At the request of Nick Blomley I am posting the following file to
the forum. It contains basic information about the list
administration. Please pass it on to anyone who asks you how to
sign up to the forum.
Thanks
Joe
"Critical Geography Forum"
Electronic Mail Discussion Group
Introduction v1.0
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by Joe Painter ([log in to unmask])
1 WELCOME
Welcome to "Critical Geography Forum". This document describes the
purpose and operation of the electronic mailing list
"crit-geog-forum". Please save it for future reference.
2 WHAT IS "CRITICAL GEOGRAPHY FORUM"
2.1 Origins
"Critical Geography Forum" is a discussion group which uses
electronic mail technology (hence "e-mail list") to allow members to
share ideas, raises questions, provide answers and air opinions. It
has been set up in the wake of the merger between the Institute of
British Geographers (IBG) and the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) to
provide a forum for discussion among critical and radical geographers.
2.2 Purpose
While the immediate impetus was opposition to the merger among many
critical/radical geographers, the list may be used for the discussion
of any topic related to critical/radical geography of a substantive as
well as an institutional nature. Such topics might include (but are
not limited to):
- the merger and its consequences
- alternative imagined communities for geographers
- calls for papers
- notices of meetings, conferences, reading groups, etc.
- ways of building networks and links
- ways of supporting research and publication from critical
perspectives
- the role and character of academic institutions and professional
organisations - reports on research - conference reports - substantive
and theoretical issues of current debate
3 HOW DOES IT WORK?
3.1 The Mailbase system
Critical Geography Forum uses the Mailbase system. The Mailbase
computer at the University of Newcastle receives messages from
subscribers to the list and forwards a copy of each message to each of
the other subscribers. Mailbase is funded centrally for the academic
community and the service is free to subscribers. (For more
information about Mailbase contact [log in to unmask])
3.2 Who can join?
Anyone with access to electronic mail can be a subscriber, although
the list will obviously be of most interest to academic geographers.
3.3 How do I join?
To join Critical Geography Forum, send this command message
JOIN crit-geog-forum first_name(s) last_name
(substituting your own first and last names as appropriate) as the
only text of an e-mail message to:
[log in to unmask]
For example:
From: [log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject:
Message: JOIN crit-geog-forum Joe Painter
If you have any problems please contact:
[log in to unmask]
3.4 How do I leave?
To leave the list, send this command message:
leave crit-geog-forum
as the sole text of an e-mail message to:
[log in to unmask]
3.5 How do I send a message?
To send a message to all the other subscribers on the list simply send
it as e-mail to:
[log in to unmask]
exactly as if you were sending e-mail to a person. All the other
subscribers will then automatically receive your message..
3.6 When you receive a message from crit-geog-forum
If you wish to take up the points raised in a message from another
subscriber, or to provide answers to questions and so on, you have two
options:
a) Select 'reply' if you want to respond privately to the individual
who posted the message.
b) Send your response to all subscribers, by sending it to
[log in to unmask]
3.7 Very important
Please make sure that you send messages for distribution to
[log in to unmask] and commands to
[log in to unmask] It is not uncommon for messages reading
"join J.Bloggs" and so on to be sent accidentally to everyone on a
mailing list, rather than to the mailbase computer.
3.8 To find out who else has subscribed to the list send the
following command
review crit-geog-forum
as the sole text of an e-mail message to [log in to unmask]
4.0 NETIQUETTE
Please follow the usual rules of "netiquette" (internet etiquette),
such as avoiding sending abusive messages ("flames"). Moods such as
irony are commonly indicated by the use of a smiley face, thus:
:-)
Capital letters imply SHOUTING. For emphasis, underlining can be
implied by using an underscore character immediately before and after
the section _to be underlined_.
5.0 FEEDBACK
If you have any comments about this introduction or suggestions for
improvements in future versions, please send them by e-mail directly
to me ([log in to unmask]). If the issue is one in which other
subscribers are likely to be interested, then please also send the
message to the whole list.
6.0 LISTOWNER
In mailbase jargon, the administrator of the list is known as the
"listowner". The listowner for Critical Geography Forum is:
Joe Painter
Department of Geography
University of Durham
Sciences Site
South Road
Durham
DH1 3LE
Phone: 0191 374 7306
Fax: 0191 374 2456
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Joe Painter
Lecturer in Geography
Department of Geography
University of Durham
Sciences Site
South Road
DURHAM, DH1 3LE, U.K.
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
Fax: 0191 374 2456 (domestic) +44 191 374 2456 (international)
Tel: 0191 374 7306 (domestic) +44 191 374 7306 (international)
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