MOO's (was Re: connection to other freenets)

[James Russell]

Hi Michael:
You are so Right!
Now, how about the youth at Rope.
We could use a lot more help there since I'll be on vacation for
the month of July. Thank you. Write mgrant at scn.org.

James/of/Renton
jamesr at scn.org               scn.org=Seattle community network

On Mon, 19 Jun 1995, Michael Hanson wrote:

> > bobk said:
> >   SCN should also consider setting up some connections to some MOO's.
> > ...
> >
> 
> Why should we do this?  Specifically:
> Are MOO's available through other low-cost methods?
> Is there a great demand for MOO's among SCN's users or potential users?
> (Does the demand warrant taking resources from our other efforts?)
> 
> 1. Are Moo's available through any other channel?  Can they be reached
> via gopher/WWW from the library menus.  There is no point in our
> duplicating things that are already available, when our time and
> resources might better be used to create services that don't
> already exist.
> 
> 2. SCN seems to be rather dead (or at least in hibernation) right now
> - it has been over a month since any new information areas/IP's were
> announced.  I think our priority should be to get more local
> information channels going.  Before we add access to other fun
> technical tools - we should see what users - potential and actual
> really want or need.  We can not yet adequately support our venture
> into the web.  We should try to be user driven - focusing on helping
> local people to get connected, rather than being technology driven -
> spending our effort and computing resources on technology just
> because it is available.
> 
> --
> 	Michael Hanson       (michael at scn.org) Seattle, WA, USA 
> Advocating increased mobility - whether physical or electronic as a
> cure for the fragmentation of society is like prescribing champaign
> as a hangover cure.
>