Ms. Krill's discussion began with an overview of the development of the Internet, covering key points from the 50’s through the present day. Beginning with her discussion of the 90's Ms. Krill punctuated her introduction with four critical milestones in BRAMA's history:

• December 1993 - First Ukrainian database assembled by Max Pyziur appears on the Internet accessible through FTP on a site called the Ohio Supercomputer Center (which was nicknamed "Infomeister")
• April 13, 1994 - Infomeister-Ukrainian is created by Max Pyziur; the first known extended Ukrainian data resource on the Internet accessible by FTP and Gopher
• February 25, 1995 - Infomeister-Ukrainian becomes a website with a new graphical interface; first major Ukrainian website in North America.
• May 2, 1997 - Infomeister-Ukrainian is shut down. BRAMA - Gateway Ukraine is born, with the Infomeister-Ukrainian's contents serving as a major component.

Using these four critical junctures Ms. Krill expanded on each discussing their importance, why they were pursued and how they led to forming BRAMA as it is today.

Currently, at a respectable 1,000,000+ hits/requests per month (compared to ~60,000 in May 1997) BRAMA's place on the Internet is recognized by CNN-Interactive and Yahoo!-Ukraine News and other respected sites, including HURI. Monthly growth rates in traffic have averaged about 8% since May 1997. Its content continues to grow and today is at around 11,000 "archival elements" (the majority of which are text files, with the balance comprised of image and audio files).

Its more popular destinations (in decreasing importance) are its News, Travel, Art & Culture, Survey, Ukraine, and Business sections. In addition, its NTSh Library Catalog, Computing, Calendar, Education, Diaspora, Issues, and Law sections receive considerable attention.. The newly formed "NovaKhvylia" section sets its attention on recent emigrants from Ukraine and is gaining strongly in popularity. Other content on Brama includes bulletin boards, email lists, and press releases and other types of announcements.

Ms. Krill described BRAMA's services as including advertising (with HURI being one of the most loyal), affordable website hosting, web-design and maintenance. She added that BRAMA is a corporation formed in the State of New Jersey and formally comprised of three individuals - Hanya Krill, Max Pyziur, and Myroslaw Smorodsky - shaping most of its content. However, it would be unfair not acknowledge that BRAMA receives a large number of contributions from many individuals on the Internet; important to note, one particular active contributor is Vasyl Lopukh of New York.

Ms. Krill concluded by saying that BRAMA's goals in the near future include upgrading to a new server (with 20-30 times the storage, memory, and proccessing capability), upgrading the site's search engine, adding webmail and chat funcionalities, adding an MP3 server, and adding new sections such as classified ads and shopping carts.

The audience at Wednesday's presentation numbered around twenty-five to thirty people, most of whom were from the summer program. It included some of the instructors, along with others who particularly during the course of the questions-and-answer period exhibited a more than casual interest.

The questions spanned a variety of topics including requests for the details on the software Brama uses, its business and maintenance challenges, and the level of detail in the information it presents.

Founded in June 1973, the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University serves as a focal point for graduate and undergraduate students, fellows, and associates pursuing research in Ukrainian language, literature, and history as well as in anthropology, archaeology, art history, economics, political science, sociology, theology, and other disciplines. Since 1970, the Institute has held a weekly seminar in Ukrainian Studies during the academic year. It also organizes symposia and conferences on a variety of related topics. Together with the Harvard University Library, its library has one of the largest collections of Ukrainian materials in the West. The Ukrainian Studies Library contains reference materials, periodicals, and other basic resources available for use at the institute.

Beginning in 1971, the Ukrainian Studies Summer Program has provided an opportunity for students and other interested individuals to take courses in Ukrainian language, history, literature and culture as part of the Harvard Summer School. In its current form the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute is a rigorous eight-week academic program offering accredited university instruction in Ukrainian studies. The program is organized by the Harvard University Summer School and the Ukrainian Research Institute.

Students are also encouraged to take advantage of Harvard's many research and instructional facilities, including the libraries, museums, and language laboratory. In previous years participants have included undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals who have come from North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe including Ukraine.