From: robert@cse.fau.edu (Robert France)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean
Subject: FAQ
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:55:22 GMT
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

I'll try to keep posting this every month - BUT - it's becoming very
difficult for me to maintain the FAQ files.
If anyone is interested in maintaining an FAQ file let me know or post
to the group saying so. They are being used, I get email from
time to time about obtaining information from them, so I don't want
to abandon them completely. HELP!

There is also another electronic forum for caribbean-related discussions
which is currently run out of Oakland by Adi Coppin. 
The focus has been on economic
issues but there is a move to broaden the scope. Efforts are now underway
to increase the number of subscribers and to reshape the lists focus.
If you would like to be part of this reorganization, have any ideas,
or if you simply want to subscribe to the list contact  Adi Coppin
(coppin@vela.acs.oakland.edu) or me. I also strongly urge that you pass
this on to interested acquaintances, and caribbean (student 
or non-student) organizations you have contact with.
Thanks.

Robert France

Now to the (long-delayed) FAQ!

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INTRODUCTION TO SOC.CULTURE.CARIBBEAN
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Welcome to soc.culture.caribbean. This unmoderated newsgroup provides
a forum for discussions on cultural, economic, sporting and political aspects
of Caribbean/West Indian life. The official language is English, but persons
may post in any language spoken within the Caribbean (e.g. French, Spanish,
French/English patois, Creolese).

The following contributions to the group have been stored at an
anonymous ftp site for access by group readers - some of these contributions 
answer frequently asked questions while others contain information that
may be useful to the general readership. The information in these files
is taken from postings to the group and I have made no major attempt to verify
its accuracy, thus I CANNOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THESE FILES. I've tried to indicate the sources of information
in all cases. Also please allow me some mileage on typos,
misspellings etc. 
New contributions are  always very welcome.

The following files are available via anonymous ftp from the host
ftp.umiacs.umd.edu in the directory /pub/carib (see below for how to
access a file using ftp):

File             Content
----------------------------------------------------------------
History.car      Original names of Caribbean/WI regions
                 Selected postings on Columbus 
                 Origins of carnival

Lang.car         Creolese words and their meaning

Music.car        Caribbean music (currently contains list of Sammerson's
                 top 15 `92 SOCA favourites - John, when will you post
                 an update?)

Org.car          Summary information on Caribbean electronic information
                 sources, networks/listservers/bulletin boards etc., 
                 societies, clubs etc.

Recipe.car       Caribbean recipes

Tour.car         Tourist summary information (currently contains addresses
                 and telephone numbers of tourist information centers in the
                 States).


Transfering files using the file transfer program (ftp)
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To access the above files using ftp (file transfer program) do the following:

          Type                          ftp ftp.umiacs.umd.edu
          At the name prompt, type      anonymous
          at the password prompt, type  (your user id)
          Type                          cd pub/carib
          To transfer a file, type      get remote-file local-file
                                  (local-file refers to the file you want
the remote-file to be copied to on your machine - if ommitted the local-file
is given the same name as the remote-file, e.g. typing `get Org.car'
results in the remote file Org.car being transferred to a locally created
file of the same name on your machine)

          To end session, type          bye


Comments on the contents and contributions, corrections, and suggestions
for other types of information that may usefully be shared as above are welcome
and should be emailed to me (rfrance@cse.fau.edu)

Robert


-- 
Robert B. France                              |    Tel: (407) 367-3857
CS&E Dept, Florida Atlantic University,       |    Fax: (407) 367-2800   
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991                     |    email: robert@cse.fau.edu
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