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On Wed, 5 Aug 1992 23:29:21 GMT, eric@cathaus.utcs.utoronto.ca (Eric M.
Carroll) said: 

> Now, the thing I want to know is where to write to get the ACM to take
> the Internet seriously. I cannot believe the association that publishes
> SIGCOMM (the reason I joined) still uses BITNET. The ACM should be out
> front in using the Internet to service its members for dissemination of 
> research and educational purposes.

ACM is taking it seriously. Headquarters is still using an IBM mainframe, and
IBM mainframes have traditionally been connected via BITNET. Note that there
is a distinction between Internet and Usenet News. ACM can receive all the
electronic mail you want; they are not on Usenet. 

However, with acm.org, that is changing. Quoting from "The Network", which is
the quarterly publication of the ACM Professional Chapters Program:

  ACM Network Services launched operations March 2, 1992 with the rollout of
  acm.org at the Computer Science Conference in Kansas City. According to Bob
  Lemley, program directory, "acm.org has become more than just an Internet
  domain. It has become a dynamic concept." Acm.org is beginning to offer
  several services to ACM members. It is now offering accounts on an Internet
  host for email and the access to the wide variety of Internet resources.
  Subscribers can also benefit from the many electronic discussions on the
  Internet or download lits, files, and programs from the acm.org computer or
  from other locations on the Internet. Full service accounts provide for ftp
  access to a wide variety of public data stores, including everything from
  public domain software for your computer to articles from other ACM chapter
  newsletters or problems from programming contests.

Right now, the goal is to get all chapters on acm.org. The cost of a full
service account for ACM members is $70 for the first year, and $50 for
subsequent years, plus connect charges (free through internet, 7.20/hr through
SprintNet, 12.00/hr for 800 dialin at 9600 baud). A mail forwarding account is
$10.00/year.

For more information, contact Bob Lemley at 817/752-6888 or lemley@acm.org.
You can also contact Michael Clore, at clore@acm.org

Daniel
Chair, ACM/SIGSAC
Chair, Los Angeles Chapter of the ACM
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