From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: WANTED: Grad/Union Activists
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: misc.activism.progressive on UseNet ; ACTIV-L@UMCVMB
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 02:28:28 GMT

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Here is the email I just sent out. If you are involved or can give a
pointer to an email address of someone that is, to add to this list,
please email me at harelb@math.cornell.edu.

--Harel 
(list of emails of people so far on this tentative list at bottom)
 
From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai) 
Subject: Grad Organizing

* 
*Hi, 
* 
*My name is Harel Barzilai, co-founder and co-moderator of the ACTIV-L 
*activists mailing list and of UseNet's "misc.activism.progressive" (MAP) 
* 
*Actually I've emailed before with everyone on this list except Fonse 
*Haffmans and Laurine Harrison. Since that time, I've succeeded in my 
*then-stated goal -- in part -- in getting the GAO or Cornell's 
*Graduate Advocacy Organization online (see below). 
* 
*I would like your permission to put your name on a mailing list 
*(actually, not a mailing list but an "alias" based at IGC (IGC runs 
*PeaceNet and EcoNet) such as the "gao-list@igc.org" they have set up), 
*called something like "grads-organize@igc.org" or 
*"grads-union@igc.org" ; I will also ask LaborNet [Independent with but 
*now officially affiliated with IGC] to create a conference [IGC'speak 
*for what is called "newsgroup" on the UseNet] which is two-way-linked 
*to this list of people. (Actually if you don't mind, and email 
*logistics being what they are, I will probably just add everyone and 
*one can email me to have their names removed) 
* 
*I hope the list/conference can be used to network grads trying to 
*unionize with others in the same boat (or as in rare places like 
*Michigan, who have already succeeded in unionizing, although whose 
*struggles are of course far from over). Advice, info, resources, etc, 
*could be shared. 
* 
*Also an online presence would have a two-way interaction with online 
*activist hotbeds (-: like ACTIV-L/MAP, namely, publications like the 
*GAO's _Grad Grind_ I hope to get online and post, as well as their 
*online presence encouraging activism on this matter elsewhere; on the 
*other hand, readers of ACTIV-L/MAP (or LaborNet, or alt.activism, etc) 
*would contribute to our groups by means of volunteers (in the general 
*sense, including not only recruiting more activists, but also getting 
*informational help from them, even money, and any other "resources") 
* 
*Well, those are my plans...looking forward to your input and 
*participation. The only other item I can think of is to post to 
*ACTIV-L/MAP seeking others interested, hopefully enlarging our list of 
*email addresses of grad activist contacts. 
* 
*Regards, 
* 
*Harel Barzilai 

Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 21:21:08 EST 
From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai) 
To: gao-list@igc.apc.org (Cornell Graduate Advocacy Organization -- list) 
Cc: fhaffmans@ccmail.sunysb.edu (Fonse Haffmans, SUNY Stony Brook??) 
Cc: HIRSCH53@SNYNEWVM.BITNET (Matthew Hirsch) 
Cc: Graduate.Employees.Organization@ub.cc.umich.edu (U. of Michigan) 
Cc: laurine_harrison@sfu.ca, thegrodd@tz.wimsey.bc.ca (Derek K. Miller) 
Cc: pach@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (MAP's and ACTIV-L's co-moderators) 
Cc: labornet@igc.apc.org (Michael Stein, IGC's LaborNet Director) 
Subject: ENCL: index of recipients 

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thegrodd@tz.wimsey.bc.ca (Derek K. Miller) 
        who recommended (next entry:) 
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laurine_harrison@sfu.ca 
        His supervisor, at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, for 
        more info on Canadian graduate organizations. 
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Graduate.Employees.Organization@ub.cc.umich.edu 
        Corresponded with them in Jan '92 about getting GAO online. 
        Finally a (partial) reality. Then are a union since 1975 at 
        University of Michigan. 
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HIRSCH53%SNYNEWVM.BITNET (Matthew Hirsch) 
        "Here in New york state with the SUNY schools they have just be 
        able to get started. " 
        "I do know the organizer for that union" 
        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
        [is "on" youth.activism he said; has a PeaceNet acct?] 
        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
        Also gave the following email: 
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fhaffmans@ccmail.sunysb.edu 
        "I hope that is the address I have not written to him in some 
        time)  That should be fonse haffmans who is on the board of 
        the graduate student organization at SUNY stony brook.  I have 
        not contacted him in a bit of time.  (he is a bit busy but he 
        might be able to get a bit of help from MAP and give a little 
        help to MAP) --matthew hirsch" 
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gao-list@igc.org 

        Yes, with help from IGC [IGC is the Institute for Global 
        Communications, a nonprofit project of the Tides Foundation. 
        IGC runs PeaceNet and EcoNet] I've helped put Cornell's GAO 
        (Graduate Advocacy Organization) online and on an aliased 
        list; just email to "gao-list@igc.org" to reach everyone on 
        the list, which currently includes: 

         --->  Harel Barzilai 
         --->  harelb@math.cornell.edu 
         --->   
         --->  Grace Palazzolo 
         --->  gvp1@cornell.edu 
         --->   
         --->  Thad Metz 
         --->  thm1@cornell.edu 
         --->   
         --->  Bob Pasnau 
         --->  n65y@cornella.cit.cornell.edu 
         --->   
         --->  Dave Reynolds 
         --->  ISEY@CORNELLA.cit.cornell.edu 
         --->   
         --->  Eric Schissel 
         --->  schissel@math.cornell.edu 
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