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From: jim@cornell.UUCP (Jim Ferwerda)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Proposal for a Peace Network
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 12:50:01 EST
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	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

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