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[ Article crossposted from alt.abortion.inequity ]
[ Author was Michael J Fremont ]
[ Posted on 27 Oct 1994 17:27:54 GMT ]

I apologize in advance if this posting is not appropriate to this 
newsgroup; I believe it is.

The Internet Roundtable Society announces a free, *online* talk-show this 
Thursday, October 27 at 7pm PST (10pm EST).  We'd like readers of this 
newsgroup to attend, if they are interested.

We are interviewing Kathy Watkins, Administrator of CARAL North 
(California Abortion Rights Action League).  Her topic will be 

        INTERNET FOR ACTIVISTS

and will be about how the Internet is being used by activists of all 
kinds to further their agendas.  While it will focus on how abortion 
activists on both sides use the net, her insights should be generally 
useful.

The show runs for an hour.  Our host, Kevin Pursglove (creator of the 
acclaimed "Forum" program on KQED-FM, San Francisco's PBS station), will 
interview her at the beginning of the program, and then take questions 
from the audience for the remainder.

HOW TO ATTEND

This live event is made possible by the Internet Relay Chat 
(IRC) Undernet network. The best way to get into IRC is to ask your 
Internet service provider or system administrator how to run their IRC 
client. Often this simply means typing "IRC" from your prompt. If there 
is no IRC client available, you can telnet to one of the following IRC 
clients, although you should expect more of a lag:

telnet exuokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu 6677             (Oklahoma  max. 30 users)
telnet exuokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu 7766             (Oklahoma  max. 30 users)
telnet sci.dixie.edu 6677                     	(Utah      max. 8 users)
telnet caen.fr.eu.undernet.org 6677            	(France    max. 5 users)
telnet obelix.wu-wien.ac.at 6969               	(Austria   max. ? users)

Or if you would like to FTP client software for your machine:

ftp csa.bu.edu        (/pub/irc/clients)
ftp deathstar.resnet.upenn.edu   (/pub/irc/Clients)


Once you are in IRC...

Assuming a show is starting within 15 minutes, or has already started, 
now type: 	 	

/server Davis.CA.US.undernet.org 6667 	
/join #Podium

and you will be on our channel.


You can get out of IRC by typing

/quit

Since this is a test to see how well the interview format works on IRC, 
please expect there to be some rough edges.  Nonetheless, I think you 
will find the show interesting and informative; and if you have any 
questions to pose, all the better.

If you have any questions, please email fununiv@netcom.com.

Thanks for your time.

Regards,

Michael Fremont
Internet Roundtable Society
http://www.IRsociety.com
fununiv@netcom.com

PS.  We have more free shows coming up:

        Nov 2   Frances Moore Lappe' & Paul Martin Du Bois 
        Wed     author (Lappe'), "Diet for a Small Planet" 
                authors, "The Quickening of America"

        Nov 9   Ann Simonton
        Wed     Founder / Director, Media Watch

        Nov 16  Susan Stamberg
        Wed     NPR Special Correspondent; author, "Talk"

        Nov 22  Anne Lamott
        Tue     Author, "Bird by Bird"; "Operating Instructions"

        Dec 7   Howard Rheingold
        Wed     Executive Editor, HotWired; Author, "The Virtual Community"

        TBA     David Gergen
                State Department Counselor