This new service is still under development, so your comments are welcome. We hope you find it easy to use, but don't hesitate to send us your questions. or post them on the "Friends and Partners Help Desk" Here is a link to some help for using the Forums, which are based on HyperNews software created at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

• Friends and Partners Help Desk -- For all users, an area for discussion and questions about how to use F&P services. This forum is also where our staff will post the latest technical news about changes to our services.

• Hallway Introduce yourself to other visitors of the Coffee House. Please tell us a little about yourself, your location, your interests, your areas of expertise, - and especially your interest and/or experience in collaboration and exchange between our countries. If you have a home page on the Internet, please feel free to include a pointer to it.

• Friends Playground -- An area for practicing how to post messages of your own.