ENA ACTIVITIES UPDATE
July 20, 1985
by Lisa Kimball

CONFERENCE:
Our major activity between now and November will be planning our conference (to be held at George Washington U. in D.C. November 7- 10). We are currently planning to aim for a conference of about 200 people - most will be folks already familiar with the medium although we are also planning some activities for a small number of new users (probably most of these will be from the University itself).

Plans for the content are progressing. Current thinking is to focus on extending the state of our knowledge ("Learning" theme) in 3 tracks which reflect ENA's mission:

- ENRICH individuals - access issues, special applications for
users with special needs, public policy issues related to free
speech, cc consumer issues, broadening the user base

- ENHANCE organizations - applications in business and non-profit
organizations, cc economics, establishing the value/cost/benefit
of cc

- BUILD global communities - international access issues, what's
going on in cc around the world, how can we bring the power of
cc to bear on world issues (like hunger)

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TELELAW:
The major issue in telecommunications law seems to be a bill submitted by Senator Paul Trible (R-VA) in response to the news that some bulletin boards were being used to exchange information among people sexually exploiting children. Implications for free online speech and privacy are large.

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INTERNATIONAL:
We are making some exciting progress in contacting fellow cc users in Japan and Europe. Plans are underway to develop an international access directory with information about how to get on Telenet abroad, about organizations and systems in other countries, modem compatibility, etc...

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JOURNAL:
We are exploring possibilities of publishing a print journal for cc research and other articles of interest. An editorial board has been developed and they are currently calling for one-page abstracts of potential articles from authors interested in publishing in this forum.

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OTHER MEETINGS:
A meeting of some of the ENA folks in San Francisco was held recently. We found that face-to-face networking was both fun and informative. It is also a great way to introduce newcomers to the medium and answer their questions in a friendly atmosphere. ENAers in other cities are encouraged get together for this kind of sharing whenever possible.