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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 08:43:39 -0500
>From: "(Gary Chapman)" <chapman@SILVER.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Subject: File 4--Local Civic Network in Wisconsin
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is trying to help
promote Local Civic Networks around the country. There are projects
going on in Washington, D.C., Boston, Seattle, Vermont, Portland, and
Madison, Wisconsin. The following is a call for participation and
help for the Madison project.
For more information about CPSR, the nation's first public interest
organization of people in the computing field, write for more
information at cpsr-staff@csli.stanford.edu or call (415) 322-3778.
For more information on CPSR's Local Civic Networks activity, write
CPSR staff member Richard Civille at civille@washofc.cpsr.org.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
A team of people based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is
developing a Public Communication System (PCS), a non-profit network
which will be available to the academic community and to the general
public, and which will operate over the Internet. We would welcome
any comments or suggestions which you might have, and we would like
to invite anyone who's interested in this project and would like to
get involved. The goal is to develop a large public forum
where people can present information, ideas, and questions, and
where it will be easy for people to read and respond. The hardware
will consist of a central server, PCS computers at universities with
connections to the Internet, and PCS computers in public libraries.
The public will be able to get access by dialing in from home or via
the PCS computers at public libraries. People will be able to read
for free. The system will be supported by subscription fees and by
fees charged to SIGs for publishing articles and newsletters,
conducting conferences,etc. For software, we're modifying Gopher (a
program developed at the University of Minnesota) to have enhanced
interactive capabilities and security. We hope to be ready to test a
prototype by this coming summer.
We've already gotten a lot of valuable help from CPSR members. We hope
the PCS will be another example of a public-access network which
develops up from the grass-roots. Let us know if you have any
suggestions, if you'd like more detailed information, and if you'd
like to get involved.
John Jordan
PCS Project Director
University of Wisconsin-Madison
jordan@macc.wisc.edu
(608) 233-9535
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