The Domain and Web Site : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com

is owned and maintained by the USS Brinkley Bass DD-887 Association.

From this day, 08/22/06, forward, this Site will be used by the Association as a tool and facility in the daily Business and Administrative Operations of the Association.

The Web Manager is Bill 'Smokey' Stover

Bill 'Smokey' Stover is the Association Historian as of 08/22/06 and as Historian, he will use this Site to Record the History of the USS Brinkley Bass in 'Photos' and 'Text'. 

Any and All 'Content' should be 'Attached' to Email and forwarded to one of the addresses provided on this Web Site.  'Content' will be examined for authenticity and will be 'Posted' to the appropriate page(s) immediately.  Click on the 'Contact Us' Button for Email Addresses to be used by the Web Manager for Communications and 'Content' Transfers.

In the event you have the requirement to FAX 'Content', email me at any of the Email Addresses provided.  I will email you back with a good FAX PHONE NUMBER.

On the rare occasion that you may need to mail 'Content', send via the address found at the bottom of most pages other than the first five index or home pages.  The address is at the bottom of this page.

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Hello,

I am Bill ‘Smokey’ Stover.  I am now the B. Bass Association Historian.  As you know, I have taken on the challenge of Computerizing and Web Enabling the Operation of the Association.  This is going to be a full time job for at least a year or two.  In order to make this happen I will have to secure the assistance, cooperation and collaboration of all of the ‘Principle’ ‘Operators’ within the ‘Officer Ranks’ of the Association.  As all of the processes required become apparent and visible, everyone will start to understand the depth of the job that I have undertaken.  Also, of necessity, all ‘Principles’ should begin to use the Internet Facilities as a tool in the effective application of these processes.

Many of those with whom I have communicated use the Internet and email in a very subdued way and some do not use it at all.  The Facilities of the Internet have made the processes available by which we can ‘easily’ do so many things which were not available in times passed.  Because of email spam, many do not use email to its most effective levels.  We need the Internet and the only effective way to make this project happen, is to use the Internet and email to apply the required processes.

The first thing I need is email addresses of those who will collaborate in this venture.  Second I ask all of you to find a way to use the Internet and email to assist in the Computerization and Web Enabling of the Association.  I have committed to at least 20 hours a week for at least two years in the building of a ‘First Class’ Association Operation and Communications System.  As time goes, some of you may be asked to use the Internet and email for as little as 1 hour per week or as much as two hours a week.  Some of those to whom this email will be sent will not open the email because they don’t use the Internet and/or email.  I do not have the time to track down all of those with whom I need to communicate through phone calls or ‘snail mail’.  If you do receive and open this email, please call any of the others and ask them to read this message.  Call or email anyone who may be considered to be an ‘Insider’ in the Association and ask them to email me so that they can become part of this ‘Collaborative Team’.  I am a semi-retired Computer Field Engineer and Information Systems Analyst of 38 years.  I have been involved in Computers and the ‘Net’ since the Internet was DARPANET and ARPANET and owned and operated ‘Exclusively’ by the ‘Military, University, and Research Community’.  All of the ‘Primitive’ Facilities of the Internet were made available to us only about 11/12 years ago.  It has evolved into a tool which makes communications and especially information exchange, a simple and almost instantaneous and painless process.  Please assist me and secure the assistance of others in the ‘Building Up’ of the Association through its Computerization and Web Enabling.

The processes are already in motion.  I have started ‘Building’ the Web Site.  I have already ‘Published’ about 250 changes to the Site in my quest to ‘Transfer’ ownership and ‘Site Personality’ of the ‘Domain’ to the Association.  It will take about two weeks just to find and make all of the changes to remove my ‘Enterprise’ and initiate those items which will completely ‘Identify’ the Web Site as that which is owned and maintained by the Association.  Once I have identified those who have the ‘Credentials’ and Capabilities’ to ‘Collaborate’, I will quickly ‘Build’ the ‘Skeleton Site’.  As the word is disseminated, and all B. Bass Veterans gain access to the Site, a History and Chronology can and will be embedded in the ‘Fabric’ of the Site.  The Site can and will be used for ‘One Way’ communications through information sharing and through the email capabilities provided by the ‘Domain Host’ should become a ‘Conduit’ through which the B. Bass ‘Story’ can be told and be made ‘Visible’ for all to ‘View’, ‘Display’, and ‘Share’ with children, grand children, family, friends, and the world as we know it.

Please become a member of the ‘Collaborative Team’.  I will place this email on a couple of pages of the Web Site so that it can be read by anyone who may wish to collaborate in this ‘Venture’ / ‘Project’.

The following list of links will provide quick links to specific pages of the Association Web Site in which you may be interested today:

Web Site Home Page : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com

Web Site Info : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/website.htm

Association Page : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/association.htm

Contact Us Page : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/contact_us.htm

Mission Statement Page : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/missionstatement.htm

Web Manager’s Page : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/webmanagerspage.htm

New Postings Page : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/postings.htm

Web Manager and Wife : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/about_us_one.htm

Participation Page : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/services.htm

Navigation Page : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/navigation.htm

Site Map/Buttons : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/sitemap.htm

A Viet Nam Era Story : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/about_us.htm

Viet Nam Era Postings : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/vietnampostings.htm

Bass Service Record : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/bassservicerecord.htm

Duty Roster (Viet Name Era) :  http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/vietnamdutyroster.htm

Viet Nam Era Stories : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/vietnamstories.htm

Gurney Letters : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/gurneyletters.htm

I am working on a better method of presenting ‘High Density Documents’ such as the Gurney Letters.  Many ‘Documents’ are memory hogs and are almost non-displayable by some PCs with lower speed processors and lesser memories.

Links Page : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/links.htm

Through Links, Public Domain, Information, Operations, Message, Research and Search List Pages, I will streamline, connect and link B. Bass History, Chronology,  and Information Sharing for ease of operation and access for all Bass Veterans.

The pages/links provided above are just the beginnings of a completely Computerized and Web Enabled Association which will ‘Facilitate’ the ‘Connecting’ of all Association Members and all Bass Veterans and ‘Friends’ of the B. Bass.  Access individual pages with these links or just ‘Click’ : http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/index.htm and ‘Navigate the ‘Web Site’ through Clicks on ‘Photos’, ‘Items’, and the 100s of ‘Buttons’ provided.

Thanks for your assistance, interest, input, and support, keep in touch,

Bill ‘Smokey’ Stover

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