Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mordor.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!mordor!@S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:Mills.Multics@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA
From: @S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:Mills.Multics@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Telephone/Mail human networks
Message-ID: <3042@mordor.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 12:36:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: mordor.3042
Posted: Tue Aug 13 12:36:58 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 15-Aug-85 00:35:19 EDT
Sender: daemon@mordor.UUCP
Organization: S-1 Project, LLNL
Lines: 22

From: Mills@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA

A number of the Naturist groups along the east coast have been discussing
methods of better coordinating their political activites.  A major problem
in doing this is effective communication between the different groups.  Some
people have suggested e-mail as a solution, but given that few if any of the
groups have any computer equipment it would seem that the initial outlay for
equipment and software would be rather high. I have investigated using 
utilities like the Source and Compuserve, but once again price becomes a major
problem.  This led me to think about non-computer networks that utilize
telephones and/or U.S. mail.  The only such network I have heard of is the
"Phone-Tree"? that the L5 society uses. (This is why I am posting this to
Space as well as Human-Nets).  If anyone has any info on how the L5 net works,
if it realy exists, or how any other phone/mail net works I would greatly
appreciate it.  Any references to books/articles on how to build such a net
would also be very interesting.  We are talking about approximately 30
groups east of the Mississippi, mostly on the coast, with about 5 people
in each group that need to contacted with each "posting".

John Mills           

send replies to Mills  at CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA