09/09/97 RMIUG Meeting
- City Sites - Local Content Coming to a
Browser Near You
The Tuesday, September 9th meeting of
the Rocky Mountain Internet Users Group
will feature a panel discussion on City
Sites, including some of the key national
players (complete with deep pockets) entering
the local content market. Learn how these
sites are competing, what they offer the
user, what deals they are cutting with local
companies, how their revenue models work,
and hear it all directly from the people
running the show. Bring lots of questions
and prepare for an interesting evening of
presentations and Q&A.
Our panelists include:
- Brad Struss (bradstr@microsoft.com),
General Manager of Microsoft's soon-to-launch
Denver Sidewalk
- Judy Tobey (tobey007@aol.com),
General Manager (ie, Mayor) of AOL's Digital
City Denver
- Meredith Flynn-Ripley (mflynnr@uswest.com),
General Manager of US West's DiveIn Denver
- and Ted Pinkowitz (tap@ecentral.com),
President of E.Central with the Big City
- Small Planet site.
URL's of interest:
The meeting is Tuesday, September 9th
from 7:00 - 9:00 pm (with optional 6:30pm
start for informal networking and refreshments).
The meeting will be held at the Department
of Commerce (NIST) Building at 325 Broadway
in Boulder, one traffic light South of Baseline.
This facility holds 510 people. Park in
the Dept. of Commerce lot, go in the main
door (faces East), and find the main auditorium
just to the right of the main entrance.
The meeting is free and open to the public,
but we may pass the hat to help defray expenses.
RMIUG appreciates the ongoing support
from XOR Network Engineering for administration
of RMIUG's electronic discussion lists &
WWW site.
Consultants and companies are invited
to bring Internet-related product information,
brochures, and business cards which will
be displayed on an information table.
There is an email mailing list set up
for this group. General information can
be obtained by sending an Email to rmiug@rmiug.org
which will generate an auto-reply message
that tells you about the lists and how to
subscribe. You can also reach the RMIUG
"Executive" Committee at rmiug-comm@rmiug.org.
Our WWW site is at http://www.rmiug.org/rmiug/
Tentative schedule of the next RMIUG meeting:
Nov 11: Financing (VC, IPO, private funding,
etc.) for Internet companies in Colorado
(To suggest a topic, send your idea to
rmiug-comm@rmiug.org) |
