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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:14:31 -0400
From:         "(George Frajkor)" <gfrajkor@CCS.CARLETON.CA>
Subject:      Re: your mail
              26, 92 7:54 pm

GEORGE BAUER writes:
>

> Recently, I saw a quotation attributed to Stanislav Panis, Head of the
> Slovak National Party.
>
> But I can find no further reference to him.  and another sources says that
> JOzef Prokes is chairman.
>
> Can you tell me who is Panis, and who is current head of the Slovak
> National Party?

      The head of the Slovak National Party (SNS) is Jozef Prokes.
Panis was a member of the original SNS back in 1990 and was elected to
the federal aswsembly that year. But he was expelled
(or as he says it, left) and he founded his own party, the name of
which I have fogotten buit it is probnably something like party of
Slovak National Unity or something like that. He is widely considered
to be a dolt and an extremist, which is why he was drummed out of the
SNS, and which is no doubt why his party got an immeasurably small per
centage of the vote in the last elections.
  He has since been trying to unite all the fring parties so as to
increase his possible popularity.  He is a former rock musician who
made his money playing mostly for the Soviet garrisons and communist
organizations.

    Jan George Frajkor
 School of Journalism                      _!_
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:55:38 EDT
From:         Stan Brunn <BRUNN@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Women in Czecho-Slovakia
              5 Oct 1992 15:06:25 EST from <HAMMERL@UCS.INDIANA.EDU>

Thanks, Louise, for bringing these items on women in CSFR to us on the network.
 Last week I heard an interview with a women from Praha who lives in New York C
ity now and drives taxis. She is a recent author of a book about a truck driver
. Maybe someone else heard the interview; it was good. Also I would like toknwo
 the author's name and book title. Stan Brunn
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Date:         Sun, 4 Oct 1992 14:14:54 EDT
From:         Hugh Agnew <AGNEWHL@GWUVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: New Education Minister
              4 Oct 1992 09:55:17 MDT from <janszel@POSEN.MFF.UNIBA.CS>

Jan, thanks for the interesting further information about the situation
regarding the rector at TU (Trnava University).

Could you add anything by way of comment to the report in the "Carolina"
newsletter (a week ago or so) which claimed that the rectors of at least
4 to 5 other institutions of higher education in Slovakia ALSO do not meet
the stipulated requirement that they hold academic rank of professor or
docent?  The implication (at least the way this issue was being reported
in the Czech lands two weeks ago) is that singling out Mr. Hajduk alone
for this dismissal suggests more than the technical question of qualifi-
cations is at stake.

Sincerely,  Hugh Agnew
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From: EEY9ATS@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Andy Sudol)
Subject: Re: pictures
Reply-To: Re: Help With Currency Question???
Date: 1 Oct 92 18:04:17 PDT

In article <SLOVAK-L%92092421482466@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>, on 24 Sep 1992 20:40:36 CDT,
Paul Mego <PMEGO3@UA1VM.BITNET> writes:

>
>I just returned from five weeks in Slovakia in August and just for your informa
>tion there are some nice new (CSFR) 10 kcs coins in circulation, all 10 kcs but
>with three different personalities: Masaryk, Stefanik, and A. Rasin.
>
Did you know that if you look at the new 10 Kcs coin with Masaryk's
face on it and turn T.M. upside-down, cover his face just so with
your thumb so that just his neck and chin are showing and - viola -
you'll see Svejk.  Masaryk's neck become's The Good Soldier's cap and
T.M.'s chin becomes S.'s nose.  I'm doing this from memory, so I may
be a little off.  IMHO, this much have been intentional humor, very
cleverly hidden.  Has anyone else noticed this?
Andy Sudol
Los Angeles
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Date:         Sun, 4 Oct 1992 12:35:00 EDT
From:         HREHA@VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA
Subject:      ADDRESS FOR GEORGE FRAJKOR

Hello George,

My apologies for posting this to the list.  I don't have your e-mail
address on file.  Would you please send it to me ASAP?

Thanks

Steve
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:45:12 EST
From:         HAMMERL@UCS.INDIANA.EDU
Subject:      Union

Subj:	RFE/RL Daily Report 05 OCT, 1992

ATMOSPHERE IN CZECHOSLOVAK COALITION DETERIORATING.  After
deputies of Slovak Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar's Movement for a
Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) supported a resolution of the leftist
opposition in the federal parliament on the creation of a Czech
and Slovak Union on 1 October, Czech officials charged Meciar with
breaking earlier agreements between the coalition partners.  Czech
Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus published a statement on 2 October in
which he said that he feels betrayed.  He said the HZDS's shift of
position is dangerous "for the future of democracy in our
country." After an emergency session of the Czech government on 3
October, Klaus made it clear that he has no intention of
postponing scheduled meetings with the Slovak government to
discuss further steps of dividing the country, despite Meciar's
urging to do so. Klaus also said that Czechoslovakia will cease to
exist on 1 January 1993, thus indicating that he will not take
into consideration the federal parliament's proposal on creating a
union between the two republics. Former President Vaclav Havel
supported the Czech government's view; he was quoted by CSTK on 3
October as saying that a union would only prolong the agony. (Jan
Obrman, RFE/RL, Inc.)

CIVIC MOVEMENT BECOMES A PARTY. Delegates to a special congress of
the Civic Movement, one of the heirs to the Civic Forum, which
toppled the Czechoslovak communist regime in November 1989, voted
on 4 October to transform the movement into a political party.
Delegates abolished the movement's collective, open membership and
replaced it with a fixed structure.  Before the elections of June
1992, the Civic Movement was a dominating political actor on the
federal level and in the Czech Republic, but it failed to win
enough support in the elections to be represented in either the
Czech or the federal parliaments.  Former Foreign Minister Jiri
Dienstbier was elected the party's chairman.  He said the party's
goal is to form a liberal, nonsocialist alternative in today's
political scene. (Jan Obrman, RFE/RL, Inc.)
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Date:         Sun, 4 Oct 1992 14:23:33 EDT
From:         Hugh Agnew <AGNEWHL@GWUVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Meciar speeches

Dear fellow Slovak-L members:

I have a colleague who likes to make extensive use of primary documents
in his classes on politics in Central and Eastern Europe, and he was
asking me if I had any texts of speeches or party programs of Vladimir
Meciar and HZDS.  Speeches or comments at press conferences might be the
best sort of material, length not a great problem, though material longer
than say 10-15 pp. would certainly be condensed.  If anyone has anything,
or can suggest sources (for instance, would full-text republication of his
major address have happened in the Slovak daily press?)  (is there a publi-
cation for Slovak TV like the BBC's "The Listener" which often reprints
transcripts of important broadcasts?)

Translation would not be a problem.  Any hints, suggests, or texts, could
be sent to me at the address below.

Thanks very much!

Hugh Agnew
History Department
The George Washington University
Washington, DC  20052

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Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 1992 13:43:20 EST
From:         HAMMERL@UCS.INDIANA.EDU
Subject:      Dubcek

About a week ago, there was a report that Dubcek could not undergo
further surgery because his condition would not permit it.

Louise Hammer
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Date:         Sun, 4 Oct 1992 22:38:10 EDT
From:         Liz Hawthorne <FAC2227@UOFT01.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: pictures

CALL FOR PAPERS:
      The tenth annual World Association for Case Method Research and
Application will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia at the University of
Economics on July 4-7, 1993.  The theme of the conference is "Innovation
Through Cooperation" with cases, simulations, games, videos and other
interactive methods.  WACRA conferences are interdisciplinary--business,
public administration and public policy, education, and others--and
multinational forums for scholars in the disciplines and in professional
fields.  For guidelines for proposals and papers, please contact Dr.
Hans Klein, 23 MAckintosh AVenue, Needham, MA 02192; FAC 617-444-1548;
BITNET:HKLEIN@BENTLEY.  This is a great conference--plan to submit a
paper and plan to attend!
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Date:         Sat, 26 Sep 1992 14:24:23 -0500
From:         GEORGE BAUER <BAUER@RCKHRST1.BITNET>

Sometime ago I heard that Dubcek has been seriously injured in an accident.

Does anyone know if this is true, and if so what the present situation is.
I have heard nothing since the original message.


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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 07:51:30 +0100
From:         KUBASKA@UAKOM.CS
Subject:      Havel's explanation

Pravda, the slovak daily goes:

V.Havel is thinking that he "described the horrors of dissolving CSFR
in too living colors". "I don't think that the fact of dividing the
state alone has to bring so catastrophic consequences, today. May be
it is an appology for me, that I wanted to threat MPs. I wanted some
laws to be passed and I also wanted to rise the bit of the mood of
great danger." announced V.Havel on the press conference in the
prague's theatre Na zabradli.

Marian Kubaska
Banska Bystrica
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 10:46:43 -0500
From:         EUGENE KELLY <PHIEZK@HOFSTRA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Who Split Czechoslovakia

        Please identify the garbage in the _Times_ Op-Ed article.
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 10:07:00 EST
From:         JIRI1@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU
Subject:      Just information

Some of you, colleagues, may not be aware of Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty "listserv". Daily news arrive here about 9 AM each day and they
highlight developments in former Soviet Union (in CIS), in Central and
Eastern Europe (news from Czechoslovakia typically one or two items).
If you wish to subscribe to THIS list, address "listserv" at same
Buffalo address that serves current SLOVAK-L. Issue a command
"Subscribe rferl-l" and your full name.
Jiri Nehnevajsa
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University of Pittsburgh
Home phone 412-364-4916
Uni phone 412-648-7595 (I am there Mondays and Wednesdays)
FAX:412=648-2799
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Date:         Thu, 1 Oct 1992 18:56:44 -0400
From:         "(George Frajkor)" <gfrajkor@CCS.CARLETON.CA>
Subject:      TV

      I repost a slightly edited version of an item by Jan
Szelepcsenyi, a member of the council  that runs Slovak Television.
The present government has claimed that the old council was too
politically involved, and the news and current affairs in particular
were directed by political appointees.

    Herewith Jan's account:

-------------------------------------------------------

I tried to moderate the conflict between the tv journalists and
the government. I didn't manage it. Today the Slovak
parliament  passed a new TV law changing the "construction" of
the TV council.
 According to the previous rules the TV council
was set up by the parliament (one member of every elected
party), by the government (4 members), by the consulting
committee (3 members) and by the TV director himself (4 members). The
council would then appoint the TV director.
The new law, which passed the parliament with 2/3 of votes,
prescibes a procedure, as follows: the new TV council will have
9 members. They have to be totally independent (politically)
and they have to
be experts in media policy, business and/or technology and they
will be elected for 6 years. The council will be elected by the
parliament (!) from candidates nominated by ... nobody knows.
This point was long discussed. The nightly news didn't mention
the method of the selection of candidates.

The evening news said, that the parliaments committee for
culture and education made a proposal to the praesidium of the
parliament to remove the TV director,  Mr Marian Kleis, from his
position.
   The previous as well the new TV law knows only one way of
removing the TV director: the proposal has to be passed by 2/3
of members of the TV council. The Praesidium of the parliament
has only one possibility: to accept this proposal or to refuse
it.  The appointment of a new director can be made also only by
following a proposal of the TV council. A quite delicate
situation, isn't it ?!
    (NB from editor -- Jan is suggesting the possibility of a conflict
between parliament and the TV council should even the new council vote
to keep Kleis in position)


The federal TV station F 1 comented the delicate situation very
broadly. Any mistake in the legal procedure will cause a storm
which will not be useful for the political and ethical credit
of the government.

Jan
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 09:57:00 EST
From:         JIRI1@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU
Subject:      Trnava University/democracy

Dear colleagues: I have insufficient data, as I believe we all, regarding
the actual affairs of Trnava. But one of you asked about what may be "unde-
mocratic" about the (apparent, or real,) process.
I WILL respond to this by suggesting what is DEMOPCRATIC which implies that
other procedures and methods may be less-than-democratic or even realloy
undemocratic.
Presidents of Universities (rectors/rektori) should be ELECTED by the
Academic Senate of a University with APPROPRIATE representation of Student
Governement (what is "appropriate", in terms of numbers of student representa-
tives, is certainly open to question: that SOME student representatives
ought to be involved is not, I think, open to question in a DEMOCRATIC
 process).BURACRATS (whether in Praha or Breatislava, whether Ministers of
 Education,
or, for that matter Presidents) should ONLY formalize such Faculty/student
selections. If COMPELLING legal, professional or moral reasons exist for
the Government (where Universities, as in CSFR, are ALL Government run)
to REJECT Faculty/student selection, the responsible burocracy must
RETURN the responsibility BACK to the University faculty/student representat-
ion (a) with an explanation why X should not be CONFIRMED as "rector",and
(b) let the SENATE of the Faculty with student representatives ELECT a
different candidate.
ANYTHING ELSE FALLS WAY SHORT OF DEMOCRACY and BUROCRATS NOT IN THE
(WHATEVER) UNIVERSITY should, IN NO WAY, decide who is to be, or not to be, the
 University's academic and administrative leader.
Jiri Nehnevajsa
University of Pittsburgh
2L22 Forbes Quad
Pittsburgh, Pa 15260
Phone: 412-648-7595 (home, 412-364-4916)
FAX: 412-648-24799
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Date:         Sat, 3 Oct 1992 18:35:38 MDT
From:         Jan Szelepcsenyi <janszel@POSEN.MFF.UNIBA.CS>
Subject:      Re: New Education Minister

On Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:32:30 EDT, "Jan George Frajkor"	<gfrajkor@ccs.carleton.ca>
 wrote:
> Andy Sudol <EEY9ATS%UCLAMVS.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
>
>
> >    Can anyone out there send me the mailing address for the Slovak Ministry
> > of Education, Youth, and Sport?  (postal or, better yet, Email)?
>
>        The sport has been taken out of the title. I think that element
> stays with Culture.

The sport stays still with education. The head of the sport section was
appointed as a new state secretary. His name is Mr. Baltazar Duben.

They are some unofficial rumors that it will be established a
special Ministry of Youth and Sport. It would be in cotradiction
with a clear attempt of the ruling Movement for Democratic
Slovakia (MFDS) to reduce both the number of central state
institutions and the number of state officials.


>      But the last address I had (probably still good) is:
>
> Minsterstvo Skolstva a Mladez
> Hlboka 2
> 811 03 Bratislava
> fones 497 492,   495 472
>  fax 498 098
>

The new official name of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is:

Ministry of Education and Science
of Slovak Republic
(Ministerstvo s+kolstva a vedy
Slovenskej republiky)
Hlboka 2
CS-813 30 Bratislava
Phone: + 42 7    491 811* (switchboard)
Fax:   + 42 7    497 098

As far as I know the Ministry of Education and Science doesn't have
any e-mail connection.

In 1991 started the prime minister Meciar a campain to get the
science and the higher education closer as before, when the
institutional basis of the science and research was completely
separated from the educational institutions. The area of science
had a special chapter in the state budget. Now it had to be
ruled together with the educational system. But after passing a
law about the competency of the Ministry of Education and
Science the lobby, representing the interests of the Slovak
Academy of Science, achieved a revival of the old system. So,
probably in a short time, will be the Ministry of Education and
Science renamed in the Ministry of Education...

During the first week in his position fired Mr Kucera about 80
officials of his Ministry. Probably 50 more will follow. Reason:
the central institutions have to get slimmer...

Some details more: Mr Kucera is a historician dealing with the
period of Great Moravia. He didn't take any management position
at the uni or in sciences. His age is 60.

--
Jan Szelepcsenyi                        	Telephone: + 42 7 220863
janszel@posen.mff.uniba.cs              	Address  : ul. A. Mraza 4
                                                	   821 03 Bratislava
							   Czechoslovakia
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Subject:      Re: 300k file limit

On Wed, 30 Sep 1992 09:03:59 IST Hank Nussbacher said:
>If and when the limit is changed *every* BITSEND exec will have to have
>its limits changed inside the EXEC as well as many SMTP servers that limit
>file size.  It will take a good year until everyone changes upward. :-(
>
>Hank

the bitsend exec should be changed, but as long as nodes change the limit
on rscs or smtp, people can send larger files.  the presence of an old
version of the bitsend exec will not stop people from sending larger files.

Furthermore, if it will take so long to get everyone to change, start now.
if we delay some months or years, it will still take time to institute the
change, so why not start the change now?  Delaying wont make the situation
better, only increase the frustration of those hampered by the limit.

jr
(219 days and counting)
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> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:43:03 PDT
> From: "Russell N. Hathhorn, VM Systems Support" <SYSMAINT@PCCVM.BITNET>
>
> >One of the NAD's here in Brazil wrote a routine for IBMs that returns
> >the mail to the sender after 12 days. It works very well.
>
> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE !!!!!!!!
>
> If the above function is still working - KILL IT !!!!!!
>
> I have enough to do without handling returned mail from someone who is
> either on vacation or too lazy to manage their correspondence.
>
> Just purge the stuff or something, don't clutter the net, my mailbox,
> or my system spool with 'dead mail'.

Well, VMS/PMDF mail has been doing that for ages; I thought that it
was time for IBMers to start seeing the light ...  :-)
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