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From: eugene@pioneer.arpa (Eugene N. Miya)
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Subject: Re: no newuser group is required
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Date: 5 Apr 88 00:37:30 GMT
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In article <788@uvm-gen.UUCP> connors@uvm-gen.UUCP (The Unix Blizzard) writes:
>>There are no SIGGRAPH groups nearby.

Good reason for starting one, eh? 8-)

>>The University's library is not well stocked in computer graphics texts.

This is where I'm serious about the point of starting one.  If facilities for
something are poor, and I want to learn about something, you start empire
building.  Who knows how far your can go?  Wanta go for a PhD?  Anyway,
part of starting a local group is to get interest, expertise, and resources.
Consider yourself lucky.  You can get hundreds of people (novices) interested
in graphics (unlike say operating systems ;-) in your local area.  Having a
local group confurs benefits like material for a library.  Go for it.

From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@ames-aurora.ARPA
  "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?"
  "Send mail, avoid follow-ups.  If enough, I'll summarize."
  {uunet,hplabs,hao,ihnp4,decwrl,allegra,tektronix}!ames!aurora!eugene
  soon to be ex-Prez, Bay Area ACM/SIGGRAPH