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Subject: ANS FORTH TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
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Date: 3 Sep 90 04:08:04 GMT
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Message 231       Fri Aug 31, 1990
D.RUFFER [Dennis]            at 13:15 EDT
 
From Elizabeth Rather, Chair, ANS X3J14 Technical Committee:

This is addressed to those who have been commenting extensively on our work on
UseNet and related boards.

We very much appreciate your interest.  I have circulated copies of many of
your comments in the TC.  I'd like to take the opportunity to try to clarify a
few things.

Current membership is 21 people.  Roughly one third are implementors, and only
a few of those are commercial vendors.  Of the users, they include users of
most commercially available systems, as well as individuals who "roll their
own" and love it. It's a self-selected group of masochists willing to donate
many hours (about 200 hours/year/member in meetings, plus time spent outside
meetings) and money for travel.  Some are very advanced experts, others just
casual users.

We've gone to a lot of effort to meet in most parts of the country in order to
enable local Forth users to attend at least one meeting: we've met in
Washington DC, LA, Northern CA, San Diego, Rochester, Boston, Melbourne FL,
Portland and Vancouver.  Future meetings are planned for Detroit (11/6-10/90),
Los Angeles and Colorado, and we'll happily entertain other suggestions.

It's also very easy to join:  you can be a voting member of the TC at your
second consecutive meeting, and you can vote in the technical sessions on your
first visit.  Our efforts to get a broad base of input have paid off with
active participation (attending meetings, submitting proposals, etc.) of
nearly 200 people over the three years we've been working.  We're delighted
that Nick Janow enjoyed meeting with us, and hope more of you will come.
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