For other web pages of Steve Hayes please visit the following blogs:

• Notes from underground -- a general blog on politics, culture, literature and society
• Khanya -- similar to Notes from underground, but with a more theological slant
• Hayes and Greene family history - the family history and genealogy blog of Steve and Val Hayes
• Hayes and Greene Family Wiki -- a collaborative datasharing project for family history and genealogy

Participating in the Worldchat conference is a good way of keeping in touch with the people who participate in it. It's a bit like a dinner party without the dinner - though you can, of course have your own dinner while you join in - just don't spill anything on the keyboard! Almost any topic can be discussed - some are light-hearted, some are serious. Most discussions are concerned with differences in culture and language between different countries, politics, religion, the weather etc. The main rule for participation to to be friendly and avoid flaming. Particpants should be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

If you've lost touch with old friends completely, whether you knew them in BS conferences, at school, or elsewhere, there is always the possibility that they are looking for you. Try the link below to see if there are old friends who would like to get in touch...

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Should you join?

• If you know two or more people on the list of participants, and like chatting to them, then you must join

• If you know at least one person in the list of participants, and like chatting to them, then you should join, because you might get to like some of the others too

• If you don't know anyone on the list of participants, but two or more of them sound as though they might be interesting, check their web pages (if any) to see if they are the kind of people you'd like to chat with

• If you know one or more people on the list of participants and wish you didn't, then don't join

• If you don't know anyone on the list of participants, and are glad that you don't, then don't join

Worldchat Participants

• Julie Belding - Medium height, brown hair, a wordie, likes language, computers, and eating out; dislikes exercise, parties and housework.
• Sue Fairhead - I enjoy reading and writing, and bringing up my children although home education is something new and challenging. I very much appreciate my email and echo friends while living far away from home and family (in England). I also enjoy chocolate. E-mail me
• Carl Fortunato - I live on the Upper West Side of New York City, which is my favorite place to live on all the earth. I'm an acolyte in an Anglican Cathedral (www.stjohndivine.org). I'm an actor who belongs to a comedy troupe called "Riot Act," which is directed by my beloved wife, Francesca, and I also belong to a theatre company called "The Play's the Thing" (www.theplay.org), and am a member of the Episcopal Actor's Guild (www.actorsguild.org). Aside from that, I am an (occasionally) working musician, playing mainly keyboard, but a few other things as well. I can occasionally be seen busking in the New York City subways, just to keep in practice.
• Dawn Harvey - Member of TOPS since July 1998; Homeschooling my children; trying to get organized! Easier said than done, I'm afraid! I'm good at organizing OTHER PEOPLE's things (LOL!) but can't seem to get my own stuff in order. Well, at least I'm trying :) Been a member of OFF_TOPIC since it started (charter member, they call that, don't they?) but lost contact when we switched to the Internet, until I found it as a mailing list about a year ago. Glad to be back!! E-mail me
• Steve Hayes - I'm an Orthodox Christian and a freelance editor writer and researcher. My hobbies are family history, BBSing and reading. I like reading history and theology, and in fiction I like fantasy, especially the work of C.S. Lewis, Tolkien and Charles Williams; also Beat Generation writers like Jack Kerouac. I'm interested in the relation between religion, ideology, culture and language, and enjoy discussions of language usage and cultural differences between people. I keep a database of African Independent Churches, and am interested in the application of computers to missiological research. E-mail me
• Bob Henson - Pharmacist, Ex Fidonet BBS sysop, computer fanatic, interested in anything under the Sun. Favourite "soap box" topic - the degenerating standards in life, and what we should do to put it right - beginning to despair of ever changing anything, but still battling on. Once described myself as a "Don Quixote" to David Rance, probably as good a description as I'll ever think of, unless King Canute fits the bill better? E-mail me
• Paul Mazumdar - 1702mm high, too many mm wide, 88000g heavy, half Indian, half British, all Welsh but living in England. E-mail me
• Kenneth A O'Shaughnessy - Kenneth A O'Shaughnessy Engineer, Executive Kitchens, Inc keno@executivekitchens.com Editor, The SC Libertarian gclp@att.net E-mail me
• David Rance - Although now worshipping at an Anglican Church I was brought up a Baptist and have worshipped in most nonconformist denominations, even Roman Catholic while in France. I'm interested in music, diy, writing software (C and assembly language) and cooking. E-mail me
• Thomas Alex Riggle - This chubby and balding native Seattleite enjoys spending time with friends and family, but doesn't watch tv. Hates action/ adventure movies. Would rather play catch with the kids. When you say dylan he thinks you're talking about Dylan Thomas. E-mail me
• Jane Smith - A Brit who has always been politically incoreect - which is why she emigrated to South Africa while it still had apartheid. Religion: Apostate. Politics: Libertarian. English editor by trade. Interests: weaving, porcelain doll-making, reading.
• Lindsay Walker - My mother used to call me a long, thin slab of misery: 1,91m, 75kg. Thinning floppy hair, melancholic horsey face, glasses. I have not yet decided what I want to be when I grow up.
• Paul Waters - I grew up in England, took a BA in Linguistics at Reading Uni, came to Norway in 1989 to work for the Salvation Army. Met my wife here. Lost all my hair a couple of years ago - got some back now (see web-site). E-mail me

Add or change your description

If your details in the list above need to be changed, or if you aren't in the list but want to be, you can add or revise the information by using the Who's who form. It is posted every few weeks in the WORLDCHAT conference, but if you can't wait, you can request it by e-mail from .

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How to join WORLDCHAT

1. Web BBS
2. Dial-up BBS
3. E-mail mailing list

Joining by Web BBS

You log in as you would to a dial-up BBS, as a new user for the first time, and just remember your password for the future. Once you''ve signed up, you can join WORLDCHAT (listed as Family Worldchat) or any of the other conferences. When you click on the "Join conferences" link, you need to wait a while for the list of conferences to load. It's quite long, as there are a lot of conferences.

If you would like to use this method in future, note and bookmark the URL now:

E-mail mailing list

• Subscribe
• Unsubscribe

If you have any problems subscribing or unsubscribing, send e-mail to:

Bob Hoffman

To send a message to the conference itself from e-mail, address it to:

family.worldchat@family-bbs.net

The advantage of this method is that you don't have to log in to a BBS, and mesages from WORLDCHAT will be delivered to your e-mail in box, so you won't miss any.

Dial-up BBS

. You can also see a list of BBSs at http://www.oocities.org/Athens/7734/bbsweb.htm

There are also several other FamilyNet conferences available by mailing list. The WORLDCHAT conference is a general one, for discussing almost anything. There are also some more specialised ones:

• Theology
• Books, literature and writing
• Christian mission
• Orthodox Christianity