i would suggest that the best approach would be to tell folks who you interact with on-line, such as IRC, other chat rooms, AOL, MUDs, etc. the reason i say this is simple: most "normal" people in the real world, no matter how cyber-savvy they are, think it is just plain weird to spend time online conferencing with other people, especially when you cant even "chat with them" in real time. Spreading the word among your cyber friends means that the message will be heard by someone who already enjoys some form of communication online and who might enjoy it here. just my $0.02!!!

And a damned good idea it is! It reminds me of the Blues Brothers where they go on a 'mission from God'.

tried it. they just ain't bitin. make em pay through the nose. then they'll flock :)

Quick, someone tell someone.x

i told everyone who visited schiffer city. if you visit the site, there's a new frame, with a link to the babes conference, and also to the main spring site. maybe we'll see some more visitors from that?

i'm very pleased with the updates to Schiffer City. if you haven't visited it, then please indulge me..go on, i'm lovely :) http://www.griggs.demon.co.uk/cs_pics/cs.html

hehe...and now i've just discovered a bug :)

I invited Art McGee and he now has a user account. I quoted him somewhere on the Spring today, I think it was in the Internet and Austin conferences. He hails from Torrance, California.

That's great! When will he be coming? I invited the gallery boss, but he doesn't have internet!!!!!!! How weird!!

He logged in yesterday, but didn't surface here. Maybe he just looked around with his periscope. The awesome Brian Zisk will be coming to Austin about the middle of next month to party down with us. Check out Sanfranziskgo! We visited with Brian in his Haight district flat on my last visit to SF. He was a most cordial host.

Lucky buggers.

Judy Beeman, username isis. Signed up tonight. She's 15711476 on icq and isis@spring.net. She has a little community of about 350 friends on ICQ and has moved into Mark and Mercedes old room. Welcome her!

WELCOM JUDY BEEMAN!!!!!

welcome judy (and not because terry said to do so)!

well, hellooooo...Judy!

I think she's silently overwhelmed!

Hi, Judy, hope to see you around the other conferences.

(meekly and mildly) HI JUDY!!!

Don't believe a word of it, Judy!!!

aw c'mon... the greeting was real!

I think she was referring to the "meek and mild" part.

*smile* why ever for d'ya think?!?!

oh, no reason that I'm aware of...

except that she ain't!

no no, it's ok judy, we're always like this!

except when we're not That's it, she's gone!

I don't get it. Why do people come once, and then go away again? The first time I found the spring, and put in some responses, I was SOOO excited to see what would happen the next day! I couldn't wait to get back!

*wiping tears from eyes* you guys made me feel so welcomed i just had to say something back ,,,how the heck are ya'll.....well talk with ya'll later bye,,,

Here, , have this. Welcome Judy.

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Mike, since you're from Manchester, will you invite Meg Pickard? Here's a quote from her: "greetings and salutations to all who pass this way....I am: a) fledgling anthropologist with extensive fieldwork experience in the bolivian andes, researching issues of ritual embodiement and identity. b) really indecisive, it seems, as I am now involved in postgrad research on (surprise, surprise) Internet communities - both ON and OFFlinec) c) eager to follow up any recommendations or contacts anybody might like to pass this way...:) d) The resident computer boffin (their word, not mine) in a wholefood-art-community-cyber-cafe near Manchester, UK - this may explain my interest in not just communities ON the interent, but also those which are cultural products or even constructions of the Internet - and intereseting revere of roles, I think. e) quite willing to talk at length about my interests, research, life, etc etc but...f) airly unwilling to go into all that without a proper introduction. So please consider this my extremely convuluted (and probably mis-spelled) way of saying hello. Hello." Homepage: http://www.peakcafe.demon.co.uk/meg mailto://meg-p@usa.net Thanks, Mike, in case you take me up on this.

Would anyone volunteer to invite: Nelson Wee SingTel 31 Exeter Road #02-00 Podium Blk -, - SG - Tel: 65-8382168 Fax: 65-7321272 Email: mmdancer@pacific.net.sg Personality: Administrator Multimedia, Internet, Latin and Ballroom Dancer Homepage: http://www.byoc.com/homepage/143418

Nelson Wee also has a niche vc on electronic commerce at http://www.stems.com

Do I sense that Art is close to surfacing? An email I just got: > It would be very cool if you started a topic on race, class and the internet > in the internet conference! I'm sure it would spark an interesting > discussion. Yes, I'll do that, but I need to get used to the system first. I'm still not comfortable with the navigation or commands, because even though it's similar to the WELL, it's just different enough to get on my nerves. %-) Art

Would someone email this fellow an invite? Denham Collett Grey 822 N. Campbell Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46219-4517 Voice: (317) 375-8630 Fax: (317) 228-1639 (Please mark: Attention: Denham Grey) mailto://dgrey@iquest.net Expertise Technical and business consultant, advanced systems design, knowledge management, decision support, statistical analysis and expert systems. Project leader: Forestry Information Systems. SAS, PC expert systems, Hypertext, Internet, HTML, GIS, and MCDM. Environmental surveys, soil interpretation and land evaluation. Teaching, research, scientific publications, presentations and technical innovation. Professional Experience Knowledge management: Developed the Planting Advisor, largest commercial expert system in Africa., using fuzzy logic it matched tree types to markets and soils. Roles: expert, project leader, programmed prototype. Constructed systems to interpret soil auger logs, added value to past investments in land evaluation surveys. This GIS was integrated with INFORMIX in a client-server environment. Designed applications to monitor transport costs, schedule, budget and justify forest road repairs. Planned and implemented the Site knowledge repository, conducted intellectual audits, classified tacit and explicit knowledge. This system gives access to team skills and increased productivity 40%. 1996-1997 SAS Data Analyst, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis. (Medical trials consulting) 1995-1997 President, GreyMatter, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana. (Knowledge management) 1987-1994 Manager Silviculture, HLH Research Division, Natal, South Africa. (Internal consultant) 1979-1987 Specialist Researcher, South African Forest Research Institute.George (Project leader) Knowledge management: internet, data modeling, diagnostics, business rules, conceptual maps (Inspiration), idea generation (Idea Fisher), corporate memory, knowledge audits, intellectual capital. Ph.D. University of Stellenbosch 1987 Cape, South Africa. Major: Computer Modeling M.Sc. University of Natal 1978 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Major: Land Classification, Biological Statistics B.Sc. University of Stellenbosch 1972 Major: Forest Management

Ooh, a South African!!! I'll do this guy, Terry!

Thanks Ree.

hey the topic is who did you tell well i mentioned this virtual community line to about 35 people that are out of the 350 people on my icq list......hope they come in and meet ya'll will mention to the rest also....enjoy ,,,bye..

> Mike, since you're from Manchester Manchester? Nope, I'm not :)) Place of birth, Cambridge; place of residence, Brighton. :-)) However, I will e-mail said person as soon as I get a chance. Or, maybe, one of the ladies would like to do it? You know how funny women can be getting unsolicited e-mail from men ;)))

Funny??? In what way? You were born in Cambridge? LOVE the place!

Oops, misplaced you Mike! Thanks.

i have found that ladies are sometimes uncomfortable with receiving e-mail from men they don't know. from another woman it would probably be fine, so any of you girls go ahead...

sad but true Mike... I am practically unshockable in this realm however when I receive some 'unsolicited email' from someone I do not know and it has even the faintest of lude, crude or suggestive twinges... I truly get really pissed off. From the Clan Apparent however... your attempts at offending me are futile!!!!

Riette, would you email this person and invite her back for a visit? http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/4595/melon.html

Sure, I'll do it right away. Will let you know if and when she answers.

Thank you very much!

Done....no answer so far, but I've not given up hope yet....

In the UNIX conference, Steven's first post on our system: Topic 2 of 16: 'Linux' Resp 17 of 17: srl (steven) Tue, Oct 27, 1998 (08:38) 7 lines Wow, that's a pretty bad deal (the Trademark suit). I guess someone _had_ to try it. so.. what do people like in the way of 'Real Linux Apps' nowadays? Corel's going to give away their suite for Linux soon, I hear. -steven

Will someone email an invite to this person? i'm reading poetry right now at the writer's center in bethesda, md, and am looking for people who are interested in traditional poetry, eg, hopkins, yeats, bishop, but new stuff also...i write and read..and want people to talk with about music, poetry, especially when at night here, in dc, cant call anyone, they are all gladly asleep and out of my ear-shot...any hopkins lovers out there? mailto://aheutte@clark.net

Will some folks also mind sending out email invites to these folks? Name: Joyce D. Nicotera mailto://jnicotera@snet.net Where I Live: Connecticut If you must know, I'm a curious traveler who likes options. And I don't like closed doors. So, if I find music, drama or laughter in the well (perhaps some science fiction ... Heinlein? some philosophy ... Hesse?)... #### Anita Shanker mailto://ashanker@mindspring.com North Carolina NAME: ANITA SHANKER (A.K.A ATTILA THE HONEY) OCCUPATION: GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA FAVORITE BOOK: BRAVE NEW WORLD BY ALDOUS HUXLEY RUNNER-UP: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO BY ALEXANDER DUMAS FAVORITE MOVIE: VERTIGO RUNNER-UP: SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTIST: TORI AMOS RUNNER-UP: HOLE FAVORITE TV SHOW: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER RUNNER-UP: LA FEMME NIKITA 2ND RUNNER-UP: ALLY MCBEAL FAVORITE DISH: NAVRATAN MASALA RUNNER-UP: SHRIMP RISOTTO #### Name: Tom Haber mailto://tomhaber@compuserve.com Where I Live: Colorado I'm 45, living out of the way in Durango Colorado. I do vegetative surveys and GIS mapping for the US Forest Service as my day job. I have a Master's in English; enjoy hiking; backpacking; chess; reading (John Irving, Hunter Thompson, Greil Marcus); the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Band and other American musics; traveling to New Orleans; and surfing the net! #### mailto://tmgould@best.com Where I Live: California Digital Artist, Graphic Designer, Video Producer, maker of Iris prints. Living in San Francisco..a Florida transplant. Currently looking for full itme work in the internet/interactive design area...a former TV Art Director. Find out more about me at http://www.markgould.net #### Alexandra Tomalonis mailto://tomalonis@balletalert.com Where I Live: Dist. Of Columbia I'm a writer and editor in the print world, new to the Web. I write about dancing, primarily ballet dancing. Interests include politics (I live in Washington; it comes with the air), ideas and the history of ideas, history in general, and Denmark. (The latter has something to do with the dancing.) I used to love reading (almost anything) and watching films, but now I can only enjoy hearing others talk about them; no time. Alexandra Tomalonis #### Find someone on this list who you think would be a good fit here and email them. Maybe you have some things in common with some of these folks. Let's spice things up!

I told Chad Neff. And he came by and posted an introduction in the vc conference. Please wander by there and give him a warm welcome! Topic 1 of 15: 'intros' Resp 81 of 81: Chad Neff (chadneff) Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (01:15) 6 lines I was going to say that, "Evidently invitations work, Terry. Thanks for the invite." I'm a middle aged guy that's just been wandering around most of my life and I just wandered in here after Terry sent me email. Well Perhaps that's not exactly true. I've done customer support for some local ISPs and I'd like to come to terms with that concept of local. I am keenly interested in what has value to people. Unfortunately, time is always a problem for me, just like everyone else in this pre/inter millenium haze. (I could also use a good spell checker)

More from Chad: Terry, Thanks _again_ for the invitation. I've forwarded your note to my _home_ email account that JeffK set up for me as chad@sanmarcosTX.com. In the mean time I stopped in and the signed up at Spring.Net. If you would, please use the sanmarcosTX.com address for me in the future. I'll work at getting by spring.net and I'll mention the site to a few friends. Rereading that it sounds pretty non-commital but I'm at the end of a very long day and the next one starts in just a few hours. I don't want to close this note by letting fatague mask my appreciation of the amount of work you have obviously done on that site. - chad chad@sanmarcostx.com *** Thanks Chad!!!! ****

come back chad!

JeffK, referred to by Chad, is our sysad. Talk to Chad in vc, at least welcome if you choose to do so!

TERRY!!! Terry, I did something horrible! I sent the video and your and Tim's cheese to the Cedar Creek Spring Address that's on the main page! Tim says this is NOT where you live! I'm sorry!!! What now????

No problem at all. Take a deep breath. Relax. Enjoy. That is also my address. I have a house in the country. And I'll call my roomie out there Mahalene (the lady from Pareee) and make sure she holds it!

Mike Jasper of this year's Golden Pebbles award fame... e-mailed him an invite about 2 minutes ago...

hey, i'm gonna add the poetry conf. to the midnight wolf pack...is that ok?

yessum...it's your conf...surprised you hadn't already actually, and I've been tempted to do it on several occasions...

silly goose! *smile*

Dragan from B92 radio in Belgrad. Check out the topic in Radio and International Conflicts conferences for background.