Newsgroups: alt.bbs From: jack.rickard@boardwatch.com Subject: ONE BBSCON '93 Message-ID: <9307271415.A7684wk@boardwatch.com> Distribution: world Date: Tue, 27 Jul 93 14:15:01 Lines: 204 NOTICE !ONLY FIVE DAYS REMAINING AT THE DISCOUNTED EARLY REGISTRATION PRICE! ====================================================================== ANNOUNCING THE Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention O N E B B S C O N AUGUST 25-29, 1993 Broadmoor Hotel - Colorado Springs, Colorado (303)693-5253 voice (303)693-5518 fax (303)693-5432 BBS ====================================================================== Over a thousand BBS enthusiasts attended ONE BBSCON '92 in Denver last August - by all accounts the most successful face-to-face gathering of BBS operators, Internet users, commercial service providers, and other BBS/networking aficionados ever held. Over a hundred educational sessions were presented during the three-day event. This has become the largest show focused on electronic bulletin boards and online services in the world. Approximately 2000 attendees are expected at the 1993 ONE BBSCON as well as over 130 vendors displaying modems, BBS software and utilities, CD-ROMs, and other tools to make PCs talk in the night. The '93 event is designed to take advantage of the Colorado Rocky Mountain environment at its most beautiful. Located at the base of Pike's Peak, The Broadmoor Hotel is one of the top resort hotels in the country, featuring over 100,000 square feet of meeting space and 36 meeting rooms along with eight different restuarants. Sessions will again be designed in topical tracks such as Running an Online Service for Profit, Legal Issues Online, Social and Community Issues Online, BBS Software, The Internet, as well as a series of mini-symposiums presented by the developers of various BBS systems for operators who use their software. The result will again be one of the most ambitious schedules of educational sessions ever planned for a convention of this type. Most conventions feature eight or ten educational sessions. At ONE BBSCON, that happens EVERY HOUR. Our Keynote Speaker for ONE BBSCON '93 is Mr. Jim Warren, founder of West Coast Computer Faires, Infoworld, Dr. Dobbs Journal, the Computer Chronicles television program, and currently a columnist for Microtimes Magazine and Board of Directors for Autodesk. Most notably, Mr. Warren has taken a leading role in campaigning for public electronic access to public information in government. HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH A BBS-The most attended session from ONE BBSCON92 is back by popular demand. Jack Rickard and Phil Becker with frank talk on what works, what doesn't, and why - gleaned from their contacts with hundreds of successful, professional BBS operators. How to handle credit cards, promote your system, develop a theme, and take the steps to turn your hobby into a more profitable enterprise - and possibly even a business. DVORAK AWARDS Noted columnist John C. Dvorak and modem manufacturer Zoom Telephonics have again teamed up to present a series of Technical Excellence in Communications Awards to many of the BBS industry pioneers. Last year's awardees included Ward Christensen - author of the first BBS program and the XMODEM file transfer protocol, Chuck Forsberg, author of ZMODEM, and Phil Katz, author of the PKZIP file compression utility. A NATIONAL BBS OPERATORS ASSOCIATION - IS IT TIME? Mike Godwin of EFF and Lance Rose, author of SYSLAW, kick off a session to explore the possibility of a national BBS operators organization to represent the BBS community in Washington. Follow-on sessions provisionally planned to nail down what it will be, how it will work, and what it's mission will be. If it happens at ONE BBSCON 93, you won't want to miss the start. ISDN - Dennis Hayes, founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc will present information about the future of ISDN, followed by presentations from Northern Telecom and AT&T showing real applications and solutions. HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARDS moderated by none other than Ward Christensen, author of the FIRST BBS in Chicago in 1978. Listen to some of the early pioneers describe how and why they did what they did the way they did it. LEGAL ISSUES FOR BBS OPERATORS - with Lance Rose, author of SYSLAW SECOND EDITION - copyright, trademark, contracts, censorship, in a series of sessions Attorneys Lance Rose with Mike Godwin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and cohorts will give you the information you need to run a BBS - and avoid legal difficulties. Dealing with Adult GIF images. The current raids by the FBI. INTERNET FROM A TO Z - A series of sessions on the Internet, what it is, what it means, how to connect YOUR BBS at various levels. From a top level roundtable discussion on the future of NREN and the Internet, right down to how to get individual BBS software packages connected to the network to do for global electronic mail. With some exciting announcements from several vendors on connecting your BBS directly to the IP Internet. INTERNET SOCIETY PRESIDENT DR. VINTON CERF kicks this one off with The Past, Present and Future Internet. WHAT SOFTWARE AND TOOLS DO I NEED? What BBS Software do you want to use? Detailed presentations by virtually every major BBS software vendor in the business - what it does, how it does it, and how you can get it to do more with utilities, add-ons, and networks. Meet the authors of such popular packages as PCBoard, Wildcat, Major BBS, Remote Access, TBBS and many more in person and up close. Ask questions. See the latest releases. Compare these titles side-by-side. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES FOR THE BBS COMMUNITY. Presentations on the legal aspects of operating a BBS, copyright issues, sysop liability, the mission of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, how to deal with telephone companies, electronic democracy, women online and much, more. HOW DID THEY DO IT? Roundtable discussions of the elements of success by professional BBS operators in chat/social systems, mail systems, shareware libraries, special topic information services, online sales systems, and product support BBSss. One of the most popular sessions from last year is back with Kevin Behrens of Aquila BBS, Andy Keeves of Executive Network, Greg Ryan of EXEC-PC, Norm Henke of PC Ohio, and more to describe the road to becoming a professional BBS operator. Plus sessions for satellite distribution systems, credit card merchant accounts, educational issues, LOTS of information dealing with online graphics technologies such as RIP, NAPLPS, and others. OVER 140 EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS IN ALL. AND OUR TRADE SHOW EXHIBIT AREA - featuring over 130 vendors of BBS software, hardware, utilities, services, and communications utilities including U.S. Robotics, Hayes, ZyXEL, Zoom, Practical Peripherals Supra, Rockwell, PageSat, virtually all major BBS software vendors, including PCBoard, Major BBS, Searchlight, TBBS, Wildcat! and many more. Last year, these companies offered dramatic "show special" discounts on modems, software, and other utilities. AND evening hospitality suites and parties hosted by many of the major vendors. ONE BBSCON '93 promises to be the most intense gathering of BBS industry players, computer press (over 40 of the leading computer press journalists in the industry already registered), educators, Internauts, and BBS operators ever held anywhere at anytime. REGISTER BEFORE AUGUST 1 to secure early registration discount pricing! REGISTRATION: $250 May 1 - August 1 $325 after August 1. On-site registration opens Wednesday evening, August 25. Registration, hotel reservations, and vendor booth information available from: ONE, Inc. 4255 So. Buckley Rd., Ste. 308 Aurora, Colorado 80014 303-693-5253 voice 303-693-5518 fax 303-693-5432 BBS A full file containing detailed descriptions of all educational sessions is available on the ONE Inc. BBS or by sending e-mail to FTPMAIL@BOARDWATCH.COM with the statement GET 1BBSCON.ZIP in the BODY of the message. It will be returned as a UUENCODED e-mail message. WHO IS ONE, INC.? Online Networking Expositions, Inc. was formed as a Colorado Corporation in the fall of 1991 specifically to put on an annual trade show for the BBS and online industry. PRESIDENT: Jack Rickard - Boardwatch Magazine SECRETARY/TREASURER: Philip L. Becker, President, eSoft, Inc. and author of the TBBS bulletin board system. EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD: Jim Harrer, President Mustang Software, Inc. Wildcat! Fred Clark, President Clark Development Company PCBoard Tim Stryker, President Galacticomm, Inc. Major BBS Jim C. Warren MicroTimes & Autodesk, Inc. Steven Laliberte, Director Byte Information Exchange, (BIX) Dave Hughes Sr., President Old Colorado City Communications Stan Hirschman, VP of Operations Software Etc. John C. Dvorak, Columnist PC Magazine Lance Rose, attorney and author SYSLAW: The Legal Guide for BBS Operators