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- N-1-4-040.51, "User Services", by Joyce K. Reynolds*, <jkrey@isi.edu>
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- Jan Gruntorad, head of Czech FESnet and an Eisenhower Fellow from CSFR
- for year 1992 visited Information Sciences Instititue on October 23rd,
- to learn about the site and current research projects. He met with
- Joyce Reynolds to be updated on the current events in the User
- Services Area of the IETF. Jan was provided with updates to the FYI
- (For Your Information) RFCs. Jan expressed the importance of the user
- services work going on in the IETF and how it has helped his
- colleagues in Czechoslovakia. They have specifically been taking
- various documents of interest in the FYI RFC series and translating
- them into the native Czech language. This helps students learn more
- about the Internet.
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- RIPE meetings were held in Paris, France (30 September-2 October),
- where the NIDUS (Network Information Discovery for Users Support)
- Working Group held a session led by Nandor Horvarth.
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- The NETF convened in Oslo, Norway (7-9 October). An information and
- user services session was led by Rolf Nordhagen. Among other topics
- of interest was the talk on distance learning in Scandinavia.
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- Jill Foster ran a User Support Discussion Panel at the Network
- Services Conference 1992 in Pisa, Italy (3-5 November) which included
- a skit on, "Alice in Networkland". The RARE ISUS Working Group met
- during this conference.
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- *Member of the Technical Staff, Information Sciences Instititue,
- University of Southern California