National MS Society News.THE SOCIETY'S Information Resource Center (IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Computer conferencing on the Internet. There are hundreds of IRC channels on numerous subjects that are hosted on IRC servers around the world. After joining a channel, your messages are broadcast to everyone listening to that channel. ) has been dedicated to longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective National Board member L. Palmer Brown, who retired this year. Below, chairman Richard Slifka (left) and president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Mike Dugan (right) show Mr. Brown the dedicatory plaque. The national IRC houses a comprehensive MS library and a sophisticated computer database system that enables its staff to respond to information requests from the Society's 80 offices across the nation. The Society's Web site is also managed by the IRC. Mr. Brown, who joined the fledgling Society's board in 1953, still remembers the agony agony, n severe pain or extreme suffering. agony 1. death struggle. 2. extreme suffering. of trying to get reliable information about MS when his wife was diagnosed in the early 1940s and no central resource existed. |
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