INVITATION to 2nd C-FEST at Lingua MOO

[Cynthia Haynes <cynthiah@utdallas.edu>]

Sorry for the cross-postings...

			***2nd C-FEST Colloquium***
				LINGUA MOO
		      Telnet: lingua.utdallas.edu 8888
			Monday, February 19th, 8pm EST

What is a C-Fest?  It's a series of online colloquia devoted to topics of 
interest developed from discussions on PTissues and Rhetnet email lists.

The Lingua MOO C-fest began Wednesday, February 7th, and the log of this 
session is available in the Colloquium room at Lingua and on our website 
(http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000) in the Archives and Resource link.  The 
discussion on Monday the 19th will pick up some of the issues from our 
previous meeting (problems for graduate students if conference formats 
don't expand, impact of technology on formats, ethics of 3-minute 
presentations listed on vitas, etc.).  Please join Todd Taylor, Collin 
Brooke, and me continuing this important discussion.

Here's how you can join in these important debates:

Dates to attend: 
Mon -- 2/19 -- 8pm EST (Facilitators:Todd Taylor, Collin Brooke)
Tue -- 2/27 -- 8pm EST (Joan Richmond)
Wed -- 3/6 -- 8pm EST (Dene Grigar, Eric Crump)
Thu -- 3/14 -- 8pm EST (still need volunteers to facilitate)

As you can see, we chose to rotate days of the week to enable as many as 
possible to attend at least once.  We also need more volunteers to act as 
faciliators to get the discussions going.  If you cannot attend, the logs 
of each session will be available in the room where we meet.  You may 
register your email with us at Lingua MOO if you aren't already a player, 
and then mail yourself the log to read later, or you can read it there 
anytime you log on.  Guests may register their email by typing @email 
your-address, then both registered users and guests may type MAILME 
<number> to have a log of a C-fest session e-mailed to themselves.

Here's how to get to Lingua MOO:

1.  Telnet to:  Lingua.utdallas.edu 8888
2.  Log on as a guest if you do not have a character at Lingua.
 	(at Lingua welcome screen type: connect guest firstname)
3.  Type 'walk to Colloquium' to get to the seminar room.
4.  Read the instructions in the room description about where to sit and how 
    to talk.  There are 3 tables to sit at, and a head table for the 
    facilitators.  You may talk at your table and only those at the table 
    may hear you, or if you wish to address the entire group, type SU (for 
    'speak up') and your text.
5.  To quit the MOO, type @quit.

If you want to volunteer to help faciliate discussion on any of these 
dates, please email me at cynthiah@utdallas.edu.  I will send brief 
notices about the next meeting each week, so please save this for future 
reference.  We hope you can join us, and don't worry if you've never 
MOOed, it's easy!  Log on in advance and practice anytime.  We have help 
tutorials in the Help Kiosk off the main Courtyard where you land when 
you log on.

See you on February 19th!

Cynthia Haynes
cynthiah@utdallas.edu