====================================================================== ANNOUNCING Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention O N E B B S C O N AUGUST 25-29, 1993 Broadmoor Hotel - Colorado Springs, Colorado ====================================================================== Make your plans now to attend the biggest, most exciting event in BBS history - 1000 BBS operators gathered under one roof. John C. Dvorak columnist with PC Magazine and PC Computing and author of Dvorak's Guide to PC Telecommunications, will deliver the Keynote Address. Additionally, 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. DVORAK AWARDS Noted columnist John C. Dvorak and modem manufacturer Zoom Telephonics have again teamed up to present a series of Technical Excellence in Communications Awards to many of the BBS industry pioneers. Last year's awardees included Ward Christensen - author of the first BBS program and the XMODEM file transfer protocol, Chuck Forsberg, authorof ZMODEM, and Phil Katz, author of the PKZIP file compression utility. HISTORY OF BBS SESSION moderated by none other than Ward Christensen, author of the FIRST BBS in Chicago in 1978. Listen to some of the early pioneers describe how and why they did what they did the way they did it. 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 individual BBS software packages connected to the network to do 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 to be compared side by side. 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, women online and much, much, more. 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 over 100 vendors of BBS software, hardware, utilities, services, and communications utilities including U.S. Robotics, Hayes, ZyXEL, virtually all major BBS software vendors, including PCBoard, Major BBS, Searchlight, TBBS, Wildcat! and many more. Last year, these companies offered such dramatic discounts on modems, software, and other utilities that many attendees claimed to have paid for their entire trip just on what they saved with special convention discount deals. 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 ONE BBSCON. 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, 1993. Voters' names will be drawn from all ballots received on or before July 1, 1993, 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 until May 1 $250 May 1 - August 1 $325 after August 1. On-site registration opens Wednesday evening, August 25. Registration, hotel reservations, and vendor booth information 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 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 Lance Rose, attorney and author SYSLAW: The Legal Guide for BBS Operators ============================== ONE BBSCON '93 PLANS ANNOUNCED ============================== Preliminary planning for the second Online Networking Exposition and BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON) has been completed and the '93 event will be held August 25-29, 1993 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Over a thousand BBS enthusiasts attended ONE BBSCON '92 in Denver this past August - by all accounts the most successful face-to-face gathering of BBS operators, Internet users, commercial service providers, and other BBS/networking aficionados ever held. Over a hundred educational sessions were presented during the three-day event. Approximately 2000 attendees are expected at the 1993 ONE BBSCON as well as over a hundred vendors displaying modems, BBS software and utilities, CD-ROMs, and other tools to make PCs talk in the night. Developers of the PCBoard, Wildcat!, Major BBS, Searchlight, and TBBS software packages have already indicated participation and are planning presentations. ONE BBSCON will again be the best available opportunity to examine BBS software packages close-up and side-by-side. And many of the vendors at the '92 event offered significant "show special" discounts. If you are looking for a way to find out specifically what's going on with bulletin boards, how to run one for fun or profit, or how to put this technology into play for your organization or company, ONE BBSCON will be the best opportunity you will have in 1993 to see it all in one place at one time, talk to the developers and players, and compare product capabilities side-by-side. For those already IN the BBS community, ONE BBSCON 92 was attended by virtually every major BBS operator in the country. Everyone from Ward Christensen, who built the first BBS from scratch in 1978 and wrote the XMODEM protocol, to Chuck Forsberg who wrote ZMODEM, Tom Jennings, who started Fidonet, John C. Dvorak who has championed online communications and written several books on the topic, and a host of the leading BBS operators from across the country and around the world attended. We look for this gathering of notables from the BBS community to be even more all encompassing in 1993. Virtually anyone who is anybody online will be there. If you've ever wanted to talk face-to-face with some of the pioneers of this industry, -More-and find out first hand how and why they got started, ONE BBSCON '93 will be the place to do it. The '93 event is designed to take advantage of the Colorado Rocky Mountain environment at its most beautiful time of year. The Broadmoor Hotel is one of the top five hotels in the country and the most beautiful hotel setting in the state. Originally built in 1891 and extensively redone in 1918, the Broadmoor is one of the grand hotel resorts of the west and has earned the nickname "The Riviera of the Rockies." It has received the Mobil Five-Star rating every year since 1960 and the AAA Five-Diamond rating since 1976. Perched at the base of Pike's Peak, this 2400-acre resort is virtually within view of some of Colorado's most popular tourism stops. The hotel includes three 18-hole PGA golf courses, 16 tennis courts, an ice-skating rink, skeet/trap/rifle shooting facilities, horseback riding, fly fishing, a lake, and other recreational facilities. It features over 100,000 square feet of meeting space and 36 meeting rooms along with eight different restuarants. It's located right at the base of Pike's Peak. This type of environment allows us to do some things that weren't part of ONE BBSCON '92 - barbecues and bonfires from the top of a nearby mountain - at night - with a view of the front range from 8000 feet up, for example. On-site registration opens on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 25th, and the final closing session is scheduled for late Sunday morning, August 29th. Golf and tennis tournaments for early arrivals are planned for early Wednesday. Opening sessions are scheduled for Thursday morning with educational sessions beginning Thursday afternoon and running into Sunday morning. Sessions will again be designed in topical tracks such as Running an Online Service for Profit, Legal Issues Online, Social and Community Issues Online, BBS Software, The Internet, as well as a series of mini-symposiums presented by the developers of various BBS systems for operators who use their software. The result will again be one of the most ambitious schedules of educational sessions ever planned for a convention of this type. ONE, Inc. has issued a call for papers from individuals interested in delivering presentations at the event with topic proposals/outlines due by March 15 with final paper submission by June 15. Session proposals should be directed to ONE, Inc. president Jack Rickard, 5970 South Vivian Street, Littleton, CO 80127. At the '92 event, there was a vendor space shortage with 51 available spaces and as a result 11 vendors were turned away. This year vendor space has been increased to 125 spaces and the vendor exhibits will be open all day Friday and Saturday. Rooms are available at the Broadmoor Hotel at a special convention rate of $150 per night single/double occupancy. A block of some 385 rooms is available at the Broadmoor, but to handle the expected 2000 attendees, some 900 additional rooms have also been secured at ten other nearby hotels at rates from $55 to $110 nightly. A fleet of ten buses will provide transportation between the various overflow hotels and the Broadmoor. For many, less costly accommodations at one of the outlying hotels will likely be attractive. But if you do want to actually stay AT the Broadmoor itself at the convention rate, note that the 385 rooms is a fairly small percentage of total housing, and we expect this space to go fairly quickly. Because of the complexity of dealing with 11 different hotels, the ONE, Inc. office will also handle hotel reservations this year in addition to convention registrations - you can take care of both with a single telephone call. ONE BBSCON '93 Registration is priced at $175 before May 1, 1993 $250 between May 1 and July 31 $325 from August 1 until the show opens. Contact ONE, Inc., 4255 South Buckley Road, Suite 308, Aurora, CO 80013; (303)693-5253 voice; (303)693-5518 fax; (303)693-5432 BBS. -==-==-==-<>-==-==-==-