                     CHANGES IN DECEMBER, 1996

                 RECENT NEW or RETURNING RIME BBS's

SYSOP               SITE NAME    SITE #            LOCATION
-----               ---------    ------     -----------------------
Alex Brooks         THE128TH      3002      Seminole, FL
Jeanie Kipp         DIGICON       5429      Great Bend, KS
Clint Bradford      ATDBBS        2016      Mira Loma, CA
Daniel Cook         PEBBLE        3013      Escondido, CA
Larry Spinner       VESCAPE       2017      Valhalla, NY
Shaun Thornhill     TRIUS         3014      Andover, ME
Danny Uff           CPBBS         2019      Allentown, PA
Carlton Smith       CRYSTALCLEAR  2021      Memphis, TN
Andre Shumate       BUFERD        1437      Murphy, OR
Tony Campbell       THELITTERBOX  3015      Waynesboro, PA
Frank Starns        OASIS         3016      Weatherford, TX
Philip Keen         CHRISTY       2023      Pasadens, TX
Oscar Gamper        MOONLIGHT     TBA       Wellington, New Zealand
Edward Eade II      DUNGEON       3000      Warrenton, VA
Fred Bowes          SKYLINE       2011      Hyde Park, MA
Fred Strasbaugh     SEVENSTAR     3001      Spring Grove, PA
Gordon Cunningham   PINKROOM       692      Oakland Park, CA
Rick Wadowski       SWHOUSE       5590      Clinton Twp, MI
John Creamer        HEXPRESS      5288      Orlando, FL
Gary McClure        PCBKENTUCKY   3009      Sharpsburg, KY
Jim Marrs           LITS          3010      Peabody, MA
Tim Shriver         TRS           3004      Waunakee, WI
Richard Newsom      MAILROOM      3011      Niceville, FL
John Hunter         ORION         2012      Surrey, United Kingdom
Ronald Benjamin     RUSTICINNBBS  2013      Evansville, IN
Malik Rauchenberger BAUDWAY       2014      Germantown, MD
Curtis Coley        KIN           2015      Port Orchid, WA
Dave Koontz         DREAMS         719      Staunton, VA

                        CONFERENCE CLOSINGS

                            ** None **

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                        CONFERENCE OPENINGS


                               None

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                TO ALL SYSOPS AND CONFERENCE HOSTS

     A Message from the CA:

     The BIG change this month is the ruling that ALL conference hosts
     MUST carry the Conference Host's Conference and must at least
     configure it for "Yours and All" messages.  The Conference Host's
     Conference will be the ONLY place where we will discuss changes in
     duties, methods of moderating, etc.  Also this will be the main
     place where most announcements of interest to the conference host
     will be posted unless it concerns the general public and sysops,
     then it will also be posted in RIMENEWS.  Refusing to take the
     conference will be grounds for dismissal.

     It is sad that we must get hard-nosed about this, but the lack of
     conference host attendence in the conference specifically created
     for them has forced this.

     Garry Baker
     Conference Administrator

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