[ih] Request for Assistance

[Brian E Carpenter]

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Regards
    Brian Carpenter
    Thinking of the IETF standards process: https://xkcd.com/2530/

On 30-Oct-21 03:42, Dennis Jennings via Internet-history wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For many of us around the world the "Landweber" meetings held between
> 1982 and 1989 were an important source of information and personal
> contacts about academic networks and an important encouragement to get
> together in our own countries and to try to develop our own national or
> regional networks, and to connect to the Internet.
> 
> Larry is now looking to write some of the history around these meetings
> - formally the International Academic Networkshops (IANWs) - and is
> looking for your help.
> 
> Please see Larry's message below.
> 
> Many thanks
> Dennis
> 
> ******
> 
> Dear Colleagues
> 
> 
> THIS IS A REQUEST FOR YOUR HELP
> 
> 
> I am working on an Internet history that will include a discussion of
> the roles of the International Academic NetWorkshops (1982-1989), the
> INET conferences (1991…) and the Developing CountriesWorkshops (1992…)
> in fostering the spread and growth of the global Internet during the
> 1980s and 1990s.
> 
> 
> This request pertains to the IANWs. I am trying to contact attendees of
> these Workshops to get their inputs.The attached attendee spreadsheet
> has mostly not been updated since the 1980s and most email addresses
> likely timed out decades ago. I also do not have a list of attendees for
> 1982 and 1983.
> 
> 
> 1. If you attended an IANW please send me (larry.landweber at gmail.com)
> your current contact info and the workshops you attended. If you have
> photos from the meetings or other photos of attendees from the 1980s,
> please send.Please also send any anecdotes, thoughts or comments
> regarding the workshops that you would like to share.
> 
> 2. Please forward this note to colleagues who attended but may not have
> received it.
> 
> 3. I have a fairly complete collection of submitted documents from
> 1985-89 but do not have those from 1982, 1983, 1984.If you still have
> them, please scan and send.
> 
> 4. Last, please send me information on attendees who have passed away or
> who otherwise are not able to respond.
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Larry Landweber, Larry.landweber at gmail.com
> 
> 
> PS An example of an anecdote:
> 
> Jennings, Fuchs and Landweber attended the 1984 IANW. Fuchs and
> Landweber knew that CSNET was looking for an Executive Director and that
> NSF was looking for a Networking Program Director. Fuchs knew Jennings
> from EARN but Landweber met him for the first time. After, observing him
> and several discussions, they decided to recommend him for both jobs and
> made calls to those leading the searches. Jennings accepted the NSF
> position, and the rest is history!
> 
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>