Mt. Pleasant - MichNet Seminar, July 16

[Haran C. Rashes]

There are still seats available for the MichNet Seminar in Mount
Pleasant on Wednesday, July 16.  A repost of the agenda and
registration form is below.

The MichNet Seminar is an opportunity for individuals from your
organization to receive quality training at no additional cost
to you. Your organization can send up to six individuals to each
MichNet Seminar.

While MichNet Seminars are designed for the entire MichNet 
community, if your organization will be eligible for Universal 
Service Fund Discounts, please note that attendance at MichNet 
Seminars might be a way to help meet the training 
self-certification requirement when applying for a USF grant.  
Training is not discountable by the Universal Service Fund, 
but MichNet Seminars are free to MichNet member and affiliate 
organizations.    

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 12:22:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Haran C. Rashes" <haran@MERIT.EDU>
To: mjts@MERIT.EDU, mjus@MERIT.EDU
Subject: Mt. Pleasant - MichNet Seminar, July 16
Resent-Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 12:22:24 -0400 (EDT)
Resent-From: mjts@MERIT.EDU

On behalf of Merit Network, Inc. I am pleased to announce two upcoming
MichNet Seminars.   Seminars will be held on Wednesday, July 16th at
Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant and Wednesday, August 6th at
Bay de Noc Community College in Escanaba.   As many of you know, MichNet
Seminars are held for the benefit of our member and affiliate
organizations four times a year.  Attendance at MichNet Seminars is free,
with each member and affiliate organization entitled to send up to six
participants to each seminar.

This message will exclusively discuss the MOUNT PLEASANT SEMINAR ON JULY
16 and contains a registration form for that seminar.  A separate e-mail
message will be sent which will discuss the Escanaba seminar on August
6th.  This information will also be posted to the Merit Network World Wide
Web Site, http://www.merit.edu/


              MOUNT PLEASANT SEMINAR
                WEDNESDAY,  JULY 16

The seminar will begin at 9:00 am with a plenary session for all
participants.  Following the plenary session, we will break into two
tracks running concurrently until 3:15 pm.

Track I, is aimed at users with little or no Internet experience. This
hands-on session will provide a basic understanding of how to use the
Internet and the World Wide Web.

Track II, is intended for site administrators and advanced users who would
like additional insight into advanced Internet topics and applications.
The last session of the day will feature two concurrent break out
sessions.

A tentative agenda (with session abstracts) is below:

Plenary Session (both tracks)
  Legal Issues and the Internet:
     We will discuss some of the legal issues facing
     organizations providing employee access to the
     Internet and conducting business on the Internet.

Track I:
  Introduction to Netscape:  
     A hands-on introduction to the use of the World Wide
     Web.  This session will concentrate on Netscape
     Navigator as a World Wide Web browser.
  Doing Research on the World Wide Web:
     Discover available Internet search programs and
     effective techniques that work to locate Internet
     resources.
  Directed Activity on the Internet
     MichNet Trainers and Internet Consultants will be
     available to assist you in directed activities to
     help you hone your Web browsing skills.

Track II:
  Making of the CREN Virtual Seminar
     Presented by Rick Witten, Synapsis
     The CREN Virtual Seminar is series of interactive 
     CD-ROM based seminars on advanced Internet topics
     featuring national known experts in the field.  
     The CD-ROMs will be distributed to CREN member 
     institutions and available for purchase by other 
     educational institutions.  The production of the 
     CD-ROMS involved various software tools such as Real
     Media, Adobe AfterEffects, MacroMind Director, and 
     JavaScript.  Mr. Witten will be discussing how these 
     CDs were created.
  Internet Security
     How secure is your Internet server?  We will examine 
     ways to detect security breaches at your site and some 
     of the ways to correct these problems.
  Breakout Session A
  Integrating the Internet into a PowerPoint 97 Presentation
     An explanation of how to link directly to web pages
     from within a PowerPoint 97 slide presentation.  We
     will demonstrate how easy it is to conduct slide 
     presentation directly to the screen of a remote
     computer over a WAN, such as the Internet.
  Breakout Session B
  CU-SeeMe Video Conferencing
     CU-SeeMe facilitates low cost video conferencing
     between two machines attached to the Internet.  We will 
     demonstrate CU-SeeMe and discuss requirements necessary 
     for its setup and use.

MichNet members and affiliates are invited to send up to six people.  If
you would like additional staff to attend, we can place them on a waiting
list for space-available admission.  Please return your completed
registration form (below) no later than Thursday, July 3.  We urge you to
register early.  Space is limited and we operate on a first-come,
first-served basis.

A confirming agenda, directions, and parking information will be mailed to
registered participants in late June.  Please direct registration
inquiries to Marian Bickcom:

    Electronic Mail:     Michnet-Seminar@merit.edu
          Telephone:     (313) 764-8450
                Fax:     (313) 647-3185

Sincerely,


Haran Rashes
MichNet Seminar Coordinator

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                   MichNet Seminar Registration Form
                       Central Michigan University
                        Mount Pleasant, Michigan
                        Wednesday, July 16, 1997

Up to six people from your site are welcome to attend the MichNet Seminar.
We operate on a first-come, first-served basis.  Reservations will be
taken through July 3, 1997.  Please duplicate this form and fill out
a separate form for each participant.  To ensure participation, please
register early.


Name:   _______________________________________________________________

Title:  _______________________________________________________________

Affiliation: __________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________

City:   ________________________________ State: ________ Zip: _________

Telephone: _____________________________ Fax: _________________________

E-mail Address: _______________________________________________________

I plan to attend (please check):

        ____ Track I

        ____ Track II
             Which breakout session would you prefer to attend:

             ____ A. Integrating the Internet 
                     into a PowerPoint 97 Presentation

             ____ B. CUSeeMe Video Conferencing

Please complete this form and return to:

        Merit Network, Inc.
        Attention Marian Bickcom
        4251 Plymouth Road, Suite C
        Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2785

        or Fax this form to:  (313) 647-3185

        or E-Mail this form to: Michnet-seminar@merit.edu