Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 10:06:09 -0700 (PDT) From: KZPG -Broadcasting population news & views To: Pop lists list -- Subject: KZPG-Front: New electronic forum! --- KZPG is pleased to announce "NEFGOD" --- A New (experimental) Electronic Forum for Global Overpopulation Discussions ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * It's like the UseNet, but it's better * It's based on the latest internet technology: a server called HyperNews. HyperNews allows structured linking of information for online discussions. It's sort of a cross between the Web, the UseNet, and email. Basically, you can create topics and others can post responses. Unlike with the UseNet, what you post becomes permanent so we can have some continuity to the discussion. And when someone replies to your post you can decide if you want to be alerted by email so you can respond in a timely fassion. Also you can easily include hyperlinks to other internet resources (pointers that people can click on), as well as graphics. And there's lots of room for categories, so lots of sub-discussions can be going on simultaniously. One thing should be emphasized however, this will not replace the existing KZPG news lists. Rather, I expect this to add to our ability to globally communicate. --- For the moment, you'll need Web access to participate. (I have thoughts for how to get email only subscribers on board, but I'm not ready to try that yet.) If you don't yet have Web access, it's now commercialy available from thousands of ISPs (Internet Service Providers). Here are a few of the bigger ones: America Online, Prodigy, Netcom, and Delphi. If you don't know who to call, ask your friends what service they subscribe to or ask me. --- Now, to get the discussions started, first go to the EnviroForum "overpopulation" topic located at URL address: http://envirolink.org/HyperNews/get/enviroforum/5.html (Note: home page is at: http://envirolink.org/HyperNews/get/enviroforum/) There you'll find the following *initial* structure which I've set up to get us started: OVERPOPULATION: A) READ ME FIRST (a brief intro.) B) PROBLEMS - problems associated with overpopulation C) MORALITY - morality issues of stopping population growth D) SOLUTIONS - strategies and solutions E) MISC - other overpopulation discussion sub-issues Here are the categories and sub-categories in detail: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A) READ ME FIRST (a brief intro.) B) PROBLEMS 1) Economic issues - category for discussion of the economic problems associated with population growth. 2) Environmental issues - category for discussion of environmental problems associated with population growth. 3) Human rights issues - category for discussion of human rights problems associated with population growth. 4) Public health issues - category for discussion of public health problems associated with population growth. 5) Civil security issues - category for discussion of civil security problems associated with population growth, (i.e. crime, political instability, loss of democracy, etc.) C) MORALITY 1) Family size issues - category for discussion of morality of family size reduction 2) Immigration issues - category for discussion of the morality of immigration reduction 3) Religious issues - category for discussion of the religious aspects of stopping population growth. D) SOLUTIONS 1) Common solutions - category for discussion of strategies and solutions common to every population reduction effort. 2) International solutions - category for discussion of strategies and solutions for international population reduction efforts. 3) U.S. solutions - category for discussion of strategies and solutions for U.S. population reduction efforts. a) Lower immigration - sub-category (U.S. solutions) b) Smaller families - sub-category "" 4) California solutions - category for discussion of strategies and solutions for California population reduction efforts. a) Lower immigration - sub-category "" b) Smaller families - sub-category "" E) MISC - category for discussion of other overpopulation issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: If you don't see a category for the topic you want to discuss, then create one. BUT PLEASE, put it in an appropriate place. (I don't really need to say this, but it seems there is always one person who forgets to think first.) Once you've browsed around a little, click on the "Membership" button, fill out the membership form (completely), and then Click on the "Submit" button. Next go to a topic of interest (there are no messages yet) and click on the "reply" button to create a message. (NOTE! Once you submit your message, you may have to refresh the topic page if local cashing is active to be able to see new post. - otherwise you will just see what you saw before. I expect this will be fixed in future versions of the Web.) If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to write. We're going to learn this together, but I've used it enough now to see that it works and that we need it. I should caution you, however, this is an experiment and we won't know the full measure of it's worth until we try it. Finally, special thanks goes to the people at EnviroLinks for their help in getting this server in place for us to use. Very Best Regards -- Howard. ______________________________________________________________________ *** KZPG: broadcasting population related news and views *** Send news, commentary and subscription requests to KZPG@iti.com. Views broadcast don't necessarily represent the views of KZPG or its staff. Not affiliated with ZPG Inc. Equal time given for controversial issues. Voice: 408-255-2422 Fax: 408-255-2436 Web: http://www.iti.com/iti/kzpg/ Feedback appreciated. Editor: Howard Johnson -SJ CA