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In article <1993Jan18.174504.1007@tic.com> fig@eff.org (Cliff Figallo) writes:
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>the relationships.  A succinct description of the history of EFF-Austin 
>would help other groups define themselves.  EFF would be real happy to 
>help distribute such a document.

The two historical pieces Steve Jackson and I did back in October are
available from the EFF-Austin gopher service (for those who don't know
about that yet, look in the main gopher list from boombox, or just do
	gopher tic.com
and look under EFF-Austin), or by anonymous FTP from tic.com as
	~ftp/eff-austin/eff-austin/history/*
I can also repost them here, if there is interest.  I think they each
appeared in different EFF-National publications.

Both those narratives are out of date.  I don't think either of them
mention anonymous FTP or gopher, nor that the newsgroup austin.eff is
gatewayed not only with the mailing list eff-austin@tic.com, but also
with a FidoNet echomail topic and into WWIVNET.  Many local BBSes carry
EFF-Austin and EFF-National material, and we're looking into some way
to recognize them more publicly.  There are now mailing lists for each
of the large committees, and a member-only notification list, plus the
beginnings of a telephone tree.  Also, most of the local meetings since
October are not mentioned, nor are the recent election of additional
directors and advisors, the newsletter, contacts with law enforcement, etc.

We are working on a new membership form (the old one is also available
by gopher and anonymous FTP, as you know).  Perhaps someone will do an
updated history, as well.

>  I would like to have a collection of
>Ideas That Work Using Telecommunications for distribution to the general
>public.  Sometimes it may be fun to re-invent the wheel, but it's nice to
>see what previous inventors have gone through.

Each cyberdawg, forum, booksigning, presentation, panel, member
meeting, or whatnot is different, but they do tend to have a lot in
common after awhile.  The online stuff, such as this newsgroup, is
partly a matter of technical background, but mostly a matter of finding
somebody willing to do it.  I think Prentiss has set an admirable example.

Thanks,
John