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DC Freenet Mtg. 4/29
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Hyland)
Mon Apr 27 12:23:38 1992
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1992 11:08:07 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
From: Paul Hyland <PHYLAND%GWUVM.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
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The Capital Area FreeNet Committee announces a public meeting.
Date: Wednesday April 29
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: George Washington University
Marvin Center Theater,
800 21st Street, NW
For more information call (202) 994-6455 or reply to phyland@gwuvm.gwu.edu.
The development of the Capital Area FreeNet is in it's early stages. There
currently are FreeNet systems operating in Cleveland, Peoria, Youngstown,
Cincinnati, and Medina County, OH and formal organiziing committess have
been established in over 25 cities in the US and worldwide (including, NY,
LA, and Chicago).
The FreeNet is a part of the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN).
FreeNet and NPTN, together, form the computer equivelant of public radio
or PBS -- a national network of free, public access systems. The system
contains a wealth of information from local government to federal government
reports, enternmaint news, educational information, just to name a few. It
is essentially a system for the community operated by the community (the
Cleveland FreeNet has over 300 volunteers from the community operating it).
As a result, the system can provide whatever information and services that
the community would like to see.
At the public meeting on April 29th, we will present information on the
development of the Capital Area Freenet (CapNet), and show videos describing
the Heartland FreeNet (in Peoria Illinois) and Big Sky Television. Also
planned is a demonstration of the Cleveland FreeNet (the largest of the
FreeNet systems). Following the video and demonstration, we will discuss
and hopefully get ideas from the public as to how the FreeNet concept could
be applied here in the DC area, and sign people and organizations up to
become information providers, discussion leaders, and supporters.
Paul Hyland
phyland@gwuvm.gwu.edu
