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SUBJECT: CIRCLES NETWORK-MICHAEL CHOROST FILE: UFO1215
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Excerpt from: Mufon UFO Journal, Number 27, Dec. 1990
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CIRCLES NETWORK
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written by
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Michael Chorost
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North America has "caught" the crop circles. If events in
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England are any indication, they will increase in number and
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complexity as time goes on. It's time we got organized.
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I would like to propose the creation of a data network. Its
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purpose would be to ensure that each of the major researchers on
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the continent gets the information gathered by all the others.
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There are a number of ways it could be organized. One
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possibility is to assign each person one or two other people to
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whom they automatically send everything they discover or receive.
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Since everybody would have an "input" and an "output," one could be
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sure that by sending a new piece of data to their "outputs,"
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everyone else would eventually get a copy.
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I would like to solicit organizational suggestions. There are
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several criteria that a successful network must meet:
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* It must be fast and efficient. This rules out circular
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networks, for example, because one's "input" would have to
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wait for information to be mailed all the way around the
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circle before he or she got it.
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* It must be readily expandable. It should be possible to add
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new members to the net without difficulty.
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* It must be fault-tolerant. If a person goes on vacation, or
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drops out, the net should be able to keep going without
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difficulty. This would seem to rule out highly centralized
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networks.
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* Each member must be productive as well as distributive. They
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should have some way of contributing new information to the
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net, whether by fieldwork, literature searches or data
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analysis.
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I would like to suggest that the network be named "The North
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American Circle." If you have suggestions as to how the net could
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be organized, or would be interested in joining it, please write:
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North American Circle
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PO Box 61144
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Durham, NC 27715-1144
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or call:
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(919)286-0529
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