up with
    =wn= as best as I can. 
    
    Happy SPRING!!!
    
    -Amy.

    I've been a reader of =wn= for quite a while, often silently,
    but I enjoy it tremendously.
    
    I work in Stow, in the Software Products Group, lately involved
    in the implementation of License PAKs and VMS V5. It's quite
    chaotic, to put it mildly.
    
    Outside of work I have a great life that includes an active 8-month
    (8 months today!) old son who is trying to walk without holding
    on. He definitely keeps me busy.
    
    -Lynn
    

I have been read-only in womannotes since the day I started at Digital, and
finally am going to introduce myself.

My name is Lynn Yaeger and I am a technical writer who has a 3-month contract
with Digital in Mtn. View, CA. I'll be leaving May 12 to go to work for a
start-up company, but I really want to participate until then - even if I don't
say much. My guess is, however, that now that I've introduced myself, I'll put
my two cents in quite a bit - being the vocal sort that I am. 
                                                                              
I am 42-years old and in a wonderful relationship (4+ years) with a woman
named Donna. I have been married; I have three *neat* kids: a son 23 who is in
his second year of graduate school at Harvard, a daughter 21 who is graduating
from UC Davis in June and a daughter 19 who is a junior at UC Santa Cruz. All
are math majors, fun folks to spend time with and good friends with each other
and with Donna and me.

In my non-work hours I help Donna with remodeling the home we bought in San  
Jose two years ago (a fixer-upper in every sense of the word), serve as      
Treasurer of a group called High Tech Gays and help organize a group called the
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Awareness Program (LGBAP) that goes to high schools
and jr. college classes (when invited) to talk about our lifestyles. I adore 
teenagers (actually people of any age) and try to do volunteer work in schools
whenever I can.

That's it for now. I feel like I already know so many of you, I'm glad I
finally gave you a little info about me.

lynn

Identity:      Woman, mother, DECie, documentation supervisor,  former

               tech writer, former English teacher, ex-New Yorker (and

               miss it!), Jewish, white,  second-generation  American,

               post-yuppie, single.



Age:           Very mature.  Older than thirysomething.



Interests:     Birds and all wildlife, cats, reading, writing  fiction

               (as  opposed  to user-friendly software documentation),

               raising and educating children, opera, classical music,

               "the  American  songbook,"  music  of the Big Band era,

               theater, movies, TV (when it's quality  stuff),  women,

               gay rights, women's rights, children's rights, animal's

               rights, right of the disabled, civil rights (what can I

               say,  I'm a mid-60's Liberal.  And proud of it.  Unlike

               Duk_k_).



               Interests for  which  I  have  a  passion:   birds  and

               animals.

    I have just discovered Womannotes, and am looking forward to learning
    from and contributing to it.
    
    I have been with DEC for 3+ years. I am currently at MRO3, working
    in the SWS Country Contracts group. I joined Digital as part of
    the GSG Contracts group at MKO. I have been in the contracts field
    for 13+ years now, and feel that Digital is one of the best places 
    I have worked. I have a BA from Boston College, a MBA from WNEC and 
    a Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk Law. 
                                                                      
    I'm interested in sharing the views of other professional women
    and mothers in the Digital community.
    
    
    Lee Ann McGonagle Campagna
    
    I am married, and have two wonderful little boys, Alexander, age 3 years,
    and Nicholas, age 5 1/2 months, who keep me very busy. After almost
    11 years of marriage, I have recently changed my surname to be the
    same as my husbands - a big and not altogether positive adjustment.
    
    

Hi, I'm Martina -- I've been contributing to Womannotes for a while, but
decided that this is the right day to register.  I've been at Dec for
almost 16 years, starting in Software Support in Sweden and, after moving to 
America in 1976, doing some research that eventually became DECtalk.

Oh, yes, I usually note using the name Martin, since I discovered that
my notes are more respected here if people think I'm a man.

In Sisterhood.

Martina.

    Hi, I'm Lyn.  I started work as a software writer at DEC exactly 3
    years ago at the age of 40, and this is the first notes conference I 
    have participated in, mainly because I just don't have time. I squeeze
    in 30 hours a week, and am glad I can work part time even while it 
    frustrates me that I can't seem to move forward very fast.
    
    My checkered past includes 3 years at Yale School of Drama as a
    set painter which I gave up to get married, 3 years in England with
    my British husband, many years off and on as a children's librarian
    which I loved but could not afford to continue, 15 years as a parent
    of two energetic kids, Alison and Geoff.  They are the reason I
    work part-time. 
    
    My life changed drastically when I came to New England, discovered
    nature, joined the peace movement, became a political activist, and
    stopped reading gothic novels.  I have had very gentle contact with
    feminism through a loving women and religion group.  I'm a feminist
    as long as there is room there for our sons as well as our daughters.
    
    Things I rarely have time for are hiking, nature photography, playing
    the oboe, singing, drawing and painting, swimming and tennis.  I
    do play a lot of soccer with my daughter and a lot of baseball with my
    son.
                                    

    RE:   2.89
    
    this an an update to note 2.89. I am now located in TFO (Tempe
    AZ) with the CAS organization. It's gonna take me a while
    to catch up on missed notes, once that's done, I'll be replying
    again as usual.
    
    Good to be back!   *  *
                         >
                      (....)
    

    I've been reading Womannotes for quite awhile but have been reluctant
    to reply very often.  I get so worked up about subjects I care about
    (children's issues, free speech at the top of the list) that I feared
    spending all my time being agitated.
    
    I started at DEC in 1980 as a technical writer.  I work in both
    Littleton and Maynard.  I consider myself a radical feminist (because
    I would like to see some systemic changes in our society)
    bleeding-heart liberal.  I'm married to another computer type and
    we have two great kids.
    
    Sue

    
    Hi,
    
    Just discovered this interesting notesfile!
    
    I'm a software specialist in Utrecht, Holland and working for 5
    years with Digital now (starting in the PC-business).
    At the moment I'm in the Office Automation unit.
    
    Since about a year now I'm in the workers council of Digital.
    This council has 15 members in Holland, of which 3 women.
    
    I'm interested about the position of women in Digital, and trying
    to find out as much information as I can get about this subject.
    In Holland these subjects are not as much discussed as I've seen
    it is in the US. Therefor we can learn from you I think!
    
    Outside Digital I like reading (SF is a favourit), gardening, going
    out for dinner/shopping.
    
    Clarie

    I am not so hot with computers, so I might have deleted my previous
    message.  Sorry if this is a duplicate.  I am new at Digital and
    new in Maine.  I am thrilled to have been shown this little gem,
    and I hope what I learn here will help me to settle in and feel
    welcome, not alone.  That's all I have to say for now.
    --KR
    

    
    Thought I should update my intro (see 2.67).  Am now in
    Digital Telecom Engineering -- the folks who bring you Easynet,
    DTN, and all those lovely things.  
    New node is DISSRV or FIDDLE, and new dtn is 273-5094.
    
    Keep the good times rolling!
    deb
    

 
                              -< Nancy Ferrer >-
    
    Hi, I'm Nancy.  I've been with DEC for almost two years and
    work in Merrimack as an administrative secretary for NHAS
    Telecommunications.  It's boring, and I'm looking to move
    on soon.
    
    I'm from NYC and now living in Nashua, NH, though I plan
    to move to Boston someday, which isn't as big or as busy
    as NY, but it's not as dull as Nashua.  I just wouldn't be
    able to afford the luxury of living alone.
    
    I'm single right now and like to go out dancing.  I love
    going to Boston, trying out different ethnic restaurants,
    hiking, and hanging out with friends.  My only addiction 
    is reading.  Favorite authors are James Kirkwood and
    Marge Piercy.
    
    I've met some great people and hope to meet more.  I enjoy
    making new friends and I've already made a few through the
    notes conferences.
    
    

    Finally, I'm real and I'm in ELF, so now I can sign-in (though that
    hasn't kept me from entering replies in this conference):
    
    Karen Godin - Corp. Compensation and Benefits in West Concord, MA.
    Married to Ron, who works for GIA in Acton and introduced me to
    this conference (he's a read-only member).
    Two children, teenagers, one entering college in the Fall.
    Started with DEC as a contractor last September; delighted to be
    a real, full-time, permanent employee.
    

Hi! My name is Janet Hultengren.

I work as a tech in the Volume Business(ATDB) on the RA80 
drive line. Currently we build RA82's.

I have been with Digital 9 years this September.

I have many hobbies. Top of the list is raising children. 
When I am not busy with that I like reading(sci fi),sewing,
needlework,crochet,camping, hiking and picniking
    
I have three wonderful children: Angela 10 yrs, Devin 3 yrs and 
Johnathan 6 mts. I have been very busy lately.
    

    Hi, my name is Sheri Smaller.  I work as a technical writer for
    SMC in Chelmsford.  I've been with DEC for nearly 5 years.
    
    I recently finished grad school and for the first time in my life,
    I don't have any studying to do!  I'm looking forward to having
    a social life again and meeting people.
    
    I'm 25, single, and living just outside of Boston.
    
    I enjoy meeting new people and hope to get some new friends from
    this conference.
    
    Sheri

    
    Hi,
    
    My name is Lynn Harpham (my VAXnode says "Murray"  -I was married
    recently, and have changed my name).
    
    I am a sales rep in the Santa Clara office, and have been with DEC
    for 7 years.  The first five years were in the F&A organization.
    
    I'm 30 years old, born and raised in NH, but living here in Northern
    California for the last 7 years.  No children yet, unless you count
    my two cats, Molly and Iago, who are 8 years old, and members of
    the FELINE conference.
    
    Looking forward to meeting all of you via "NOTES",
    
    Lynn
    

    
		(I am finally caught up so I can now update.)    
    
    My name is Peggy Leedberg, I am a Software Engineer in NaC Technical
    Support in LKG (Yeah! I really have done it).

    I have worked for DEC for almost 8 years and this is my first job
    outside of Software Services.  I have been the Toolmeisterin
    a system mangler and a friend to creatures with scales.
    
    I am the mother of two grown children, a son 20 (junior in college
    PolySi major) and a daughter 19 (completed 3 semesters of college 
    EE major).  They both kinda live with me.
    
    In another guise I am a proponent of Feminism - but I am by no
    means a radical feminist.  I am interested in Feminist Thealogy,
    the Goddess and what it means to be a witch in 1990's America.
    That is where my sign-off tag comes from.
    
    		(-)
    		 |	It is a Labris/labrys which comes from
    			pre-classical Greece (Pre-Helenic) Crete.
    			It is one of the Symbols of the Goddess.
    			Sometimes it is larger than at other times
    			that usually depends on the amount of constraint
    			I need to use on my writing.
    
    In another of my personalities I am involved (Chair of) in the Greater
    Lowell Walk for Hunger that happens every year on Good Friday (anyone
    want to help????).
    
    When I am not doing any of the above I am usually trying to figure
    out a way to travel to someplace else.
    
    _peggy
    
    		(-)
    		 |
    			In the eyes of the Goddess we are all
    			valued and accepted.
    	

    
                           --< Hi!! >--
    
       My name is Penny Amero.  I am a security Guard for DOO.
     I have been with this company for approx. 5 months.
     I'm not married as of yet and I have no children as of yet.
      { I hope to change both of those within the next few years}
       I have quite afew interests but my one love is Horses.
    
    
                      write to you all later,
                           Penny
     

                           --< Susan Holmes >--
    

Will the mystery noter sign in please... My name is Susan Holmes and I've
been at DEC for almost 9 years.  I'm currently working in Corp. Internal
Audit as an Information Systems Consultant (supporting automated audit
tools, assisting with 'systems' audits, and consulting for the finance
audit staff when they audit an I.S. group).

I don't get a chance to spend alot of time in Notes, (not nearly enough
as I'd like that is), but I ocassionally browse through this conference
so I thought I'd introduce myself.

I'm currently enrolled in an independent-study degree program (at Vermont
College of Norwich University).  This is my first semester and the study
I've chosen is "Women and Self-Esteem; Transitions in Women's Lives".  
Consequently, I may pose questions within this conference from time-to-time 
to get your input.  

I'd also be interested in any reading (book references) that conference members 
feel are central to this topic.  (I'll be looking at several aspects of the 
Self-Esteem issue such as body image, fear of success/failure, and the various 
transitions a woman might experience -- marriage, divorce, motherhood, death of 
a spouse/child, abortion, etc., so feel free to recommend reading in any of 
these areas.  Obviously I won't be able to do justice to any of them in full, 
but I'd like to scratch the surface on quite of few of them.)  

When I'm not working at either of these, (which seems like almost never lately),
I have a multitude of personal interests such as: gardening (flowers and veg-
gies), cooking, many of the 'old time' crafts (quilting, counted thread/embroid-
ery), reading, shopping (okay, so I'm a complusive shopper!!), and local history
(currently working on/chair of the local Historical Commission and the Central
Mass Postcard Club).  You name it, I'm interested in it... (almost) anything 
that is other than housecleaning or ironing!  

I'm 34, married (a little over 12 years), and have no children currently (other
than my two 'babies' -- Tanya, a 75-pound female German Shephard - 10 yrs old, 
and Fred, a 4 yr old black cat.)  Am contemplating motherhood within the next
few years but would like to lose some weight first; (have been significantly
overweight since puberty/adolescence).  

That's it for now.  Looking forward to the many insights and new persepectives 
I'll gain from association with this conference.  

    HI!
      I'm Andrea and have been at DEC for 2yrs.9mths. and 8mths temporary.
    I work in Colorado Springs at the Forge Rd. R&D facility.  I really
    like it here.  Previously I worked at the main plant on Rockrimmon as
    an assembler on the RA80/81/82 lines.  Now I operate the Sputter system
    and hope that I will be able to work on our new sputter machine. I'm
    22 years old and unmarried but am CURRENTLY living with someone of the 
    opposite sex; that soon may be changing.  I bought a house in October
    so this Spring/Summer has been somewhat busy putting in a fence and
    yard.  I love the outdoors and sunshine.  I wish I lived somewhere with
    water!!!  I'm a Colorado Native; 4 generations of Natives in my family!
    My family owns a restaurant here in the Springs thats been around for
    48 years. I love to travel and was lucky enough to have a mother work
    for a MAJOR airline company so I got to travel a lot!! My father was a
    school teacher for 27 years and retired two years ago.  I've love
    animals especially cats.  I have 2 Mele and Alli.  They are sooooo
    neat!!  Talk about a PERSONality!!!  Besides all that I love to read
    this and other notes and appreciate all the info. I get out of it.  Not
    to mention the support.

    My name is Veronica M. Stanley.  Just call me Vicki.  I've been
    with DEC at Maynard (PKO3) in the Corporate Photo Library for 
    exactly 6 months.  I do picture research for brochures, magazines,
    slide shows.  I graduated college two years ago with a BS in Media
    Communications and a minor in fine art.  To do my own photography
    full time is my ultimate goal.  But for now...
    
    My outside, nonDEC activities tend to be my psychological salvation.
    I'm a non-meat eater, I'll do fish if it's fresh, so I'm not really
    a lacto-ovo in the pure sense.  I'm engaged to the man I've been
    dating the last 8 years and we'll be married eventually.  I do
    historical reenacting, which entails camping, role playing, costume
    design, historical research, cooking and anything else involving
    the 17th and 18th Centuries, WWII, and sometimes the American Civil
    War.  I've been to England to photograph cathedrals and visited
    all the Arthurian haunts.  I'd love to know more about Wicca and/or
    any other pagan religions as I've fallen away from Roman Catholicism
    due to its belief system and mine coming into constant conflict.
    
    I enjoy playing my tin-whistle.  I adore cats but am presently feline-
    less, due to a landlord who is animal less himself.  I've started
    growing herbs in my kitchen with mediocre success.  Burning incense
    in my apartment keeps the moths from entering, but the upstairs
    tenants tend to raise a wary eyebrow.
    
    I'd enjoy hearing from anyone else who can associate with the above.
    It's lonely out here...

    I haven't entered an intro since =wn= V2 started, and my V1 intro is
    much out of date.  I'm still working in Spitbrook and am in my 8th year
    full time with DEC.  These days I work in the Compund Document
    Architecture (CDA) program developing and fixing various utilities -
    the CDA Viewer, the DDIF->PS converter,  DECwindows PrintScreen, and
    coming soon, the ASN.1/DDIS compiler.  
    
    There have been several milestones in my life in the past few months,
    I'm halfway through my masters in Enginering Management, I was promoted
    to Software Engineer Senior,  I joined in the exhilarating April 9
    March on Washington, a new kitten picked me out (one of Sarah Kahn's
    barn kittys!), and I became engaged to Marty Jack, a sometimes
    womannoter, and always warm and sensitive human bean.
    
    I've been a long time member of this conference, but I haven't always
    been able to keep up.  I write when I have something to say and the
    time to type it in.  This conference is a source of enlightenment
    and entertainment.  When I have time for only one non-work file this
    is it.  

	Hi!  My name is Jacqueline Stamatien.  I'm a senior software
	consultant (C2) in the Connecticut District.  I've been with
	Digital since FY83.  I deliver PSS, and usually do project
	management work, although at my last assignment (which ends
	next week) I was identified as the database consultant.  I
	start a new assignment week after next as the project-everything 
	at Perrier in Greenwich.

	On the personal side, I'm married (my 12th anniversary was just
	last Sunday), and have a daughter age 7.  My hobbies include
	sailing, photography, and dogs (I have 3).

    
    Hi,
        My name is Taiz. I work at Winnersh in the repair centre(DRC)
     not much info i'm afraid, but have to deal with a phone call,
    will continue monday.
    
                       TAIZ.

    Hi all!  I, too, am a new reader!  Already, I feel that this notes
    file is something I was destined to link up with!  I am a sales
    rep in the Prime Contractor District in the Washington, DC area.
    My husband Ben is a Software Specialist here, and we live nearby
    with our three children; Candace 16 1/2, Ryan 15, and Chase 11 months
    and three weeks.  (Call me crazy, but we're also trying for #4!)                                       
    
    I've been with DEC for almost eight years and feel like we really do
    have a family here.  It's great to take a break from the work and
    read/share notes which remind us that we're human and not just a badge
    number.  Basically I've found that in just a few minutes a day you can
    get to know someone a little better, and have your own life enriched in
    the process!! 
    
    I'm looking forward to reading this entire file!
        
    Dale

    
    	I am Mickey (short for Michelle) Roos, and am a summer student
    working in Andover.  This is my second summer here, and I'm really
    enjoying it.  I have one semester left to go before I recieve my
    BS Industrial Engineering Degree from Rensselaer in Troy New York.
    
    That's all!
    -Mickey

     I've been reading =wn= for a while, writing for a short while, and even
     made a proposal of marriage (8.24) to someone in this conference :-), 
     and I have not introduced myself here or in any of the conferences I 
     note in.

     I'll start here, in =wn=, my favorite conference, because it was suddenly
     just made painfully obvious to me that most (all?) of you only know me 
     in terms of the subject I've written most about in this conference.
     I hope to give you a more complete picture of who I am...

     Basic info:
     -----------

     o  Born & raised in Orlando, Florida, as youngest of 3
        (except for 1982 in high school when I lived with a family
        in Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.)

     o  I had a great family - my parents and siblings were extremely loving.
        Their love has molded my entire existence.  My father was a quiet
        mathematician masquerading as an engineer. My mother was/is *very*
        politically active and influential in the Republican party in the
        state of Florida.  A major personal accomplishment of mine in '88 was
        getting this staunch conservative to solidly back a woman's right to
        choice.  My mom would be called by a state senator or house rep with an
        issue to work or a constituent's problem, and she'd have the job done
        within 4 phone calls or less.  And heaven help the legislator she
        campaigned for that voted in a manner she strongly disagreed with!
        She would have party officials all over her or him within minutes
        of reading the incriminating information in any of the 3-4 papers
        she reads daily or political newsletters she receives. My friends in
        high school would come over and debate her for hours at a time in the
        family room.  I'd be studying in an adjacent room and would
        inevitably hear her say at least twice in the evening, "You kids just
        don't read your history books!"  I'd smile, and continue studying.

        If my mom were a =wn=er, half her notes would get "set hidden" :-) !!

     o  As a teenager my life included work as a character at Walt Disney
        World on a temporary seasonal basis (summers and all holidays; yes, the
        'tunnels' are for real!), and as a lifeguard and swimming instructor at
        the Orlando YMCA in the summer.  Was into all sorts of water sports
        that Florida has to offer, and was captain of the women's swim team 
        in high school [and am currently trying to figure out what to do
        in these FRIGID natural bodies of water in New England :-)].   I swam
        the 100 butterfly and 200IM in most swim meets.

     o  Graduated from Duke University in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
        with a BSE in Electrical Engineering; was 1 class short of getting
        a second major in Biomedical Engineering.  Learned how to read 
        for comprehension, write analytically with somewhat acceptable style
        and grammar, and solve technical problems.  Played club water polo &
        intramural basketball.  Am an ACC basketball fanatic; tutored some of
        Duke's basketball players in math and (believe it or not) EE classes
        and therefore always got the inside scoop on the offense and defense for
        the next game.  Am still disgruntled with Johnny Dawkins for blowing
        a double-pump turnaround backwards dunk in the final 2 minutes of the
        NCAA Final Championship game in Dallas where Duke ultimately lost to 
        Louisville after being ahead for 38 minutes.
        
        First witnessed this white stuff falling from the sky freshman year;
        woke up everyone in my dorm hall to let them know we were in for
        a blizzard (turned out to be a 'dusting').  All the Northerner-types
        yawned and went back to sleep; only a guy from Phoenix was interested
        enough to brave the elements and attempt a snowball fight.
        
        In summers I interned in a couple different places - at the electrical
        systems division of the Saturn Corp. of General Motors, Martin Marietta
        Aerospace, a small engineering firm, and a beach!

     o  Currently am hardware engineer in the Low End Systems division
        in the Mill. The project occupying most (110%) of my time at the moment
        is the (just announced!) DECsystem 5400 (MIPSfair).  Am getting into
        the software somewhat, since I'll soon need to understand device drivers
        written in C.

        I really am enjoying Digital - it is by far the best technical
        environment I've been in, and everyone I work with is really bright.
        Still looking for a technical mentor-type who's familiar with LES.  
        I've been criticized for having a  "hard edge" professionally, so I am
        working on trying to understand the standards of acceptable
        behavior and levels of aggression in women.

     o  Am 23 (wishing I were 28), single, and leading a very
        independent, active, and fun life in and around the Boston area.
        Spend a lot of my spare time in Cambridge, with a non-profit
        organization started by women I graduated with at Duke to publish a
        newsletter that focuses on the issues facing female adolescents.
        Currently in the middle of debates over the layout (I'm using Pagemaker
        on my PC-AT w/a hand scanner) logos, pictures, etc...


     My views on women have been influenced by the following:


     In grade school and junior high school, I thought other girls were silly
     and couldn't be trusted to keep a secret.  My brother was my idol.  I was 
     very much a tomboy and hung around him and his friends as much as they 
     would let me.

     In high school I felt somewhat better about other females and developed a
     few strong friendships.

     But it wasn't till I went to Duke Univ. when I really began to be totally
     impressed by women.  The women I encountered there were incredible!  I was
     continually in awe of their individual strength, confidence, intelligence,
     academic ability, political awareness, feminism, and diversity.  Imagine
     what a product like VAXnotes could have contributed to our collective
     strength and unity!

     The members of =wn= have continued to enrich my understanding of women and
     feminism, as well as providing positive female role models for me at a time
     when I am searching for them.  I'm happy to be here.


     =WN= also permits me to discuss painful experiences as logically and 
     rationally as I can, with an emotional detachment not possible for me 
     (yet) when talking to another person.  And when I'm not always emotionally 
     detached   ... terminals don't mind tears.


                                                            nancy b.

My name's Diana Carroll, and I have returned to Digital after a year's
abscense (see note 2.76 for my original introduction.)

I just graduated from RPI with a degree in Computer Science, and just
started working here (for real this time) last Monday.  (See, didn't
take me long to re-note :-).  I am working on the LSE project for TLE
up in Nashua (ZKO).  (That was one thing I didn't miss about DEC, all
the TLA's.)

Anyway, I love getting mail, so don't hesitate to write.  I don't know
if any of you remember me from last summer, but I did make it to one of
the =wn= parties.  Just don't ask me to remember which names go with
which faces!

D! (who has finally settled down...maybe)

moved by co-moderator
    
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    Hi!  Just a note to introduce myself.  My name is Lisa and I am
    currently working in the Advanced Technology Center Lab in Greenville,
    S.C.  I love my job and hope that it will soon be permanent. I am
    interested in womens issues as far as being strongly pro-choice,
    and hope to hear from others with similiar feelings.  My husband
    and I are currently undergoing studies for infertility(he already
    had the boom lowered that he is sterile) so most of it centers on
    me.  We are hoping that with Artificial Insemination by Donor (AID)
    will get us pregnant and we'll have a little bambino soon!  I'll
    try to keep everyone *abreast* of the situation, pun intended!
    Please write if you have had similiar experiences/difficulties
    with pregnancy.  Thanks, Lisa
    

    
    (see .109 for initial entry)
    
    Hi,  Well after 10+ years at Corp. Distribution in Northboro, I've
    moved to the Mill (MLO23-2).  I am now the Corp. Manager of
    Environmental, Health and Safety Public Policy.  DTN 223-5140
    

    Hi my name is Lise, I have made recent entries and replies. Thanxs
    to the moderators attention I forgot to introduce myself.
    so here I am a litle late and backwards but doing.
    
    Lise J. Kuhlmann

    Hi, I work at HLO2 as a technical writer for SEG/CAD (CAD tools for
    chip design and layout).  I've been at DEC for 2 years and like it.
    
    One of the best things is NOTES!  And from what I've read over the last
    two months, this is a great notesfile!  Kudos to the moderators and
    writers -- together, you've created an environment where almost
    anything can be discussed without hurtful heat.  Wide-ranging variety
    of topics, too, like the wide-ranging variety of women's interests...
    
    ... Well, enough of that, back to me ...  :-)
    
    I graduated (oh, excuse me so much, *was* graduated...(!)) from Mount
    Holyoke College, one of the five? colleges left from the original Seven
    Sisters Schools (MHC, Bryn Mawr, Smith, Wellesley; Radcliffe, Vassar,
    and one other I can't remember, sorry.)  I got a degree in English and
    Psychology.  Spending four years in an all-female environment was, on
    the whole, enriching.  I missed some aspects of the typical college
    social experience, but found that I developed a strong "sense of me". 
    I'm infinitely more confident than I was in high school -- thanks, MHC!
    
    I love my mom dearly -- she's an old MHT (Mount Holyoke Type) herself.
    
    Home for the last five years has been a rent-controlled apartment in 
    Brookline.  I've worked at MIT, a management consulting firm, and a
    high-tech publicity agency; studied to be a technical writer at night;
    and am a *big* fan of public transportation.  Until she got married
    last year (and took our cat!!), my roommate was a friend from college.  
    (Clarification:  she's still my friend from college but she's no longer
    my roommate.  Slight joke here.  Haha.)
    
    I now have a slightly neurotic (aren't they all?!) black glossy cat
    named Sheba and a tropical fish tank.  (All fish from the relatively
    friendly tetra family -- no fin-rippers allowed in *my* tank.)
    
    My main hobby is to sing in a semi-professional acappella group called
    the "Copley Cats" -- 12 women, and we've sung together for about four
    years.  We all call our weekly rehearsal night our "mental health"!  I
    guess I've always kept a part of my social life women-only, which adds
    variety.  I also volunteer as an exhibit interpretor for the Museum of
    Science.  I *love* movies.  
    
    One sad thing is that my best friend is moving to Amherst next month to
    study at Umass.  I'll miss her terribly.  Oh, well, I'll visit.  Often...
    
    I'm a fairly cheerful person.  No, scratch that.  I'm a cheerful
    person.  Currently single, but who knows -- my friends always predicted
    I'd be the last to go, and so it is...and so far I'm enjoying life as
    it is!
    
    You may have noticed that I like to write.  A LOT.  See you in the
    notesfile!

    My name is Carol Greathouse and I am an Administrative Secretary
    supporting a Customer Services remote office in Walnut Creek,
    California.  I wear many hats and could accurately be called a "Jill
    of all trades."
    
    I am very interested in noting and welcome the opportunity to share
    ideas and knowledge with others at DEC.
    
    

    
    Hi everyone.  I just realized I never introduced myself.  My name
    is Phyllis Koyner.  I am a Corporate Account Administrator in the
    New York Office.  I've read Womannotes here and there over the past
    couple of years but have only recently started to really keep up
    and actually respond now and then.  I've always considered myself
    a feminist but have never really been active in the woman's movement.
    (Other than monetarily).  Lately I've been spurred on to action by 
    a group of robed individuals playing G-D and have become very involved
    with both NOW and NARAL.  
    
    I look forward to becoming an active member of this notesfile..
    it seems there's some terrific individuals in here.  
    
    Peace,
    Phyllis
        
    

    I'm Susan Gertzis and I work in ULTRIX Marketing.  I've been with Digital
    a little over eight months and really haven't noted much.  I look
    forward to an occassion browse through this notesfile.  When I get xnotes
    running on my workstation you may see me pop up as XIRTLU::gertzis.
    

    
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    Hi Maggie and all other females participating,
    
    My name is also Margaret but I am known as Mags.  This has been
    my fist ever nickname and was manufactured in Digital.  However
    I am 23 years of age, single but will be married to a great guy,
    Ronnie in November of this year.  I have been employed by Digital
    for 2.5 years and until recently have been very happy.  My previous
    employments have ranged from a Hotel Receptionist to a Documentation
    Specialist.  I guess I should tell my present position in Digital.
    I am a Buyer for the Operational Purchasing group, a job which I
    enjoy very much.
    
    I have a brother of 10 years, 2 sisters, one 16 and the other 24.
    My father was a oil rigger for most of his life and my mother, like
    myself had various jobs.  We are a close family and although I have
    been living away from home for the past 2 years we still keep in
    tough.  (Maybe not as often as I should).

	Thats all for now...........................Regards Mags


    

    As I made Mags aware ( .203 ) of the existence of this and other
    notesfiles, I though it was about time I introduced myself!
    
    My name is Frances Barron, I work as a purchasing specialist in
    the Ayr manf Plant, Scotland.    I have been with Digital for nearly
    4 years now, but just discovered the existence Notes myself, about
    2 mths ago and have been reading this file on and off for about
    3 weeks. 
                      
    I am 31 years young, married to Alex, no children as yet.
    
    I enjoy swimming, keep fit, hillwalking, cycling and numerous other
    hobbies/pastimes.
    
    Look forward to contributing now and then..........
    
    Frances
           

    I've been a read/seldom write member of Womannotes for approximately two
    years. I've been with Digital for 2 3/4 years. Currenty, I'm happily
    working as a CUP tech writer in Marlboro, MA. 

Outside of work, I'm:

-  Happily "married"! :-)

-  Involved with a feminist talk radio program that broadcasts out of WMBR
   88.1 FM on the beautiful campus of MIT in Cambridge, MA (see note
    661). It's really challenged me to grow as a feminist and womyn -- to 
    examine and address my biases, prejudices, and other "stuff" as well
    as learning how to work collectively.  It's also been an incredible
    source of support and personal gratification.
                                      
-  An avid reader of smut novels (Curious Wine), mysteries (Murder at the
   Nightwood Bar) and an occasional "real" book  (The Philosopher's Pupil)

-  A closet jock who likes biking, swimming, waterskiing, tennis, volleyball, 
   softball, basketball...
           
Here's to another great year of noting,                
    
    Mary

    
                                  

I guess it's about time I introduced myself... I've been a read-only noter for 
almost a year now.  I'm usually not shy, but I sometimes feel it would be 
difficult to live up to all the eloquently written notes I find in this 
conference!

Well anyway, I'm Sue, I've worked for DEC up in Nashua for a little over a year.
I came here right out of school (UConn) as a software engineer in database 
languages.  Up until a few weeks ago I was living with my old college roommie 
and commuting from Maynard.  Now I'm in Nude Hampster and paying no taxes!

I'm in a long distance relationship (Mark lives and works in CT) and dealing 
with the unique problems and opportunies which arise.  All in all, I *love* 
living by myself but would like to see more of the man I love....

Gee, I don't usually like to get so personal with people I don't know, but I
feel like I already know a lot of you.  Now let's see if I can become 
read/write!

Ciao,
Sue

Hi -- I'm Mary Vaskas, a consultant in San Francisco SWS (PSS).

I've just begun reading this conference, since I have a little
more personal noting time free right now -- and having been
impressed by a number of woman-noters I've "met" over the
last few years, decided to drop in.

I'm a feminist and lesbian (not necessarily in that order),
and my primary personal noting to date has been in the
lesbian/gay/bi conference.  "Lesbian issues", though, are
not usually distinct from "Women's issues", in my mind
(so, I may end up repeating myself in the two files, in
other words :-)).

Looking forward to good discussion...

	MKV

    I am Claire Gates, I am a User Project Manager for part of a european
    application called FLS and based in Reading, UK.
    
    Another novice noter, I am still at the "child in a sweetie shop'
    stage having started using NOTES about 2 months ago and been so
    dazzled by the range of conferences available that I hardly know
    which ones to sample first !
    
    This looks good ( but I've got loads of reading to do ! ) and I
    look forward to contributing sometimes.
    
    All the Best,    Claire
    

	Just what I need, another conference to follow!  Thanks,, D! :-)!
	Oh, well, I've been looking around here for an hour or two, and
	I'm hooked...

	I've been at Digital since Novemeber '87.  I'm a software engineer
	with the RSTS/E development group (yes, we still do development on
	the PDP-11's!) in Merrimack, NH.  I co-moderate several conferences, 
	inluding SCA, WEIGHTLOSS, and EATING_DISORDERS.

	On the personal scene, I was divorced earlier this year (my previous 
	username was KASPER).  I'm now living with my SO, Kevin Herbert, who
	works in Littleton, MA.  We live in the woods of mason, NH with our 
	two 5-month-old feline monsters, Chrysalis and Copernicus :-).

	I'm looking forward to meeting some of you at tonight's party!
	Beverly

    Hi, I'm Lynn, working as a secretary in ESG, Marlboro.  I have one
    adult child, one adult husband, one oldlady cat, one youngfreshthing
    cat.  In my "spare" time, I read a lot (mostly science fiction), sew a
    lot (almost always my own designs; quilting, needlepoint, costuming),
    and do the occasional calligraphed document.  Other interests I have
    are co-dependency and family systems; southern Maine; raising an
    artist; and how [married or elsewise] relationships change over time.
    Lynn 

    This makes me feel like standing up in class the first day of school
    but...
    
    I've been a temp(?) in the Peoria, Illinois office since April, 1988.
    Currently I'm providing sales support on some of the desktop products
    for demonstrations, presentations, etc. and being a technical writer/
    graphics illustrator.
    
    I'm single (again), 32, I have a 13 year old daughter (she's living
    in Arizona with her father), bartend at a small neighborhood "tavern",
    and love to read, play darts, garden and watch the seasons change.
    The last one was the main reason I moved back to the midwest from 
    Nevada/Arizona. 
    
    I'm very interested in making DECfriends through this file. There
    seem to be so many interesting people noting in this conference, 
    I do sometimes wish I didn't live so far away. 
    
    LL

    But you can call me Dot.
    
    I have worked for DEC for roughly 2 1/2 years if you include time
    as a temp. I started out as a temp sr. secretary here at LMO2 when
    I was pregnant with my daughter Aisha. I was hired permanently,
    and went on maternity leave not long after! When I returned after
    8 weeks of maternity leave, I found out that I was pregnant with
    my son Jacob 2 weeks later! I am now a technical writer  (edit/proof
    specialist if you want to be technical about it) writing and
    maintaining procedures for Quality Control. I have a B.A. in Secondary
    English Ed (hated teaching though) and 1 year of grad school for
    Teaching ESOL.  I am hoping to get into software writing if I can
    ever find out where that training prgram is offerred!!
    
    I am interested in other cultures, theology and antiques. Mostly
    I take care of my kids (now 21 mos. and 9 mos.) and my husband Arshad
    (who is from Pakistan) and Abbey (the cat, my furry child).
    
    Thank God for Notes!
                                                          

    
    Hello.
    My name is Margaret Russell.  I'm a technical writer and work in LJO2,
    which is in Littleton, MA.  I used to be in Nashua, NH at ZKO.
    I've been with DEC over 2 1/2 years.
    
    I've been a writer all of my working life.  Sold my first free-lance
    story at the age of 15 and was hooked -- probably forever -- on writing.
    Besides technical writing (both hardware and software), I've done news-
    papers, advertising, press relations, science writing, and statistical
    interpretation.  The last means turning numbers into words.
    
    I put myself through college with free-lance writing, some
    scholarships, some grants, and teaching writing.  Teaching writing
    was great fun.  I've got my masters in communication theory.
    
    My big love is reading.  I also enjoy art, making art, going to
    galleries, art history, and making my apartment aesthetically pleasing.
    I like animals, the environment, good wine, and good company.
    
    Pleased to meet you all.
    

    
    
    	My name is Kim. I work for the CSC in Colorado Springs as
    	a Software Support Specialist. I have worked for DEC for
    	5+ years starting in Field Service as a System Manager and
    	gradually migrated to Software. I am single, have two kids
    	and one cat. The kids are big and have flown from the nest
    	(good thing I taught them to fly, huh?) and the cat has decided
    	to stay. I have been reading this notes file for some time now
    	and have decided that a more active role is ok.

    
    Hi,
    
    My name is Rose Morsi and I've worked for DEC for twelve years-all
    of them spent in manufacturing, and all but the last five months
    were spent in the Salem (NIO) NH facility.  I am now in the Chelmsford
    ICO facility working as a business systems analyst for an end user
    computing organization which in turn is part of an MIS organization.
    
    I have a family (husband, three kids, and a cat), a very large
    mortgage, and the beginnings of an ulcer.  I am looking forward
    to reading and replying to Womannotes.  I've heard lots of good
    things about this file.
    
    Regards,
    
    Rose 

    	Hi everyone....
    	My name is Sharon, and I've been here 2 weeks, I'm a temp but I
    	guess I'll be here a while so I'll be scouring through this file
    	when I have the time.
    
    	I guess the most important thing I can say about myself is that
    	I refuse to let myself be/play/whatever the victim anymore.
    
    	Love and Light to you all.
    
    	- Sharon

    
    It's about time that I sign in......
    
    My name is Lisa Gassaway, I'm a process development engineer in ASD
    in Hudson MA.  I've been with DEC for a little over a year, and have
    been read only on and off for about that long (and have seen a few
    familiar usernames pop in from time to time).
    
    Other bits of information: I'm 23, single, interested in radio
    engineering, and will possibly be a certified diver by next January.
    I've recently ended a five-year live in relationship and am in the
    process of starting up a new one (definitely NOT live in).  I haven't
    experienced a lot of the things that are talked about here (marriage,
    divorce, kids) but I enjoy the openness in the discussions and will
    contribute when I can.
    
    Lisa  
                                                    

    Jacki Muise
    Graphic Services - Spitbrook, NH
    
    I've been reading this notesfile for several years, but rarely
    participate.  However, I've gotten so much valuable information
    here, I decided it was only fair that I introduce myself.
    
    Been with DEC 3 years, am very happily married to a contract
    labor manager (he actually got me into DEC on contract 3 years ago!),
    have a terrific 5-year-old daughter and am very much into women's
    issues.
    
    jacki
    

    
    
    Dale Mynott
    SPR Programs
    I've been here for 4 years
    Divorced 17 years
    2 daughters 19 and 20
    
    
    ..dale
    

    Hello to Everyone;
    
    My name is Vivian Rankin, I've been employed by Digital for the past
    2.5 years.  I currently work within the Design Engineering Group as
    a Technical Administrator.  I'm originally from California but fell
    for a Scotsman so now reside in Scotland. 
    
    For all of you out there who still wonder I'll set the record
    straight.  A true Scotsman wears NOTHING under his kilt, (but prays
    for warm weather).
    
    As my Scotsman is my second marriage 'we' have a big family, six
    children in all.  We enjoy the simple pleasures life has to offer and
    by most peoples standards probably live a rather dull and boring life.
    
    Reading and participating in the numerous notes files has become one
    of the 'simple' pleasures I'm glad Digital offers it's employees.
    
    Bye for now; Viv

    HI!my name is carol bainbridgec l work at the newcastle branch.
    my job here is a receptionist but as you can see l also work on
    a vt320 terminal booking conference room/meeting rooms,it can be
    a lonely life being a receptionist some times but then again it
    can be great just to have some piece and quiet especially on a MONDAY!!
    l'm glad that l have my terminal because l have found many interesting
    topics on the notes level,ie;cooking ,dejavu,terminal art.computer
    advice and also a topic on king charles cavelier dogs this one
    especially as l have two  cavelier king charles my self.
    
    well thats all for now
    regards
    carol

    My name is Paula Holland, I'm a Sales Unit Secretary at 2 Penn Plaza,
    New York, I've been at DEC three years, and I'm about to move over
    to the ACT to support the new manager.
    
    Privately, I'm an artist, and sometime free-lance illustrator.
    
    Nice to be here!
    

    My name is Wendy Carboneau.  I have been with DEC for 6+ years, and
    have very recently made the giant leap UP from assembler to secretary.
    I now work in Marlboro.  
    
    I am divorced and have custody of my 9 year old boy and 11 year old
    girl.
    
    I'll be here reading, and may even have something to say, now and then.

    	I thought I had introduced myself here, but I can't seem to
    find it. 

    	Amy Goldman, normally found on LDYBUG::.  My home base is at
    the Mill, but as of January, I'll be working out of NRO for a few
    months.  I'm a software engineer, been with DEC 2 1/2 years.  I'm 
    24, single, and have lots of varied interests.  I've been reading 
    on and off here for quite a while and throw in a note every now 
    and then.  

    	amy

I thought I would introduce myself since I just wrote my first note.

I'm Nisha Thatte and I am a software engineer in TTB (Nashua).  I have been at 
DEC for 1 1/2 years full time and before that I worked as a summer hire here.
I will probably read often and occasionally write a note or two.

Nisha

    I'm back from maternity leave -- still in the same group at work,
    but the family now includes David, 3 months.  And oh, how I didn't
    want to leave him this morning . . . no matter how good it is to
    be back.
    
    --bonnie

    Hi, my name's Ann Quayle.  I work as a secretary in Service Industries
    Sales Training, at MKO, am married, and have 3 children
    (2 grown and gone, 1 teen at home).  I'm 41.  I'm
    a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (see
    you in MORMONISM).                         
    
    I usually sign off as:
    aq
    

    Hi.  I'm Susan Farina.  I've been with Digital for almost six years,
    and have been a Technical Editor with Corporate User Publications for
    two years.  I currently work in Littleton.
    
    I just discovered WOMANNOTES (thanks to Kath Gallup's note in
    SINGLES).  I have a feeling that I will be checking in here as often as
    I can.
    
    I'm about to turn 30 and am becoming more and more aware of the world
    around me (no more self-centered youth? ;-).  I'm realizing what is
    really important to me, and I'm standing up to let others know.
    
    I live in Nashua, NH, and have lived there since I was 8 months old.
    But if the politics don't become more enlightened and I find we cannot
    change things, I will move!
    
    You'll be seeing my name around!
    
    Susan

    Hi,
    
    My name is Kelley Perry and I have been working at DEC for a little
    over 2 years.  Up until a few months ago I was involved with System
    Management, and a variety of system support.  I am now working on
    designing databases and involved with some programming.
    
    I have been married to Steve for about 1 1/2 years, and I think
    being married is just great.
    
    I enjoy camping and riding my bike, and I just recently got involved
    with studying karate.

    Cyndi Miller, worked on/off DEC for the past 7 years as a technical
    editor.  Surprisingly, was introduced to this notes file by a (male)
    co-worker!

    
    Abby Davies
    
    Selling for DEC in London.
    
    I've been with DEC for about 7 years now - I've been reading (and
    occasionally writing to) =wn= for 18 months or so......
    
    I'm 30, "living in", two cats, no kids, and learning all the time......
    
    
    

    
    
    Alison Jenkins
    
    Work for ADG (Applications Development Group), in Basingstoke, UK, as
    a Data Analyst (well, that's what the job title is!) - been with DEC
    for nearly 4 years.
    
    Read only at the moment...
    
    Ali

    Kathy Maxham
    
    Technical Writer in Littleton, Mass. I've been with Digital for
    two years.
    
    Favorite things include reading, my dog, and hanging out at home 
    (can't believe I finally got one of my own!).
    
    I've been a read-only noter for a year or so. Started breaking
    out of my read-only mode lately, so I decided I'd better
    introduce myself.... 
                                                               

    Hi
    
    My name is Heather Fleming and I'm a Forecast Analyst (where do
    they get these job titles from?) in Logistics in Winnersh (READING
    ENGLAND).                      
    
    I'm 21 and been with the company for three years.  I am also a
    part-time youth worker at a youth club in the village where I live.
    
    I'm a strict lacto-vegetarian that hates most forms of exercise,
    although I can just cope with Callanetics every now and again.
    
    I've only just found this conference so I've got a lot of catching
    up to do!
    
    Cheers
    
    HEATHER.

    Hi,
    	My name is Candy Jennings, I'm 23 and I've been with DEC for 
    1.5 years.  I just found this note and decide to introduce myself
    right away.  Many topics seem to be of real interest.
    
    I'm sure I'll be talkin to you later!
    
    Candy 

	Hi,

	I suppose I should introduce myself.  I have been one 
	of those 'read only' noters for a while but with the
	possiblity of this becoming a members conference I
	wanted to make sure that I was on the list. My name 
	is Connie Castine.  I just completed 9 years with DEC
	on February 23.  I have 3 children, 2 daughters Christa,
	who is 19 (with a new daughter of her own) and Brenda 
	who is 13.  My son, Philip is 15.  I live in Colorado
	Springs and work in the Customer Support Center. I am
	I am currently working for the DIS/SD development group 
	as a Programmer/Analyst.


	Connie  :)

	 Well, I started here in this note, so it's only right that I
	 end here.

	 When I first came here, I found this to be a wonderful
	 supportive place......but it's become a pit of vipers for me.
	 
         I am increasingly uncomfortable with the method of discussion
         some members of this community use.  And it's become apparent
         to me in the last few months that my ideals and my opinions
         are not those of certain prolific members here.  And the
         contention that has arisen because of my alternate opinions
         has caused quite a bit of discomfort in this community.

	 At this time it has gotten to the point where I can no longer
	 respect these noters when they begin in on me.  I have
	 tried to practice great restraint in responding, but it's
	 gotten too much for me and I can't handle it anymore.

	 Since disrespect of other noters is against PP&P 6.54, I
	 realize that I can no longer continue as a member of this
	 conference without exhibiting that disrespect.

	 This conference has given me a lot of things......deeper
	 understanding, more compassion, wonderful friends in addition
	 to some tremendous support.  I'm going to miss that.  So I
	 sit here, and I cry, but I know it's what I have to do for my
	 own sanity and my own well-being.

	 Some people say "it's just notes", but it's more than that to
	 me, it's a part of me.  This conference hits a lot of
	 subjects that are very near and dear to my heart, and it's
	 gotten too much when I'm deliberately misunderstood, my
	 opinions are shot down as it they are not important and I'm
	 treated as if I'm not worthy of respect.  I'm here to learn,
	 but I'm also here to express my views and to discuss
	 them....rationally.

	 So, I'm taking a leave of absence from Womannotes.  For those
	 interesting in talking women's issues with me, I can be found
	 in soc.women and soc.feminism on the USENET.


	 kathy

    Sandie Dionne
    
    human being, woman, mother, friend, employee, etc. etc. etc...
    

    
    Hello, I've been a read-only noter for several months now but have just
    recently started writing.  I've worked for DEC (in Australia) for just
    over 3 years now.  Started as a trainee computer operator, moved
    through to senior and now have the title "Sales Information Systems
    Administrator".  Basically I am first level support for all those
    wonderful applications the sales force use.  I won't be able to write
    much as I dont have the time and it is hard to keep up.  You will hear
    from me occasionally though.
    
    		Holly

    Hmm, I always thought I was registered
    
    I've been with DEC for only 2 1/2 years, a lot of people are surprised
    it hasn't been longer, I guess I just dug in from day one and got
    involved with things here. 
    
    I work at MKO (Merrimack, NH) on the Customer Assistance Hotline
    as a operations analyst. I really like this job, even thought I
    listen to people complain all day! 
    
    I don't have the patience to contribute to a lot of the Hot topics
    in here. I can't figure out how I got on the top 50 list, I guess
    I must have my pet topics. I think arguing should be done off line.    
    I co-moderate the new close conference for the Adoption Triad. 
    
    Outside of work I participate in many sports. I am active in the Digital
    Woman's basketball league. Joining the softball league this season.
    Snow ski one night a week but that seasons over. Must be time to
    dust off the tennis racket...pull out the water skis...pump up the
    tires on the bike..you get the idea. Besides sports I do volunteer
    work for the blind and the Red Cross and am an avid reader of
    Non-Fiction mostly business oriented books.  

    And that is were I'm coming from...

    Hello fellow noters!
    
    This is Norma Dwinells, Field Test Administrator for the Secure Systems
    Group in Boxboro Ma. I have been with the group for just over a year,
    but have been with DEC for 17+ years.
    
    

    I'm Kathy Petrie, Applications Marketing for the Latin
    America/Caribbean Region.  I've worked for DEC for 14+ 
    years (about 7 of them in the General International Area).  
    
    I'm 99% read-only but have been following the conference for
    about a year.   You'll see a note from me once in a while. 
    Cooking and following the NBA basketball season are a couple
    of my favorite hobbies.  

    I'm Manisha Kher. I'm a software engineer and have been with Digital
    for 1.5 years.
    
    I'm an Indian. I've been in the US for last three years. I'm married,
    but because my husband is away in school, I'm still enjoying my
    single life ;-).
    
    I love snow, cloudy days and fall colors.
    
    Manisha

    Cross reference WhoAreYou conference, topic 376.
    
    grins,
    Marge

    
    Hi all!
    
    I just got into this conference, so I have a lot of catching up
    to do.  When I have the time(ha!!) you'll see me in here.
    
    Vitals:
    
    Officially I have to sign my checks with Deborah, but only my mother
    calls me that (thank god(ess) she's in Florida now)--- everyone
    else calls me Debbi or Deb.
    
    Been here at Westfield (Mass) all 15 1/2 years of working at DEC.
    
    14 1/2 years of that I've spent as a Mfg Tech., both boards and
    systems.  Currently working on the Teammate II line as part of a
    team.  Our team pioneered the team concept here at Westfield and
    we're still going strong.  It seems that our product is going to
    Kanata in a few months (hi to anyone from there!), thanks to politics.
    Oh well, what's next?? we're ready!
    
    I became a Technician back when there was very few women in the
    field and it's been difficult at times.  I took in house courses
    and worked my way through all they had to offer, then applied for
    anything technical that came up.  I got a job as a Test Tech repairing
    boards for LA36 (remember those?), and I felt the resentment from
    the first minute.  The guy that "trained" me barely showed me how
    to opperate the tester and which prints to use before he walked
    away.  After struggling with the unfamiliar for about a week while
    feeling stupid, (and going home to cry in frustration) everything
    fell into place and I felt like a real Technician.  (I found out
    later that Techs don't know "everything", they just know where to
    go to get the information.) Now I'm real carefull when I train someone
    to sit and make sure that they understand the process and I answer
    all questions--I don't want anyone to go through what I had to.
    
    Enough about work---  home is a six room house that my SO Cindy
    and I bought about 4 1/2 years ago.  Our 5 cats and 1 dog allow
    us to live there in relative chaos.  I'll be 38 in June, and haven't
    yet figured out where the time has gone!  Along with the time spent
    with the animals, I usually find time to read--SF(hello all you
    SF readers, I noticed there are a lot of you out there!), New Age
    books, bios, gardening, religion, science, magazines, newspapers,
    the back of cereal boxes(oops, you wern't suppose to know that :-)
    in other words anything I can get my little hands on.  Conversely,
    I enjoy writing but have little time for that.  
    
    I have been spending more time working out in the exercise room
    here as well as finishing up my physical therepy after an operation
    on my right knee in September.  Now maybe I can lose some of this
    extra weight!!  Before my little accident (2 years ago), I played
    softball, raquetball, rode my 10 speed and went bowling.  Hopfully
    I can get back to doing some of those things.  My other sedetary
    activities include cross stich, crossword puzzles, movies (vcr),
    some TV shows (like Roseanne, and Alien Nation, and Star Trek:TNG)
    and Nintendo games.
    
    I have been involved with the gay/lesbian group here at Westfield
    for about 2 years and find it very rewarding.  I enjoy doing VoD
    work and would like to see more people become involved.  I've been
    interested and involved in women's issues for as long as I can
    remember.  Having grown up in the Sixties, I was influenced by all
    that was going on around me.  I think that growing up in the shadow
    of a great woman's college didn't hurt either.  I lived for most
    of my younger years about 1 mile away from Mount Holyoke College,
    I even worked there part time while going to high school--I guess
    the atmosphere just rubbed off on me!!
    
    If you look for me in other conferences you'll find me in the
    gay/lesbian note(of course), Feline, Star Trek, SF, Canine and
    occasionally in TV(only 'cause Alien Nation doesn't have it's own
    note!)  
    
    Glad to be here...
    
    Talk to you soon.
    
    Debbi

My name is Lisa Pottle.  I am an Information Systems Specialist working
at Parker Street in Maynard.  I have been at DEC for 2 years.  

Outside of work I am involved in many volunteer organizations.   But one 
of the most rewarding groups that I am involved with is the Big Sister 
Association.   

I have, in the past, been a read-only noter but I plan to begin writing 
as well.

Lisa

    	My name is Suzanne, and I'm a hardware support engineer with the
    	Customer Support Center in Colorado Springs.  
    
    	My specialty is Clusters, and I'm board-certified (Technical
    	Proficiency Review Board) to the T7 Level on VAXClusters and
    	VAX 8800's.  At the CSC, I'm a support engineer for the after
    	hours RDG, and I also do "Remote Support" for engineers on
    	customer sites in the field.
    
    	My B.A. degree is in Philosophy, from the University of Hawaii.
    	My specialty in the Philosophy department was Symbolic Logic and
    	Boolean Algebra.  I also taught college-level Poetry and Drama
    	for the English Department during my senior year (in the "Senior
    	Seminar Program,") and I won the Creative Writing Award the same
    	year (1976.)
    
    	Am also working on a second Bachelor's degree (in Computer Science)
    	in preparation for work on my Masters in Computer Science.
    
    	My son Ryan and I live in Colorado Springs with our two cats.
    
    	I'm in my fourth year with Womannotes.

    I thought I had done this before...must have been V1.
    So, I am still here, mostly readin' & learnin'.
    
    -Dotti

    I don't know how I managed to get away with not introducing myself.
    Must be in the old Womannotes or something.
    
    At any rate: I'm Lauren Foster, reliability engineer for another month,
    soon to be the proud new analyst of SEM/EDX data for our semiconductor
    development group. I'm 26 for now, and after several months of
    debating, I can say that I am a recognizable feminist. However, I am
    also (of equal importance) a strong supporter of civil rights and
    affirmative action, especially for African-Americans, which I am, and a
    supporter of freedom of religion, to protect my choice to be Buddhist.
    
    In most other areas, I run somewhat conservative. But the above ones
    make the conservatism pretty hard to find! :-)
    
    Sooooo... can I vote now? 

    I almost never formally introduce myself in notes. It's no fun talking
    about myself. But I'd like to vote. :-)

    I'm Karen Wharton. I will continue to be a Package Engineer in Hudson
    for one more month, then I will be moving to Minneapolis (MPO) to
    assume a position in Sales Support. I like changes. I was born and
    "raised" in Guyana. I and my family moved to Brooklyn, NY in 1981.  I
    then moved to Boston in 1982 and have been here since. I like
    Massachusetts and New York.  I would like explore some of the other
    states in the Union.  Minnesota here I come.

    I'm one of three moderators of Blacknotes.  My black awareness is much
    more acute than my feminist awareness.  Fear not, I am in tuned with
    the feminine part of my being! :-)  Most likely I'll continue to be a
    read-mostly/write-hardly member of Womannotes. 

    I'm 24, unmarried, no kids, no pets... I don't have any specific
    hobbies; I do a little of everything.  When I read I tend to read about
    the black experience so naturally my favorite authors are James Baldwin
    and Toni Morrison. I also read some Caribbean dialect.  The most recent
    one was a Sistren Collection. Musically speaking my taste runs from
    reggae to calypso to rap to R&B to jazz.  One of my favorite pastimes
    is cooking - then eating what I cooked - quite a therapeutic
    combination.  I don't have recipes.  I just cook as I go along. 

    Anyway, that's enough for now.  See ya around.
    
    _karen

    Hello,
    
    I'm Chris DeCamp, U.S. E.I.S. (Enterprise Integration Services) Human 
    Factors Programs Manager...(what a mouth full!)  I've been with DEC
    since 1978 in various roles in Personnel/Human Resources.  I love my
    work even with the occasional "Personnel Bashing" I run into.
    
    I'm 40, single, happy in life with my two cats (Cloe & Zoe) and 
    house on a pond.  Am a read-only at this point as I can barely fit
    that into my hectic schedule.....
    

    Just found this notefile and have only gotten this far in it....
    
    NAME:    Wendy Ames (sometimes known as "The Kid")
    OCCUPATION:    Call Screening Specialist in the RDG in Colorado Springs
    		   in the afterhours group (aka EICS)
    
    I've been with DEC just over a year and a half (if I've figured this
    right it has been 19 months!!)...I just past my 20th birthday in the
    beginning of this month...(guess that means I really do qualify to be
    called "The Kid"  8-} )...I'm currently working third shift (mids,
    graveyard, sh!t shift, whatever you care to call it...) and I enjoy
    it...so much less pressure and stress....
    
    In the short time since I've found NOTES, I think I've become a
    note-a-holic...mostly read-only but a note-a-holic none the less..8-}
    
    I am currently single but I can't wait for May of 1991 when I become a
    Mrs...  I am also trying to teach myself (with the aid of a book) how
    to speak spanish so that I can communicate with my finance's family...
    
    Right at this point in time my hobbies include spending time with my
    fiance, playing with and watching my three (yes, you read right!!),
    three cats (Dogger, Trouble, and Peppare [even the vet spells her name
    wrong!!! 8-} ]), reading, cleaning up after my three cats, writing,
    reading notes, and planning a wedding that neither of our families are
    likely to forget....
    
    Guess that's about it for me...
    
    Be talking to you!!
    
    -Wendy aka "The Kid"-
    

    Hi,
        
    My name is Bernie Harmon.   I am a Material Controller in Ballybrit,
    Galway, Ireland.   I am working in Digital for 10 years.
    
    At the moment I am attending computer programming courses at night.
    
    I am married for 3 years, no kids yet.  
    
    I have only just discovered this Conference.   I am looking forward
    to reading all the notes and contributing to them.
    
    
    
    Bernie

    I feel a little pretentious doing this, but...

    Although I've rarely been a prolific writer in here, I've
    been an avid reader for most of my 2+ years at DEC.  However,
    other commitments are claiming my time, and much as I dislike
    dropping out of this community, I'm afraid reading =wn= is
    taking time away from other activities which I've given
    higher priority.

    You may see me occasionally in some of the slower-paced
    conferences.  And I always like receiving e-mail :), although
    I may be slow responding.

    -- Linda (was {MDKCSW,LOWLIF}::HUXTABLE in intro 2.24, now
              ROCHE::HUXTABLE until/unless I re-introduce myself...)

    Hi,
    
    My name is Bernie Whelan.   I am a material controller in Ballybrit,
    Galway, Ireland.   I am working in Digital for 13 years.
    
    I am married for 2 years and have no children yet.
    
    I am interested in becoming a Technician in the near future, and
    I have just completed a suitable course.
    
    I find your conference very interesting. 
    
    
    
    Bernie
    
    
    

    Hello.
    
    I don't know if I have an old note in here, or not.  I've been
    in and out of this conference for quite some time, I think even
    before it became "-v2".  I have an affection for this file because
    moderator ZURKO and I used to work together.
    
    In '86-'87 I was a software engineer with Digital in Marlboro, Mass.  Since 
    Sept '88 I have been a contract technical writer, sometimes at 
    Digital, sometimes not.  I never know when I'm going to
    be able to be part of this conference.  But I just keep seeming
    to end up back at Digital, so I've decided to join up (here).
    Right now I bounce between Hudson NH and Maynard Mass.  So far
    I have survived the "death to contractors" :-) ruling of last January...
    so far so good.
    
    I write manuals about software products, sometimes network design
    tools, sometimes graphics-related packages.  It depends, of course,
    on the job.
    
    I am married, no children but I look forward to them "someday",
    and in my (ha!) spare time play music and study martial arts
    reasonably seriously, although still at a novice level.  I think
    it is fair to say that I spend most of my time in what some folks
    would call "traditionally male" realms.  Right now I am feeling
    comfortable with that.
    
    Looking forward to learning a lot from experiences outside my own...
    
    Susan                 

    Hello!
    
    I'm Linda Belliveau, a technical writer in LJO2.  On Memeorial Day I'll 
    have been at DEC one year (I think I was one of the last few people
    hired from outside the company.
    
    I've been a tech writer for three years.  In my previous career, I
    worked as a nutritionist (I'm still an R.D.).
    
    I live in Woostah with my lover Yvonne, two dogs, two cats, and 
    two birds.
    
    I enjoy reading, films, touch football, biking, racquette ball, and
    running.
    
    I'm mostly a read-only person, but if I have info or strong feelings
    around an issue I write.
    
    Until recently, I've found this file to be very enjoyable, and
    educational. There are some really elequent writers in WN!  
    My project is gearing up for a deadline so maybe the
    pitbull noting that's occurred will have blown over when I have time
    to read again.  
    
    LindaB

    I am Ann Dillon and work in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in Customer
    Services.  My background is in contract administration and I am
    presently working a pilot project for SOA with one of our focused
    accounts (RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co).
    
    I am a single parent, my son is 10 years old.  His father has been out
    of the picture since several months prior to Matt's birth.
    
    I have been reading this conference for about a week, at the suggestion
    of my manager who is a very unique and visionary man.  I have gained
    some new insight into some old issues since I started reading.
    
    I probably am not so gifted at words as some of the noters but promise
    that I'm every bit as sincere.