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>       I'd like to follow up and ask again.  Are your school's
>       alumni permitted to use your open access computing
>       facilities?  If so,
>
>       Are they limited to microcomputers, mainframe
>       terminals, or both?
>       Are they permitted to access the network (e.g. Bitnet,
>       Internet)?
>       Is there a fee for use of the facility(s)?
>       Is there a restriction -- e.g. time of day, days of the
>       week, certain dates?
>       Who is responsible if equipment, software or manuals is
>       damaged or stolen?
>       Are you working with your Alumni Relations office,
>       Career Services office?
>       Do you offer workshops to alumni?
>       What are the primary activities, e.g.
>       resumes,e-mail...?
>
Here at Penn we now have a University ID card - the PennCard (what else) -
available to Alumni. Historically, this was called "the gym card" because
all that it did was allow access to they gym and Alumni payed the
Recreation Department for it. [Our organization has nothing to do with the
issuing or maintainance of PennCard, we only utilize the database.]

Today, an "Alum" pays "PennCard" for an ID card (and Recreation separately
to use the gym). I belive that the "default" PennCard gives access to the
Libraries. Once they have the PennCard they may then create for themselves
a "PennNet ID." The PennNet ID is required to access our dial-up modem
pool.

Since any individual with a valid PennNet ID can use our dial-up modem
pool, it can be used by any alumni with a PennCard and PennNet ID. Since
our dial-up modem pool is  connected to Annex Terminal servers, full
Internet access is available. The terminal servers also support SLIP.

Access to individual computing facilities are controlled by each School
within the University. Each sets its own policy for access to facilities.
(There are 12 graduate and undergraduate schools)

The College of General Studies offer non-credit evening courses in
"computer things" to anyone in the "community" willing to pay the
(typically) $100 fee for a 2 or 6 week course.

Electronic mail access is also controlled by individual Schools. At present,
no formal mechanism exists for alumni to acquire electronic mail access.

We (Vice Provost for Information Systems and Computing/DCCS) run a server
called "PennInfo" which maintains information about various aspects of the
University.  PennInfo provides a gateway to "Gopher Space."
Also available on PennNet with no  pre-arranged account, is access to the
University's on-line library catalog.

T.T.F.N
William H. Magill                         Manager, PennNet Computing Services
Data Communications and Computing Services (DCCS)  University of Pennsylvania
Internet: magill@dccs.upenn.edu                   magill@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
          magill@upenn.edu