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   SUBJECT: CIRCLES NETWORK-MICHAEL CHOROST                     FILE: UFO1215        
           
           
           
        Excerpt from:  Mufon UFO Journal, Number 27, Dec. 1990   
      
                            CIRCLES NETWORK   
      
                              written by   
                            Michael Chorost   
      
        North America has "caught" the crop circles.  If events in   
   England are any indication, they will increase in number and   
   complexity as time goes on.  It's time we got organized.   
      
        I would like to propose the creation of a data network.  Its   
   purpose would be to ensure that each of the major researchers on   
   the continent gets the information gathered by all the others.   
      
        There are a number of ways it could be organized.  One   
   possibility is to assign each person one or two other people to   
   whom they automatically send everything they discover or receive.   
   Since everybody would have an "input" and an "output," one could be   
   sure that by sending a new piece of data to their "outputs,"   
   everyone else would eventually get a copy.   
      
        I would like to solicit organizational suggestions.  There are   
   several criteria that a successful network must meet:   
      
   *    It must be fast and efficient.  This rules out circular   
   networks, for example, because one's "input" would have to   
   wait for information to be mailed all the way around the   
   circle before he or she got it.   
      
   *    It must be readily expandable.  It should be possible to add   
       new members to the net without difficulty.   
      
   *    It must be fault-tolerant.  If a person goes on vacation, or   
       drops out, the net should be able to keep going without   
   difficulty.  This would seem to rule out highly centralized   
   networks.   
      
   *    Each member must be productive as well as distributive.  They   
       should have some way of contributing new information to the   
     net, whether by fieldwork, literature searches or data   
   analysis.   
      
        I would like to suggest that the network be named "The North   
   American Circle."  If you have suggestions as to how the net could   
   be organized, or would be interested in joining it, please write:   
      
                         North American Circle   
                             PO Box 61144   
                         Durham, NC 27715-1144   
      
                               or call:   
                             (919)286-0529   
      
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