IJCNN request

[Connectionists-Request@CS.CMU.EDU]

> IJCNN-91-Seattle is almost upon us!  Come to Seattle July 8-12
> for the largest neural network, hybrid, and fuzzy systems
> conference in the world.  Researchers, scientists, engineers,
> consultants, applications specialists and students from a variety
> of disciplines will present invited and contributed papers, tutorials,
> panel discussions, exhibits and demos.  Exhibitors will also present
> the latest in neural networks, including neurocomputers, VLSI neural
> networks, software systems and applications.  

We typically get a flood of new member requests after each IJCNN.  Many of them
get broadcast to all 900+ members of CONNECTIONISTS.  Since I am the only one
that can add anybody to the list, we can save *everybody* some time by
remembering the following.

   Do NOT tell your new friend about Connectionists at cs.cmu.edu.  Tell him or
   her only about Connectionists-Request at cs.cmu.edu.  This will save your
   friend from public embarrassment if she/he tries to subscribe.

It will save *me* some time if you remember to tell your new friend to include
their full name and a 1 sentence description of their current work in their
request message.  I send the standard restricted membership note to *everyone*
whose request does not contain these two items.  Sometimes people get their
feelings hurt that I don't recognize them as the author of the
most-talked-about new paper.  The truth is that I don't even read the name if
there is no work description.

-Scott Crowder
Connectionists-Request at cs.cmu.edu	(ARPAnet)