WICEN News This is/was the weekend of the "Hawkesbury Classic Paddle" and we would like to thank all who took part. Next weekend is the WICEN Co-ordinators conference at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst. The conference will commence at 0930 Saturday, and the programme will comprise lectures on the role of various positions in the organisation together with various guest speakers. This will be followed by dinner in a local restaurant, and all attending are reminded that "Daylight Saving" is sched- uled to start the morning after... There will be a discussion period after the dinner, followed by a short business session on Sunday. Please note that applications have now closed. Those regions wishing to have their activities publicised on this broadcast are requested to get the details to the Publicity Offi- cer, Dave VK2KFU, by Thursday night at the latest. Packet radio is the preferred medium, to either VK2AAB or VK2OP BBS. Alterna- tively, you can use the WICEN telephone BBS. WICEN is always looking for members to provide the community with communications assistance. Write to WICEN (NSW) Inc, PO Box 123, St Leonards 2065 for further information, or come up on one of the WICEN nets: Blue Mountains on the first Monday of each month at 8.30pm on channel 7175 simplex, Hunter each Wednesday at 7.30pm on channel 6900, Northern Rivers each Wednesday at 8pm around 3610 kHz, Central Coast each Thursday at 8.30pm on channel 7125, and Sydney each Thursday at 9.30pm on channels 7150/8275. If there are any other regular nets then we'd like to hear about them. WICEN (NSW) Inc. operates a telephone BBS, and it is accessible at speeds from 300 to 14,400 bps on (02) 888-2763. Brett VK2XMU is the "Sysop", and all listeners are invited to use it. Many programs, such as "virus scanners" and "PGP", are available for downloading. -- Dave VK2KFU, WICEN (NSW) Inc. Publicity Officer