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From: thompson@arc.CDN (bradley thompson)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: who's out there?
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Date: 20 Dec 89 03:49:00 GMT
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Hi. I have been reading this net more or less steadily for some years now
and have found it generally to be useful. It has proven to be a good place
to listen to alternative ideas and concepts, to hear reasonably up to date
gossip, and to find out who's out there. I have run into some people
especially in Canada, that I would not have run into otherwise. The expansion
of the number of participants has been also been gratifying. Some people
have cut their teeth on this net and moved on to do work in the space
R&D area. 

Having said the nice things, I want to air a concern. I have a good idea
about where most of the participants come from on this net. I make it
my business to find out one way or the other. Who is saying something
is as important as what they are saying. I am not inviting or promoting
elitism, but especially when comments about agency policy are made for
example people need to know the source. 

What I would like to suggest is that for some of our more frequent
contributors some consideration of a brief bio. being submitted be 
given. Emphasis being on relation to space programs, interests in
this area etc. Immediate targets that come to mind are people
like Dietz, Neff, Spencer, and Szabo. Others [ are you there Dani? ]
who I have not seen as much of lately would be nice also. 

Merry whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year.

Brad Thompson
Biotechnology Department