Changes to the discussion lists..

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 03:20:43 +0100
From: David Wherry <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Changes to the discussion lists

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Hi there,

Over the past few weeks you may have noticed your inbox being filled
with messages advertising conferences, events, direct match requests
and as a result many users have been unsubscribing from the lists.
In response to this some changes have been made to the discussion
lists behind the scenes to help facilitate better discussion and
communication over the email lists.

There are currently about 150 general discussion lists (not including
country specific lists) which have members subscribed to them.  Of
these lists, about half have active discussion occurring.  The
purpose of the discussion lists in a broad sense is simply to
facilitate communication between AIESEC members about specific
topics.  With the amount of announcements and unrelated postings
which are occurring on many of the large lists - discussion is
stopped and the lists become simply a forum for announcing events
and traineeship opportunities.

The changes that have been made are as follows:

1.The number of active lists has been reduced to 100. A description
  of each of these can be found on the web site in the
  Communications section at  http://www.aiesec.org/_standard/resource

2.Messages announcing conferences, projects and other events should
  only be sent to INT-EVENTS, and information regarding your event
 can be entered into the Action Calendar through the web page at
  http://www.aiesec.org/_standard/action

3.The following messages are not permitted on any list.

  -Direct match requests. This has been a policy since mid July,
    however, from now on this will be followed up on and users will be
    removed from the list who continue to do this.  Currently 60% of
    all forms in Insight are set on Hold status which limits the
    match rate of the system.  If your TN/SN is in Insight and there is a
    form which meets the requirement you have set, it will be matched.

    An update on the status of Insight was posted on INT-IS, INT-MCS
    and the web site last week that details how INSIGHT is being used
    currently.  You can find it at http://www.aiesec.org/_standard/resource
    in the Information Systems section.

  -Requests for address information or to contact specific
    committees or individuals. Please use the address book
    provided through INSIGHT for this reason.

  -Requests to be "unsubscribed" from a list.
    Any questions on using the lists can be sent to [e-mail]
    Instructions can also be found on the web site at
    http://www.aiesec.org/_standard/resource in Communications.
There has also been some discussion over the fact that many lists
only allow users who are subscribed to them to post to messages.
This is the case with most lists, not all.  The purpose of the
discussion lists is to facilitate discussion amongst members, not
simply as a notice board for unrelated postings.  As such, for all
major global discussion lists you are required to be subscribed to
the list to send a message or ask a question to the other members
subscribed to the list.  In this way we are able to share information
and experience around the members more effectively.

Users who do not follow these few guidelines will have their access to
the discussion lists removed.

In the following email I have detailed all the global discussion lists
which are active and to which you can subscribe to participate in the
discussions.  I hope with some effort we can move towards more effective
communication and information sharing over the lists in the next weeks.


I look forward to hearing any feedback or questions regarding these changes
can be directed to me at [e-mail]

Warm regards,

David


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 D a v i d   W h e r r y

 Vice President Communications
 AIESEC International

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