Queensland Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:20:46 +1000 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Dear Leftlink subscribers in the SE Queensland area: This is an invitation to join Brisbane Left Organising (BLO), a new newsgroup to serve left activists in the SE Queensland area. BLO's main purpose is to inform subscribers about forthcoming meetings, demos, conferences, actions, seminars etc. in the Brisbane area. It is not intended as a discussion list. BLO is a participatory list which will rely on exchange of information between subscribers. While the moderator sends out some information, the list will only succeed because subscribers regularly contribute. So please sign up, tell your comrades about this list and please participate by sending in the details of any upcoming campaigns and actions which you know about. Encourage other individuals and groups on the Left in SE Queensland to use BLO. HOW TO SIGN UP? Simply send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR: just reply to me and I will add you on. Following are the conditions of membership of the BLO-list. I have drawn these up on the basis of the experience of the highly successful Leftlink in Victoria which has 500 subscribers and which has now been going for more than three years. However, this list has no connection with Leftlink. Looking forward to hearing from you soon! In solidarity Tom Bramble ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ****************************************************************** CONDITIONS OF USE OF BLO-LIST BLO is a moderated list that anyone can join, whose messages can be read only by members and whose membership details are not open (in order to protect privacy). The fact that BLO is a moderated list means that extraneous messages such as requests for subscriptions and other messages that do not meet the guidelines are not published. BLO's primary purpose is to provide up-to-date news and action alerts on progressive campaigns. There is a huge amount of material on the internet that could potentially contribute to fulfilling this purpose. So in order to ensure that BLO retains its focus and that subscribers are not overwhelmed with postings, BLO will not publish: * attachments * messages longer than 10K. (Longer messages should be placed on the web and an URL pointing to where the information can be found, posted to BLO. If you do not have a web page, there are a number of ISPs that provide free web pages on the internet - for example: - Crosswinds - Fortune City - Geocities - Pemail - Xoom) * responses to previously posted messages. (BLO is not a discussion list.) There are other Australian sites on the internet that publish unmoderated political comment - for example, the newsgroup, aus.politics which publishes contributions from both sides of politics. An eclectic mix of more than 200 alternative and progressive mailing lists - some of which are unmoderated - can be accessed by writing to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of your message type: "lists" The American based, Spoons Collective also hosts a variety of political email discussion lists. For further information see: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/index2.html You are encouraged to utilise these and other resources if you are seeking political discussion.) * messages regarding internal struggles within organisations or between organisations * ads for private enterprise * material which on balance, in the opinion of the Moderator leans more towards political discussion rather than news * general, non-action oriented news about campaigns. Please note: Reminder messages regarding upcoming events will be limited to one - that is, BLO will publish a notice of an upcoming event plus one reminder. HOW BLO IS MODERATED In order for a message to be broadcast to the list it must meet the following guidelines: * Refer to campaigns, activities and initiatives which promote the interests of the labour movement, peace or environmental sustainability, or which are aimed at redressing inequities arising from sexual orientation, gender, physical or mental ability, class, race or nationality. * Use language that is not offensive - i.e not racist, sexist or aggressively sectarian. * Contain the real name (not pen name or student ID number) and email address of the contributor. (This is a necessary measure to prevent "flame" wars). BLO is currently moderated by Tom Bramble ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Disclaimer The moderator takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information published. Publication of information on the list does not indicate endorsement of any political analysis, campaign, activity or initiative by BLO. How to send information to BLO The address for posting messages to the list is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] When formatting your message, please ensure that it is no more than 72 characters in width and that it in ASCII. Messages that do not conform to these guidelines may be returned. REMOVAL FROM THE LIST The moderator reserves the right to cancel a subscription at any time if: * mail to the subscriber's address is bounced for seven days in a row * the subscriber repeatedly sends abusive mail to the moderator. Anyone who is removed from the list because of bounced mail is welcome to rejoin once their mail service is restored to normal. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
