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Perhaps you're not a radio freak yourself but have something to contribute to a discussion of the future . . . or perhaps you know someone who does. In that case, you can still get into the act in any of three ways . . . the first of which is direct participation at some ham's station. (if you have any connection with a university, or live near one, perhaps you can stimulate the people involved with the campus station to join in that weekend.

) A second way for non-hams to contribute to the proceedings is by making a tape in advance. Such recordings can be in cassette or reel-toreel format. The length is flexible, but try to keep your comments on a given subject down to 10 minutes or less. (More complete presentations by people deeply into a given field will naturally be longer.) The interview approach seems to fit better with ham radio than the formal lecture. If you have an interesting tape, or are planning to make one, contact Ron Wilbur. He'll tell you where to send your contribution, and who will be converting the visuals—if any—to SSTV
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. A third option—participation by phone patch—offers a whole range of possibilities, since Ron expects to have access to a WATS line during the Hamfest. Some folks will-be able to give their entire presentations by phone, and others who have pretaped their remarks can be called during the question-andanswer sessions. It may even be possible to tie regional nets together. Again, contact Ron Wilbur for more information.

NEW DIRECTIONS NEWS

First, the bad news: Randy Brink (WA7BKR), moderator of the West Coast roundtable, original "chairman" of the Futures Hamfest and one of New Directions' most active supporters, broke his back in a 50-foot fall from a tree . . . the very day he'd planned to leave for Spokane to do some Futures Hamfest taping during the last week of environmental sessions at Expo '74. Recovery will doubtless be slow, so I'm sure he'll be in the mood for any words of cheer you can muster. The good news is that Mitt Nodacker, who is coordinating the RTTY Technical Group, has sent out a newsletter to those who expressed interest in starting a "print" network by radio. If you'd like to see a copy, send your SASE to Mitt at Box 8557, Pocatello, Idaho 83209.

INFORMATION SHARING

As I mentioned in MOTHER NO. 30, New Directions will be keeping a register of amateurs who are willing to share their communication facilities and serve as radio-accessed information resources. The first installment of that list is included in this issue.

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