This is also a test of the new mailer. pflaump@worldnet.att.net now works. ATT answered it's phone and fixed the problem. This has to be a big plus for them. IF YOU DON'T want the synergy News and Journal just respond to sender UNSUBSCRIBE - I now will get the message. I have the same problem with MCI can't can't get in touch with them. They call about the bill but can't be reached for service. SYNERGY-NET on http://www.wiredbrain.net/ Small, stable, smart and convenient : THE SPOT for PARTICIPATION ON THE WEB: RE: The Way of the CLUB: Progress Report: The system for learning about the web should be on the web - and needs to be a "learn to learn" style education. Any specific program or system has a half life of one year, human years in cyber-space have become dog years. Almost everything will be different in two years. You can't spend one year learning a program that will be gone in two years. Learning to learn means you learn how to figure systems out, and how to get help when you need it. When all else fails read the instructions. What lawyers, and most professionals, do is learn how to use resources, libraries, and other information systems to understand how to make a specific case. They learn a particular area of the law for one case, then move on. They can't know "the law" but they know the context and the basics of "the system". The Web business is by far the most important additional skill most people can use, need, or are required to have in the fastest growing job market. We will be able to collect credit card fees very soon, and look forward to having paying students. The opening deal is $50.00 a month while the student need a lot of help. For this fee we solve problems for them. We will help them find and down load the software they need. We hold their hands as they write their first web page. We help them set up meeting, talk to others on the web, and provide a lot of personal assistance. In order to do this I am on line from 10 AM EDT ( GMT +4 = 14:00 ) until 2 PM ( GMT 18:00 ) with a chat channel open IRC /join #synergy, the talk channel where I check in every hour, Net Meeting open and Cool talk as well. I post my address/phone # on talk and people can call me. I then walk them through what ever they need to do. They have other programs running at the same time so I am there to answer questions on the spot. After they are far enough along ( it may only take a month ) they pay $10.00 club membership to join groups, keep up their web pages, find out what's new and interesting, and keep their skill up to date, with very limited personal assistance, but they can learn to help each other. It's quite a good deal, and we will raise, double and triple prices soon. We are building a learning system for the Internet. We have the site in California, Turnpike, which has good traffic reports. It's a big collection of papers on education, small schools with the theme of learning and doing. I have a "beta" test group that are doing lessons, trying various systems, and we can see how it goes. Some students ( rather few ) have figured out the basics of handling the technology. This means they can move files around, leave messages, write in a format for the Internet ( hypertext pages ), and other skills needed just to manage the environment. The second site, trevista, here in DeLand, that Kevin ( when he has time ) works on is also fully operational. When the directories to the Internet ( the card catalogs for Web pages ) registers the new site we intent to move our activities there. We have a message board and a very rough chat site. People can leave messages and if they arrange a time, talk (written notes ) on the web. We have been trying to get voice and chalk board ( white board ) working with a common meeting. Net meeting does work and I have talked ( voice on a microphone ) with people from Australia, Hong Kong, and Europe. The white board can show slides, pictures, charts as well and typing and drawing. If we prepare a presentation, powerpoint, we can share with anyone hooked in, while talking about the demonstration. Many people don't care about academic credit. We are still trying to find a college that will offer the program, collect the fees and pay us 60% to 80% or more for actually running the classes. When we have other people teaching other subjects we then split fees with them. There are several colleges who appear to be interested. Many people, however, are happy with non-credit adult education. The student work is on the site, people can refer employers to their web site and display what they can do. The need for computer literacy involves millions around the world. Copies of the SYNERGY JOURNAL sent by request: Pflaump@wiredbrain.com SYNERGY-NET on http://www.wiredbrain.net/ Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D. , Headmaster GLOBAL_VILLAGE_SCHOOLHOUSE 225 Robinson Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169-2176 (904) 428-9609 Pflaump@wiredbrain.com http://www.wiredbrain.net/ Personal classes in small groups, $50.00 a month, includes $10.00 a month for the SYNERGY CLUB charter membership, which will go on at that rate. THE SYNERGY CLUB charter membership includes a web site and home pages, ftp, IRC, newsgroups, listserver, net meetings, World Form, BBS, Chat, and more. Synergy schools and club stay with all the you all the way into cyberspace. Your group is stable. You have a home on the net. You will have a network of helpers. You keep in touch with "what happening", get advice and support. It's the only way to go, you can't do it on your own. YOU NEED SYNERGY http://forum.trevista.com/ and http://forum.trevista.com/talk/ sign up on: http://www.wiredbrain.net/peterml.htm