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- 19 October 1995 (Creation)
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Copy minutes of a meeting of the Electronic Publishing Development Group from 19 October 1995. The meeting was held at New Media Lab, Product Development Unit, The Guardian, 119 Farringdon Road. The minutes were taken by Bill Thompson, head of the New Media Lab.
Present or attending the meeting were: Azeem Azhar (OnLine); Tony Ageh (PDU); Paul Blake (IT); David Brook (marketing); Apala Chowdhury (NML); Liz Citron (NML); Suzanne Francis (interactive advertising); Dave Potts (NML); Matt Saul (IT); Bill Thompson (NML); Simon Tucker (ad planning); Craig Wilkie (NLM).
Items discussed at the meeting include: putting email addresses on the homepage; NML equipment, staffing and relationship with the PDU; introduction of email and internet access for all NML staff; domain names; design of the OnLine website Go2 (includes screenshots); Go2 launch event (scheduled for 16 November 1995); RecruitNet progress; Top Marques/Auto Trader project progress; brief updates on other projects and ideas, including Guardian Weekly online, a regular online parliamentary report and a football site; sponsorship and advertising and the Guardian home page.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Bill Thompson
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Stella Beaumont
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