AFS members convene in Portland for 54th Annual Northwest Regional Conference.AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System members gathered in Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , Ore., May 19-21 for the 54th Annual Northwest Regional Conference themed, The Journey of Discovery. The conference featured exhibitions, tours and technical sessions. In the picture below, Roger Wendlick entertains the AFS conference attendees with a presentation on the Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. , which ended at the Pacific Ocean, net far from Portland. In the picture at right, Steve Amen, executive producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington, with (as of 2006) over one million viewers throughout that region and an average of over 380,000 radio listeners each week. , speaks at the Friday Luncheon of the conference. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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