Greetings!

I go along with the idea since all Computer Users have a different story to
tell and all have had different experiences.

At 19:51 27/01/98 -0600, you wrote:
>to add more to Lien's post, here is how the guest speaker idea
>might work.  First a speaker is selected.  then she would be
>asked to write a short bio about themself or describe their
>current work and interests, all which would be posted to the
>list.  If people wanted more information or to dig deeper into
>the speaker's interests or area of familiarization, likes to web
>pages would be provided.  Questions for the speaker would not be
>sent to the list, but to a specific e-mail address where they
>would be collected for about one to two weeks and forwarded to
>the speaker.  the speaker would then would respond to each
>specific question like in the old Rolling Stone interview style
>or write her response in narrative.  This has not yet been
>decided.  After the guest has posted her responses to the
>questions, she would be invited to hang out on the list for a
>couple of weeks for discussion and dialogue.
>
>some of us in the larger groups wish to use the most basic of
>today's technology to provide the valuable insights and learning
>that derives from the seminars that we organize.  We recognize
>the limitations of those on the suburban fringe or those who may
>not have a vicug in their community and who cannot benefit from
>these experiences.  While this presents opportunity, it also
>presents a few problems.  One is the increased amount of traffic
>on the list.  More e-mail in your inbox.  it will also require
>some commitment from some list members to organize this activity.
>We might also face the difficulty of net tourism:  people jumping
>on the list for a hot speaker who are not familiar with our
>online community and then jumping off when that particular
>seminar is finished.  I would be interested to learn if list
>members strongly like or dislike the idea of guest speakers.
>
>kelly
>
>
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