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SIGs for May 5
Wednesday Night Community VC led by Eric Gersh We'll continue our discussion about forming a fund for raising and distributing capital to community members for community related net biz and projects. Topics include: setting a representative working name for the fund, deliberations on Profit/Non Profit status and defining the general criteria for a qualifying project.

Burning Man Countdown. Burning Man - The Most Dangerous Art Event in the World, will talk about planning our own unique participation. This week we will be joining with the SRL SIG. SRL has been active at Burning Man, and the two groups share an "extreme art" approach to their activities, so we think it will be a good mix.

Survival Research Labs led by Jim Moulton & Marshall Rockwell. SRL is a progressive performance art group out of the bay area that uses large remotely controlled robotics devices to create an amazing visual and auditory cacophony of epic proportions. Their last performance occurred in Los Angeles during the mid-80's. This SIG is committed planning their return to LA. The SRL Performance is scheduled for August 1999, to coincide with Siggraph. At this meeting we will show a 10 Minute (A-) Robotics Video; pass out copies of the performance requirements and have a variety of press releases to review. We will also discuss having an official kick-off party for the event.

Getting LAP Ready for Today's Challenges led by Max Gail. For four plus years, Max Gail has been sharing the LAP concepts of sustainable community through universal access to information technologies, collaborative entrepreneurial processes, life-long learning and celebration of diversity. Following recent events in Colorado, many government, education and business leaders across the country contacted Max wanting to meet online in recognition of a collective community crisis. The purpose of the SIG is to get the LAP website ready to address this wave of urgency with up to date conferencing &/communication tools.

Chat and Instant Messaging led by William Kapes The Internet can be a great tool to bridge distances between people. Join us and see how you can connect to friends and family all over the world. We will look at some of the latest tools to keep you in touch such as IRC, AIM, ICQ and any other three letter acronym we can dig up." Happy Noel will be co-leading this session.

Where's the Internet Headed by Jim Massey Jim spent almost the entire month of April at one conference or another. He'll share his unique viewpoint at where he thinks we're headed in the next six to twelve months.

Getting Organized for the Rainbow Gathering led by MJ Greenberg. Michael is the US organizer for the international Rainbow Gathering in Australia later this year. He'll explore ideas for sponsorship & transportation arrangements for more than 2,000 people who are expected to attend from the USA.

SIGs for April 21
Wednesday Night Community VC led by Eric Gersh. This SIG will discuss the feasibility of forming a "VC" group for small, particularly community oriented, internet businesses. We would raise small amounts of capital to fund first stage net businesses that have gone through a sort of Wednesday night community filter. The concept is akin to the mini-banks set up to make micro-loans.

IRC BASICS led by William Kapes

MORE ON WEDNIGHTS.ORG led by new webmaster Steve Jones

BEYOND INTERACTIVE: REFLEXIVE ENTERTAINMENT led by Linda Thurman of New Media Prime. Linda writes -- Are you ready to flex? A "flex" is an original universe designed for the viewser's (viewer-user) enjoyment by the producer (designer-writer-programmer). The viewser's input, choices and actions impact the universe and create a new universe -- never exactly what the producer foresaw or the viewer intends.

SIGs for April 7
BIZ 101: Writing a Killer Business Plan led by Victoria Duff

HOW TO TALK GOODER led by Ray Goldsmith ! in order for people to hear what you say, they first have to get past how you're saying it. in this sig we'll work on some simple ways to better your speech. Led by Ray Goldsmith

MAKING MONEY OFF A WEBSITE WITHOUT E-COMMERCE led by William Kapes

MORE ON WEDNIGHTS.ORG led by new webmaster Steve Jones

GETTING AROUND ON WED NIGHT AT IWorld led by Mari Serrano
Wednesday Night takes to the road on the Party bus. Plan this fun event with Mari!

SIGS for March 17
BIZ 101: Funding Opportunities technology grants and led  by LARTA's program director Cliff Numark. They'll discuss funding, federal the California Technology Investment Partnership  (CalTIP) program, a state matching grant program that LARTA facilities. Julie Kibbler

JAVA SERVLET SKUNKWORKS action and discuss led by James Pitts. We will look at some Servlets, Server-side Java applets, in whether this is an effective way to make dynamic web sites without causing the developer to lose too much sleep."

USS CYBERDOME, AN ONLINE COMMUNITY activist from the This unique computer lab wants to led by Ted Hayes, a homeless Dome Village in downtown LA. exchange services with computer & internet specialists.

CREATING AN EXPERIENTIAL WEB SITE exploring the tools & led by Isabel Bonde. Isabel is launching a sound meditation site & techniques & budget needed to make it a space for spiritual practice.
PLANNING SUPER EVENTS -- THE IWORLD PARTY & SRL LIVE SHOW led by Mari Serrano

SIGs for March 3
INTERNET ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS led by Joe Andrieu. The group will explore how Business Requirements fit into the planning for a successful Internet project. How does one identify and document the needs and success criteria as they relate to the business functions of the company? Marketing, financial, fulfillment, customer support, legal, etc., all of these must be addressed for a fully defined Internet initiative. Uniquely separate from Technology and Design requirements, Business Requirements ensure that the project, once built, will in fact serve the company and improve the bottom line.

MAKING EFFECTIVE SALES led by Dennis Wojnar

JAVA SERVLETS DEMO led by James Pitts. James writes: "Yes, Java can do more than annoy us with choppy animations and endless coffee analogies. Server-side Java applets have been around for a while, but Servlets are now a standard part of Sun's Java. You can hook them up to databases and make cool web apps such as a bulletin board. We will look at some Servlets in action and discuss whether this is an effective way to make dynamic web sites without causing the developer to lose too much sleep."

EMAIL EMPOWERMENT led by Eric Gersh. Strategies and techniques for making email your servant.

COOL MP3 STUFF led by Carl de Cordova. Carl will demo Rio's MP3 Player & play some cool music.

CREATING A PARTICIPATORY ONLINE COMMUNITY led by Julia Jones

ECONOMICAL E-COMMERCE FOR THE E-MERCHANT led by Tina Penn of Signature Card Services will present cost-effective methods for businesses new to online marketing in particular to sell their wares. Presented by VeniceBeachCalifornia.com

PLANNING A SUPER IWORLD PARTY led by Mari Serrano

SIGs for February 17
More on Building A Participatory Community. Anyone interested in participating in working on this site, come 'on down! Co-webmaster Julia Jones assisted by Cat Spicer will facilitate this ongoing group
Engineering Requirements for Internet Success Engineering Requirements for Internet Success. Join Joe Andrieu in his three-part series.
Collaborative E-Commerce for Artists co-led by Marty Harwell-Weiner, Harry Parry, Janice Norton and Noel St.John.
Email Empowerment led by Eric Gersh. Strategies and techniques for making email your servant.

SIGs for February 3
The Need for Firewalls. Don Wood will cover the following topics personal security for your data; attaching many machines to one IP; intrusion protection; simple solutions on one 1.4 floppy disk.

Creating a Successful Internet Entertainment Property. Joe Andrieu will apply the concepts and technologies of the Personal Narrative and MUDs to create an engaging online game and company. The company is a cooperative venture of the SIG participants and those who contribute their efforts to developing the online world.

Construction of a Useful Working Theory About Paradigm Shifts. Galen Hunter will compare and contrast current economic and political events with previous historical periods of technological change; make generalized predictions about future ecommerce business models considering new tools (XML & shopping bots) and discuss proposed changes in contract law.

Pop Culture & Fiction led by Janice Norton
Making the Harry Perry Website led by Harry Parry and Marty Harwell-Weiner. Current focus is figuring out how to on add digital clips of Harry's many songs and videos to VeniceBeachCalifornia.com.
Building Participatory Community led by Andrew Michalik & Sandra Mueller. We need YOU to tell us how to make www.wednights.org valuable and worth your time to keep it going. Key questions are: How do we build an online participatory community; How do we share leadership and How do we keep our online presence site fresh and functional.

Finding the Economic Balance of Chaos and Self-organizing led by Marshall Rockwell

SIGs for January 20
Personal Narrative & Multi-User Games led by Joe Andrieu
Pop Culture & Fiction led by Janice Norton
Trading to Make a Vision Happen led by Harry Parry & Marty Harwell-Weiner.
Web Raising of www.wednights.org led by Andrew Michalik.

SIGs for  January 6
Personal Narrative & Multi-User Games led by Joe Andrieu
Pop Culture & Fiction led by Janice Norton
Trading to Make a Vision Happen led by Harry Parry & Marty Harwell-Weiner.

Web Raising of www.wednights.org led by Andrew Michalik. Bring your web-building GIFs, links, and creative ideas. The site is in MS FrontPage web, so we can all share in the development.