Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 4 Jan 1995 20:31:51 -0800 (PST)
CCSI Announces CivilSoc Listserv
Civil Society Resources for the NIS Available by E-Mail
Center for Civil Society International announces the start-up of
"CivilSoc," a new electronic mailing list of news and resources,
electronic and print, of interest to individuals and organizations
engaged in civil society institution-building projects in the NIS
(former USSR). The electronic mailing list (or Listserv, as it is
commonly known) will be available, free of charge, to anyone with
access to e-mail. It will consist of e-mail messages which are
delivered to everyone who signs up. The list is made possible by
the Friends and Partners project, founded and operated by Greg
Cole of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Natasha Bulashova of Pushchino,
Russia.
Because some subscribers based in the NIS must pay for all
incoming mail, we intend to keep postings concise: an average of
1-3 kilobytes, with a monthly volume of around 20-30 kilobytes.
If you have longer messages to submit to the Listserv, please do
so, but we may edit them for length.
We hope that CivilSoc will grow over time and reflect the
interests of many subscribers. Initially it will consist of
announcements about projects and resources, print and electronic,
that we post. But we encourage all participants, especially those
in the NIS, to submit their own material for posting.
Examples of items that CivilSoc will contain include:
* Books and resources available in print and electronically
* Civil society institution building projects in the NIS
* Curriculum available via e-mail, and other distance learning
materials
* Grant Opportunities
* Lists of e-mail contacts
* Reviews of Internet mailing lists (Listservs)
* Job opportunities
* Brief profiles of 3rd sector organizations worth knowing
about
Reviews of electronic resources will include directions for
retrieving them, even by users who only have e-mail access.
Topics that CivilSoc will cover include:
* Agriculture
* Art
* American studies
* Business
* Civic education
* Consumer protection
* Criminal justice
* Disabilities
* Environment
* Health
* Law
* Media
* NGO organizational development
* Public administration
* Social welfare
A regular feature will be an electronic edition of CCSI's monthly
newsletter, "Civil Society ... East and West."
CivilSoc is an automated Listserv meaning you are responsible for
signing on to the list and taking yourself off.
To subscribe to Civilsoc, send a one-line e-mail message with the
words:
subscribe civilsoc firstname lastname
to the following address:
If you have any trouble you can contact CCSI at:
ccsi@u.washington.edu
In order for you to get an idea of what we will be putting up on
the Listserv, we will mail you separately a sample posting from
the November 1994 issue of CCSI's newsletter.
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Sample post for
CivilSoc: Civil Society Resources for the NIS.
In order to provide an idea of what will be posted on the new
CivilSoc listserv, we are posting the following annotated guide to
the contents of the November issue of "Civil Society ... East and
West," the monthly newsletter of the Center for Civil Society
International (CCSI). This will be a regular feature of the
CivilSoc listserv.
To subscribe to CivilSoc:
Send a one-line e-mail message with the words:
subscribe civilsoc first-name last-name
to the following address:
* * * * * * *
CCSI will e-mail any of the following articles upon request. They
can also be retrieved by e-mail using the URL which is listed for
each document. Article #9 contains directions for how to do this.
For more information contact: ccsi@u.washington.edu
* * * * * * *
Civil Society ... East and West
November 1994
1 Civic Education Project Helps Restore Social Sciences in NIS
A brief profile of the Civic Education Project, based at Yale
University, which in 1995-96 will send 130 instructors to teach
at 65 universities in 12 countries in Eastern Europe and the
NIS. (3.2Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-11/cep.html
2 Kozyrev's 3 Points
Summary of remarks on U.S.-Russian non-governmental
partnerships by Russian Foreign Minister Andrei V. Kozyrev at
conference in September organized by World Learning. (2.2Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-11/kozyrev.html
3 Study Finds Western Book Donation Programs Effective, but
Needing Improvement
Report of study based on 700 surveys of librarians, faculty
members and university officials in Eastern Europe. Includes
key points from study's Executive Summary and recommendations.
(4.5Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-11/cep-book.html
4 Citizen Exchange Council (CEC) Expands ArtsLink Program
Profile of exchange program which in the Fall of 1994 brought
28 artists and arts managers from the NIS and Eastern Europe to
the U.S. for 5-week residencies. CEC will expand the program
and send 30 American artists to the region in 1995. (2.6Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-11/cec.html
5 American Friendship Library Project (AFLP) "Recycles" Medical,
Professional Journals
Description of AFLP, which has shipped 450,000 books and
journals to the NIS and Eastern Europe since it was founded
four years ago. (4Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-11/am-libr.html
Resources
6 International Exchange and Training Activities of the U.S.
Government--1993 Report
Highlights of annual report prepared by the United States
Information Agency to inform Congress and the public of the
status of U.S. government-funded exchange activity. (3.7Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-11/usia1993.html
7 Materials from the American Association for the Advancement of
Science
List of some of the 22 publications available from the AAAS
Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law program. (2.7Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-11/aaasbk.html
Net Talk
November 1994
8 CivilSoc Listserv - Civil Society Resources for the NIS
Available by E-Mail
Center for Civil Society International announces new electronic
mailing list of news and resources, electronic and print, of
interest to individuals and organizations engaged in civil
society institution-building projects in the NIS. (3.9Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/nettalk/94-11/civilsoc.html
9 How to Retrieve Documents Using Just E-Mail
Description of a very simple technique with which anyone with
access to e-mail can retrieve almost any document on the
Internet just be sending an e-mail message. (2.9Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/nettalk/94-11/emailurl.html
10 Law Lists
Description of list of 400 law-related electronic mailing
lists, discussion groups, electronic journals, newsletters or
news digests. (2.5Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/nettalk/94-11/law-
lists.html
Listserv Review
11 Environmental Cooperation Bulletin
Review of monthly e-mail bulletin of environmental activities
in the NIS and Eastern Europe produced by Kompass Resources
International. (2.7Kb)
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/nettalk/94-11/kompass.html
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