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FIRST MEETING

The very first scheduled cyberspace Finnegans Wake discussion ended in a virtual disaster. It was to be held in a coffee shop a few doors down from the entrance to PMC-MOO. But, just as the meeting was getting started, a shut-down of the largest MOO, Lambda-MOO, caused a flood of refugees to pour onto PMC-MOO and the coffee shop, usually all but deserted, soon filled up with a large gregarious group of somewhat confused and bemused MOO users. The resulting cacophony of greetings disaster-stories and heterogenous chatter made any organized discussion virtually impossible and the meeting had to be postponed. This disaster along with the frequent lag-time caused me to search out a quieter MOO. The relative seriousness that prevailed at DU-MOO seemed to promise less chaotic meetings.