Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cornell.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!jim From: jim@cornell.UUCP (Jim Ferwerda) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Proposal for a Peace Network Message-ID: <143@cornell.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 12:50:01 EST Article-I.D.: cornell.143 Posted: Mon Mar 11 12:50:01 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 22:25:03 EST Distribution: net Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 32 More than most others, readers of net.politics are probably aware of the great potential of this medium for facilitating communication between people, and providing a forum for the free exchange of ideas. A group of people at Cornell University is attempting to bring the power of electronic communication to the community of people around the country who are working for peace and social justice. This project hopes to establish a nation-wide dialup network of small computers that will allow this activist community to exchange mail, broadcast announcements, establish a netnews-like facility, track government legislation, do bibliographic searches, and in general achieve better coordination between groups of similar interest that are isolated from one another by geographical location or because of lack of access to information resources. At this point in the project, I am trying to establish contacts with people on the net who are active in peace and social justice work. My hope is that we will be able to share our interests, and technical expertise to get this project off the ground. Please do not reply to this message through the usual news channels, but send me mail at any of the addresses listed below. Thanks, Jim Ferwerda jim@cornell (arpa) jim@crnlcs (bitnet) allegra! decvax! uw-beaver! cornell!jim (uucp)