reiter@aifh.ed.ac.uk (05/26/91)
I think comp.society.development now more or less exists, so I'll start
posting some bits and pieces I've collected on relevant mailing lists.
Other people should feel free to make their own contribution!
Ehud
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# A GUIDE TO THE LATIN-AMERICAN MAILING LISTS No. 20 #
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Date: March 25, 1991
INTRODUCTION
You will find here electronic mail addresses and information that will
help you to locate and subscribe to the latin american mailing list of
your choice. The members are people that have a common national origin
or an interest in that particular region. They exchange information and
news, and discuss about topics such as politics, gourmet food, traveling,
and many matters of daily life. They also serve for professional exchange
or just to make new friends.
You should write to the appropriate e-mail to subscribe or get more
information. Please, DO NOT SEND ME REQUESTS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS! I do not
administrate any mailing list. Membership in these lists is subject to the
approval by their administrators.
Some lists use LISTSERVERS. This is mentioned in the Service line.
The name of the listserver is in parentheses next to the word Listserver.
In these cases, please REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS in section 10.0 to find
out how to use a listserver.
The mailing lists listed here are non-commercial (free access) and one
member volunteers to administrate a list. For more information about the
regulations concerning electronic mail, please refer to the appropriate
documents in the public directories of your system or ask your system
manager.
For each country, you'll find:
1. the region covered by the list;
2. a short description of its purpose and interests;
3. the type of list (mailing, listserver, etc.), and relevant information;
4. the e-mail addresses to contact the list;
5. the status to date (active-planned-unknown);
6. additional information, such as the dominant language or membership.
Please, send any corrections or additions to the address below.
Pedro Saizar
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Astronomy Department Internet: pedro@mps.ohio-state.edu
The Ohio State University Internet: saizar@osu.edu
Columbus, OH 43210-1106 Bitnet: pedro@ohstpy
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INDEX
# Topic List name
01.1 Argentina Argentina
02.1 Brasil Bras-net
02.2 Brasil UFRJ-NCEN
02.3 Brasil .BR domain
03.1 Caribe
04.1 Central Amer. CentAm-L
05.1 Chile Chile-l
05.2 Chile Chilenet
06.1 Colombia Colombia
07.1 Ecuador Ecuador
08.1 Iberoamerica Iberian_issues
09.1 Latinamerica REDALC
09.2 Latinamerica LASNET
09.3 Latinamerica USENET News
10.0 Listservers
11.1 Mexico Mexico-l
11.2 Mexico Mexico-d
11.3 Mexico Mexico
12.1 Peru Peru
13.1 Astronomy Astro-O
13.2 Health Science Panet-L
13.3 Physics Fisica-L
13.4 Psychology Iapsy-L
13.5 Social Science RQSS
14.1 Puerto Rico SIRIAC-L
15.1 Quebec RQSS
16.1 Uruguay Uruguay
17.1 Venezuela VZLA-L
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01.1 ***** ARGENTINA
1. Cultural/geographical region: ARGENTINA
2. Description: Mailing list for general discussion and information.
By joining you can learn about how to make those patties (empanadas)
that you miss so much, you can discuss on how to 'cebar un buen mate',
and of course, on how to solve Argentina's most outstanding problems.
We don't have a regular news service yet, but some members send every
now and then a briefing. To join send name, e-mail, phone number,
address, and topics of interest.
3. Service: The list is based primarily on a unix host
(ois.db.toronto.edu) and with a second distribution point in Argentina.
There are two different modes of delivery: standard (mail is sent as
messages arrive) and digest (a digest is sent every day).
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions, information: argentina-request@ois.db.toronto.edu
-Messages to members: argentina@ois.db.toronto.edu
-Administrator: Carlos G. Mendioroz (tron@db.toronto.edu)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information: dominant language, Spanish; membership, 450.
An additional address is used to send and receive news (such as newspaper
news): argentina-noticias@ois.db.toronto.edu.
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02.1 ***** BRASIL
1. Cultural/geographical region: BRASIL
2. Description: Mailing list for general discussion and information.
To join send name, e-mail, phone number, address, and topics of
interest.
3. Service: mailing list.
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscription, information:
Non-european users: bras-net-request@cs.ucla.EDU
European users: bras-net-request@uk.ac.man.cs
-Messages to the members:
Non-european users: bras-net@lanai.cs.ucla.EDU
European users: bras-net@uk.ac.man.cs
-Administrators:
Non-european: B. R. Araujo Neto <rosa@lanai.cs.ucla.edu>
European: Alvaro Garcia Neto <brazil@cs.man.ac.uk>
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information: Portuguese is the main language. There are 700
subscribers in the American branch, 300 subscribers in the European branch.
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02.2 ***** BRASIL
1. Geographical/cultural region: BRASIL
2. Description: A news service called Jornal Eletronico UFRJ-NCE Noticias.
3. Service: Listserver (UFRJNCEN).
4. E-mail addresses:
4.1. Subscriptions, information: listserv@ufrj.bitnet
4.2. Messages to the members: (ask for information)
4.3. Administrator: Sergio Guedes (nco20001@ufrj.bitnet).
5. Status: UNKNOWN
6. Additional Information:
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02.3 ***** BRASIL
1. Cultural/geographical region: BRASIL
2. Description: More brazilian mailing lists, and brazilian network
information can be found in this mailserver. Most of them are within
the .BR domain in Internet.
3. Service: A mailserver. Send e-mail to the address below with the
following command in the body of the message: LISTS
4. E-mail addresses:
-Information: mailserv@brfapesp.bitnet
-Messages to the members: not applicable
-Administrator: (gomide@brfapesp.bitnet)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information: this is not a regular mailing list, but an
information source on them. Please write to the administrator for more
details.
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03.1 ***** CARIBE
2. Description: See 07.1.
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04.1 ***** CENTRAL AMERICA
1. Cultural/geographical region: CENTRAL AMERICA
2. Description: a mailing list for general discussions and exchange of
information.
3. Service: listserver (CentAm-L)
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions/information: listserv@ubvm.bitnet
-Messages to the members: centam-l@ubvm.bitnet
-Administrator: unknown
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information:
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05.1 ***** CHILE
1. Cultural/geographical region: CHILE
2. Description: A mailing list for general discussions and exchange of
information.
3. Service: Listserver (CHILE-L)
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscription/information: listserv@purccvm.bitnet
-Messages to the members: chile-l@purccvm.bitnet
-Administrator: Antonio Mladinic (mladinic@purccvm.bitnet;
aa4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information:
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5.2 ***** CHILE
1. Cultural/geographical region: CHILE
2. Description: A mailing list, based in Chile, for discussions about the
configuration of computer networks in that country.
3. Service: Listserver (CHILENET)
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions/information: listserv@uchcecvm.bitnet
-Messages to the members: chilenet@uchcecvm.bitnet
-Administrators: Enrique Olivares Canouet (eolivar@uchcecvm.bitnet),
Victor Cid Sepulveda (vcid@uchcecvm.bitnet)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information:
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06.1 ***** COLOMBIA
1. Cultural/geographical region: COLOMBIA
2. Description: A mailing list for general discussions and information
exchange. To subscribe please send name, e-mail, phone number, and
topics of interest.
3. Service: mailing list.
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions/information: rivera@cernvm.bitnet
-Messages to the members: rivera@cernvm.bitnet
-Administrator: rivera@cernvm.bitnet
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional Information: Membership, over 100. Members send news and
information about Colombia, which are compiled and distributed by the
moderator at a frequency of about 4-5 times a week.
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07.1 ***** ECUADOR
1. Cultural/geographical region: ECUADOR
2. Description: a mailing list for general discussions and information.
3. Service: mailing list
4. E-mail adresses:
-Subscriptions/information: ecuador@ners6k1.ncsu.edu
-Messages to the members: ecuador@ners6k1.ncsu.edu
-Administrator: G. Ivan Maldonado (ivan@neptj.ncsu.edu)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information:
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08.1 ***** IBEROAMERICA
1. Cultural/geographical region: LATINAMERICA, SPAIN, PORTUGAL
2. Description: A public bulletin board on general discussions about
iberoamerica.
3. Service: This is NOT a listserver. To subscribe send the following
message to the address given in 4.1.:
BBBOARD SUBSCRIBE IBERIAN_ISSUES <your name>.
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions/information: nicbbs@bitnic.bitnet
-Messages to the members: (request for information)
-Administrator: nicbbs@bitnic.bitnet
5. Status: UNKNOWN
6. Additional information: this list was previously located at
umnews@maine.bitnet (I have no information about its present status).
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09.1 ***** LATIN AMERICA
1. Cultural/geographical region: LATINAMERICA, CARIBBEAN
2. Description: A list for the discussion on the creation and status of
latinamerican and caribbean computer networks. Its name is REDALC (Red
de America Latina y el Caribe).
3. Service: Listserver (REDALC).
4. E-mail addresses:
-Information/subscriptions: listserv@frmop11.bitnet
-Messages to the members: (request information)
-Administrator: Daniel Pimienta (ulat-rd@frmop11.bitnet)
5. Status: UNKNOWN
6. Additional Information:
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09.2 ***** LATIN AMERICA
1. Cultural/geographical region: LATINAMERICA
2. Description: a mailing list for general discussions and exchange of
information on Latinamerica. Provided by the Institute of Latinamerican
Studies at the University of Texas. To subscribe, please send name,
institutional affiliation, address, phone, e-mail and topics of interest.
3. Service: Mailing list.
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions/information: lasnet-request@emx.utexas.edu
-Messages to the members: lasnet@emx.utexas.edu
or: lasnet@utxvm.bitnet
-Administrator: Ning Lin (ilasut@emx.utexas.edu)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information:
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09.3 ***** LATIN AMERICA
1. Cultural/geographical region: LATINAMERICA
2. Descripiton: This is a newsgroup in USENET News. Its name is:
soc.culture.latin-america
The News ("rn" for UNix users), is a collection of public bulletin boards
of local and international distribution. It is divided in topics of
interest, called 'newsgroups', and users can read or post articles related
to the subject of the group.
3. Service: public access bulletin boards on Internet. To find out if
your system receive this facility, the best way is to ASK YOUR SYSTEM
MANAGER. Please do NOT send me mail about this.
4. E-mail addresses: none.
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information: postings are mostly in English and Spanish.
Other newsgroups, such as soc.politics, rec.sport.soccer, rec.travel,
might be of interest to latinamericans as well. Soc.culture.latin-
america offers a good forum for intercultural discussions, and it is
also a source of information for non-latinamericans. Recent topics
involve: language questions, anecdotes and stories, discussions about
politics and economics in Chile and Argentina, etc.
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09.4 ***** LATIN AMERICA
1. Cultural/geographical region: Latin America
2. Description: the list is devoted to discussions on issues such as
academic networks in Latin America and compilation of a directory of
Latin American Scholars, and distribution of information such as
scholarships, conferences, etc.
3. Service: Listserver (LASPAU-L)
4. E-mail adresses:
-Subscriptions/information: listserv@harvarda.bitnet
-Messages to the members: laspau-l@harvarda.bitnet
-Administrators: Cesar Galindo-Legaria (cesar@harvard.harvard.edu)
Alberto Oliart (oira@bu-pub.bu.edu)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional Information:
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10.0 ***** LISTSERVERS
Some lists use listservers, programs that need instructions from the user
to receive or distribute information. The user can use the listserver by
sending e-mail with "commands" that are acceptable to the program. For
instance, to subscribe and get help from the MEXICO-L listserver, send
e-mail to listserv@tecmtyvm.bitnet, including as text of the mail these
lines:
SUB MEXICO-L <your full name>
HELP
to quit the list send e-mail to that address with this command:
SIGNOFF.
To send messages to the members, you need to send your mail to the address
served by the listserver. The "username" is given in parentheses in the
Service line (item 3). In our case, the e-mail address is:
mexico-l@tecmtyvm.bitnet
All listservers work in the same way. Read the instructions you will
receive to learn new commands and procedures. If you have problems using
this facility contact your system manager or the appropriate administrator.
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11.1 ***** MEXICO
1. Cultural/geographical region: MEXICO
2. Description: a list for general discussions on Mexico.
3. Service: Listserver (MEXICO-L)
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscripitons/information: listserv@tecmtyvm.bitnet;
or: listserv@tecmtyvm.mty.itesm.mx
-Messages to the members: mexico-l@tecmtyvm.bitnet
-Administrator: Guillermo Rosas (PL335466@tecmtyvm.bitnet)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information:
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11.2 ***** MEXICO
1. Cultural/geographical region: MEXICO
2. Description: a distribution (not discussion) mailing list with news
on Mexico.
3. Service: Listserver (MEXICO-D)
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscripitons/information: listserv@tecmtyvm.bitnet;
or: listserv@tecmtyvm.mty.itesm.mx
-Messages to the members: (request information)
-Administrator: Guillermo Rosas (PL335466@tecmtyvm.bitnet)
Gustavo Cordoba (PL158305@tecmtyvm.bitnet)
5. Status: UNKNOWN
6. Additional information: this list is probably NOT LONGER ACTIVE. Check
with the administrator.
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11.3 ***** MEXICO
1. Cultural/geographical region: MEXICO
2. Description: a news bulletin about Mexico, and located in Mexico City.
3. Service: Listserver (MEXICO)
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions/information: listsev@vmtecmex.bitnet
or: listserv@vmtecmex.cem.itesm.mx
-Messages to the members: mexico@vmtecmex.bitnet
-Administrator: Guillermo Rosas M. (pl335466@tecmtyvm.bitnet;
koala@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx)
5. Status: PLANNED
6. Additional information: it is planned to be in Spanish language.
Please write the administrator for updated information.
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12.1 ***** PERU
1. Cultural/geographical region: PERU.
2. Description: mailing list for general discussions, cultural exchange,
news, etc.
3. Service: Mailing list.
4. E-mail addresses:
-Suscriptions/Information: owner-peru@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
-Messages to the members: peru@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
-Administrators: Ivan Cavero Belaunde (captkidd@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Carlos Reategui (tbandit@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information: dominant language, spanish. Membership, about
100, by May 20, 1990.
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13.1 ***** PROFESSIONALS: ASTRONOMY
1. Cultural/geographical region: Latin America
2. Description: a list devoted to exchange of information in Astronomy,
announcement of conferences, coordination of observations and related
activities.
3. Service: mailserver (ASTR-O)
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions/information: mailserv@brfapesp.ansp.br,
or: mailserv@brfapesp.bitnet
-Messages to the members: astr-o@brfapesp.ansp.br,
or: astr-o@brfapesp.bitnet
-Administrator: Augusto Daminelli (daminelli%iagusp@brfapesp.bitnet;
or daminelli@iag.usp.ansp.br)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Aditional Information: this mailsever works like a listserver
(see section 10.0). This list was created by the Sociedade Astronomica
Brasileira.
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13.2 ***** PROFESSIONAL: HEALTH
1. Cultural/geographical region: LATIN-AMERICA, U.S.A.
2. Description: This list is intended to provide a forum for the
sharing of information and discussion within the academic health
professions and among those seeking "Health for All in the Year 2000".
3. Service: listserver (PANET-L)
4. E-mail adresses:
-Subscriptions: listserv@yalevm.bitnet
-Messages to other members: panet-l@yalevm.bitnet
-Administrators: Wendy Steele (steele@mcs.nlm.nih.gov;
pafams@yalevm.bitnet)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Dominant language: English, although some information appears in
Spanish. Membership is open to all nationalities and health care
disciplines, although emphasis is on Latin America and the field of
medicine. The Listserver is a collaborative effort between the Health
Manpower Development Office (HSM) of the Pan American Health Organization
and the Panamerican Federation of Associations of Medical Schools
(PAFAMS).
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13.3 ***** PROFESSIONALS: PHYSICS
1. Cultural/geographical region: Latin America
2. Description: a list devoted to exchange of information in Physics,
announcement of conferences, coordination of observations and related
activities.
3. Service: listserver (FISICA-L)
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions/information: migueltr@brufmg.anmg.br
or: listerv@brufmg.bitnet
-Messages to the members: fisica-l@brufmg.anmg.br
or: fisica-l@brufmg.bitnet
-Administrator: Miguel Tostes Ribeiro (migueltr@brufmg.anmg.br).
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Aditional Information:
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13.4 ***** PROFESSIONAL - PSYCHOLOGY
1. Cultural/geographical region: NORTH, CENTRAL, SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN
2. Description: This list is intended to facilitate communication and
collaboration among psychologists throughout the Americas, and to aid
the Interamerican Society for Psychology/Sociedad Interamericana de
Psicologia in its activities.
3. Service: Listserver (IAPSY-L)
4. E-MAIL addresses:
-Subscriptions/information: listserv@albnyvm1.bitnet
or: listserv@uacsc2.albany.edu
-Messages to other members: iapsy-l@albnyvm1.bitnet
or: iapsy-l@uacsc2.albany.edu
-Administrator: Bernardo M. Ferdman (bmf13@albnyvm1.bitnet;
bmf13@uacsc2.albany.edu)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information: The languages of the list are English, French,
Portuguese and Spanish (the languages of the ISP).
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13.5 ***** PROFESSIONAL: SOCIAL SCIENCES
### See 12.1 Quebec
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14.1 ***** PUERTO RICO
1. Cultural/geographical region: PUERTO RICO
2. Description: A listserver located in the Universidad de Pto. Rico. It is
provided by the "Sistema Integrado de Recursos Informaticos y Cientificos".
3. Service: Listserver (SIRIAC-L)
4. E-mail adresses:
-Subscriptions: listserv@enlace.bitnet
-Messages to other members: SIRIAC-L@enlace.bitnet
-Administrator: Rafael A. Pirazzi (r_pirazz@enlace.bitnet)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information:
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15.1 ***** QUEBEC
1. Cultural/geographical region: QUEBEC
2. Description: A mailing list for social scientists interested
in research in Quebec or about Quebec, called "Regroupement quebecois des
sciences sociales". There are also additional mailing lists on Quebec (see
additional information).
3. Service: Listserver (RQSS)
4. E-mail adresses:
-Subscriptions: listserv@uquebec.bitnet
-Messages to other members: rqss@uquebec
-Administrators: Pierre J. Hamel (hamel@inrs-urb.uquebec.ca;
hamel@uquebec.bitnet)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information: Dominant language, French; for information on 9
other related lists send the command INDEX RQSS to the listserver.
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16.1 ***** URUGUAY
1. Cultural/geographical region: URUGUAY
2. Description: A mailing list for general discussions and information.
To subscribe, please send name, e-mail, topics of interest, and
(optionally), address and phone number.
3. Service: A mailing list
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscripitons/information: uruguay-request@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
-Messages to the members: uruguay@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
-Administrator: Raul Polakof (polakof@eniac.seas.upenn.edu)
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information: dominant language, Spanish. Membership, about
100, by August 20, 1990. The list is divided in groups (politics,
culture...). Information with Uruguay is exchanged.
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17.1 ***** VENEZUELA
1. Cultural/geographical region: VENEZUELA
2. Description: A list for general discussions and information exchange.
To subscribe, please send name, e-mail, topics of interest, and (option-
ally) address and phone number. The list is informally called "Atarraya".
3. Service: Listserver (VZLA-L)
4. E-mail addresses:
-Subscriptions: listserv@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu;
or: listserv@yalevm.bitnet
-Information: venezuela-request@cs.yale.edu;
or: venezuela-request@yalecs.bitnet
-Messages to the members: vzla-l@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu;
or: vzla-l@yalevm.bitnet
-Administrators: Juan Carlos Guzman, Maria Mercedes Guzman, Cristina
Pereyra, Ruben Quintero
5. Status: ACTIVE
6. Additional information: dominant language, Spanish; membership, about
150.
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--
Ehud Reiter
(e.reiter@edinburgh.ac.uk)