Return-Path: To: las@ai.mit.edu, cgdemarc@ai.mit.edu Cc: tar@isi.edu Reply-To: ramesh@isi.edu Subject: Re: [cgdemarc@ai.mit.edu: GSL/GSB Messages] In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 01 Nov 1993 12:42:07 -0800. <199311012042.AA07411@grover.isi.edu> Date: Mon, 01 Nov 93 13:34:29 PST From: Ramesh Patil Carl and Lynn, Tom Russ forwarded this note to me. It just so happens that I remember some of the things you are trying to track down. I recall that the GSL started (sometime I believe in 1979 or maybe 78) during a period of great termoil over the graduate qualifying requirements and other such topics that were bothering graduate students. We had many meetings in 8AI playroom overflowing with graduate students and many faculty in attendence. In any case as a result of these, we had one graduate student who was made graduate student representative to some committee I can't remember and GSL was born (to complement cs faculty lunch). The funds for gsl were provided by AI Lab (Pat Winston) as Faculty Lunch was provided by LCS (Mike). The first Rep was Bill Swartout (Swartout@isi.edu) and the first GSL lunch was prepared by a group of MEDGer's (I remember I made the Salad). It consisted of a Big Salad, French Bread and Cheese (I think Harold Goldberger was in-charge of buying food as he had a car). The early GSL's were rather rough. You had to fight your way through the hords to get to the food table and grab what you could. As time went by, things got more organized and people started forming lines (WOW!!). Walter Hamscher was the one who started the tradition of sending out funny messages for GSL. His messages were greatly appreciated and really added a new touch to GSL. As for girl scout messages, I don't know when the tradition started, but remember in my early days at MIT, Bob Lawler's (Logo Lab) daughter used to hang around the lab and usually would go around asking people to sign up for girl scout cookies. Bob usually sent an announcement about the cookies. Don't know if this started the tradition or not. But this was definitely the case around 1976-79 when Logo lab was on 3rd floor with Martin's group. Hope this helps. - ramesh