IAG/AIG-GEOMORPHLIST General Information (March 2004)

• General Information
• Joining GEOMORPHLIST
• GEOMORPHLIST commands
• Posting to GEOMORPHLIST
• Replying to a GEOMORPHLIST message
• Accessing GEOMORPHLIST archives and directory

Note: All aspects of these policies and procedures are subject to change at any time.

IAG-GEOMORPHLIST is a moderated electronic mail distribution list for geomorphologists and those working in related fields as a service of the International Association of Geomorphologists. It is used for professional communication on topics of interest to geomorphologists. IAG-GEOMORPHLIST is NOT set up as a "chat" list for informal discussions.

Disclaimer...Opinions expressed in material distributed through IAG-GEOMORPHLIST are those of the originator of the message and not necessarily shared by the moderator, the Department of Geosciences at Boise State University,  Boise State University, or the International Association of Geomorphologists.

Moderator...IAG-GEOMORPHLIST is moderated by David Wilkins [Department of Geosciences at Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho (ID), USA 83725-1535. Phone  1.208.426-2390 Fax 1.208.426.6041. Home Page: http:earth.boisestate.edu/home/dwilkins. E-mail: dwilkins@boisestate.edu. The moderator receives messages from individuals, determines if they are appropriate for the list and if they are deemed appropriate, sends them to all members of the list. Examples of inappropriate messages are non-professional messages, messages which are directed at one or a few individuals, or messages that may be offensive to certain individuals or groups.

Joining IAG-GEOMORPHLIST...Contact the moderator and provide the following information for the Directory:

• your name
• mailing address
• phone
• fax
• e-mail address
• personal Web page URL
• a few keywords to identify your interests in geomorphology (topical and/or geographical)

If the information about you in the directory changes, please send the moderator a notice.  Updates to the directory may not appear as soon as you submit them, but will be posted at the next update.

Commands regarding this list should be sent to: listserv@listserv.boisestate.edu

Please subscribe or unsubscribe through the list Moderator - this will enable us to maintain the Directory effectively.

The following commands can be handled automatically by listserv:

• set GEOMORPH-L nomail - to remain on the list but stop mail delivery
• set GEOMORPH-L mail - to resume mail delivery
• query GEOMORPH-L - to get the status of your entry on the list

NOTES:

• You must send your commands in the body of a mail message as the only text.
• Make sure that any signature text is deleted from the message body before it is sent.
• Subject lines are ignored in mail messages to listserv.

If you have trouble with any of these commands, contact the moderator.

If you do not receive messages for a few weeks, you may wish to contact the moderator to see if something has gone wrong. The moderator does NOT make a concerted effort to see who is not receiving messages. That is left up to the individual. Members of the list who have undelivered messages repeatedly returned to the moderator WILL be removed from the list and will have to re-join when their network problems are fixed.

To post messages to the list send mail to: GEOMORPH-L@listserv.boisestate.edu

Preparing messages for IAG-GEOMORPHLIST:

IAG-GEOMORPHLIST is international in scope and includes members from many different cultural backgrounds.

• Please be careful not to offend readers of your messages.  The moderator will work to prevent misunderstandings and will outright refuse to post inflammatory submissions.
• Avoid abbreviations, acronyms, and nicknames which may not be familiar to persons in other countries.
• When giving a mailing address, include the country.
• Please include your name and e-mail address in the body of the message and how you can be reached for more information or for other replies.
• Try to keep the lines in your messages less than 80 characters long.
• If your message directs readers to a Web site for more information, it is helpful if you provide a few lines of information to help them decide if looking at the web site is worth their time.
• For copyright reasons, a message should be submitted by the person who wrote it, not forwarded from another e-mail list.

Replying to a message

To contact the originator of a message, send a note to that person’s e-mail address (typically at the top of the message or in the body of the message), NOT to the moderator’s address. Do NOT use the "auto reply" command, because that may send your reply to the moderator, not the originator.  Your reply will not be forwarded, nor will it be posted unless it is of obvious interest to the entire list.

Accessing IAG-GEOMORPHLIST archives, including the DIRECTORY

Messages sent out on IAG-GEOMORPHLIST are archived. The archive may be accessed in the following ways:

1. The recent (latest two calendar years) archives and current directory can be obtained via the IAG-GEOMORPHLIST World Wide Web page.
2. Older archived messages can be obtained from the moderator.  Send specific questions about past postings to David Wilkins at dwilkins@boisestate.edu - I will research the files and reply at my earliest convenience.