From: habs@acf3.nyu.edu (Harry A. B. Shapiro)
Subject: New ExI List - Update, Final Notice
Organization: New York University
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 18:08:44 GMT

This the final pre-announcement message!

Please post this to other lists, (JoSH, KQB, etc.), newsgroups, etc.

The list will go live on Sep 1st.

The first message will be the winning post (get your entries in!!)

The second message will be a welcome message.

Derek (derek@cs.wisc.edu) will operate the FTP service under contract
	(see below)

__________  Original Message___________

Please repost this message to other lists, sites, etc.

Contents		This message will be reposted several times
			to this list.
1 Summary
2 Details
3 Rules (Please Read)
4 How to Subscribe



1 SUMMARY

I have created a new ExI List.

It is *NOT* Yet active.

All requests for subscriptions should be sent to: exi@panix.com

This is the exi-essay list.

This new list is restricted to:
	Essays, monographs, reviews, abstracts and details of
	current research, etc. It must be scholarly, academic, or at least
	well thought-out within the frame work of Extropian principles
	(see Extropy Number 9 for the latest the Extropian Principles V 2.0)



2 DETAILS

This is a list for the presenation of well written articles of fact. 

Use it to get feedback on your lastest research or test the waters for
your newest theory. If you want feedback to use as part of AMIX post, etc.
indicate your e-mail address at the begining and/or end of your post. 
Indicate how you would/will be using the feedback.

This list was created to provide a forum for material that has either
not been appearing on our main list or which has been trapped in the
noise. If the level is not keep high, I will stop the list and have
Perry add moderation code.

When you see and read an article that interests you, you should address
your comments to the poster!!! You will have to create a new message or
adjust your mail headers. If on your mail reader you simply hit the
reply (key/button/etc.) our software will send the reply to the
*main* list (extropians@gnu.ai.mit.edu). Please be careful about this
as some posters may forbid cross-posting to the main list.




3 *The Rules*

1). The copyright on each post is held by the poster.

1a.) Cross-posting, forwarding, etc. is not allowed. Other ExI
lists excepted unless prohibited by the poster. (It is ok to
make a quoted reply to the main list unless the poster prohibits it.)

2). All posts will also appear on a private conf. on The Well.
	(Send mail to habs@well.sf.ca.us for admission.)

3). Posters may indicate alternative copyright restrictions. For example:
A poster may indicate a post is copyleft, etc.

4). Any post that in which the poster has indicated by the alternative
copyright that it may be cross-posted will be stored at a public accessed
FTP site. (Contact derek@cs.wisc.edu, contractor for this service.)

5). No discussion or quoted replies are allowed on the exi-essay list.
(If it is not a well written article of fact please post it somewhere else.)

5b) A regular administrative post will be made by the list manager.
It will appear every few weeks and also when needed by special activities
or offerings.

6) Violations of these rules will result in the removal of the offender
from the list for a time period set by the list manager. Your continued
subscription to the exi-essay list is your agreement to abide by these
rules.



4 HOW to SUBSCRIBE

1) Until the list goes active, *charter* subscriptions are available
by sending a request to exi@panix.com.

Your request will be acknowledged within *2 weeks* of receipt. Your
acknowledgement maybe the first offical list post!

2) No other requests will honered or saved.

3) Once the list is active the list will be managed like the existing
list. Information on this will be made available once the list is active.

4) The first posts made to the new list will selected from among those
posts entered into our contest to pick the first post. (Send entries
to exi@panix.com)

5) You may also choose to read the list on the Well. A conf. has been
set-up for this use. The conf. software will allow comments and discussion
to take place within the conf. Each post will get its own thread. Threads
will be deleted as needed and based upon use.

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or like using conf. services like those available on the Well.]

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