UPDATE ON THE FALL MEETING
by Susanna Opper

The Electronic Networking Association's first face-to-face, in-
person, real-time meeting is coming up. Plan to be there.

||The Dates: November 7-10, 1985
(beginning Thursday evening with a gathering)||

||The Place: George Washington University, Washington DC||

Plans are being made online on Unison and most of the rest of the details are still in process, but I'll give you an idea of some of the suggestions that seem to be popular.

LEARNING AS A THEME

After all, we'll be at a university; we're still in the learning mode about electonic networking. And we're learning how to establish an association without walls--a beyond-time-and-space organization. And we are also thinking about having some courses about computer conferencing itself for people who are interested but have never tried it before.

ONLINE ONSITE

There are some facilities at the university for terminals and we're looking at providing online capabilities for three purposes:

(1) teaching new users (see above)
(2) vendor demonstrations
(3) phoning home (Yes, Mike Greenley, there will be an easy way
for you to report out this time . . . and for everyone to
send updates to home systems.)

NETWORKING AND SESSIONS

There seems to be a general feeling that we want to allow ample time for networking and getting to know one another. We want some sessions that will bring us up to date. We seem to be heading more for case studies and informal panel discussions than reading papers or giving long addresses.

What would you like to see happen at the Fall Meeting? Make your suggestions by entering them as notes in "Fall 85 Meeting" on Unison or in "Netweaver Talk".