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For Immediate Release:                          1 May 1993

                       Bay Toaster 1
        A Meeting for All Serious ToasterNetworkers,
          CommunityNetworkers and MetroNetworkers
           in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area

                  Saturday, May 15, 1993
                    9:30 am to 6:00 pm

                   SFSU Downtown Center
                    425 Market Street
                 San Francisco, California

Access to online communication is growing at a rapid pace.
Feeding the acceleration are many people who see the value
of this new type of communication and are making efforts to 
share it with their communities. Systems for connecting to 
the online network range in complexity, methods, and hardware.

This meeting will help those working to establish a community-
based network by sharing expertise with others that would like
to help and with those who have relevant experiences that they
would like to share. Models for community networks include
FreeNet systems, local BBS systems, shared net access, and 
several others.

The agenda for this event is as follows:

MORNING: PLAYERS IN THE FIELD

9:30-10 am    Registration check-in

10-11:30 noon  What have we done, what have we learned so far?
Brief introduction to local groups, including:
                The Little Garden (Tom Jennings)
                SFSUnet (Gerald S. Eisman)
                Cruzio (ccn)
                Green Party of Santa Cruz (Geoff Galitz)
              
11:30-12:30 pm  Funding mechanisms and other practical matters
Discussion of what's been tried, what works, what doesn't and why

12:30-1:30    Lunch-brown bag, bring your own

AFTERNOON: DIRECTIONS TO THE FUTURE

1:30-2 pm     Methods & Strategies in working with IP providers
Identification and discussion of major providers in SF bay area

2-2:30 pm     Brainstorming: List of problems to address
Discussion of technical and social aspects of setting up networks

2:30-3 pm     Prioritizing list of problems for discussion

3-3:45 pm     Possible approaches to problems listed above
Break-out groups to discuss identified areas of interest

3:45-4 pm     Break

4-4:30 pm     Summary of Breakouts

4:30-6 pm     Tools needed for addressing the community
Exploration of technical information, types of volunteers and
assistance needed to further this work and make it more effective

This event is free and open to all who pre-register.

REGISTRATION FORM:

Group/Network Name:
Location (City/State):

Contact Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Post code:
Country:
Phone:
Email:

Abstract (if Network):

IP Service Provider: 

Send completed registration form by 10pm on May 14 1993,to:
  <[email-masked]>  or via fax to: 415.322.6481

For more information, contact:
Judi Clark, Bay Toaster 1 Organizer
internet: [email-masked]
phone: 415.322.5411
fax: 415.322.6481

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