(Ricardo Bunge) Mr. Allman, I'm not seeing anything I type... (Jim Casey) Thx. (Larry H. Lewis) is this working? (John C. Burns) why am I not posting (Rebecca Winters) Oh, now it is. (Annette Leonard) isthis working? (Zach) Can everybody hear/see me all right? (Josh Harris) buffer (Byron Odwazny) hello/status (Jim Casey) Yes zach (Zach) Thanks. (Ben Huntoon) implementation of Internet technology among (Ben Huntoon) wealthy and poor school districts? (STEVEN R. KOSS) should I see my # and name after hitting return? (Hugh McArthur) ?? (Jim Casey) Steven: No. (Sara Arnold) Hi. (Betty Knight) This is a test (Dion Douglas) No name will be returned after typing words (george smart) this thing is going very fast (Hugh McArthur) \test (lou) buffer hellocan y (Martin Vasko) josh...yes (Alex Calvo) Bill, I feel I must apologize for all of us... (Zach) So, Mr. Allman, how did you get him to agree to do this conference? (Amy Harmon) hi (Paul De Groot/Canad) [D (Paul De Groot/Canad) [D (Arthur Goldstein) Hello (Robert Pellegrini) hello, is the VP there yet??? (mike powers) Annette: DOn't KNow (Betty Knight) Hi (Al) Hi (jacqueline a close) hello (Susan Finster) A transcript of the conference will be available in the US News Forum. (george smart) Please anyone — confirm you wee me (mike powers) CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO SEE WHAt I', SENDING? (Larry H. Lewis) Do we have to ask superhighway questions? (Edward Felker) [~[v:~rq (MICHAEL GEBERT) HELLO (John C. Burns) \/buffer (deibert) hi everybody (Bill Allman/US News) the moderator this afternoon. Vice President (Bill Allman/US News) Gore will join us online from his office (Bill Allman/US News) in the West Wing of the White House in a (Chrysanne Poole) 0//send hello (Bill Allman/US News) "question" [/question], which will put you in (Bill Allman/US News) the question queue. When you get the message (Bill Allman/US News) that it is your turn to ask a question, (Bill Allman/US News) please begin by telling us where you are (Bill Allman/US News) from. It is not necessary to state your (Josh Harris) How does this conference work? (Gary E. Hogsten) Hello from hellohello (Bill Allman/US News) name, as this appears automatically. You (Jonathan Fligner) Hi Bill (Bill Allman/US News) should keep your question as short as (Bill Allman/US News) characters long — followed by carriage (Bill Allman/US News) be online shortly. This conference is also (Bill Allman/US News) being broadcast live on C-SPAN cable television. (Bill Allman/US News) Thank you. (rivi) S5iG>U | 3#R(iLejC63
An Inclusive Litany
5/1/94
From the official transcript of the first-ever on-line White House
news conference, held in January 1994 by Vice President Al Gore
over the CompuServe network. Three hundred computer users took part
in the forty-five minute conversation, which was moderated by Bill
Allman, a senior writer at
U.S. News & World Report.
Gore
first appears on page sixteen of the transcript: