Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

Heather Hesketh wrote:
> I'm a borderline techie, but I'm
> not techie enough for real techies and there are folks that do what I do
> on the Web that wouldn't consider themselves techies.

        "Borderline techie"?!  Heather, I thought you were an aerospace
engineer by training, the proverbial rocket scientist.  

> And, of course, there's the issue that ING isn't just for Web folks, but
> also for Internet folks at large. There are those that think Web =
> Internet, but those people aren't welcome at ING :)

        Heather hits the nail on the head, from my POV.  I think the original
thought was to be a non-serious gathering of people who work on or with
or who are otherwise serious about the Internet.  
 
> So this would mean that ING isn't for techies, but rather for...shall we
> coin a phrase...interneties, folks whose work helps build or maintain the
> Internet.

        Then there's the ever-popular "Netheads"...  Yeah, I think I prefer
"Interneties".  "Internetties"?  (Internutties.)  

> Come one! Come all! Interneties welcome! Be you white/black/yellow/other,
> male/female/other, blonde/brunette/redhed/other, *nix/nt/mac/other...!

        Come out of the closet, you Amiga fetishists!  

TaB