An ambitious international teleconference, using software called MOO will take place from 3 to 6 pm, Greenwich Mean Time, Wednesday June 2, 1999, starting with a keynote MOO talk by Stuart Moulthrop. They originally said that would be 9:00 am to noon Tulsa Time, but I believe they failed to take Daylight Savings Tim into consideration, and that it really will be 10:00am - 1:00pm Tulsa Time. Regardless the Tulsa Computer Society plans to hold a meeting beginning at 9:00 which will cover this teleconference; tentatively that meeting will be in room M1 of Keplinger Hall, 5th and Harvard, but I have not yet gotten a final confirmation on the date so check next month's paper or the web site to be sure. We would invite you to join us for the meeting, or if you prefer you can join the meeting from home, using the links on http://www.tcs.org/webpage9.htm#MOO.

There will be several "discussions" going on at the same time, in what MOO calls "rooms".

Library to discuss:

• Why are there hypertexts--what does hypertext provide that we can't get elsewhere?

• Where are the hypertexts--what can we do to promote hypertexts?

• How do readers interact with hypertexts?

• Where are the readers--what do we need to do to promote reading?

• Can authors trick readers into reading their works when the don't know how to read hypertexts?

Business meeting room to think about:

• What practical steps can we take to ensure hypermedia systems provide functionality, usability, and content?

• What can we do to promote hypertext systems?

• What role should formal design methods play in developing hypertexts?

• How do we provide systems which combine a user-centered focus of development with an author-centered focus of system development?

Conference room where researchers, writers, and developers can determine design approaches:

• What can system designers and web engineers learn from hypertext authors?

• What can hypertext authors learn from web engineers and system designers?

• Is there a gap in functionality expected by authors and that provided by system developers?

• How does the system developers perspective of hypermedia affect the hypertexts which are created using that system? (i.e., not just "messenger morphs the media", but "system developer morphs the media").

• To what extent can authors warp and change the design to craft their messages?

• To what extent is crafting the message compatible with a design process?

• To what extent does the message change to meet the requirements of the design?

Studio to identify what is currently available and how to improve it:

• How do different authors use systems and what kinds of new functionality could be added to existing systems?

• What authoring softwares are currently available, and what is on the drawing table.

• What strategies / approaches / techniques work? How and why do they work?

• How can we promote and use co-operative authoring?

• How can we share information on tools & resources for content and systems developers (e.g., strategies / approaches / techniques).

Theater where people can put on an improvisational hyperterxt play.

Bar for people to just hang out

If you want to practice using MOO, there will be 5 opportunities. You can do your own GMT -> Tulsa Time conversions if you wish, perhaps aided by http://time.greenwich2000.com/info/timezone-summer.htm but I believe the times I show are the correct Tulsa Times

Saturday April 17 at midnight GMT	7 pm Tulsa Time
Saturday May 1 at noon GMT	7 am Tulsa Time
Wednesday May 12 at 3 p.m. GMT	10 am Tulsa Time
Wednesday May 26 at 3 p.m. GMT	10 am Tulsa Time
Sunday May 30 at 3 p.m. GMT	10 am Tulsa Time

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