Transcript NUMUG Email Listserver - University of Illinois at Urbana

NUMUG Email Listserver
Eighth NUMUG Meeting
Chicago, Illinois
8-10 May, 2002
Frank Gouveia, LLNL
presented by
Woody Whitlatch, PG&E
Description of a Listserver
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Maintains a list of email addresses.
Individuals may subscribe and unsubscribe.
Messages are posted and sent to all on list.
Avoids long list of addresses which may be
inconsistent or obsolete.
Purpose of NUMUG Listserver
• Provides a forum to exchange ideas about
collecting and utilizing meteorological data
at nuclear facilities.
• Topics: Meteorological instrumentation,
data-collection techniques, quality assurance,
emergency preparedness, regulations,
standards, meeting announcements, any
legitimate NUMUG subject.
Miscellaneous Information
• Topics to avoid: Advertisements and
announcements from vendors.
• Number of subscribers is growing:
July 1999 - 7
July 2000 - 19
May 2001 - 28
April 2002 - 37
Miscellaneous Information
Your steering committee discussed the role of vendor (hardware and
service) members in NUMUG, and offers the following guidance on use of
the member information:
The member rosters and NUMUG server are not to be used for directly
commercial purposes like widespread distributions of marketing
information. Restrictions include selling or re-distributing the contact lists.
We encourage vendors to participate in meetings and NUMUG server
responses to help keep the members apprised of developments in the field
and the best use of their equipment.
Please do not hesitate to respond to your steering committee with questions
or comments.
To Subscribe
• Send email to:
[email protected]
• Body of message:
subscribe numug
• Majordomo will send the welcome message
to you which includes some instructions.
• To unsubscribe, body of message says:
unsubscribe numug
To send a message
• Any subscriber can send a message to all
subscribers.
• Send a message to:
[email protected]
• Include subject. No attachments.
• To reply to the message simply select the
message and select REPLY.
Human Contact
• NUMUG Listserver contact:
Frank Gouveia
(925) 423-2052
[email protected]