davison@UHNIX2.UH.EDU (Dan Davison) (04/12/90)
I thought this would be of interest for the Matrix folk. Watch this space/newsgroup/mailbox for complete details on the International Matrix meeting. dan Forwarded message: > Subject: BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION > > CONSLINK > > A BITNET BASED ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE AND BULLETIN BOARD > ON ALL TOPICS OF BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION > > > The Smithsonian Institution is involved in > conservation related education and research projects > world-wide. We established CONSLINK as an electronic > conference and bulletin board to improve communication > between individuals and institutions around the world > who are interested in the general topic of biological > conservation. > > CONSLINK is distributed through BITNET, an > academic and research computer network, which is > internationally connected to many other networks. Using > only a few commands you should be able to make full use > of CONSLINK. At the end and in a separate file, > CONSLINK HELP, we provide a brief summary of these > commands and how to use them. In case you have no > success accessing CONSLINK, please contact your > computer center. > > > THE CONSLINK CONFERENCE > > When you sign up for the CONSLINK CONFERENCE, your > user-id will be added to a distribution list. Any > electronic mail that you send to the BITNET address > CONSLINK AT SIVM will automatically be sent to everyone > on that distribution list. In case you would like to > comment on a message you received on CONSLINK, you have > the choice to either reply to the whole CONSLINK > CONFERENCE or to the individual who originally sent the > message. > The scope and degree of expertise available to > CONSLINK users depends upon the number of participants. > Therefore, we welcome your enrollment and encourage you > to distribute this message to your colleagues. If you > have a question or information about any particular > conservation-related topic, send it to CONSLINK, and > see if someone has the answer. Topics of general > interest include dates of conferences, symposia, and > workshops; new publications; grants and positions that > have become available. Why not let everyone know what > you know! > > > THE CONSLINK BULLETIN BOARD > > In the months to come we will compile a set of > files on general conservation related topics that will > reside on the CONSLINK BULLETIN BOARD. They will > include lists of conferences, references, grants, > positions, and news items of general interest. These > files will be generated from the discussions of the > CONSLINK CONFERENCE. You can instruct the Smithsonian's > computer with simple commands to send you the files at > any time. An index of all files is available and is > regularly updated. > > > AN INTRODUCTION TO CONSLINK COMMANDS > > > CONSLINK works two ways: > > - You can register for the CONSLINK CONFERENCE and have > your name included on a distribution list. That > way you can send the same message to every > participant on the list and receive all messages > sent by everyone else on the list. > - You can instruct the Smithsonian Institution's > computer to send you files of general interest > from the CONSLINK BULLETIN BOARD. You do not have > to be registered for the conference to do that. > > > The commands you have to use to interact with CONSLINK > depend on the computer system through which your > institution is connected to BITNET. > > - If you are using an IBM 370 class or compatible > mainframe which uses the CP/CMS operating system, > and is connected directly to BITNET, you may issue > the commands: > > > TELL LISTSERV AT SIVM SUBSCRIBE CONSLINK Your Name > > to have your name added to the distribution list of the > CONSLINK CONFERENCE. Once registered, any mail that you > want to send to all participants on this list should be > addressed to > CONSLINK AT SIVM. > > > TELL LISTSERV AT SIVM GET CONSLINK HELP > > to have the Smithsonian's computer automatically send > the file CONSLINK HELP to your account. This file > contains a summary of the CONSLINK commands. > > > TELL LISTSERV AT SIVM INDEX CONSLINK > > to have the Smithsonian's computer automatically send > the file CONSLINK FILELIST to your account. This file > is an index of all files available on the CONSLINK > BULLETIN BOARD. At present these are INFO, HELP, > MEETINGS, and monthly summaries of the ongoing > discussion in the CONSLINK CONFERENCE. More will be > added as they become available. > > > > - If you are using a VAX machine which is connected > directly to BITNET you will have to substitute > TELL LISTSERV AT SIVM with: > > SEND LISTSERV@SIVM > > > > - If you are not connected directly to BITNET but > rather use a different computer network that has a > gateway to BITNET, you may not be able to issue > the TELL LISTSERV AT SIVM command. Instead you > should send a regular mail item (note) to LISTSERV > AT SIVM which contains only the commands > > SUBSCRIBE CONSLINK Your Name and/or > INDEX CONSLINK and/or > GET CONSLINK HELP and/or > GET CONSLINK MEETINGS etc. > > > > > CONSLINK > c/o Michael Stuewe > Conservation and Research Center > National Zoological Park > Smithsonian Institution > Front Royal, VA 22630, USA > BITNET: NZPEM001 at SIVM > > > Please distribute this message among your colleagues. > > > -- dr. dan davison/dept. of biochemical and biophysical sciences/univ. of Houston/4800 Calhoun/Houston,TX 77054-5500/davison@uh.edu/DAVISON@UHOU "...and newspapers have an obligation to protect young, innocent minds from the sinister influence of actual thought" Bill Watterson ("Calvin & Hobbes") on "Pogo". Disclaimer: As always, I speak only for myself, and, usually, only to myself.