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NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY : April 22, 1994
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Networks and Community is devoted to encouraging
LOCAL resource creation & GLOBAL resource sharing.
The 16th report of 1994 is the 22nd weekly survey.
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Coverage in this issue includes:
>From the Top!!!
Joke of the Week
News From The World
Timely Thoughts
Help!!!
Classes & Meetings
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FROM THE TOP!!!
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Another week gone by and done with! Taxes are done and the good 'ol USA
has gotten its annual paycheck, courtesy of the fine folks of America.
I want to thank the many people that wrote to me after my first attempt
went out last week. Your support and constructive criticism are both
helpful to me in forging the path that I will follow with this news-
letter.
It was suggested by Putnam Barber that there be more discussion
of the "philosophical, political, and practical issues that
arise" building communities on line. Excellent point and one that
will be explored through this thread over many weeks. I DO enjoy
your comments and again encourage all to e-mail both + & - comments!
As this is a new direction for both myself and this column, it might
seem a little disjointed at first as I gain my wings. Hey, it might
still seem disjointed after a few months!
I plan on profiling local nets as often as I receive bio's from you
folks out there. I also will put out a list of interesting WWW sites
every once in a while. Also, I believe that the Internet has the
opportunity, if that's the right word, of becoming the future of commerce
for cottage industries. Already we see smaller businesses like bookstores
feeling out the Net for acceptance. Some of us feel that the AUP's must
remain in place, do or die. Others take the polar opposite and generate
about as many mentions in mailing lists and television shows, as did their
original "green" posts!
It is up to us as a "world community" to make these decisions through both
written and local in-person discussion. Judging from posts to the various
mailing lists to which I subscribe, I feel that we are up to it. It is
a major period of growth for the net and we are experiencing growing pains.
Well, enough of my verbosity, on with the show!!!
-steve covington
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Joke of the Week
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FROM: wb8foz@netcom.com (David Lesher)
Subject: Re: Green Card Posting
Hi,
My name is Dave Rhodes.
My friend Siegel Canter is dying of cancer and want to be in
Black's Law Dictionary for having the most complaints filed
against him. Please send a postcard to the Bar, and don't forget to
write my name on the card too......
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NEWS of the WIRED & WEIRD **** Received from various sources
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Internet facts
Connected networks worldwide - 21,000
Connected countries - 60
Connected computers - 2,000,000
Connected users - 15,000,000
Rate of monthly growth - 7% - 10%
Source of information is from Computerworld February 7, 1994
Contributed by:
Carl Fong
Systems Operations Analyst
Orange County Department of Education
Costa Mesa, California
e-mail: carl_fong@ocde.k12.ca.us
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E-D-U-P-A-G-E 04/17/94
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CONNECTICUT TESTS COMMUNICATIONS FUTURE New legislation in
Connecticut will open all types of telephone service to competition
beginning July 1, making the state a laboratory for innovation in
communications. Any enterprise could apply to offer residential or
commercial lines or wireless links. SNET (Southern New England
Telecommunications) will lose its monopoly on phone service but has plans
to completely rewire the state over the next decade with $4.5 billion of
fiber optic cable to allow comprehensive voice, video, and data services.
(New York Times 4/17/94 A1)
EMPLOYMENT-ON-DEMAND
Beepers not only communicate, they also control. Harvard economist
J.B.Schor says, "Now you may have to make yourself available on a 24-hour
basis to gain or keep employment, to be successful or get promoted. It's
not acceptable to say: 'I won't wear a beeper because my time is my own.'"
(New York Times 4/17/94 Sec.3, p.13)
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This is an e-magazine that is available on the Web, by gopher, and
by e-mail. If you have access to www, the graphics/artwork is
great! Check it out. (.ed )
>From Ian,
After several sleepless nights on the part of the Editor, the April 1994
issue Teletimes is finally out on the Web! This month Teletimes features
articles on Travel, like Hawaii Pubcrawl by Ken Eisner and Impressions of
Thailand by Ken Ewing. Also, in the Departments section, there is an
interview with John Hiatt, musician/songwriter extraordinaire. This is
probably the best issue of Teletimes yet!
1994 Photography Contest
In our ftp site (ftp.wimsey.com) you can download the official rules and
info about the contest, including two postscript file which are the
official poster (front & back) You can download the ps files from the
/pub/photon_94 directory. What I'd like to see is: people in various
places around the world download and pass around the postscript files so
that they can be printed and handed around.
Regards,
Ian Wojtowicz
Editor/Publisher
**INTERNATIONAL TELETIMES****************************************
* Teletimes is a general interest electronic magazine. Get your *
* free subscription by sending your e-mail address, computer *
* type and country of residence to: editor@teletimes.com *
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E-D-U-P-A-G-E 19 Apr 94
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SMALL CHANGE ON THE NET
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing NetBill, a
computerized system for tracking and billing users for small transactions,
such as a ten-cent charge per document. The developers hope NetBill will
evolve into a universal accounting system on the Internet. (Chronicle of
Higher Education 4/20/93 A31)
NTIA WILL FUND INFORMATION HIGHWAY
The head of the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration says its budget will go primarily toward jump-starting the
creation of an information highway. $100 million of a $134 budget request
will go to grant programs to "help state and local governments, schools,
libraries, and health care and public safety providers to undertake the
planning needed to ensure effective development of the telecommunications
infrastructure." (BNA Daily Report for Executives 4/15/94 A32)
ADS (AND FLAMES) ON THE NET
After sending an unsolicited ad for his legal services to more than
9,000 Internet Usenet groups, a Phoenix lawyer got 30,000 replies,
including thousands of "flames" [outraged messages] from persons who
objected to his use of the Internet for unsolicited direct mail. Internet
Direct, the lawyer's service provider, rescinded the lawyer's account. The
lawyer's threatening a $250,000 lawsuit against Internet Direct and is
planning to write a book about advertising on the Internet. (New York Times
4/19/94 C1)
E-MAIL EAVESDROPPING
One in five companies admits that it eavesdrops on its employees by
searching computer files, voice mail or e-mail, but a spate of lawsuits is
beginning to curb the habit. If a company plans on monitoring employees, it
should tell them in advance to avoid legal trouble later. (Investor's
Business Daily 4/19/94 A4)
E-MAIL BOTTLENECKS
Overstuffed mailboxes and oversized files are two of the biggest
offenders in slowing e-mail to a snail-mail pace, according to Ferris
Networks, a San Francisco-based e-mail research firm. Although the problem
will be somewhat alleviated when ATM technology is fully implemented, the
proliferation of more and bigger files will continue. Ferris's president
anticipates an average post-compression message to be 100 kilobytes in size
by 1998, up from 10K currently, with volume rising to 60 messages a day, up
from 20-40 now. (Investor's Business Daily 4/18/94 A4)
NETWORK BENEFITS, NETWORK RISKS
Increasingly sophisticated networks will eventually have the whole
country plugged into a single grid. Communications professor A.M.Noll at
the University of Southern California warns that with the benefits of such
a grid will come "a risk that some software glitch could transmit an
erroneous signal or traffic indication that would collapse the entire
network, bringing telecommunications to a total halt in this country."
(Forbes 4/25/94 p.142)
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From: SAMSAM@VM1.YorkU.CA
.... COUNCIL ON INFO HIGHWAY ....
MANLEY ANNOUNCES ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND ISSUES INFORMATION HIGHWAY DISCUSSION PAPER
*(edited for space)*
OTTAWA, April 19, 1994 # "Together, as Canadians, we must decide how we
want to develop and use the information highway for the economic,
cultural and social advantage of all Canadians," said Industry Minister
John Manley. He made the comment today as he announced the membership
of the national information highway advisory council and issued a
discussion paper # The Canadian Information Highway: Building Canada's
Information and Communications Infrastructure.
"This document is intended to foster that dialogue between Canadians;
so is the advisory council," said the Minister. He added that these
discussions are essential to the implementation of a Canadian strategy
for the information highway.
On March 16, Minister Manley named McGill University Principal and
Vice-Chancellor David Johnston as Chair of the council. # It is
anticipated that the council might form five or six working groups to
address the specific issues. "Canadians can expect to have the
opportunity to work with council members on these matters," said the
Minister.
INFORMATION HIGHWAY ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS
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NEIL BAKER: is Chairman of the Telecommunications and Information
Technology Committee for the Regina Economic Development Authority.
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ANDRE BUREAU: is currently Vice-Chairman of Astral Communications Inc.,
& Vice-Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Astral
Broadcasting Group.
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ANDRE CHAGNON: is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive
Officer of Groupe Videotron Ltee.
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ROBERT DAVID: is the President and Chief Executive Officer of ED TEL
Inc. (Edmonton Telephones Corporation).
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MARY DYKSTRA: is a Professor and Director of the School of Library and
Information Studies in the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie
University.
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BILL ETHERINGTON: is President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM Canada
Ltd.
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The HONOURABLE FRANCIS FOX: is former federal Minister of Communications
and has served in several other cabinet portfolios. He is Chairman of the
Board, Rogers Cantel Inc., Chairman, Fasken Martineau, and President,
CITEC's Committee to Implement the Recommendations of the Review on
Science and Technology in Montreal.
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GEORGE HARVEY: is Chairman of the Board of Unitel Communications Inc.
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W. BRIAN HEWAT: is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell-Northern
Research.
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ELIZABETH HOFFMAN: is the Chair of the Coalition for Public Information
(CPI). She is the University Ombudsperson, University of Toronto.
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DOUGLAS M. HOLTBY: is President and Chief Executive Officer of WIC Western
International Communications Ltd. He is Chairman of Canadian
Satellite Communications Inc. (Cancom) and serves as a Director on
the Boards of the CTV Network and Northwest Sports Enterprises Ltd.
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ROSEMARY KUPTANA: is President of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. She
co-chairs the International Arctic Council and is the author of No
More Secrets, a book about child sexual abuse in Inuit communities.
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VERONICA LACEY: is the Director of Education for the North York Board of
Education.
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JOHN MacDONALD: is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New
Brunswick Telephone Company Limited (NBTel).
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TERRY MATTHEWS: founded Newbridge Networks Corporation in March 1986.
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JOHN T. McLENNAN: is President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada.
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GERRY MILLER: is Chairman of CA*net Networking Incorporated, the non-
profit company that manages and operates the Canadian national Internet
backbone network which connects regional networks in all ten provinces.
He is also Chairman of MBnet Networking Inc., the non-profit company
that manages the Manitoba regional Internet.
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REGINALD NOSEWORTHY: M. Eng., P. Eng., is President of Porak
Enterprises Ltd., a management consulting company primarily involved
with Information Technology and Strategic Management.
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JEAN-CLAUDE PARROT: is Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour
Congress (CLC).
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ANNA PORTER: is the Publisher, President and Director of Key Porter
Books. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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DERRICK ROWE: is President and Chief Executive Officer of NewEast
Wireless Technologies Inc.
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GUY SAVARD: is President and Chief of Operations, Caisse de depot et
placement du Quebec.
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IRENE SEIFERLING: is Vice-President, Issues and Policy, of the
Consumers' Association of Canada.
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DR. GERRI SINCLAIR: is Director of ExCITE (Exemplary Center for Interactive
Technologies in Education) at Simon Fraser University. She is also the
President of GeoSync Interactive Corp.
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CHARLES SIROIS: is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
Teleglobe Inc. and National Telesystem Ltd.
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DAVID SUTHERLAND: headed the organizing committee for the National
Capital FreeNet and currently holds the positions of Chairman of the
Board of Directors and acting President. Mr. Sutherland is Director of
Computing and Communications Services at Carleton University in Ottawa.
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J.G. (GERRY) TURCOTTE: is President of the Ottawa-Carleton Research Institute
(OCRI). An electrical engineer, he is a department head at Algonquin
College.
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DR. MAMORU WATANABE: is a Professor in Internal Medicine at the University of
Calgary and a former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
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COLIN WATSON: is President and Chief Executive Officer of Rogers
Cablesystems Limited.
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People will be able to contact the council secretariat to put forward
views and suggestions, as well as to obtain information. The
secretariat can be reached in the following ways:
Internet: I.H..Council@Banyan.dgim.doc.ca
Telephone (fax): (613) 941-1164
Telephone (voice): (613) 990-4268
Mail: Room 640, 300 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C8.
Further information:
Bill Milliken or Eli Turk Susan Baldwin Elisabeth Richard
Minister's Office Industry Canada The Mandarin
(613) 995-9001 (613) 990-4262 (613) 990-6360
For copies of the discussion paper: (613) 954-5716
CONGRATULATIONS and GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!! (ed)
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Subject: Information resource
We wanted to let you know about some great info we are making freely
available on the Internet.
My name is Michael Enlow. I am a retired private/legal investigator
and author of several books regarding private investigation/electronic
surveillance technology.
I wish to extend my services to the Internet to share and exchange
information on security and privacy protection issues. We are making
a lot of very informative info available FREE on the Internet. This
includes back issues of my newsletter "Inside Secrets", my
schematics and plans, resources, guides, and other information.
For details on accessing these FREE services, send an e-mail message
to INFO@ENLOW.COM you can also FTP to ENLOW.COM or FTP.ENLOW.COM, and
login as anonymous (put your email address as the password). There is
a listserver in place to send you files if you do not have access to
FTP. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Thanks for your time.
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Timely Thoughts
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From: jon <jkiparsk@reed.edu>
Subject: Ten Ways To Kill a Citizen's Movement
I found this in the old files at the Student Action Office at Reed, and
thought it worth passing along to various activists.
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Ten Ways To Kill A Citizen Movement
By Byron Kennard
As a veteran community organizer, I know alot about how to start
citizen movements, but only recently did it occur to me that I probably
know just as much about how to bump them off. All I have to do is count
my battle-scars and recall how I got most of them. If my experience is
any guide, far more people are driven out of citizen movements by their
own dear brothers and sistens in the cause than by all the shennanigans
of the enemy put together.
Friendly Fire on the Social Change Front
Here's how it works. Suppose you want to kill a citizen movement and you
come to me for expert advice. I would suggest first that you join it and
then procede to follow these ten basic, simple rules, any one of which
will drain the vitality out of a movement faster than you can say Ronald
Reagan.
1. Forget your origins
Citizen movements for social change nearly always originate in humble,
obscure, or disreputable circumstances. Think of the Wobbblies, the early
labor organizers, who were jailed, deported, or even massacred for their
opposition to industrial abuses. Think of Rosa Parks refusing to take a
seat in the back of the bus. Thgink of the bra-burners who endured
derision and scorn to help launch the feminist movement, or of the
housewives who chained themselves to trees rather than allow the trees to
be bulldozed. Later on, when the movement is off the ground and running,
these origins become embarrassing to the carreerists who have latched
onto it in search of gold and glory. At this point it becomes necessary
to rewrite history in order to drop the identity of the movement's
founders down the memory hole.
It is said that revolutions eat their fathers. Citizen movements do
something rather worse: they forget their mothers. The revolutionary who
gets beheaded is at least memorialized by history, but you can plow
through most history books without finding a clue to the identity of the
small bands of volunteer activists- usually women, in my experience- who
initiate needed social change.
2. Put experts in the driver's seat
Volunteers and generalists may have been good enough to organize the
movement, but they aren't good enough to run it. So when the money starts
to come in, it's time to kick the volunteers and generalists out and to
hire "qualified" persons, preferably someone with a Ph.D in physics,
economics, or an Ivy League law degree. (Please note: It is extremely
important that such persons be untainted by any direct experience in
community organizing. If you have a plethora of applicants, it may be
necessary to employ this test. Put each of the applicants into a paper
sack. Only those who cannot organize their way out of it will be eligible
for employment.)
3. Get serious about your work
I mean, real serious. Work too hard. Put in extremely long hours. Practice
looking grim and depressed. If possible, grow morbid. When you have
mastered all this, persist in calling your colleagues' attention to the
fact of your martyrdom. Broadly hint that if they were as serious as you,
they would emulate your example. If this doesn't make them feel
sufficiently bad, you might want to go a step further and physically maim
yourself. For example, you might shoot yourself in the foot. Screaming in
pain, you then demand that your colleagues drop whatever they are doing
and rush to aid and comfort you as you suffer from this needless and
self-inflicted wound.
4. Motivate others by applying guilt
If a group is working to save endangered species, attack it for its
insensitivity to the poor. If they are working to help the poor, attack
them for their insensitivity to endangered species. Whatever you do,
stick them in a no-win situation. Once they perceive that their work is
futile, they will, of course, redouble their efforts.
5. Adopt impossibly high and rigid standards of personal conduct, not
only for yourself, but for others, too.
Human frailty has no place in a citizen movement. Whenever it rears its
ugly head, you must be prepared to smash it to smithereens. Even slight
deviations from your standards must not escape punishment. If, for
example, you catch a nutrition activist eating a hot-dog in a fast-food
resaurant, condemn him on the spot for the Judas he is (neglecting, of
course, to mention that you popped in to buy a pack of cigarettes).
6.Talk a lot about the need to cooperate and to share, but for heaven's
sake, don't actually do it.
What you should actually do is attempt to dominate all proceedings
through the force of your intellect and personality. However, should you
encounter other persons who are foolish enough really to cooperate and
share, by all means, take them for everything they're worth.
7. Get yourself into a dither and stay there
Become over-excited. Remember, the end of the world is coming and we
haven't got much time. Thus, to demonstrate dedication, everybody should
run about like a chicken with its head cut off. If some people in the
movement are striving to work calmly and deliberately, making them
agitated and anxious should become your priority task.
8. Whatever you do, never share any credit.
Look, it's perfectly clear that the whole thing was your idea in the
first place. And nobody, living or dead, contributed anything to you. So
why should you share the credit? If, through some miscarriage of justice,
other people in the movement begin receiving credit, try to grab it from
them. Or try spreading the word that they don't really deserve it. If
these techniques don't work, fly into a sick rage and kick nearby objects
or people. (Please note: Regrettably, there's no guarantee that these
techniques will actually divert recognition away from others and toward
yourself. However, such techniques are almost certain to detract from
what pride an joy the recognition might give those receiving it. This is
a small pleasure to be sure, but by this time you will have learned not
to sneeze at small things.
9. Remember that intensity of commitment is best measured by the amount of
incivility you display.
Here again, little things mean a lot. For example, you should never be on
time to meetings. But when you do arrive, be sure to get interrupted by
telephone calls at least once every five minutes. The rest of the time
should be consumed by your talking as loudly as possible in accusatory
tones. The thrust of your comments should never vary. Again and again you
must make clear that both the truth and the democratic process will be
endangered unless you get your way. Throw a wild card into each agenda
and insist that old questions which have previously been resolved be
re-opened. Having made these comments, leave the meeting early without
helping to clean up the coffee cups or put the room in order. Now these
are fine points, I know, but if you are going to kill off a social
movement, you might as well do it in style.
10. Lastly, you must avoid doing any real work for the movement, while
creating the widespread impression that you are giving your all.
Scrupulous fulfillment of these ten rules will demand all your time and
energy, so none will be left to fulfill any duties to the movement. But
don't let this stop you from assuming as much responsibility as you can
get. Insist on being part of everything. If possible, try to be put in
charge. Then take care not to deliver on any of your commitments. Should
others have the gall to point out the discrepency between your
responsibility and your performance, observe inhushed and sorrowful tones
how painful and demoralizing this is to you, especially after all you've
done. Then nail them to the wall by asking the key question: Don't they
realize that we've all got to stick together?
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HELP!!!
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From: CCIC Technology Project Member <KHSIEH@PITZER.EDU> Subject:
wanted: K12 schools on the Internet
I'm looking for all of the k12 schools on the net with world wide web
and/or gopher servers. I'm trying to compile a list for the home page
at Ayala High School. My current list can be found at
http://big-bird.pomona.claremont.edu/schools.html
Any information that you have, including places to look and people to
contact is greatly appreciated. If you can, please send the name of
the school including the state, and the appropriate URL's/gopher
addresses.
Kevin Hsieh |
e-mail:khsieh@pomona.claremont.edu Claremont Colleges
Interdisciplinary Clinic| voice:909-621-8555 x1328
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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994
From: CPOTVIN@cs7.conestogac.on.ca
Subject: MANDARIN - REMOTE ACCESS
I'm new to the list and I would like to know if anyone has
successfully implemented remote access to the Mandarin system
(distributed by Bibliofiche in Canada and Media Flex in the U.S.)
Our resource centre has a Novell server and we want to make the
Mandarin OPAC available across campus and to remote users. I would
like to know specifically about hardware set ups for remote access -
have you used dedicated workstations, remote access server, etc.?
What software have you used - has anyone used Netware Connect for
example? How have you handled Mandarin maintenance (since the
system must be shut down for some routines). Is there any other
advice you could give us? I am also going to talk to the vendor
about this, but I don't think that anything compares with actual
experience -).
Please reply to me at the address below. I'd be happy to share any
info. with interested parties. Thanks for any help you can give us.
Catherine A. Potvin CPOTVIN@CS7.CONESTOGAC.ON.CA
Learning Resource Centre, Conestoga College
299 Doon Valley Dr., Kitchener, ON, CANADA N2G 4M4
Tel. 519-748-5220 Fax. 519-748-5971
From: rmclark@whale.st.usm.edu (Robert Mitchell Clark)
Subject: GEACILS questions
I am currently a MLS student at the University of Southern Mississippi
and for my library automation class I was assigned an evaluation of the
GEAC systems. If anyone an the list is familiar with this system and
can help me identify it's strengths and weaknesses, your help would be
much appreciated.
Thank you for lending me the bandwidth,
Robert M. Clark
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Subject: Re: Networks & Communities
I am working at putting together the necessary documents to get a
non-profit organized so we can start a civic network in South
Dakota. I have found plenty of good examples of bylaws and articles
of incorporation around the net but haven't found any examples of
business plans - in particular as they relate to setting up freenets
etc. Anyone have any pointers or actual business plans they would
like to share with the rest of us?
Thanks,
Pat McClanahan Internet:mcclanah@dlgeo.cr.usgs.gov
EROS Data Center mcclanah@edcserver1.cr.usgs.gov
Sioux Falls, SD
605-361-4607
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Auburn University is about to take down their Bitnet node. How do I
tell whether I signed to (any) list originally? I signed on to some
lists using the Bitnet address and still others using the Internet
address (but didn't keep track of which was which). It is probably
easier to just sign off and resubscribe but if there's another way,
I'd appreciate knowing about it.
I'm also going to be responsible for assisting about 25 or so other
library personnel in determining the above, so any information
will be greatly appreciated. Please respond to me personally and not
to the list. Thanks!
Donna McCurley
Catalog Librarian
R.B. Draughon Library, Auburn University
Internet: mccurds@auducadm.auburn.edu
or dmccurle@lib.auburn.edu
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The Federation of Government Information Processing Councils
8th Annual
High Performance Computing and Communications Conference
June 20-23, 1994.
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Conference Center
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
The theme of this year's conference is "Applications of High Performance
Computing and Communications - the Future is Now."
Featured speakers include Vice President Al Gore (unconfirmed) and the
Honorable James B. Hunt, Governor of North Carolina. They will address the
National Information Infrastructure from a national and state perspective.
For registration and further information, contact Dr. John Miguel, FGIPC
Conference Chair, P.O. Box 313, Tiverton, RI 02878-0313. Conference
Hotline: Telephone/FAX (401) 624-1723.
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Building Community Computing Networks
Date: Wednesday, May 4 to Friday, May 6, 1994
Apple Computer Conference Center, 4 Infinite Loop, Cupertino,
California 95014
Sponsors: Apple Library of Tomorrow, Cupertino, California
The Morino Foundation, Great Falls, Virginia
REGISTRATION CLOSED - FULL
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InterNIC Seminar: Using Network Tools Effectively
Chicago, Illinois
April 29, 1994
Cost: $195 Research and Education Community
$395 Commercial Community
InterNIC Information Services
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P.O. Box 85608
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Fax: 619-455-4640
seminars@internic.net
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Computer Professionals For Social Responsibility
San Diego Chapter
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GLOBAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Bill Drake
[wdrake@weber.ucsd.edu]
Department of Communication
University of California, San Diego
Tuesday, April 26th
University of California, San Diego
Applied Physics & Mathematics Building, Room 4301
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