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Monday, January 22, 2001
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Hundreds
of well-dressed revelers turned out last Saturday night for
the first-ever eNaugural.com Ball at the National Press Club
building in Washington, D.C. Though spurred on by the inauguration
of a new president, many of those who attended the five-hour
event came to celebrate the local high tech economy instead.
Apollo
11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second human to walk on the moon,
served as honorary master of ceremonies. As someone who witnessed
the technological leap brought by the Space Race of the 1960s,
Aldrin said he is still amazed at the march of technology today.
And as if to uphold a law that states any time two or more local
tech workers gather they must network, many eNaugural participants
were seen swapping business cards, job information and even
possible deal arrangements. One attendee, Nigerian Congressman
Jerry Sonny Ugokwe, outlined for Washtech.com his hopes in attracting
interest and business from the area for his country.
