Dave's Monthly Web Address August

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Hidiley-Ho Westerinos! Well, here it is: my 1st "Monthly Web Address". (clap.wav)

I'll be the first one to admit that it took me a while to get off my bum and do this page, but it's a little hard to motivate yourself to do a web page when nobody knows about your web site (yet!).

If you're an interested student (not just one of my nerdy friends who I told to check out this page) and you surfed your way here to learn more about what your president is doing for you, then Congratulations! You've proved that it was all worth my time. Score 2 points if you actually read this in August, score 3 points if you were reading another monthly address and decided to go back and read the ones you've missed, and score 1 point if you are just one of my nerdy friends.

So here is the deal with the Presidential Address: At the end of each month (or the weekend at the end of the month) I'll be typing up my month-end report affectionally called the "Report to Council". At the same time, I'll do the presedential address for the next month. So the address will focus on "what's coming", while the report to council is more about "what came". In addition, I want to include some monthly features, such as "Random Thoughts", "Current Projects" and my "Top 10 Groovy Web Sites". I figure the best way to get people to read these pages is to keep them entertaining. The page will undoubtably evolve throughout the school year, so stay tuned.

Current Projects
Special things I'm working on over the next month.

• Late Night with David Tompkins. I plan on having a bi-weekly television show (a la David Letterman) on TV-Western, with guests and musical acts, skits, and anything else I can think of. If you are creative and funny and want a good project to work on that will last the whole year, then drop me a line.
• Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) list - I'm creating the USC FAQ. I may do a general USC FAQ and then a USC President FAQ, but I'm not sure yet.  I think this has LOTS of potential, and could be an effective way to explain how and why the USC does things. Let me know if you want to add a question to the FAQ. 
• Details & filing systems. Boring, but important. There are many fine details I have to finish up before the school year starts. In addition, I'm getting a couple of new filing cabinets in the office, so I'm re-organizing all the presidential files.
• Operation: Face-Lift. This is the fancy name we've associated with the USC goal setting process this year. This month I'm solidifying the goals, and consolidating what some of the various members of the USC have come up with.

Random Thoughts - August
Not much, really, but things I do think about.

• Has anyone won anything in the Coca-Cola Red Hot Olympic contest? I have one or two bottles every day and I haven't won a thing.
• I've just heard rumors of a new Blues Brothers cartoon for 1996-97. With this, and the new Blues Brothers 2000, I don't know If I should be really excited, or prepare to be completely dissapointed.
• I totally caved in and read the synopsis for the new Star Trek Movie, First Contact. I feel shame.

Dave's Top 10 "Groovy" Web Sites - August
because they don't have to be great, just groovy.

10. WWWF Grudge Match
9. Publishers Clearing House!
8. Motiv8
7. romance.net - Horoscope
6. Suck (It's not what you think)
5. TV Nation Home Page
4. Canada411 - Find A Person / Find A Business
3. Internet Gaming Zone
2. Discoland: Where The Music Never Ends!
1. For the last time, I'm the USC Prez, not the USC Pez.