Conference turris::womannotes-v3

    
    the first three =wn= noters (and in fact, the first noters) i ever
    met were beth keltz, with whom i played chamber music; the late
    great sandy ciccolini, who drank me under the table; and our own
    nancy bittle, who set up a dinner at amory's at which event i met
    a number of dear people.
    

    G'day,
    
    and the first long distance noter I met was...
    
    
    
    
    Hi Bonnie....
    
    
    derek

    sue santschi; and she was the first of many that i met at the april `89
    march in washington!
    
~r

    The first noter I ever met was Steve Eagles Thompson, but it was
    because of a string of replies in human_relations, where I offered to
    buy him a drink because he thought I sounded unfriendly, or angry, or
    bitter, or *something*.  I can't remember exactly what it was about
    now.  It was 4 1/2 yrs. ago.  Later the same evening, I met Mary Pare,
    Bonnie Reinke and the infamous, but charming, Kerry Faulkner.
    
    Now I'm trying to remember who I met next.  I think the next noters I
    met must have been the ones who attended the first womannotes party
    that Bonnie organized because of our correspondence.  I can remember
    meeting Liz Augustine at that.
    
    Of course, in a way, the first noter I ever met was Rik Sawyer, because
    I met him before I had ever heard of notesfiles, and he was the person
    who told me about womannotes.  I remember he said, As a matter of fact
    there's a notesfile you might find interesting....
    
    Lorna
    

	I met Jody first, but back then, I didn't know there was
such a thing as NOTES.  First new person I met _from_ ~wn~ was
B_Reinke.

				Kb 

    Buncha people at the first party I attended - Bonnie Reinke, 
    Maggie, Jim Burrows, Holly, Eagles, Kerry, Lawna, oops Lorna,
    Lee T., and our host Ann Broomhead stand out in memory.
    Oh, and Jerry and Martin (or was that the second party?)
    
    Dana

    
    The first and only womman-noter I've ever met was Nancy Bittle.
    I met her at an AWARE meeting, (Advancing Women's Armed Rights
    through Education).  
    
    Rachael 

    The first noters I met [pretty much simultaneously] were Don Topaz,
    Kevin Burns, & Mike Foley.  These were followed in short order by Steve
    Thompson, Roseanne <?>, and Carol Hebert.  Kerry Faulkner, who told me
    to be there, didn't show up for a couple weeks ...
    
    The first =wn=er I met was Dawn Evans, then =maggie, then Ann
    Broomhead, then Justine ... by virtue of them being nearest the door 
    when I walked in.
    
      Annie

    The first noters I ever met were from LJOtus-land.  Jim Burrows first
    since he was chief architect of the group I joioned, then Tamzen Cannoy
    and then later Nancy Bittle, Maggie Tarbet and Margaret Russell.  
    
    A pretty good initiation, in retrospect, wouldncha say!
    
    Last week was teriffic -- I met *so* many great folks at the =wn=
    parties.  It's so much better to know the people behind the names!  For
    example, I found out that "bean sidhe" is Gaelic for "banshee" which I
    thought was so very appropriate for a bean-counter...  :-)
    
    Dan

    It was 1985 and when SEXCETERA was up and mature Noters were noting.  I
    was intrigued (who wouldnt be).  Thru that notes file and others I
    noticed Gale Kleinberger was a name that appeared often.  She was
    working in my group at the time.  She was the first 'noter' that I met.
    Soon a group of noters got together occassionally for lunch.  That is
    how I met my husband.  He was also a noter in the building.
    
    Ill always be grateful to Gale for that.
    
    Thanks! Judy

    ... for "Who was the first noter you ever married?"  :-)  Dan

    re .12, or we could have a "lite" topic for who was the first noter you
    ever....  No, better not.   :-)
    
    Lorna
    

    	I believe Gale Kleinberger was the first active noter I ever 
    met as well.  And when I met her, I couldn't believe I was actually
    meeting *THE* Gale Kleinberger! ;^)  (She seemed to appear in most
    of the files I was reading at the time!  Me, being a novice, read-
    only noter was rather intimidated by that! )

    	My first Noter's party was almost two years ago (April) for
    Andy Leslie at the Commonwealth Brewery.  That's when I met MikeZ, 
    Jerry Eckert, Mike Foley and scads of other people.

    	amy

    I met folks locally in the silicon_valley notesfile when we started
    POETS in summertime '88; Chuck rancho::price, Joel ophion::gringorten,
    John wcsm::germano, Jim wcsm::daly, that first night.  Joel and I
    roomed together for a year and a half, and Chuck was the person who
    told me about the open rec and encouraged me to interview for the
    position I now hold.  Within a few weeks Tony Purmal and Charles Haynes 
    had made POETS, so they were the first folks from =wn= I met.  Following 
    that, I met a huge group (over 70 people) in April '89 in Washington for 
    the big Pro-Choice march...including Peggy, Maggie, Lee, Bonnie, Robin, 
    Catherine, Anne Marie, Annie, Liz, Pat, Marilyn, Les, David, ... and
    many, many more.  
    
    DougO

    The first noters I met were at the comic shop in Nashua, that I
    frequent. I never got their names and couldn't recognize them if they
    walked up to me now. The only ones from WOMANNOTES are D_CARROLL
    (dbang) and Justine Sullivan at the concert at ZKO. I'd still like to
    be able to spend more time talking with them and with others in this
    file. I understand a lot of us were mystery personages at that concert,
    to bad. Bonnie Rienke and I have tried twice now to meet and no luck.
    I promise someday Bonnie.
    
    The only other NOTER was a person not from this file, but from one I
    know longer frequent. She's in CXO and came East for a training course.
    We have been electronic friends and phone friends here and outside of
    work for a couple of years now. Anyway when she was East, she came to
    Hudson, N.H., where I live, and we went to dinner. So far she is my
    closest NOTER friend.
    
    Phil

    
    	I believe the first noter I met was Kristy Gleason.  She
    	organized a party (I think for FRIENDS) at Chopsticks in 
    	Leominster.  Either '87 or '88.  The second was Mike Foley
    	and then Holly Taylor.
    
    	JJ
    

    The first noter I ever met is read-only in this file, but active in
    other files.  At the time I met him, I didn't even know what NOTES was,
    but he introduced me to NOTES and noting, and also married me (though I
    don't think NOTES had anything to do with that).  Now, if you don't 
    think Ron counts, then Maggie Tarbet and Marge Davis Hallyburton were the 
    first noters I met -- at From All Walks of Life 1989.
    
    Karen
    

	Hmmm,  Probably Al Flood, back when he used to have Singles parties
at his house.  Lots of other folks at those parties.  H_R parties around the
same time too, so I'm not really sure.

	I met Ann Broomhead and Beth Rust outside of "Notes-related activities"
before I got up the intestinal fortitude to attend a =wn= party.  The first
=wn= party I attended was at Ann's.


					--D

    I met Penny Smith McIntyre through NOTES when she used to note here.
    Later, we met in person when she came to Salt Lake to teach a class
    for us.  I've also met Nanci VanFleet in person. (She put Jennifer
    and me up for several days last year, or should I say she put up
    with us;)?)  Nanci, in turn, introduced us to Liesl, Carla, and
    Sherry Litasi at a party she threw in my honor.  The day after that,
    I got to know Ken Stewart from FRIENDS.  We share the same birthday
    and had been writing for awhile.
    
    Noters are even nicer in person:)!
    
    Barb (who would love to meet more of you in person)

    It's hard to say who was first.  I've been with DEC for 6 years and
    didn't start noting seriously until 3 months ago.   Before I started
    noting I interviewed Charlotte Richardson (she didn't take the job), 
    Jim Mackin interviewed me (I didn't take the job) and I also had met
    Jody Bobbitt.  And there's probably a lot of other noters I met not
    knowing they were noters.  Just after I started noting the first noter
    I met was =maggie.  I was so new to =wn= at the time I didn't realize
    who she was until afterwards.  (=maggie do you even remember?  Kathy
    Kelly introduced us.)  Then I met E Grace, Martha Walker and Christine
    Quiriy.  And then I went to my first =wn= party last Friday and met
    a whole gang of nice people.
    
    Mary

	The first time I had the opportunity to meet any =wn='ers was at
	a party held at Amory's last year for Joe White.  I remember getting
	up the guts to go by myself, even though I had just come out of
	the read-only closet.  I followed a man through the door, to find out 
	later that he was the guest of honor!   Nancy Bittle shepherded me
	into the door.  I sat with Martin Minow, D!, Sharon Walker, Jerry
	Boyajian, Jim Mackin, and Nancy B.  I remember Jody passing around
	a picture of her in chain mail, which I never got to see.  I also
	talked with Brian Hetrick for a few minutes.  I had a wonderful time
	and it was so great to be able to associate the names with the faces.

	Sue

    The first individual I met who notes is Peter Conklin, when he managed
    an engineering group in Merrimack and I served as his CSSE rep.  Peter
    still hosts the machine for the DIGITAL notes conference.
    
    In 1985, Steve "Eagle" Thompson was the first person I met as a result
    of noting.  Together, we attended a Soapbox party at Corky Towle's and
    met lots of other 'boxers and denizens of the MaDhOuSe (WhoAreYou). At
    early netparties, I met Don Topaz, edp, Sandy (Tortorino) and Andy
    Fraser, Jerry Boyajian, Jim Burrows, Simon Szeto, DTL, Steve Lionel,
    Alfred Thompson, *** Kristy ***, Tom Blinn, Dennis Hagarty, Tamzen
    Cannoy, Gina Bliudnikas, Kevin Burns, Mike Ryan, Mike Foley, Andy
    Leslie, Christine Quiriy, Lorna St. Hilaire, Jenna (Bahama Mama) and
    Red Newsham, /john Covert, Joe Mozer, Len and Deena Segal, Gale
    Kleinberger, Peter "Q" Quodling, Nisreen Sunaa and Steve Hird, Roger
    Goun, REK, Mike (Snake) Hughes, et al. I believe the first
    womannoter I met was Liesl Kolbe at a Notes DIG, Digital Interest
    Group, function at IDECUS.  I also met my good friend, Joyce LaMotte,
    through notes.
    
    Noting brought together a number of couples I know, and I credit notes
    with introducing me to my husband, John Hallyburton.  John read the
    OTHG, Over The Hill Gang, party notice in Singles; I read it in
    NetParty, and we met there in May '87.
    
    grins,
    Marge_<WRU_376>
    
    
    
    

  Meeting noters was one of the reasons I moved up to N.E. ;^).

  Liz Augustine was the first noter I met, because we worked in the same
building.  Many of the others I met 3 years ago at a -wn party at Dave W's
house.  The one that sticks in my mind (even if she wasn't the "first") was
Jody B.  But when you meet that many nice people, it isn't important who was
first, second, ...

Jim

    Hmmm. After just talking to Christine Quiriy on the phone, I have to
    state that I have a habit, (good, bad? You decide) of calling up some
    of the people who write to me and viceversa, off line. It helps me when
    I read their notes and letters. It's fun to read a note in the writer's
    voice. (in my mind) I try not to be a pest and a couple of us have
    become "phone chums" that way. At work at least. Maybe this should be
    in true confessions or someplace, but by talking to these people, I
    feel I have met them.
    
    Phil

    Sherman Aikala was the first noter that I met, and after reading the
    human_relations notesfile, was looking quite forward to it.  :^)  
    
    I also met DougO at a POET's that I organized out here.  That was a
    nice surprise because I'd been reading his notes and didn't realize
    that he was on the west coast.  He just walked up to me and introduced
    himself at the POET's.  
    
    Kel

    I think the first noter I ever met was Christine Quiriy, because she was
    in the group I was working in, I had noticed she noted in WhoAreYou
    (when WRU was a "talkie" conference)...  

    The most remarkable noter I met was Jerry Eckert...  He had dreamed up
    some scheme with Kristy Gleason to make me believe he was an AI
    program... he almost succeeded...  

    Judy - I remember that!...  thanks...  I remember going with you to see
    Mark in his office, you two were so cute together!...

    Umm...  I didn't think I noted THAT much...

    Gale

    First was Kbear.  Second was probably whoever I met first at the first
    wn party I attended - maybe Ann Broomhead....it was at her house...
    
    -Jody
    

        This contains a correction to what I said Friday night. 
        The first "Valuing Differences" notes conferences noter I
        met was Doug Gordon, as I knew him before I came to
        Digital.  After I came to Digital I think the first =wn=
        noters I met were Eugene Xia and Gale Kleinberger.  My
        first two years here I tended to first meet noters one at
        a time, after that mostly through noters' dinners or
        parties.
        
        	"The first three notes just happen to be...do re mi."
        
        Dan

    
    Mary Grace, my first e-mail penpal, who has since left the company,
    nearly 3 years ago.  That same weekend I attended my first noters 
    party, where I met all the people I interacted with in the DEJAVU 
    notesfile.  It was held at Mary Pare Stanley's house.  I met Dave 
    Stanley, Arthur Saarinen, Cindy Painter, Geetha Marigowda, and a 
    host of other DEJAVU'ers.
    
    I can still smell the smudge, the incense, the eastern food, and
    I can still remember all the candles and the quiet, enlightening 
    conversation and Mary Pare's eldest son.  (Major WOOF!)
    
    Carla
    

    Hmmm... I have been noting for 8-9 years?... I was in the orginal
    soapbox... The first noter... Don't remember that far back...
    I do remember the party at Covert's place... But I had been noting for
    a while... I met Kristy, Corky, Eagle, Kerry F, Tamzen, Gale, Gina,
    Jym, early on... I hosted the very fist Chopsticks get-to-get-her
    of noters with Cindy Scheiner (garry now)...
    
    REK
    
    Still, Chester the cat is my favorite note of all time...

    Well, a couple of Noters I've known for what seems like forever,
    as I've known them in the B.D. (Before Digital) days. Jim Burrows
    and Ann Broomhead among them (in fact, it was Ann's Ex who was
    responsible for getting me in the company).
    
    And a couple of noters I met B.N. (Before Notes), such as Dick
    Curtis and Eagles.
    
    I'm not sure who was the "first" not counting the above. I was an
    attendee at the very first Noters Party at Bill Wyman's place in
    NH. Don't recall everyone who was there, but the ones that come
    quickest to mind are Simon Szeto and Beth Rust.
    
    --- jerry

    Carla, AAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH. Thank you for reminding me. Another and I
    believe the last one, that I can think of anyway, is Cindy painter. She
    worked in my facility for awhile and I had read her notes in DEJAVU
    with extreme interest. Imagine my surprise when I had to deliver
    something to production services here and I saw her name plate. "So
    your the famous Cindy Painter." Sometimes this is a very small company.
    
    Phil

    
    
    re .24
    
    marge, *how* do you do that???! (-;
    

    Oh, that's right.  I've known Jym since 1981.  That was the first then. 
    But it was waaay before noting even entered my life (or his...)
    
    -Jody
    

    re .35:  Actually, Robin, I left out Linda and Mike Zaharee and Bob
    Early.
    
    Grins

    
                First one was Kathy Gallup...we had dinner last spring. 
    Several weeks ago I got to "finally" meet Jody Bobbitt and Bonnie
    Reinke.  I also met with (and dinner) Christine Rainey.  To tell you
    the truth.....I ate with all these ladies.....Yes, I do think with my 
    tummy.
    
    Dave

    The first person I ever met who later became a noter was my husband
    to be, in the last months of 1965.  The first person I ever met who
    later became a noter and who is still a noter was Mauritz Fredriksen.
    He hired me, so I met him before I joined DEC, which means in early
    October, 1969.  The first person I ever met who later became a noter
    in Womannotes was Arun Sankar; we joined DEC at the same time:
    mid-October 1969.  (When she reads this will be the first she is
    aware of it, however, since I was married and using my married name
    at the time.)  The first person I ever met who later became a noter
    in Womannotes with whom I have interacted was Jim Burrows.  We met
    at Boskone 8, which means in late April of 1971.  The first person
    I ever met who later became a noter in Womannotes with whom I have
    interacted and who is still active in Womannotes is Jerry Boyajian.
    We met a few hours later at Boskone 8, during the seminar with Larry
    Niven and Hal Clement.
    
    Due to old age, I do not remember such firsts as which Womannoter
    I first met after I became a Womannoter, and like that.
    
    						Ann B.

    Small company indeed!
    
    The first people I met through notes were from the Singles notesfile. 
    Not sure that counts, for while it is surely through notes, maybe of
    the people in there aren't "noters" (that is, they don't note outside
    of Singles.)  The very first was Barton Fiske.  *sigh*
    
    The first =wn=er I met?  It was at a party two and a half years ago, at
    David Wittenberg's house...I can't remember who was "first", but the
    people who stand out in my memory are Bonnie R., Steve Lionel, Martin
    Minow, Ann Broomhead.
    
    The first =wn=er I met in a context other than a party was Rachael
    McCaffrey (2nd Lt. USAF :-) )
    
    And speaking of Sandy Ciccolini, where is she these days?  Haven't seen
    her name about "town" recently!
    
    D!                   

    I was at the same DEJAVU gathering Carla went to.  So the first noter I
    ever met was Carla.  :-)  It was a nice tone to set for my noting
    future! 
    
    :-)
    
    Nanci

    This is cute reading!
    
    I knew a lot of people before I started noting, which is how I got
    started noting.  John Parodi would be the one I knew first, since
    I met him on my first day on the job, and didn't meet Don Topaz
    until day 2.
    
    The first person I met strictly through notes was Jon Callas.  In
    the GRAMMAR conference, we got into an argument about the usage
    of the comma in English.  We're still friends.  
    
    The first person I met through Womannotes was the charming but
    screwed-up Kerry Faulkner.  
    
    --bonnie

    
    
    The first time I really remember meeting any NOTERS (as opposed to
    people that I met who might dabble in notes, but weren't NOTERS per se)
    was the first weekend I spent in New England.
    
    	Friday night was a Human_Relations party at Steve Lionel's
    	Saturday night was a Heavy_Metal party at Bill Akin's
    	Sunday afternoon was a Moans party at Horsefeathers
    
    I can't even begin to name all the people that I met in that weekend.
    
    
    kath

    
    We also went to the state fair in 90� weather wearing Harley 
    t-shirts and our black leather jackets and one morning I woke 
    up to find Billy Idol in my refrigerator!  I still wear that
    engagement (ear)ring.
    
    And then there was the first time I visited you (ahhh, excuse
    me Julian, those are my *ribs*).
    
    Carla
    

The first noter I ever met was Harry Rose, when I was temping at the mill,1985.
We were having some problems trying to do some things in NOTES, since I
was just learning and he called down Kerry Faulkner.  I met them out one 
night at some small bar in Sudbury, near the mill, and met eagle that one
and only time.  Anyone know what happened to Harry or Kerry?  Last time I
knew Harry left the company.  Don't know what ever happened to Kerry.

I met Mike Hanam through the games notes file via mail.  We finally met at
a noters luncheon that Kristy Gleason put together at a Chinese Restaurant
in Acton.

That's about it.  I've never had the courage to go to another luncheon since
I wouldn't know a soul.

Debbi

    re .48, as of this past summer Kerry was working as a programmer in a
    hospital in Seattle.
    
    Lorna
    

    Harry Rose joined the army about 2 years ago. He was going to get
    trainin in electronics and the like. I haven't heard from him since.
    Hope he's okay...
    
    Tamzen

    
    Did Harry work for the data comm group in the mill?  I may have worked
    with him for awhile.
    
    CQ

    Yes, Christine, I believe he did for a while. I knew him electronically
    around early in 1986 and I know he was in the mill then.