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I wanted to let the AVS user community know that the
International AVS Center announced at SIGGRAPH '92 our
intention to join as a khoros affiliate and port their
modules to the AVS public domain site.  There are over
200 imaging modules and khoros has done an excellent job
with all areas.  Image processing, signal processing, GIS,
remote sensing and much more.  It is our intention to
have at least 75% percent of these available on the site
by October 1st of this year.  This is a weak area for our 
users and taking this step should help us all.  We will be
posting information about khoros as things progress.

If any of you have suggestions for other public domain packages
or tools that you would like to see ported to the International
AVS Center public domain site, please send me email.

Also, I would like to encourage you to take the time to
document your modules and submit them to the site.  As for those
with proprietary modules through your companies, please make
an additional effort to convince your companies that it is the
data that is usually of most importance and perhaps some of 
your modules could be submitted to help others.

As a SIGGRAPH '92 update, we are very pleased with the results of
the first IAC exhibit.  The Vision Dome booth had lines for
the entire conference, never had an empty seat and had rave reviews.
Our purpose was both to gain exposure and promote scientific 
visualization.  I think we accomplished both and learned a lot in
the process.

We are considering a smaller exhibit at Supercomputing '92 and
Technology 2002 this year.  If anyone is interested in joining
us we will use the same criteria.  Cost sharing for profit organizations
involved and module donations for non-profit and university
organizations.  I do not expect either of these to cost as much
as SIGGRAPH, although I am being asked to do something equally as
big for Technology 2002 and am considering.  Those at SIGGRAPH have
a better understanding of what I mean by doing a big exhibit.  Those
interested in joining if we decide to pursue this further, please send
email to be at avs@ncsc.org or call me, David Bennett, at 919-248-1182
for further discussion and information (FAX is 919 248 1101).

David Bennett
IAC Director