ENA UPDATE
by Lisa Kimball


This month the medium really *is* the message! The biggest news in ENA is
recognition of NETWEAVER by the Computer Press Association. We are VERY
proud to be the 1st Runner-up for Best Online Publication - and we'll be
seeing if we can top that next year! You can read all about it in Mike
Greenly's account in this issue. We can also announce that NETWEAVER has
been accepted by NewsNet which will make the ideas important to ENA
available to the many journalists, researchers, and businesses which
access that system.

NETWEAVER is a great example of the power of this medium. It has been a
totally collaborative effort from the moment it was named by George Por 10
months ago and has involved dozens of people from conferencing systems
world-wide. Each month, we use our online newsroom on UNISON to create,
develop, and finish the issue. The members of the NETWEAVER staff have
volunteered ideas, energy, and lots of TIME to make NETWEAVER the most
comprehensive publication about computer networking available in any
medium! There is no way such a diverse and dispersed group of people
could create these issues every month without access to a top notch
computer conferencing system.

A look at our masthead and contents over the months will give you an idea
of how many people have made significant contributions to NETWEAVER. We
want to give *special* recognition to Al Martin who designed our current
format and has been responsible for getting NETWEAVER ready for porting
each month to conferencing systems all over the world - something which
has taken many many hours of work! Stefanie Kott contributed her
expertise to develop NETWEAVER's editorial style and edited almost ALL the
copy in the 1985 issues. And the concept of NETWEAVER itself would not be
possible without all the *porters* who spend so much time taking each
issue to their home network.

A hearty THANKS to the Computer Press Association for recognizing our work!

In the past month we have been focusing on some organizational matters
within ENA. We are planning a major membership recruitment drive to add
to both our energy and financial resources. Our treasurer, Ed Yarrish,
has completed our financial report from our first year which will provide
the basis for developing our budget and plans for the next 12 months. We
also plan to seek out additional corporate support to build on what we
have already received from Digital Equipment Corporation (see box in
article 2 of this issue).

We have lots of ideas! Now we really need the support of all those with
an interest in computer conferencing. If you are not already a member of
ENA, *join* now! And if there is something you think we should be doing,
let us know. Or better yet - come forward and contribute your energy to
our work.

The articles in this issue of NETWEAVER will give you an idea of our
interests and concerns.

ENJOY!