EP-List is a new email digest for evolutionary programming and optimization, including artificial life and genetic algorithms. Send a "subscribe ep-list" message to ep-list-request @magenta.me.fau.edu. N. Saravanan (saravan@amber.me.fau.edu) is the moderator. [David Fogel (fogel@ece.ucsd.edu), connectionists, 5/11/93.]

New Usenet newsgroups -- on my system, at least -- include comp.infosystems.www (Wide-World Web), comp.object.logic, alt.internet.talk-radio, soc.college.teaching-asst, and alt.cyberpunk. [5/15/93.]

alt.computer.consultants is another new newsgroup. George W. Forest (gforest@fnc.com) is compiling a FAQ. Computer consultants deal in solution design, hardware and software recommendation, system installation, programming and customization, user training, and after-sale support. Many are value-added resellers (VARs) who sell systems to specific industries. Others are value-added dealers (VADs) who sell Unix systems, accounting packages, or other "horizontal" applications. VARs and VADs often get their start as ordinary computer dealers who specialize to meet the needs of their best customers. [Bill Park, 5/21/93.] (End users are encouraged to ask the consultants for help.)

I'm told there is a Chaos Network which relates to business issues and large organizations. It's run by Mark Michaels (chaos@tmn.com), (217) 328-0032. [Ernest Lowe (elowe@igc.apc.org), CYBSYS-L, 5/23/93.]

Bob McKay is proposing a new NetNews discussion list combining geographic information systems (GIS) and AI, including theories of geospatial representation in the natural world. He suggests the name comp.infosystems.gis.ai, sprouting off the comp.infosystems.gis newsgroup. Comments should be posted to news.groups or to Bob (rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au). [comp.ai, 5/10/93.]