X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 18:47:20 -0600 (CST) From: "Alan Spector" Sender: spector@calumet.purdue.edu Reply-To: spector@calumet.purdue.edu To: revs@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Editing REVS I. Now that the parallel list system (REVS and REVS-cafe) has been established, things seem to be going more smoothly. To recapitulate: one can subscribe to REVS or REVS-cafe. If you are a member of either list, you are entitled to post a messages. Those who subscribe to REVS-cafe receive all messages shortly afterwards. Those who are members of REVS experience a slight delay as the messages are moderated: i.e., evaluated for relevance to the REVS list. This is not censorship, since anyone can be a member of REVS-cafe, and receive all the messages, and anyone can choose to voluntarily be a member of REVS, and voluntarily choose to allow the messages to be evaluated for relevance to the whole list. In reality, most messages go to both lists. 2. At this point, I would like to establish an editorial board of two, or perhaps three other editors. Their responsibilities would be to help in the moderating process. For example, I will be out of town for three days and unable to link in to REVS. Therefore, there will be a short delay in receiving REVS messages. If there were an editorial board, others could forward the messages on. So, please contact me SPECTOR@calumet.purdue.edu if you are interested in serving on such a board. If I get too many volunteers, I will try to choose those who can effect a kind of balance of viewpoints, insofar as any discernable trends have manifested themselves on REVS. Perhaps more important, all REVS members should continue to comment on what the CRITERIA should be for a message to be posted on REVS. I have some ideas on that, which tend to be less restrictive than some others, but which do have some guidelines, but this editorial board should reflect the needs of the REVS membership as much as possible. 3. I also need someone to volunteer to be the archivist, whose resopnsibilities would be to take the papers which are sent in and move them into the REVS archive. It is not difficult to learn how to do. 4. Finally, REVS is doing fine. Rumors about its demise have been greatly exaggerated. There are currently about 350 members, about the same number since last February. Activity has slackened off a bit, and it would be helpful if people would send in, not just opinions, and not just long research papers, (both of which are needed, also), but especially news reports. Only recently I learned of the inter-ethnic hostilities in Zaire, for example, which were fostered and intensified by the government there. This type of news is important for REVS listmembers. As always, feel free to contact me about any concerns. Alan Spector ############################################################################ Alan Spector, Ph.D. Phone: 219-989-2387 Behavioral Sciences Department FAX : 219-989-2008 Purdue University Calumet E-Mail: SPECTOR@CALUMET.PURDUE.EDU Hammond, IN 46323 USA {Editor of REVS--- an international email network for Racial-Religious-EthnoNationalist Violence Studies} ############################################################################