Classical Association of Canada / Société
canadienne des études anciennes
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C A N A D I A N C L A S S I C A L
B U L L E T I N
C A N A D I E N D E S E T U D E S A N C I E N N E S
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1995 11 29
Published by e-mail by the Classical Association of Canada/
Publie par courrier electronique par la
societe canadienne des etudes classiques
President: J.C. Yardley, University of/Universite d'Ottawa
JCYARD@AIX1.UOTTAWA.CA
Secretary/Secretaire: I.M. Cohen, Mount Allison University
ICOHEN@MTA.CA
Treasurer/Tresorier: J.I. McDougall, University of Winnipeg
MCDOUGLL@IO.UWINNIPEG.CA
Edited by/redige par
K.H. Kinzl, Trent University
KKINZL@TRENTU.CA
ISSN 1198-9149
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
This Special Release/Bulletin special announces the launching of an
experimental discussion group on the internet.
I append the text that greets you when you subscribe to the list by sending
a message from your address to
mailserv@trentu.ca
Do not write in the CC: and SUBJECT: lines
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Welcome to the CLASSICS-CANADA discussion group.
This experimental discussion group has been set up on the initiative of
K.H. Kinzl, editor, Canadian Classical Bulletin/Bulletin canadien des
etudes anciennes, and J.C. Yardley, President, Classical Association of
Canada/Societe canadienne des etudes classiques, in response to an
emergency situation in Canadian, but especially Ontario, university
history: governments attempt to revamp our institutions by radical funding
changes, and individual university administrations react in ways which may
equally change the face of our institutions and academic programmes. A
proposal to to establish such a discussion group received vigorous support
from a number fo members--from British Columbia to Nova Scotia--who
expressed their support in e-mail messages to the editor and the
association president.
All Canadian university teachers in Classical Studies, whether full time or
part time and regardless of CAC/SCEC membership, as well as students at any
level, and any other interested persons in any country, are invited to
participate in this experiment. The purpose is first to exchange
information in order to prevent the spread of rumour, and allow us to judge
our own situation in relation to others; second, to serve as an alarm
once administrations' plans become evident (especially after the release of
the Financial Statement of the Minister of Finance of the Province of
Ontario on 1995 11 29); third, to develop possible strategies, perhaps
based on the experience of departments which already have experienced
"change"; and to pool our creative resources.
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Your message will then be sent to all subscribers.
This is an unmoderated list.
The list is owned and managed by K.H. Kinzl, on behalf of the CAC/SCEC
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[From the Classics List, University of Washington, 1994]
Email Etiquette:
- Read through all of your mail before replying on a subject. [The most
effective way is to look at your directory of new messages before reading
messages.] The original question may have been answered or subsequent
information may influence your response.
- Please do not send messages without some context if you are replying
to a previous posting, and do not send out messages which only express
agreement with another's posting or short quips. [....]
- All mailers are different. When using a REPLY feature check to make
sure you are responding to your intended audience, whether it be the
entire group or the original poster.
- Please accurately identify the topic of your posting in the 'Subject'
line.
- Each posting should include a signature which identifies the sender
and his/her organizational affiliation.
- Resist the temptation to fire off a response. Write the response,
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necessary and only create superfluous traffic. The more brief your
message is, the more likely it is to be read. Be as concise as
possible.
- Please keep the nature of our list under consideration. [....]
- The list-owner or other subscribers may intervene infrequently and
re-direct conversation which has veered far from course. Members
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A final note: please remember that anyone can subscribe to this list,
including of course your Dean.
K.H. Kinzl
Chair, Ancient History and Classics, Trent University
e-mail: kkinzl@trentu.ca
1995 11 27