Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00833
To: Tom Mairs tmairs@img.net, "beam@corp.sgi.com" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Sharon swilliam@cadvision.com
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:58:54 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Hmm...How should I word the subject...
or maybe a newsletter in acrobat format? then you could chose to print it
yourself.
-Jeremy Williams
At 05:54 PM 2/22/99 -0800, Tom Mairs wrote:
>Does this mean that you want to actually use paper (like from wood) for
>this newsletter? It seems kind of strange to take a tech subject like
>BEAM, or robotics in general, and relegate it to the realm of paper
>newsletters. I think the BEAM Web Ring is serving the information purpose
>relatively well, but is in need of organization and better structure. I
>think you would be better served to spend your energy on a central
>information repository based on this mailing list and use the talents of
>those who already have information in the ring.
>
>You could organize monthly meetings in a closed chat room, ICQ conferences,
>structured web building sessions, etc.. - now that would be cool. You could
>charge a small annual fee if you wanted to, just to cover web storage, or
>whatever.
>
>Just my $.02 +GST+PST worth..... (small Canadian joke)
>
>Tom Mairs, Aasland Technologies
>tmairs@aasland.com
>http://www.aasland.com/
>(250)-490-0673
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Evan Dudzik [SMTP:evandude@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Monday, February 22, 1999 4:52 PM
>To: beam@corp.sgi.com
>Subject: Hmm...How should I word the subject...
>
>Hello all
>
>I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me start a nationwide BEAM
>club, which would take a step beyond a mailing list, into a sort of
>club... with a monthly newsletter, etc, and if we all pooled orders to
>digikey, etc we could save TONS of money. if I can find some
>supporters, I WILL do this. It would be a great way for people who
>are really into this stuff a chance to get more than just
>emails...(although emails are cool :-) for example, the 1381 voltage
>detectors cost like 83 cents each, but if you buy 100, they are like
>54 cents each. and the monthly newsletter could include NEW
>schematics, etc and the BEAM elite and those who, like me, know a lot
>about it but don't have much(hardly any) actual experience actually
>building these things. i mean, we could have like a construction
>article every month where we all pool our knowledge and draw up a set
>of plans for making all sorts of BEAM bots. we could have articles on
>solarollers right up to the 'mysterious' (hardly any info anywhere!!!)
>turbot! of course, it might be necessary to have yearly dues, kinda
>like a magazine, but ONLY to cover printing costs... like 5 or 10
>bucks? we could have columns by certain people each month, etc etc
>etc, and people could email in certain articles they would like put in
>the newsletter. Anyone who subscribed would benefit, and we could all
>have a central homepage, with links directly to info on our other
>pages... Please, anyone
>_________________________________________________________
>DO YOU YAHOO!?
>
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