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From: kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.proteon
Subject: Re:  Proteon Users Group
Summary: Let's do a Proteon BOF at InterOp
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Date: 30 Aug 88 16:32:54 GMT
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In article <8808291902.AA16068@devvax.TN.CORNELL.EDU> 
>RAF@NIHCU.BITNET ("Roger Fajman") writes:
>Are there any plans for a Proteon Users BOF at INTEROP 88?

I haven't heard of one, but it sounds like a great idea.  Who do we
talk to about arranging a BOF?  Dan Lynch?  I think a lot of p4200 and
Pronet-10/80 users will be there.

>perhaps a User's Group meeting could be help the Sunday before
>or the Saturday after.  This sort of scheduling has worked out pretty
>well for the BITNET Technical Meetings, which are held just prior to
>SHARE and DECUS.

I would expect the main problem with this is getting Proteon to send
people to InterOp this late.  Maybe someone at Proteon could run this
idea up the pole internally and see if a contingent from Proteon could
go/is going.  Of course, we don't need marketing, et al to talk among
ourselves, but that is one feature of a User Group that we could
expect to see.

Your idea of timing the User Group annual meeting with an event like
InterOp is also good.  Any other suggestions for conferences to tag
with?  I think InterOp is probably better than SIGCOMM and way better
than a trade show like LocalNet.  I'm not into DECUS.  How about
comments from others?

Are there any commercial organizations out there interested in this
User Group, or are we all academics?  As I understand it, a
significant amount of Proteon sales are into the IBM-PC LAN market,
but I know next to nothing about this area of LANs.

	Kent England, Boston U