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The #acsremote IRC meeting referred to below went well. A report on it
is at URL:
http://www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman/acsr9706.html
Members of both the ACS and EFA attended.
The next #acsremote meeting will be at 7.30 pm EST, on Sunday, 27 July
1997 (last Sunday in the month). 

Regards

Andrew


On Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:06:36 GMT, afreeman@pcug.org.au (Andrew
Freeman) wrote in aus.org.acs:

>This is a final reminder - all ACS members are very welcome to attend
>the meeting on this Sunday night - there is no charge, and you can
>attend readily from anywhere in the world if you have access to
>Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
>
>On Mon, 26 May 1997 00:58:09 GMT, afreeman@pcug.org.au (Andrew
>Freeman) wrote in aus.org.acs:
>
>>Andrew Freeman, the Australian Computer Society 
>>(ACS URL - http://www.acs.org.au - includes link to IFIP page) 
>>representative to the IFIP (International Federation for Information
>>Processing) Technical Committee 9
>>TC9 (Relationship between computers and society)
>>(IFIP TC9 URL: http://www.uta.fi/jarjestot/ifip ) 
>>1997 general meeting (held in Corfu, Greece. May 1997) will report
>>back to ACS members on that meeting in an international computer
>>hook-up meeting, via Internet Relay Chat (IRC), which ACS members,
>>members of IFIP TC9, and other interested persons are invited to
>>attend. 
>>
>>Andrew Freeman's written report to the National Council of the ACS,
>>and ACS members generally, is at URL:
>>http://www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman/tc9gm97.html
>>Attendees at the IRC meeting are encouraged to read that report before
>>the meeting - the focus of the meeting will be on discussion of that
>>report, in an interactive fashion, rather than on a long formal
>>presentation. A key element of the discussion will be on both on what
>>ACS members want to do for TC9, and what they want TC9 to do for them,
>>in future. Attendees who are not familiar with the Working Groups and
>>SIGs of TC9 are also encouraged to read-up on them before the meeting,
>>at the URL referred to above.
>>
>>The report back will take place during the June 1997 #acsremote 
>>(#acsremote URL: http://www.gebesse.com.au/acsremot.htm ) 
>>meeting to be held:
>>* at 7.30 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Sunday, 29 June 1997 
>>(taking into account that EST is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
>>[GMT], in GMT terms the meeting will take place at 9.30 am GMT on
>>Sunday, 29 June 1997). 
>>
>>The meeting will last until around 1 hour (that is, till 8.30 pm EST,
>>and 10.30 am GMT), after which a virtual comprehensive buffet supper
>>will be served (there will be no charge for the supper - please bring
>>your own food and drink :-), and informal interaction between
>>attendees on any Information Technology related topic will be
>>encouraged (please be careful not to spill drinks on your keyboard
>>:-).
>>
>>The report back will take place via Internet Relay Chat (IRC). 
>>IRC Server: sydney.nsw.au.undernet.org
>>Port: 6667
>>Channel: #acsremote
>>
>>Some information on IRC is included on the newsgroup alt.irc and at
>>URL: http://www.rahul.net/dholmes/irc
>>
>>For further information contact:
>>Andrew Freeman - e-mail: afreeman@pcug.org.au (for information about
>>this meeting); or 
>>Peter Bowditch - #acsremote co-ordinator - e-mail:
>>peterb@acslink.net.au (for information about #acsremote generally)
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Andrew R. Freeman, MACS           Location: Belconnen Canberra ACT Australia
>>Key e-mail: afreeman@pcug.org.au    Web URL http://www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman
>>Director,  Community Affairs Board,  Australian Computer Society   (1996/97)
>>ACS CAB World Wide Web URL:    http://www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman/cabtr.html
>


Regards

Andrew R. Freeman, MACS           Location: Belconnen Canberra ACT Australia
Key e-mail: afreeman@pcug.org.au    Web URL http://www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman
Director,  Community Affairs Board,  Australian Computer Society   (1996/97)
ACS CAB World Wide Web URL:    http://www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman/cabtr.html