Dear colleagues,
This message, which contains essential information about how to manage your
membership of this list, will be posted quarterly. Please keep a copy of it
for reference. Queries to the list-owners please.
Best wishes


Ian Ground (Newcastle) [log in to unmask]
Andrew Stevenson (Lancaster) [log in to unmask]
Linda McLeod (Edinburgh) [log in to unmask]

P.S If you can read this, it is probably safe to throw away your hoard of
pebbles :-)

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PLEASE SAVE THIS MESSAGE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, IT CONTAINS VITAL INFORMATION
Hello and welcome to the Continuing-Education list. This is a note from the
list
owners which will explain how the list works and how you can get the most of
your membership.
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About the list
This list is for the exchange and dissemination of information regarding the
provision of continuing education in the HE sector. It is anticipated that
all
areas of CE will be covered, including credit-bearing and non-credit-bearing
LAE, CVET, CPD and administration.

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Important Email Addresses
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1. [log in to unmask]
This is the mailbase program. Send commands to this address.
2. [log in to unmask]
This is the address of this list. Any messages sent to this address will be
automatically forwarded to all the members of the list.
3. [log in to unmask]
This is the address for the list owner(s) who looks after the list. If you
have
a problem with the list, send a message to this address. For example, - if
you
have problems leaving the list - if you have problems sending a message to
the
list
4. [log in to unmask]
This is the Mailbase Helpline. If you have any questions about or problems
with
Mailbase use this address.
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How to...
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1. To send a message to everyone on the list, send an email to:
[log in to unmask]
2. To leave continuing-education, send an email to: [log in to unmask]
with
the message: leave continuing-education stop
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Web Pages
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- LISTOWNERS - You can access this list from the World Wide Web, either from
the
Mailbase homepage at: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/ or, by going directly to:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/continuing-education/ From there you can
search
the list archive. However the main website for the UACE Administrators
Network,
containing lots of information, details of events/conferences and contacts
can
be found at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/lifelong-learning/UACEAD/.
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Problems?
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Never send commands, or requests to join, or admin. queries, to
[log in to unmask] - your problem will be broadcast to all
our
members!
If your mail address changes, send a message to
[log in to unmask]
If something goes wrong - perhaps you get two copies of every message - send
a
message to [log in to unmask]
If mail from continuing-education to you is regularly rejected for some
reason
(perhaps because you have run out of file space or your computer mail
service
has been renamed) the list-owner may eventually delete you from the list.
If you get no mail, you may have been deleted from the list - see above.
Either
send a message to [log in to unmask], or
resubscribe
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More Information
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The UACE Administrators Network
Though its memberships are not the same, this list is intended to operate as
a
major communication channel of the UK's UACE Administrators's Network. More
information about the network can be found at
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/lifelong-learning/UACEAD/. However, anyone with a
genuine
professional interest in continuing-education is welcome, including
colleagues
from outside the UK.

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Netiquette
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Like any internet community, there are some general do's and don'ts of the
list.
Please don't write in upper case. THIS IS CONSIDERED SHOUTING AND IS VERY
RUDE
If you feel strongly about something on the list, please wait before sending
off
your reply. The medium of email tends to encourage immediacy of response and
in
some situations, this can be unhelpful. You may think differently about your
reply fifteen minutes later
You can find a general guide to courteous behaviour when using the internet
at
There are some guidelines specific to this list:

Asking for information
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One of the most common uses of the list has been for members to ask others
for
information about policies and practice in their own institutions. Having a
clear view about what is going on nationally is often useful in or informing
local discussion or resolving local problems. But answering so many surveys
takes time. The most efficient method of getting information is to ask
people to
reply off-list to you and then you can collate replies and post a summary to
the
list. (You can also ask the list-owners to make summaries available via the
list’s website) That way, everyone benefits, traffic is minimised and future
surveys are more likely to get responses. Equally, if you are interested in
the
result of a survey, then please take the time to answer yourself!
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Replying
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Please note that the default action (i.e. what will happen automatically
unless
you do something else) is for replies to go to the whole list. This means
that
if someone writes to the list, and you read their mail and choose reply,
your
reply will go to every member of the list and not just to the original
sender.
Therefore to avoid inconvenience to others, personal embarrassment, or legal
action!, always check who the message is going to when you reply to a
message,
and if necessary, delete the mailbase address and replace it with the
address of
the person who originally sent the message to mailbase. Also note that
everyone
makes mistakes sometimes (including the list owners!) so please just ignore
misaddressed mail of this kind.
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Attachments
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Viruses are so common today, that the list owners ask you not to send
attachments to the list. This applies especially to Microsoft Word files.
Generally speaking, it is not necessary to send word files as attachments.
The
content of the file can be included in the message as text. If you must send
use
a Word document, you have several options. In order of preference:
Ask members who want to read the file to contact you off-list.
Save the file as an HTML file (web page) and include a web address where
people
can find it
Send the attachment to one of the list -owners who will scan it for viruses
and
forward it to the list.
Remember, there are over 300 busy people who belong to this list. Putting a
virus on their machines, however inadvertently, will ruin their whole day.
You
will be seriously unpopular. For this reason, it is considered very uncool
to
send document (binary) attachments to the list.
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Summary
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Mind your reply options - don't send personal mail to the whole list
If you don't want to be very unpopular, don't use attachments
If you ask for information, ask for off-list replies and collate.
More guidance on netiqutte can be found at
http://www.in.on.ca/tutorial/netiquette.html
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About the List-Owners
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The list has three co-owners who are responsible for maintaining the list,
sorting out problems and generally ensuring that everyone benefits from the
list. Currently they are:
Ian Ground (Newcastle) [log in to unmask]
Andrew Stevenson (Lancaster) [log in to unmask]
Linda McLeod (Edinburgh) [log in to unmask]

At least one of the list owners will be a UACE Admin network convenor.
The list owners hope that you have found this information useful. Please
save it
for future reference.






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Ian Ground
Development Officer & IT Manager
Centre for Lifelong Learning
King George VI Building
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 0191 222 5436
Fax: 0191 222 7090
Voicemail: 07712 886 086
Web: www.ianground.com
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