kristoff@GENBANK.BIO.NET (Dave Kristofferson) (03/06/91)
We have another proposal for a new group along with a person who has
volunteered as discussion leader, so I am putting out the call for
votes once again. This newsgroup would be for the Neurosciences and
would involve the following:
It is herein proposed that a newsgroup be created for the
exchange of scientific ideas under the multi-disciplinary rubric of
neuroscience. The group, while welcoming and encouraging the
participation of computer scientists, will not focus on artificial
intelligence or neural nets, as there are newsgroups already on the
Usenet dedicated to these topics. Rather, scientists such as
physiologists, computational neuroscientists, molecular biologists,
and behavioral scientists would be encouraged to interact through this
medium to discuss the function, evolution, and structure of biologic
nervous systems. It would also be a place for researchers to sound
out novel theories and to facilitate collaborations. Discussions of
abstracts would be appropriate. It is recognized that neuroscientists
tend to be computer literate to an extent that would suggest a
justifiable volume for newsgroup creation.
If you are in favor of the creation of such a newsgroup, please send a
one line message saying
YES ON NEUROSCI
to one of the following addresses before 4 May 1991. If at least 40
responses are received before that time we will create the newsgroup.
PLEASE RESPOND TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES AND NOT TO THIS MESSAGE!!
Address Location Network
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biovote@irlearn.ucd.ie Ireland EARN/BITNET
biovote@uk.ac.daresbury U.K. JANET
biovote@bmc.uu.se Sweden Internet
biovote@genbank.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET
Sincerely,
Dave Kristofferson
GenBank Manager
kristoff@genbank.bio.net
P.S. - For those of you wondering about the status of the other
recently approved newsgroups, I will touch on that in my next message.