ANNOUNCEMENT
Washburn University School of Law is pleased to announce the availability
of an electronic discussion list intended to serve the needs those persons
at ABA Accredited Law Schools charged with the responsibility of
responding to the ABA Annual Questionnaire:
ABAQuestionnaire-L
At different law schools the responsibility of filling out the Annual
Questionnaire is allocated in different ways to individuals with varied
titles and job descriptions. As a result, there is currently no single
list in existence to which all the different law school personnel who work
with the questionnaire belong. This list is designed to fill that gap.
The list has the following objectives (as initially envisioned by the
listowners):
(1) Provide a forum for the discussion of issues of mutual concern or
interest of those charged with the responsibility of filling out the
Questionnaire.
(2) Serve as an information dissemination vehicle for the ABA concerning
issues that arise during the year involving the Annual Questionnaire.
ABAQuestionnaire-l will probably be a "seasonal" list, with low volume
participation during most of the year, except during the late summer and
early fall when schools are working on the questionnaire. The objectives
and use of the list may evolve over time as the needs or desires of the
list members change.
An Overview:
Listservs are electronic mail based "discussion groups", conducted using
Internet e-mail, where members can freely exchange ideas across great
distances. There are many listservs on Internet.
E-mail users join a listserv by executing a command from within their own
email system, and then sending a special message to a listserv address.
Users join "lists" that interest them.
Once a user has joined a list, he or she may send a message to the entire
group.
It has become apparent that listservs facilitate education of users, as
well as promote development of the subject/topic of the listserv itself.
As indicated above, information of interest to law school library
directors may be posted to ABAQuestionnaire-l.
Three individuals watch over the listserv and are called List-owners:
Listowners are:
Rick Morgan, rlmorgan@indyvax.iupui.edu
Data Specialist, ABA Section of Legal Education
phone (317) 264-8351
fax (317) 264-8355
Allen K. Easley, zzeasl@acc.wuacc.edu
Associate Dean, Washburn University
School of Law
phone (913) 231-1010 ext. 1661
fax (913) 232-8087
Mark Folmsbee, zzfolm@acc.wuacc.edu
Associate Director, Washburn University
School of Law Library
phone (913) 231-1010 ext. 1041
fax (913) 232-8087
Contact Rick for policy matters, contact Mark for technical assistance.
To join the list and receive email from the group, send an email message
to listserv@ftplaw.wuacc.edu with the body of the message saying:
subscribe ABAQuestionnaire-l your firstname lastname
[EXAMPLE: subscribe ABAQuestionnaire-l Rick Morgan]
By sending this message, the computer automatically adds you to the
listserv. You should receive a confirmation message at your email address
within about five minutes of your subscription. You will also receive a
message describing a password. For the moment, simply ignore that message
(it is used in advanced listserv functions).
You will begin receiving messages as soon as others join the listserv. To
send a message to the list that you want everyone to see, send the message
to ABAQuestionnaire-l@ftplaw.wuacc.edu. The computer will forward the
message to everyone who has joined.
TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to listserv@ftplaw.wuacc.edu with the body
containing the command:
unsubscribe ABAQuestionnaire-l
HINTS:
For technical information concerning the listserv, send a command to
listserv@ftplaw.wuacc.edu with the body containing the word: help You will
be directed to a topic list of commands.
Specific commands sent to the listserv (example: help) will generate
response messages from the listserv system. Selected commands follow:
Send a mail message to listserv@ftplaw.wuacc.edu and include in the body
any one of these command lines:
set ABAQuestionnaire-l mail ack
---IMPORTANT! Sends you your own copy of your posting to
the listserv
help
---Learn more about this system and list management software
recipients ABAQuestionnaire-l
---Gets you a list of people who subscribe to the listserv
information ABAQuestionnaire-l
---Gets you an informative message about the listserv
lists
---Gets you a list of lists running at this site
IMPORTANT!! You must include a SUBJECT HEADING to post a
ABAQuestionnaire-l message!
EXAMPLE:
mail ABAQuestionnaire-l@ftplaw.wuacc.edu
Subject: Hello Message
I want to know more about internet. Can anyone on
the list help me?
Mark
zzfolm@acc.wuacc.edu
.
If you encounter problems, contact:
zzfolm@acc.wuacc.edu Mark Folmsbee
phone (913) 231-1010 ext 1041
Law Library
Washburn University 913/231-1088
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