Newsgroups: bit.listserv.psycgrad
Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 1992 12:29:25 EDT
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From:         "Matthew Simpson" <054340@UOTTAWA.BITNET>
Subject:      MISSION STATEMENT: Please Read

This is the Mission Statement for the beginning of August.
It is a bit early, but the timing might be right.
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This is a posting designed to orient new users to PSYCGRAD, the
discussion list for graduate students in psychology.  This
message is posted twice monthly.  If you are reading this through
NETNEWS, and you have not subscribed to PSYCGRAD, please
subscribe and set your mail option to nomail.  We like to
keep a record of the number of graduate students who read the list.
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                       Welcome to PSYCGRAD

PSYCGRAD is a list designed as a form of networking for graduate
students in the field of psychology.  We encourage graduate
students to post here regularly and often.  It is the intent of
the list owner that this list operate so to promote its use as
the standard of communication among graduate students in
psychology.  All associations and societies in the field of
psychology are invited to use PSYCGRAD, to no limit, as a
means of communication among their graduate students.

As such a means of professional graduate student networking, we
encourage many forms of communication.  Announcements regarding
job openings, conferences, workshops, collective projects, etc.
are greatly appreciated.  Much communication will focus on ideas,
discussions and debates regarding graduate students experiences
(research, training, academic growth, faculty-student
interaction, etc.).

PLEASE
We would like to sincerely request that you review the brief list
of guidelines below in order to ensure that we will be able to
meet our objective.  If you find it necessary to suggest to someone
that he or she increase the amount of attention that is payed to
one of these guidelines, please mail that individual directly.  Do
not post to the list or the listowner the suggestion.

1. Please take time to make sure that the subject line of your
posting most accurately reflects the messages content.

2. Please be sensitive to when your e-mail might best be
privately made.

3. Please, rather than respond to each letter on a given topic,
read all of the letters on the topic first, then compose your
answers and send them in one letter.

4. Please do not flame (publicly attack individuals through the
content of your postings or e-mail).

5. Please keep in mind and respect that PSYCGRAD is not a general
psychology discussion list.

People wishing to contribute to a more general discussion of
psychology, undergraduate education in psychology, or interested
in faculty issues in psychology are encourage to post to the
NETNEWS group sci.psychology.

Individuals who are not graduate students in psychology should
carefully consider whether their messages are being directed
toward the appropriate forum.

6. Pregraduate students wishing information about graduate school
should reference the APA publication "Graduate Studies in
Psychology."  Please refrain from posting general queries of the
nature, "I would like information on graduate program which . .
."  or "I am a pregraduate student in psychology and . . ."
However, please feel welcome to listen in.  If necessary, mail to
individuals in the program to which you need specific information
after referencing the APA manual mentioned above.

Thank you for your time and interest in PSYCGRAD.

Sincerely,
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