====================================================================== ONLINE NETWORKING EXPOSITION AND BBS CONVENTION T H E O N E B B S C O N AUGUST 13-16, 1992 Stouffers Concourse Hotel - Denver, Colorado ====================================================================== Make your plans now to attend the biggest, most exciting event in BBS , t!߉~ tuG%tG, u_V{wF>t 9Guz>tPvj t^Vv  tSD%td%|uVwd%D+ t\t vvVj&j vvVjjjjjj>*w+^Vvv vVdLHu+5~ t,^ _G t v FP(wFPVPVFP>w^WV~{wFt`v VjjFt D%tVPtD%td%Vjvv utD+u;6u|v u td&D%tD%ttD+u d%d&뜃|ud%F9DuJ>g, author of ZMODEM, Phil Katz, author of PKZIP, and more to be honored at this special awards ceremony. HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH A BBS - The most attended session from FIDOCON91 is back by popular demand. Jack Rickard and Phil Becker with frank talk on what works, what doesn't, and why - gleaned from their contacts with hundreds of successful BBS operators. How to handle credit cards, promote your system, develop a theme, and take advantage of printed media to get ahead. HISTORY OF BBS SESSION with conversations between Chuck Forsberg - author of ZMODEM, Ward Christensen, author of XMODEM and CBBS - the first BBS software program. Why they did it, what they thought of it at the time. A walk through history with those who were there - moderated by author Nick Anis Jr. LEGAL ISSUES FOR BBS OPERATORS - with Lance Rose, author of SYSLAW SECOND EDITION - copyright, trademark, contracts, censorship, in a series of sessions Attorney Lance Rose and cohorts will give you the information you need to run a BBS - and avoid legal difficulties. INTERNET FROM A TO Z - A series of sessions on the Internet, what it is, what it means, how to connect YOUR BBS at various levels. From a top level roundtable discussion on the future of NREN and the Internet, right down to how to get Ed Hopper's uuPCB to connect your PCBoard message areas to the net for global electronic mail. OTHER NETWORKS - FidoNet and ILINK - what are they and how do you connect YOUR BBS to exchange message conferences with other bulletin boards world wide. What software to use, how to install it, where to join. WHAT SOFTWARE AND TOOLS DO I NEED? What BBS Software do you want to use? Detailed presentations by virtually every major BBS software vendor in the business - what it does, how it does it, and how you can get it to do more with utilities, add-ons, and networks. Meet the authors of such popular packages as PCBoard, Wildcat, Major BBS, Remote Access, TBBS and many more in person and up close. Ask questions. See the latest releases. Compare these titles side-by-side. Nowhere else will you see such an array of BBS software products in one place. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES FOR THE BBS COMMUNITY. Presentations on the legal aspects of operating a BBS, copyright issues, sysop liability, the mission of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, how to deal with telephone companies, Electronic Democracy and much, much, more. MACINTOSH BBS - presentations by most of the BBS software authors serving the Macintosh community including First Class, Telefinder, Novalink and more. Special session by Apple's Steve Cisler on Mac Tools for the Internet. HOW DID THEY DO IT? Roundtable discussions of the elements of success by successful BBS operators in chat/social systems, mail systems, shareware libraries, special topic information services, online sales systems, and product support BBSss. Hear Neil Fleming of Canada Remote Systems, Rusty Hardinburg of Rusty & Edies, Michael Allen of Odyssey, Kevin Behrens of Aquila BBS, and many more. PLUS OUR TRADE SHOW EXHIBIT AREA - featuring 50 vendors of BBS software, hardware, utilities, services, and communications utilities - including U.S. Robotics, Hayes, ZyXEL, Lightning, virtually all major BBS software vendors, including PCBoard, Major BBS, Searchlight, TBBS, Wildcat! ZMAX, TEAMate, and many more. If you call bulletin boards, operate a BBS or have contemplated running one, sell to the online community, or want to find out what BBS products are available for your company to run their own internal system, you won't want to miss ONEBBSCON. Nowhere ever has this much information on the topic of electronic bulletin boards and online information services been assembled in one place. Nowhere, at no time, have this many of the industry players and personalities been assembled in one place. Don't miss The ONE BBSCON. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED! Boardwatch Magazine will honor the winners of its Boardwatch 100 Readers' Choice Best BBS contest held January 1 - July 1, 1992. Voters' names will be drawn from all ballots received on or before July 1, 1992, to receive one of several prizes donated by vendors, including top- of-the-line v.32bis/v.42bis modems from U.S. Robotics, Hayes, and ZyXEL! The top 10 BBS will be awarded crystal pyramid award trophies on a walnut base - along with free advertising in Boardwatch Magazine and listing on the Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice BBS List. REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE! $175 May 1 to August 1 $225 after August 1. On-site registration opens Wednesday evening, August 12. Registration and vendor booth information is available from ONE, Inc. 4255 So. Buckley Rd., Ste. 308 Aurora, Colorado 80014 303-693-5253 voice 303-693-5518 fax 303-693-5432 BBS HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS: Stouffers Concourse Hotel has reserved all function space and rooms for ONE BBSCON for August 13-16, 1992. Located adjacent to Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Stouffers was named the number one airport hotel by a prominent business travel magazine. Their normal room rate of $130 per night has been discounted to $75 single/double and $85 triple/quad for this event. For those wishing to vacation a bit, this same rate is available to you for the three days prior and three days subsequent to the ONE BBSCON. Stouffer Concourse Hotel 3801 Quebec Street Denver, CO 80207 (303)399-7500 voice (303)321-1966 fax Mention ONE BBSCON for discount. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS Travel arrangements are available from both United Airlines and Delta Airlines. Travelers using either airline will receive a significant discount for travel to the show between August 9, 1992 and August 19, 1992. UNITED AIRLINES Account Number: 522RD Telephone: 1-800-521-4041 45% discount off full coach fare - 3 day advance purchase required. 5% off lowest applicable fare - includes first class Either caller or caller's travel agent should call United at 1-800-521- 4041 and mention the special ONE BBSCON account number 522RD to obtain the discount. DELTA AIRLINES File Number: K2026 Telephone: 1-800-241-6760 45% discount off the unrestricted Coach fare - 7 day advance reservations and ticketing required. 5% discount off any published fare (except group, military, government contract, Visit USA, and Delta's Canadian fares) providing all rules and conditions of the airfare are met. Travel from Delta's Canadian cities will apply at 40%. Travel solely on Delta Connection carriers will apply at a 35% discount. Either caller or caller's travel agent should call 1-800-241-6760 and refer to File Number K2026. These discounts are available only through Delta's toll-free number. Certain restrictions may apply and seats are limited. PREFERRED TRAVEL AGENT: Carlson Travel Network/Accent On Travel. Call Judy Chappel or Carolyn Parr at (303)690-4545. They are very experienced getting the lowest airfares using the above discounts. WHO IS ONE, INC.? Online Networking Expositions, Inc. was formed as a Colorado Corporation in the fall of 1991 specifically to put on an annual industry trade show. This corporation was formed as a partnership venture by Jack Rickard, publisher of Boardwatch Magazine, and Philip L. Becker, President of eSoft, Inc., and author of the TBBS bulletin board software package. PRESIDENT: Jack Rickard SECRETARY/TREASURER: Philip L. Becker EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD: Jim Harrer, President Mustang Software, Inc. Wildcat! Fred Clark, President Clark Development Company PCBoard Tim Stryker, President Galacticomm, Inc. Major BBS Jim C. Warren MicroTimes & Autodesk, Inc. Steven Laliberte, Director Byte Information Exchange, (BIX) Dave Hughes Sr., President Old Colorado City Communications Stan Hirschman, VP of Operations Software Etc. John C. Dvorak, Columnist PC Magazine