Date: 4/10/94 Start Time: 8:14:55 PM End Time: 9:04:00 PM Lines: 361 Chat length: 26451 bytes Number of participants: 17 Participants: AFA Bard, AFL Gayle, BobFrost, Codesafe, DunkLara, Gbentley, IIProMarty, JAGarbe, KarenGerst, LizzyAnne, Marilyn220, MaristR, MaryEz, PaulP51440, SandyE, Stanandamy, WildBillA AFA Bard : The topic is FUNDRAISING for TECHNOLOGY in education. ;) DunkLara : KG - you know, April would kill to be here now! AFA Bard : Dunk-- we have a live chat every Sunday from 8 to 9 pm-- and we award a FREE HOUR to a lucky attendee! AFA Bard : Have fun, Karen! You're welcome to join us any Sunday! Hiya Bob! We're just about to get started! AFL Gayle : Hiya, Bob! :) DunkLara : AFA Bard - Is everyone here a regular chatter? AFA Bard : You'll have to wave a LONG way for Bob- he's from Alaska!! ;) BobFrost : Good afternoon, all Marilyn220 : I have never been here before AFA Bard : No, Dunk-- we have different folks every week. BobFrost : It is only 4:00 here. The snow's all gone (well almost) and it's spring! AFA Bard : So.. let's get started! AFL Gayle : Great, Marilyn! We LOVE first timers! (But we like the ones who return, too. :) DunkLara : Cool. Well, I'm from Fairfax County, VA and I teach 1st grade! AFA Bard : The topic tonight is FUNDRAISING FOR TECHNOLOGY in education. We don't have protocol during our chat, so feel free to talk or ask questions anytime you'd like. As I said before, we award a FREE HOUR to one lucky attendee at the end of the hour- but you must be present to win! ;;) First, let's introduce ourselves!! Dunk already said she was from Fairfax VA and a first grade AFL Gayle : Hi, Marty!! :) AFA Bard : teacher-- how abou you Marilyn?? (Hiya Marty)! IIProMarty : Hello Marilyn220 : I teach 5th grade in Michigan AFA Bard : Gbentley? Gbentley : I am George B. fifth grade from Paso Robles. AFA Bard : And BOB? BobFrost : I'm in Palmer, AK (that's Alaska NOT Arkansas) 4th grade and 3-5 computers DunkLara : Dunk is short for DUNCAN!! Dunk is a guy! AFL Gayle : <<--Library media coordinator here at Goldsboro HS, in NC. Gbentley : Hi Marilyn. AFA Bard : And the MARTY MAN? ;0 JAGarbe : <--(Joe) IL, Computer teacher in 3 parochial schools IIProMarty : From Middletown, CT. I teach 7th grade Keyboarding and 8th grade Word Processing. AFA Bard : Anyone else ou;t there we forgot? Gbentley : I have a technology pilot. I just got my power mac AV and it is great. IIProMarty : (certification is 7-12 math) AFL Gayle : Yes, who is that Bardman? ;) Gbentley : Anyone here working with video spigots or anything similar in the classroom? AFA Bard : Oh-- me? I'm from Atlanta, GA- and am the Tech. Coordinator for a school district. ;) JAGarbe : <--Computer Eyes Gbentley : Bard, was it your district a year or so ago that put all the teachers on AOL? AFA Bard : Uh huh.. and we've joined up about 35 more this year. ;) (that still leave a LOT unjoined though!) Gbentley : Wow. We are just getting teachers on to this modem stuff and they are really excited. AFA Bard : SANDY!!!!! BobFrost : Hi, SandyE AFL Gayle : Gee, did you have her cued to enter now, Bard? ;) SandyE : Hi everyone AFA Bard : OK, Sandy-- you've got to introduce yourself-- we all did. ;) DunkLara : Gbentley - Our 5th grade teachers just used a video spigot to create a presentation on Microscopes! SandyE : Hi, I'm Sandy--how's that? AFA Bard : :P And what do you DO? DunkLara : Hi Sandy, I'm Duncan! SandyE : Technology coordinator at a middle school in Lawrenceville, GA AFA Bard : Where are you From? (And a DANDY Tech. Coordinator she is!!!) JAGarbe : Gbenyly: Have you used Kid Pix to make quicktime movies, slideshows? Gbentley : I am waiting for that. Was it a video microscope, dunk?] SandyE : <----- Blushing Kids at my school (including the kids that teach in the classrooms) have used Kid Pix to make slide shows. Gbentley : JA. Yes, Kidpix is great. Can you believe all the special effects so easily? SandyE : It is part of a workshop I do on Multimedia AFA Bard : And don't forget KPix companion. ;) JAGarbe : Love it! DunkLara : ClarisWorks and KidPix both have great slideshow capabilities! My first graders used Claris to.... Gbentley : I just got a PowerPC withAV and it is so much faster and better that the spigot. PaulP51440 : I am an Eng. teacher? Anybody ever teach A DAY NO PIGS WOULD DIE? DunkLara : create a slideshow on LuckyCharms pieces (ratios, etc.) AFA Bard : OK, Gbentley-- where did you get the bucks for that one? (Topic police!) Gbentley : You have to have the Companion for the slide show. I like to use the Claris 2.0 slide show also. JAGarbe : How does your Pwr PC do with non-native apps? Any crashes, incmpatibilities? DunkLara : AFA Bard - let's talk about Fundraising! SandyE : Paul--I taught LA a few years ago and I remember that story!!! Gbentley : Bard, you meaan the AV? That was a present from me to me. I have an LC and spigot at school. AFA Bard : I knew it was too good to be true. ;) Our topic tonight is FUNDRAISING for EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. Duncan-- what are YOUR fund sources? (Hiya MARY!!!) AFL Gayle : Hiya, Mary! :)) PaulP51440 : Do you have any creative ideas? This is my first year. Paul is my hubby -- I'm Cindy. Gbentley : JA. I am just getting started with it. So far everything works flawlessly and so fast. MaryEz : Just got back from Southborough, Mass. DunkLara : We are apply for a tech grant from EDS. Would mean 4 LC III's in every room K - 3. So far...... Gbentley : The images are great and you can compress full screen to 40 K or so. DunkLara : grants have been my #1 source of funds and equipment. Gbentley : The images are great and you can compress full screen to 40 K or so. DunkLara : grants have been my #1 source of funds and equipment. AFL Gayle : Cindy, later you might want to check in keyword TIN. There is a Lesson Plan Library there. I know there are some novels in it, but not sure about Peck's. AFA Bard : Grants, Duncan? What is EDS and how did you get the grant? DunkLara : Do you guys have GIANT food stores or SAFEWAY food stores? They have great receipt drives which..... Gbentley : Dunk, have you talked to people that are using Scuzzy (sic) devices on LC 3's. Seems like problems. DunkLara : earn software and hardware based on receipt totals! JAGarbe : Fundraiser: 8 hr dance marathon (1st-8th grades). Local businesses provided "matching funds" for SandyE : We have Kroger here in Georgia that does computers for receipts JAGarbe : individual kids they sponsored DunkLara : Gbentley - duncan doesn't understand scuzzy?!? MaryEz : The stores in our area have stopped those programs. We had them several years ago. AFA Bard : JA-- sounds awesome-- how much can you raise with the marathon? DunkLara : EDS is Electronic Data Systems, and I was turned onto their grant after winning a grant from... Gbentley : Peripheral like external hard drives, etc. I can never remember the right initials. help!! DunkLara : Apple. That Apple grant got me a Quadra and a scanner! JAGarbe : We raised $850 for software and this was the first year with low attendance- Parents are Excited for next year! SandyE : SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) BobFrost : Anybody use Grantwriter Assistant? Is it helpful? I have trouble finding time to write grants. Gbentley : It is a port on the back of the machine and anything that goes there is a SCSII device. AFA Bard : Wow 850! great! Bob-- what does GRANTWRITER ASST. really do for the process? SandyE : I'm with you Bob, grant writing can be very time consuming! JAGarbe : We also use money from "Market Day" funds AFA Bard : Market Day, JAG? BobFrost : I'm not sure. Haven't used it... just wondering. Gbentley : Isn't it a shame we have to spend all the time on grants for something so necessary? JAGarbe : It's a program where parents buy food stocks in quantity at reduced prices SandyE : Bob, unless it's a little guy who sits in my office and writes while I teach, I don't know what it is. JAGarbe : The school gets a percentage of the gross AFA Bard : Welcome DUXY! Our topic tonight is FUNDRAISING for EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. BobFrost : A Mac program I've seen touted. Gbentley : So long all. AFA Bard : Have others used Grants? DunkLara : Grants aren't so bad! You just have to be dedicated to winning it. The ends definately... justify the means. SandyE : We have at Sweetwater. It's been time consuming, but brings in the software and hardware AFA Bard : How did ya'll learn to write the grants? MaryEz : I have gotten a couple of mini grants from our PTO and a SNET grant for telecommunication using Dialog AFA Bard : SNET? DunkLara : PTA funds are another great way of supplementing current hardware and software. They don't.... JAGarbe : SNET? Dialog? AFL Gayle : Who is SNET, Mary? Is that Classmate Dialog? MaryEz : Southern New England Telephone Co. SandyE : We have a county grant writer who was kind enough to do a mini-course on grantwriting DunkLara : normally have the bucks to get someone off the ground though. Just complement existing stuff. MaryEz : Yes, Classmate dialg. Dialog. DunkLara : What's classmate dialog? AFA Bard : How about camps or training courses for fundraising? Anyone tried those? MaryEz : We are fortunate to have a part time grant writer in our school system. SandyE : Mary-I thought that's what you are--a part time grant writer, full time teacher...right? Bard--what camps and training courses? DunkLara : The problem with tech. fundraising is that it takes so much $ to get so little equip!?! Solutions?! BobFrost : If you have ALL THE RIGHT TYPE you can order/sell home copies to students MaryEz : Full time teacher, of kids, secretaries, asst superintendents, principals, computer repair etc. BobFrost : So says the rep. who wants me to buy the program SandyE : That's a site license, right Bob? AFA Bard : Camps like the one I did a few years ago- Tennis & Computers (at Emory University). Made lots of bucks for THEM! (Remember, Sandy?) BobFrost : Right, SandyE. Could make a couple bucks off each SandyE : Oh, like if Sweetwater sponsored the camp, and my time was semi-cheap, but the I could spend the profits on tech stuff...right? AFA Bard : The CAMP idea can happen during the summer, too! Just get a sportsperson to work for hourly rate JAGarbe : I like the ideas that don't involve Grant writing.... AFA Bard : only. You do a computer workshop in AM, they do sport in PM. You keep the profits, of course. ;) Uhm.. I mean, your school keeps the profits. ;) Welcome Codesafe! Our topic tonight is FUNDRAISING for EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. Codesafe : Howdy.' AFA Bard : Anyone get fundraising help from business partners? DunkLara : EDS is our business partner. They have donated more time than $. AFA Bard : Gayle-- does your school have a business partner? JAGarbe : How does one aquire a "business partner"? AFL Gayle : Not my current school, Bard, buts my previous school did, and since that supt. AFA Bard : Sandy, Dunk-- want to take that one? AFL Gayle : will be our super. next year, I think next year I can say yes. ;) DunkLara : seek out a community business that wants to take part in your school. AFL Gayle : My previous school was partners with McDonalds, a local bank, and a local paper mill that employs most of the parents. SandyE : Find a parent who works for a company that is interested in education or technology/both DunkLara : It doesn't really cost them anything, but provides school with community relations, mentors for.... students, etc. SandyE : The Police Dept. is one of our business partners. It's nice to see the men/women in blue in the halls sometimes. JAGarbe : What can I expect from them monitarily? BobFrost : Wow, got disconnected and had to get back. SandyE : Welcome back, Bob AFA Bard : Welcome Roger! Re-hi Bob! Our topic tonight is FUNDRAISING for EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. DunkLara : of course, i'm sure you mean "what can your school expect from them monetarily"! SandyE : Roger, how does Marist get $$ for technology JAGarbe : :-) MaristR : Hey, guys. I don't know how long I'll be on. I'm waiting for a call so I've turned off my call waiting block. Fundraising, something we do a lot of at a private school. DunkLara : Hi MaristR! I'm duncan (DunkLara) AFL Gayle : Remember, we have a FREE hour to give away to the person with the BEST idea! :) DunkLara : Hey! I've had some good ideas! (beg, beg) AFA Bard : Roger-- what's your TOP TWO ideas for fundraising for technology? (I happen to know Roger's schools is VERY successful at fundraising!) MaristR : We have a person that handles all the fundraising. AFA Bard : (Welcome back, Marilyn!) Marilyn220 : Thanks, got disconnected due to home phone ringing SandyE : Is this person a teacher or parent, Roger, or a fundraiser by avocation? MaristR : We have one person that is in charge of development which includes fund raising. JAGarbe : <--Dying to hear Roger's TOP TWO LizzyAnne : Is there a discussion topic tonight AFA Bard : (Me too!) Our topic tonight is FUNDRAISING for EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. Our topic tonight is FUNDRAISING for EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. (oops...) MaristR : We make most of applications to private foundations. We also solicate parents and alumni. SandyE : Bard, I thought only old people repeated themselves AFA Bard : :P Sandy! :P Sandy! MaristR : We have had an Alumni office for about 6 years that has helped with fundraising. AFA Bard : OK.. other ideas-- someone earlier mentioned a DANCE MARATHON-- any similar ideas? JAGarbe : Where can i solicit a list of "private Foundations"? AFL Gayle : Better duck when you say that, Sandy. ;) MaristR : You can seach on Knowldge Index on compuserve under grants. JAGarbe : GREAT, Thanx, Rog AFL Gayle : There's an area about Grants in keyword TIN online here (Teachers' Information Network) Stanandamy : Hello, This is Tom Brock in Alaska. How's the job situation where you guys are? MaristR : IBM (I know this is the Apple area) use to have an matching grant program. DunkLara : Our school had a Rock-A-Thon last year. 2nd graders got flat rate and hourly bids for...... AFA Bard : Or use AOL's GOPHER search engine (Keyword: GOPHER) and use the keyword GRANT. JAGarbe : Tight MaristR : Parents that donated money to a school would have it matched 5-1 for the purchase of IBM computers. JAGarbe : Thanx AFA! AFA Bard : (Tom Brock-- you just missed BobFrost- from AK as well! Maybe he'll return!) DunkLara : rocking in chairs overnight at school. They used the money to buy equip.AFA Bard! did you catch that? Stanandamy : This is JAGarbe : Who provided the matching funds? IBM? AFA Bard : Rocking chairs- Duncan? Great idea! DunkLara : We called it "Prime Time" and even the Principal stayed overnight! Students loved it! MaristR : The best fundraiser is giving out of uniform days in exchange for money. :-) Students will pay anything to get out of uniform for a day. Stanandamy : This is Tom again. This is my first time online in awhile. How many teachers are now telecommuters?\ DunkLara : A good fundraiser incorporates students and teachers doing somehting positive, while at the... same time raising money! something (sorry for the spelling) JAGarbe : Do parents feel "over-fudraised" where you all are? AFA Bard : TONS of teachers, Tom-- but not nearly enough! Welcome Bill, Thurry! Our topic tonight is FUNDRAISING for EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. JAGarbe : How can that be avoided? MaristR : My son WildBillA : oops...i'm trying to get help on hardware problem... SandyE : Our principal is VERY cautious about too many fundraisers in one year for that reason, JAG MaristR : My son's school last year only had one fundraiser which was a one time donation from each parent. AFL Gayle : A good fund raiser doesn't sell anything edible, particularly suckers with sticks. ;)) Marilyn220 : We have a problem with this at our school--el students NOT allowed to do any fundraising AFA Bard : Hang on, Bill.. I'll see if I can help! JAGarbe : Good point, Gayle MaristR : Gayle, or things that can be thrown like raisens. AFA Bard : What about candy fundraisers-- do they really work? AFL Gayle : Right, Roger. :) AFA Bard : (considering the time & effort?) AFL Gayle : Uh huh, unfortunately, Bard. AFA Bard : What's the earning potential, Gayle? AFL Gayle : (Librarian who is tired of throwing away surreptitiously eaten sucker sticks.) Pretty high, Bard. Profits run almost to 50 per cent of sale cost. DunkLara : Our school also did a wrapping paper fundraiser. Good money that way too! JAGarbe : <--Parents HATE candy sales! MaristR : Every door at our school was sticky for days after the candy cane sale. AFL Gayle : LOL, Roger! :) JAGarbe : Non-nutrition, and parents end up paying for "missing" candy AFA Bard : Sandy-- tell them about the COUPON BOOK that Mary did! MaristR : Our band sells christmas wrap and it funds their whole program for a year. The secret is that they make all the student sell it not just the band members. DunkLara : AFA Bard! KarenGerst is coming back! She has great ideas! Ask her!!! SandyE : Gee, Bard, I forgot about that one. Actually, it was Sherah...Mary did recipe books, another good one AFL Gayle : Hmmm... a thought... What about wrapping packages for Christmas? I'd love for someone to do mine and would pay for it. JAGarbe : LOVE that idea, Gayle!! SandyE : OK...folks-one of the tech coords at another middle school in Georgia had a very industrious parent who went to local merchants in the area and solicited ads. DunkLara : Christmas? You don't really mention Christmas do you? We can't even think Christmas! AFA Bard : (Re-hi Karen-- when Sandy's through we want YOUR ideas!) KarenGerst : Our community is about done up with gift wrap-every school sells it & we end up buying from each others kids SandyE : Then she made up a coupon book (in her lab with lots of student help) using clip art and inexpensive printing MaristR : Duncan, the advantage of teaching at a private school. SandyE : Sold these coupon books for $5 each and made gobboloas of $$$$$. AFA Bard : She made almost $30,000 didn't she, Sandy? JAGarbe : What services were included in the coupons? MaristR : SandyE, which book did you sell? DunkLara : What kinds of coupons? I can feel the Free Hour coming! KarenGerst : I Love the coupon book idea-it can also show of your technology skills JAGarbe : <--Votes for "Coupon Idea" as best of evening DunkLara : KarenGerst - I was telling them about the model tech grant, but the grants didn't go over well! KarenGerst : I don't know about the other ideas-but I know we'll float this one around our community MaristR : How about a silent auction for services from parents or teachers? AFL Gayle : Yup... almost time for the free hour! :) AFA Bard : The coupon books were similar to the "Entertainer" books containing coupons for local businesses. The DunkLara : You've got my vote for "Coupon Book". Sob! I really could have used that hour! MaristR : We sold Gold C books. KarenGerst : Apple also has a great grant program-we've gotten over a dozen computers from them AFA Bard : students created the coupons with PageMaker and had our system Print Shop print them. Roger--- tell me more about the silent auction??? MaristR : That would make yours more local. JAGarbe : Karen- How did you get Apple to give you anything but aggrevation? DunkLara : Hey wait a minute! We're doing a silent auction at our school. Students/Parents bid on items like... SandyE : Sorry--got interupted by my son.... MaristR : We use the silent auction as part of our booster club fund raising auction. SandyE : The coupon book was a very big hit, and yes, BW, it was almost $25K KarenGerst : JAGarbe-a teacher here (special ed-applied for her first grant 5 years ago using tech to DunkLara : Teacher spends day with kids, bike rides, Chuck E Cheese, movies, etc. GREAT IDEA!!! KarenGerst : mainstream kids 100% of the time-that seemed to be the key MaristR : Parents donate services or items like Braves tickets and people bid on them. JAGarbe : THanx, Karen MaristR : It's all part of the Monte Carlo night. SandyE : Monte Carlo night? DunkLara : The teacher Karen is talking about is a grant genius! KG - where is Alice? Is she on AOL? AFL Gayle : Auctions are good fund raisers. You can get local businesses to donate items, JAGarbe : How much monet do you have to spend initially to put on a "Monte Carlo Nite" AFL Gayle : too. MaristR : It's a dress up affair with live and silent autions. It use to have gaming tables, but they discontinued that. SandyE : Who attend, Roger? Kids and Parents? MaristR : I don't know what it cost for the Monte Carlo night. It's only open to adults. They charge and admission which includes a meal. And a cash bar. SandyE : Roger, I think you probably have more involved parents than the average school....double edged sword? DunkLara : BAR? Did someone say bar? MaristR : Yes, our parents are very involved, but mostly for the good. JAGarbe : DRunkLara? ;-) SandyE : Is this Monte Carlo night held at school or somewhere "fancier"? KarenGerst : Dunklara I think you've got a new handle MaristR : It's held at the school in the Gym and the decorations are also used for the Homecoming AFA Bard : OK-- only about 2 mins. until the FREE HOUR.. so-- let's have a FUNDRAISING BRAINSTORM-- see how many MaristR : Dance. AFA Bard : ideas we can get on the screen in two minutes................. GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SandyE : Coupon Book JAGarbe : Steal AFA Bard : (This is for a FREE HOUR!) JAGarbe : Beg DunkLara : Rock-A-Thon SandyE : Recipe Book - recipes from teachers AFA Bard : Keep 'em coming! MaristR : Monte Carlo Night DunkLara : Grants! JAGarbe : Dance Marathon AFA Bard : More, More!!!!!!! MaristR : Silent Action. SandyE : Buy a teacher for a day DunkLara : Wrapping paper! JAGarbe : Sell my body AFA Bard : Great ideas--- MORE! SandyE : JA, I'd sell mine (anyone got change for a penny?) MaristR : Grants AFA Bard : Super stuff!!!!!! Keep 'em coming!!!!!! SandyE : Computer camp DunkLara : I said Grants first!!!! KarenGerst : Teacher slave auction-buy a teacher to do anything for 1 night??????? JAGarbe : COUPON BOOK! DunkLara : ROCK A THON!!!!!! MaristR : We make poster on our poster printer and charge to cover our cost as well. SandyE : Community nights--parents can come learn word processing with their kids AFA Bard : Super stuff.. a few more! DunkLara : Business Partners! Technology Night, PTA!! AFA Bard : They're coming fast & furious-- if you don't contribute ideas- you can't WIN!!! KarenGerst : You've got to think BIG-especially if you're going to cover your AOL charges as well as hardware MaristR : Dont' forget to save the Kroger reciepts DunkLara : FUN FAIR!! JAGarbe : SELL AN ELEPHANT! SandyE : How about an AOL/Internet night to introduce telecommunications to parents DunkLara : GIANT AND SAFEWAY RECEIPTS! AFA Bard : Wow! GREAT ideas! Thanks to everyone who worked so hard (brains on!) to share your ideas! Now it's DunkLara : OK, I'll say it "CANDY SALES!" AFA Bard : time for the FREE HOUR GIVEAWAY!!!!!! MaristR : Bake sales. AFA Bard : But first.. JAGarbe : KarenGerst : business partner castoffs can have some snags-the machines are often slow and BORING AFA Bard : a word from our sponsor.... AFL Gayle : *drumroll* AFA Bard : (Don't you hate when folks do that!) DunkLara : beg, beg!!!!! KarenGerst : I knew there had to be a commerical in here somewhere AFL Gayle : Hey, don't complain! The sponsor is giving away the free hour. :) AFA Bard : Join us NEXT SUNDAY from 8-9 for a special chat- we'll feature a guest from TBS (Turner Broadcasting) JAGarbe : *Quack* MaristR : Who? DunkLara : I LOVE THE SPONSER (I'll LOVE THE SPONSOR!) KarenGerst : Will it be colorized? AFA Bard : and CNN to talk to us about the technology stuff they've got up their sleeve! (No colorization- yet, Karen!) JAGarbe : ROFL @ Karen AFA Bard : Our AED chats are held each Sunday from 8 to 9 ET. And now... For the best idea (even though this was a tough decision!)... the WINNER of the free hour for tonight... AFL Gayle : *drumroll* AFA Bard : for the idea of a ROCK-A-THON is DunkLara!!!!!!! Yippeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SandyE : Way to go!!!! Dunk MaristR : WTG Duncan JAGarbe : SandyE : You could do you bar and rock-a-thon AFA Bard : (Maybe NEXT week, JAG!) AFL Gayle : *applause* for Dunk! :) KarenGerst : I can't believe it-Duncan you own me BIG TIME-a drink on Friday afternoon, please JAGarbe : Congrats, Dunk! DunkLara : KarenGerst! Can you believe it? Thanks Bard and Gayle! SandyE : No drinking and driving, just drinking and rocking KarenGerst : We never drink & drive-just drink off a hard week at work Join us anytime you're in VA AFL Gayle : Got a meeting to run to. G'night, all! :) DunkLara : Thanks alot!!!! SandyE : Congrats Dunk! MaristR : Have to go wating on an important phone call. Bye AFA Bard : Folks-- have a great week! Remember, a complete text file containing the log fromthis conference JAGarbe : Bye, Gayle and Thanx SandyE : Nite all! AFA Bard : will be available tomorrow morning in the AED New Files library! Marilyn220 : Nite AFA Bard : G'night to EVERYONE! Congrats again to DUNKLARA!! JAGarbe : "Nite, all" This was great! KarenGerst : THANKS-This has certainly been an experience to write home about (via E-mail, of course) AFA Bard : (Your free hour will be credited within 72 hours!) Thanks for coming, marilyn! Nice to meet you! Well-- off to edit & post the chat. :) See ya on the NET! G'night! DunkLara : Nice to meet all of you! Promise to see you next time! I'm also accepting E-Mail on tech. ideas!