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FC: Speaking at Capital PC User Group in Virginia this Thurs 7 pm
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 17:36:59 -0400
[I am back in DC. Sorry for the short notice. --Declan] http://www.cpcug.org/user/internet/flycurr.txt Capital PC User Group (CPCUG) Monday May 1, 2000 Internet Special Interest Group (SIG) May 2000 and Future Meetings *** See below for directions to meeting site, future meeting programs, Internet SIG news and SIG mailing list information *** Topic: Technology, Politics, Society, Civilization and more Speaker: Declan McCullagh, Wired News Washington Correspondent <http://www.politechbot.com/> <http://www.mccullagh.org/> Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000, 7 pm Location: Washington Gas Light Corporation, Springfield, Virginia Journalist Declan McCullagh covers a wide variety of topics, blending technology, politics, privacy, computer security, encryption, risks associated with computing, and more, along with their effects on society. He observes and participates in -- sometimes more than he wants -- areas he covers. He's a frequent and well-regarded speaker; this will be an event not to miss. Speaker biography [...snip...] *** Internet SIG Meeting location: Washington Gas Light Auditorium 6801 Industrial Road Springfield, VA <http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?screen=ia_find&link=ia-map-result&uid=u94e05e5j5q3x3gs:anqy7gq6t> Directions: Industrial Road is in the Shirley Industrial Park. It intersects Backlick Road between the Beltway and Edsall Road. Other CPCUG SIGs such as Virginia, Multimedia, and OS/2 meet or have met here occasionally. From DC Take 14th Street Bridge Continue with I395 directions Beltway Inner Take I395 North Loop (North) Continue with I395 directions I395: Take Exit 2, Edsall Road (Route 648) West Turn left on Backlick Road (Route 617) After approx. .7 mile turn left on Industrial Road Enter Washington Gas Light parking lot on right after passing sign with white lettering on black background, at sign "Payment Depository" Beltway Outer Take Exit 5, Braddock Road (Route 620) East Loop (South) After approx. 1.8 miles, turn right on Backlick Road (Route 617) After approx. .7 mile turn left on Industrial Road Enter Washington Gas Light parking lot on right after passing sign with white lettering on black background, at sign "Payment Depository" Metro We need volunteers to drive attendees between Metro and Internet SIG meetings. Please contact Gabe Goldberg at <gabe () acm org> if you're available for shuttle duty using any Metro station near the meeting site. John Wells <jdwellssr () yahoo com> can sometimes shuttle from/to Springfield Metro. Target arriving between 6:30-40. Please reserve early to ride with John. DC (Van Ness) Harold Goldstein drives from Northwest DC near Van Ness to most meetings; email (dcbiker () goldray com) or call (202-966-9091) him to arrange a ride. *** SIG News*** CPCUG has established a policy for cancelling events due to inclement weather. If public schools in the jurisdiction where an event will be held (Fairfax County, for the Internet SIG) are closed for the day, or close early, because of weather, the event is cancelled. This is intended to avoid people having to check any CPCUG-related information, just check on Fairfax County schools. I hope we never need to worry about this, but it's useful just in case. Comfort note: The Washington Gas Light auditorium is often surprisingly cold. If you're sensitive to chilly surroundings, dress warmly or in layers, or bring a sweater or a companion. To encourage prompt arrivals and a vigorous discussion period from 7 to 8 pm, raffle prizes are sometimes awarded at 7:15 pm. We reserve the right to discontinue distributing raffle tickets at that time, so that the only way to win prizes will be to attend the pre-presentation discussion! Among regular prizes offered are books from O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. <http://www.ora.com>, Internet access from Millkern/CPCUG <http://www.millkern.com> and <http://www.cpcug.org> and occasional gifts from Microsoft <http://www.microsoft.com>. Watch for last-minute email notices sent to the Internet SIG mailing list regarding weather-related changes and cancellations! These will be accurate and may supercede information printed in CPCUG's magazine, The Monitor, or posted elsewhere. If you attend Internet SIG meetings, it's worth subscribing to ensure hearing late-breaking news! Internet SIG meetings begin with audience introductions and a general question/answer dialogue. This is an opportunity to discuss Internet triumphs achieved, information/resource treasures found, or mysteries to be resolved. Internet novices are most welcome. We encourage grizzled Internauts to help novices gain expertise by answering questions in complete sentences consisting primarily of English words. In order to enhance and demonstrate the value of CPCUG membership, raffle prizes are reserved for CPCUG members. Please bring CPCUG membership card, Monitor issue, or your membership number to facilitate claiming prizes. Note instructions at end of this note for self-service mailing list including subscribing/unsubscribing, updating subscriptions, and retrieving mailings!!! After meetings, dedicated Internauts sometimes seek a late dinner. Join us for a friendly meal and personal networking! *** Future SIG Meetings *** Topic: Broadband Internet Access (Cable/DSL) Panel Speakers: TBA Date: Thursday, June 8, 2000, 7 pm Location: Washington Gas Light Corporation, Springfield, Virginia As competing technologies for fast Internet access -- cable modem and DSL, available from cable TV and telephone companies -- become widely available, new technical, logistical, and economic issues and tradeoffs emerge. This meeting will bring together vendors and customers of the competing technologies to provide facts, rebut myths and misinformation, and allow accurately evaluating and comparing them. --- Topic: Vanity Searching -- Finding Yourself and Your Tracks Online Speaker: John Schwartz, Washington Post Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000, 7 pm Location: Washington Gas Light Corporation, Springfield, Virginia If you use the Internet, you may be leaving tracks as clear as footprints in fresh snow. Everything you do -- Web browsing, newsgroup postings, email list subscribing and posting -- can leave permanent records. Retrieving this kind of information about onself is called "vanity searching". This presentation will describe vanity search techniques useful to learn what the Internet knows about you, and ways that some data can be corrected or removed. Speaker biography: John Schwartz writes about technology issues for the Washington Post. He has written about such topics as government regulation of the Internet, xenotransplantation and the dinosaurian origins of birds, C. Everett Koop and Moxy Fruvous. He was born in Galveston, Texas and got a liberal arts degree from the University of Texas; he also graduated from the University of Texas Law School. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland with his college sweetheart and three children. --- Topic: Speaker: Date: Thursday, August 10, 2000, 7 pm Location: Washington Gas Light Corporation, Springfield, Virginia --- Topic: Cyber Threat to the Critical Infrastructure Speaker: Special Agent Jim Christy, Law Enforcement & Counterintelligence Coordinator, Defense-Wide Information Assurance Program Office, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, & Intelligence Date: Mon, September 11, 2000, 7 pm Location: NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda *** Internet SIG Email Mailing List *** Questions? Send Gabe Goldberg email at gabe () acm org The Internet SIG's LISTSERV email mailing list is hosted by America Online. This allows self-service registration and subscription maintenance. To subscribe to SIG mailings, send email to: LISTSERV () LISTSERV AOL COM containing the line SUBSCRIBE NETSIG-L <firstname> <lastname> You will receive a simple request to confirm your subscription. After confirmation, you will receive a few email notes each month regarding Internet SIG business. The list does not allow subscriber postings. To unsubscribe, send email to the above address containing the line SIGNOFF NETSIG-L For information on LISTSERV commands, send email to the above address containing the line HELP For information on files available to NETSIG-L subscribers, send email to the above address containing the line INDEX NETSIG-L You will receive a list of filenames, including monthly archives of email sent to NETSIG-L subscribers. If you've mistakenly purged a note or want to review information, send email to the above address containing line(s) like GET NETSIG-L xxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is a filename you want, requesting archive(s) for month(s) in which the email was sent. *** End *** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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