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 Kevin, I agree, If there were an option to receive Pomona Online I wouldalso 
like to "Save a Tree" and forgo the paper version. I don't think anyone was 
discussing "Not printing Pomona" though...Just the possibility of presenting 
material ONLINE that would,probably not all be available through POMONA or 
any other printmedium. It just wouldn't be possible. You cannot have 
hypertextlinks, chat, audio and video clips etc. on paper. (though you 
canpublish links to all those things that can then be looked up on acomputer) 
Another thing you can't get on paper is instant feedback. I sent aduplicate 
of my last submission to this list to the POMONA GatheringsEditor by adding a 
second address to the e-mail: <gaucho@hrc.net> ItMIGHT appear in the Spring 
2001 issue.With Online Chat... (Though it is possible to keep transcripts 
ofchat sessions... This might or might not happen). The informationrelated in 
a chat room is much like a face to face conversation interms of instant 
feedback but like the spoken word is GONE FOREVER ina few seconds. Few  will 
ever be able to get anything out of itunless a transcript is kept (and 
published somewhere).My main concern: This e-list is very dynamic but it 
carries on withlittle if any reference to POMONA or the rest of the NAFEX 
membershipthat may or may not ever participate in the e-list. For some 
numbers:there are currently about 200 members on this e-list. Probably 
fewerACTIVE members. NAFEX membership as a whole numbers over 3,000. Soless 
than 7 percent of NAFEX is actually participating in thise-list. What 
percentage would participate in an online chat?To help balance things out... 
I really don't know if this has alreadybeen done or discussed... (I only have 
one current issue of POMONA sofar)... but perhaps someone could condense the 
discussions on thise-list to be included in POMONA from time to time... or 
published asa supplement.Since joining this list I can hardly keep up with 
the volume ofinformation being exchanged. It is like getting 


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