rpjday@violet.waterloo.edu (Rob Day) (04/18/88)
It seems that perhaps I should clarify just what I was after in my original posting, inviting interested parties to participate in a mailing list cum moderated newsgroup discussing the scientific aspects of creationism. The primary purpose of the group will be EDUCATION, and will attempt (attempt, nothing, it WILL!) to disseminate information on the current hot topics in creationism, references to refutations and the like. The potential audience are those who see scientific creationism as a threat to academic freedom and who wish to be better informed. This group includes, above all others, secondary school educators who realize that this is something they will have to deal with eventually but are not sure how to go about it. A secondary function of the group will be to exchange information on the current situation in their area, what is required at their local school board level, whether there is current pressure from creationist organizations on their school board and how others have dealt with this problem. My original posting compared this group with an organization called the Committees of Correspondence, which is a grass-roots organization that sponsors the journal "Creation/Evolution" and its accompanying newsletter and whose mandate is much the same -- education. I will be more than happy to describe this group in more gory detail once our group has been formed. The bottom line is that this group is not for those who want to sit around and talk about the problem, it's for those who either are or will be involved with DOING something about it and want to know how. Anyone with questions, feel free to mail me and I will do my best to be informative. Thanks for your patience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- R Day rpjday@violet.uucp CS Department rpjday%violet@waterloo.csnet U. of Waterloo rpjday%violet%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa ______________________________________________________________________