Problems (and Solutions?)

• Funding and continuation of burning CDs.
• Sending the CD-ROM through the post.
• Announcing the CD-ROM to relevant "test" laboratories who may like this receive this type of information.
• Legal Aspects of Creating the CD-ROM.

Funding and continuation of burning CDs.

Presently, this is a personally funded project. CD-ROMs cannot be sold (despite requests from Western Laboratories) as this would invalidate the basis for many of the web site and software permissions.

If found to be feasible, projects under the direction of reputable not-for-profit scientific organisations would be preferred. Administration of Nexus type CDs by individuals or profit based organisations can partially poison the good will that would be fully available for not-for-profit organisations.

Sending the CD-ROM through the post

Some parts of the world require parcels sent with SECURE POST at an extra cost (~$10) to guarantee packages will arrive.

Getting Information to Suitable Test Laboratories!!

How to you get information of this to labs isolated from the Internet?

• Assistance from colleagues?
  
• Appropriate Newsletters with decent geographical reach?
• Other????

Legal Aspects

• Obtaining Permissions to include material on CD-ROM (easier when CD is given away - main challenge is to convince people this is the case)
• Knowledge of Sections of the copyright act dealing with scholarly and academic usage.
• The CD is effectively part of the internet except the networking is orders of magnitude slower.
• Much internet software is subject to export restrictions. Judicious choice of software may help in some regards but not all.
• Interesting feedback from previous talks and discussions the author has presented on this topic is the feeling (still) that internet custom and practise should come above the law. (i.e., if it feels good do it).