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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MSU.BITNET!RWWMAINT
  3. Message-ID: <CWIS-L%92112316480574@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.cwis-l
  5. Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:45:31 EST
  6. Sender:       "Campus-Wide Information Systems" <CWIS-L@WUVMD.BITNET>
  7. From:         Richard W Wiggins <RWWMAINT@MSU.BITNET>
  8. Subject:      Re: BOF at Dallas CAUSE92
  9. In-Reply-To:  Message of Mon, 23 Nov 1992 12:16:00 CST from <BETSY@KSUVM>
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  12. >OK, I give up....what's a BOF get-together?
  13. >My Webster's New World says BOF is a "basic oxygen furnace"!
  14.  
  15. "BOF" = conference-speak for "Birds of a Feather" session = typically
  16. informal brainstorming or latest-news chat among a specific affinity
  17. group.
  18.  
  19. /Rich Wiggins, Gopher Coordinator, Michigan State U
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