Since the question of Bitnet/CREN membership has been addressed by CREN
itself, I submit the following references to documents (on BITNIC aka
bitnic.educom.edu filelist NETINFO) for your review (especially "WHY",
"BENEFITS", "KEEP", and "DELETE") --
 
  CREN     BENEFITS   ALL CRN V      72   156 92/08/11 13:10:50 Benefits of CREN
and BITNET Participation
  CREN     COST       ALL CRN V      78    60 92/09/10 13:02:28 CREN Membership
Dues & Fees for services
  CREN     TERMS      ALL CRN V      75   246 92/09/10 12:45:26 CREN Terms and
Conditions of Membership
  CREN     MEMREP     ALL DOC V      73    63 92/05/07 10:09:45 Form to change
CREN Member Representative
  KEEP     CREN       ALL CRN V      79    86 91/06/27 14:22:52 Reasons to
maintain CREN Membership and BITNET, even if you're on the Internet
  KEEP     CREN2      ALL CRN V      70   185 91/07/18 13:04:41 Why one CREN
member decided to keep CREN Membership
  WHY      CREN       ALL CRN V      72   121 91/04/02 12:39:28 Some reasons for
CREN Membership
  CREN     NET_USE    ALL CRN V      78    78 90/11/29 19:55:09 CREN/BITNET
Acceptable Use Policy
  DELETE   MEMBER     ALL CRN F      80    45 92/09/01 22:11:38 Instructions on
deleting a BITNET member
 
/Pete
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Peter M. Weiss                     | not affiliated with psuvm.psu.edu|psuvm
31 Shields Bldg -- Penn State Univ.| "Connectivity is more than a Connection"
University Park, PA USA 16802-1202 | E. Michael Staman, _The Circuit_, Apr 92