Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00834
To: Sharon swilliam@cadvision.com
From: James Niemasik jfn@best.com
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:20:42 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Hmm...How should I word the subject...
This topic has come up before, and I think that all the new circuits, ideas,
etc. surface in this mailing list first, and a newsletter would just be a
reiteration of what everyone's already discussed here.
Sharon wrote:
> 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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