ENA UPDATE
by Lisa Kimball


This is the first anniversary of the publication of the first
issue of NETWEAVER!

Getting out a monthly newsletter is quite a challenge. But I
think we've found a technology which makes the process
*significantly* easier. Computer conferencing provides an
environment in which we can design issues, solicit and receive
articles, edit material, compile the final product, distribute
the newsletter, and interact with our readers. This makes the
process very efficient *and* cost effective. But the biggest
contribution of this technology is that it allows us to make
producing NETWEAVER a real team effort--with a team of authors,
editors, and porters from all over the world.

I'd like to take this opportunity to say thanks to the NETWEAVER
team for a great--award winning--first year! You'll find a list
of the many people who have made contributions in this issue.

This month ENA has put a new part of the organization's team in
place. ENA's RING (a group which consists of representatives of
each of ENA's major activities and operates as the network
equivalent of a Board of Directors) has elected a smaller group
which is empowered to make quick decisions when needed and serve
as ENA's equivalent of an Executive Board.

Kudos to the nominating committee--Tom Sherman, Stefanie Kott,
Fred Dudden, and Hank Mishkoff--and to the Ring for helping ENA
take this important step!

The new members of the ACTION RING are:

Diana Campbell
Lisa Kimball
David Lochhead
Peggy Rossing
Catharine Vinson

The Action Ring has been elected to serve a six-month term. The
first order of business for this group is to appoint officers
for the organization to deal with some of the legal requirements
and provide a point of contact with the offline world. After
that, the Action Ring will be helping ENA follow through on
priority projects and distribute resources where they will do
the most good.

ENA members have taken the lead in applying computer
conferencing technology to the problem of missing children. In
this issue you'll find an article about an intersystem effort to
locate the daughter of one of our fellow networkers and find out
how you can help. You can also read about a network for the
academic world and a case study of international technology
transfer. Think you know all there is to know about computer
conferencing? Take the final exam Art Kleiner gave his computer
conferencing class in New York University's program on
interactive telecommunications.

We hope you'll like this anniversary issue of NETWEAVER!
And we hope you'll participate by writing or commenting on
stories during our next year.