ROADMAP INTRODUCTION

      THANK YOU FOR INQUIRING ABOUT THE ROADMAP FOR THE INFORMATION
                SUPERHIGHWAY INTERNET TRAINING WORKSHOP

WHAT IS ROADMAP?

     Roadmap is an Internet training workshop designed to teach
     new "Net travelers" how to travel around the rapidly expanding
     (and often times confusing) "Information Superhighway" without
     getting lost.

     Using the latest information available coupled with guest lectures
     from some of today's most respected Internet leaders, Roadmap
     is one of the most talked-about Internet training workshops in
     history!

     ... and, best of all, it's absolutely FREE!!!!!


WHAT SORT OF INTERNET ACCESS DO I NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN ROADMAP?

     All you need is e-mail (although it would be nice if you also
     had telnet access). Since a substantial number of Roadmap
     participants only have e-mail access, the Roadmap workshop
     sessions will teach you how to use the tools of the Internet
     directly and also how to use these same tools using nothing
     but e-mail.


HOW LONG WILL ROADMAP LAST?

     The Roadmap for the Information Superhighway workshop originally
     lasted six weeks. However, the workshop is entirely self-paced
     and you can go through the workshop in as little or as much time
     as you want!


CAN I SHARE THE ROADMAP LESSONS WITH MY FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS?

     SURE! While the workshop lessons are Copyrighted, I have absolutely
     no problem with your sharing the workshop lessons with anyone that
     you want -- provided that you not make any money off of my lessons
     (I can't make any money off if this workshop, so neither can you).

     I also ask that you tell your friends and co-workers that the
     lessons are being distributed by you and not by me, and that you
     give credit where credit is due (and if have time to correct
     some of the typos, that would be even better!).


CAN I ARCHIVE THE ROADMAP LESSONS ON MY SITE'S FTP, GOPHER, OR WEB
SERVER?

     As long as you are able to meet the requirements listed above,
     I would be honored if you did this. I do have one additional
     request if you plan to do this, though: please archive the
     ENTIRE workshop on your site, and rewrite the lessons so that
     your users are using *your* archive and not the University of
     Alabama's. This will help lighten the load on Alabama's system
     incredibly.


CAN I REWRITE THE ROADMAP LESSONS SO THAT THEY MEET THE PARTICULAR NEEDS
OF MY SITE OR MY SITE'S USERS?

     Absolutely.


HOW DO I GET THE LESSONS SENT TO ME?

     I'll show you that in the NEXT letter <<smile>>. What's life
     without a little suspense?


A FINAL NOTE FROM PATRICK CRISPEN:

     WELCOME TO ROADMAP! Never in my wildest dreams did I expect that
     over 62,000 people from 77 countries would sign up for the first
     three Roadmap workshops. I guess there may be some truth in the
     "Roadmap is the Woodstock of the Internet" comment that someone
     recently sent me :)

     My goal for the Roadmap workshop is to not only teach you some
     of the basic skills that you will need to travel on the Information
     superhighway, but also to teach you who you can turn to for help
     if you ever get lost. So, I guess its time for your first dreaded
     HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT ("oh nooooooo!!!")!

     I want you to find the name and telephone number of your
     local Internet provider. Your local Internet provider is
     the school, company, or organization that is giving you access
     to the Internet (or, for some of you, access to e-mail).

     I also want to you find the telephone number and e-mail address
     of some person (or group of people) at your local Internet
     provider that will be there to answer your questions. If you
     are lucky, your local Internet provider will even have a "Help
     Desk" staffed with people paid to answer your questions.

     That's your first assignment. Find the name and telephone number
     of your local Internet provider, and find the name, telephone
     number, and e-mail address of either your local Internet provider's
     help desk or someone who works for your local Internet provider who
     can help you if ever have any questions.

     Now, what do I want you to do with this information? Well, DO
     NOT send your answers to me! We'll talk about "mail bombs" during
     the second week of the course, but suffice it say that if all
     of you sent me your responses the results to my poor little
     e-mailbox would be quite comical. DO NOT -- REPEAT DO NOT -- SEND
     YOUR ANSWERS TO ME. Besides, what good would the name and phone
     number of YOUR local Internet service provider do me?

     I want you to write you answers down on a small card, and put
     that card in your wallet or purse. In a few weeks, I'm going to ask
     you to pull out your card and ... well, we'll get to that later :)


The Roadmap workshop is the individual effort of Patrick Crispen, who is
solely responsible for its content (including all of the typos). Additional
support is provided by the University of Alabama's College of Arts and
Sciences.


   PATRICK DOUGLAS CRISPEN    THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS LETTER DO NOT
    PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU      NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE
  THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA      UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - TUSCALOOSA

      ROADMAP: COPYRIGHT PATRICK CRISPEN 1994. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.