The first full month of Steel Mail is behind us and we are growing nicely. Besides nine members of BOFmech we have also added ten addresses from other members and friends of the local. The page has had some formatting changes that include a new navigation index located below the introduction, e-mail addresses have been removed in favor of just hi-lighted names, union officials have been moved to their own exclusive section, and most notably, the name has been changed from "Steel E-mail" to "Steel Mail" which sounds more manly.

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It was a great time at the Steel Mail Workers' Memorial Day/Mayday picnic and all you addressees who managed to attend will agree that Uma Thurman is just as lovely in person as on the big screen. Her charms were especially apparent when she went skinny dipping in the champagne tub. She said she had a wonderful time and next year will bring even more of her madcap ASCAP girl friends with her. Hubba hubba. Hope we don't have a rain-out.

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The two dozen final round , on the floor, Bulls playoff tickets we managed to reserve through the NBA players union, exclusively for Steel Mail members, sure went fast with almost every addressee receiving at least one of them. Where else can you get tickets like that for $25 a head? Of course, these tickets are only good if the Bulls make it to the final round (ha ha). More info on bus departure times later.

STEEL MAIL HOWDY

And now for the big news. The two newest inductees into the Brotherhood of the Secret Button are also our high-falutinest members. First, and clearly the more important of the two, is none other than our International Staff Rep - Mike Silverthorne, and you know what that means; yes, we are now (officially) eligible for the Farm Bank subsidies that previously, we could only get under the table. No more late-night IRS raids, or crazy money laundering schemes, or claiming to be drug dealers to keep the heat off. We are legitimized. Ain't this a great country?

The other new member, with not quite the lofty status of Mike, is Vice-President Al Gore. We at "Steel Mail" think it is an honor to know that our "Brotherhood of the Secret Button" correspondence is being read by the Secret Service. We also appreciate the Vice-President's status as "The Highest Ranking American Techno-Geek."

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And finally, a message to our ultra secret Brotherhood members:

.tsetal ta yadseuT but hsaw enoB wanG eht no radar si esor drayeniv ehT

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