This is a list of Internet/BITnet mailing lists which focus on or deal with Community, Civic, Rural, or Local issues, people, culture and governments. This especially includes information on that which has a direct relation to or effect on these things, such as community networking, access to public information, and the National Information Infrastructure (NII or Information SuperHighway[yes, many netizens hate the latter term]). * Please let me know of any updates, additions, corrections or suggestions that you might have. * Thank you very much. * Peace. * The absolute latest version of this list is always available via anonymous FTP from ftp.netcom.com in directory: * pub/amcgee/community * The absolute latest version of this list is also always available on the BDPA BAC BBS(1-707-552-3314) and on the Data Bits Online BBS(1-213-295-6094) in the following file: * COMMUNET.MSG = Internet/BITnet Mailing Lists * Note: These naming conventions also hold true for the FTP archive. * Note: The list may also be available as a bulletin item, so check the bulletin menu on each system for a descriptive listing. * This list is up to date as of FEBRUARY 23, 1994. * * ACE-MG | almanac@esusda.gov |Americans Communicating Electronically AFA-SBUS | listserv@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu |Small Business Finance ALA-WO | listserv@uicvm.uic.edu |ALA's Washington Office Newsletter ALICE | listserv@searn.sunet.se |Civic Networking in Italy ALT-POLITIC | eff@eff.org |Politics and the NII brown@eff.org (Note: The full/correct list name is ALT-POLITICS-DATAHIGHWAY) BEVPUB-L | listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu |Blacksburg Electronic Village BIN-L | listserv@ukcc.uky.edu |Bluegrass Information Network CALNET-L | majordomo@rain.org |Local/Regional Networking in California CALREN | listserver@pacbell.com |CA Research and Education Network CAN-FREENET | listprocessor@cunews.carleton.ca |Canadian Free-Nets CET-MG | almanac@esusda.gov |Communities in Economic Transition CET-NEWS | almanac@esusda.gov |Communities in Economic Transition News CHARNET | listserv@gibbs.oit.unc.edu |Charlotte(NC) Free-Net (Official) CITYNET | listserv@unccvm.uncc.edu |Charlotte Libraries Connectivity CME | cme@access.digex.net |Center for Media Education (Note: To join, send a note listing both your electronic and) (postal mail address. Use "Mail List" as your subject heading) CNI-ANNOUNC | listproc@cni.org |Coalition for Networked Information(CNI) (Note: The full/correct list name is CNI-ANNOUNCE) CNI-PUBINFO | listproc@cni.org |Access to Public Information Working Group CO_PUB_INFO | listproc@resudox.net |Canada's Coalition for Public Information COM-PRIV | com-priv-request@psi.com |Commercialization/Privatization of Inet COMM_DEV | listserv@zeus.med.uottawa.ca |Community Mobilization & Health COMMUNET | listserv@uvmvm.uvm.edu |Community and Civic Networks listproc@moose.uvm.edu COMMUNITY-A | community-access-request@parc.xerox.com |Community Access Issues (Note: The full/correct list name is COMMUNITY-ACCESS) COMMUNITY-N | majordomo@traffic.engr.washington.edu |Seattle Community Network (Note: The full/correct list name is COMMUNITY-NETWORKS) COSNDISC | listproc@yukon.cren.org |Consortium for School Networking CPSR-ANNOUN | listserv@cpsr.org |Main CPSR Announcement List listserv@sunnyside.com (Note: The full/correct list name is CPSR-ANNOUNCE) CPSR-NII | listserv@cpsr.org |CPSR NII Members NII Discussions listserv@sunnyside.com (Note: For members of CPSR only) DCN-CALTRAN | listproc@ucdavis.edu |Davis Community Network CalTrans Project (Note: The full/correct list name is DCN-CALTRANS-PROJECT-TEAM) DCN-GENERAL | listproc@ucdavis.edu |Davis Community Network(DCN) EDUPAGE | listserv@bitnic.educom.edu |EDUCOM's Weekly News Digest EFF-AUSTIN | eff-austin-request@tic.com |EFF Austin(Independent) EFFNEWS | eff-request@eff.org |Electronic Frontier Foundation News effnews-request@eff.org EFF-TALK | eff-talk-request@eff.org |Electronic Frontier Foundation Discuss ELCORR-GOVC | majordomo@listserv.cso.uiuc.edu |E-Communicating with the Gov't. (Note: The full/correct list name is ELCORR-GOVCIT) EPIN | epin@access.digex.net |Electronic Public Info Newsletter Summary ESBDC-L | listserv@music.ferris.edu |Small Business Development Centers listserv@vm1.ferris.edu listserv@ferris.bitnet FREENET | listserv@cms.cc.wayne.edu |Greater Detroit Free-Net listserv@waynest1.bitnet FREENET-ADM | listserv@nptn.org |Free-Net Administrators and Committees (Note: The full/correct list name is FREENET-ADMIN) (Note: For Free-Net committee members only) FREENET-DIS | majordomo@uclink.berkeley.edu |Berkeley Free-Net Discussion (Note: The correct and full list name is FREENET-DISCUSS) FREENET-TEC | listprocessor@cunews.carleton.ca |Technical Freenet Operation (Note: The full/correct list name is FREENET-TECH) GENERAL | listserv@zeus.med.uottawa.ca |General Community Health GOVACCESS | jwarren@well.sf.ca.us |Access to Government Information in CA H-RURAL | listserv@uicvm.uic.edu |Rural & Agricultural History ITHACANET-L | listserv@cornell.edu |Ithaca [Free]Net Discussion LANET | listserv@dhvx20.csudh.edu |Community Nets in Los Angeles, CA LGA-L | listserv@uregina1.uregina.ca |Local Government Administration LHU-L | listserv@albnydh2.bitnet |Local Health Unit Discussion LM_NET | listserv@suvm.acs.syr.edu |School Library Media & Network Comm MCOWORK | listserv@vm1.nodak.edu |Minnesota Citizens Online Work listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet MINDWAYS | mindways-request@cap.gwu.edu |Future Public Telecomm Services MTLNET | listserv@vm1.mcgill.ca |Montreal Freenet NATBBS | listproc@echonyc.com |National Online Media Association(NOMA) NII_AGENDA | majordomo@world.std.com |The direction of the NII nii_agenda-request@civicnet.org NII-FELLOWS | listproc@cni.org |NII Fellows Forum NIIREGIONAL | majordomo@rain.org |Info Center for Regional NII Development (Note: The full/correct list name is NIIREGIONAL-L) NPTN-ECON | listserv@nptn.org |The Economics of Community Computing (Note: For Free-Net committee members only) NPTN-FUNCTI | listserv@nptn.org |The basic functions of NPTN (Note: The full/correct list name is NPTN-FUNCTIONS) (Note: For Free-Net committee members only) NPTN-POLITI | listserv@nptn.org |NPTN and political action (Note: The full/correct list name is NPTN-POLITICS) (Note: For Free-Net committee members only) NPTN-QUALIT | listserv@nptn.org |Intra-Network Relations/Quality Control (Note: The full/correct list name is NPTN-QUALITY) (Note: For Free-Net committee members only) PACS-L | listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu |Library & Public Access Computer Systems PACS-P | listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu |Public Access Comp. Systems Publications PUB-INFRA | pub-infra-request@eff.org |NII Technical and Policy Issues PUBLIB | listserver@nysernet.org |Public Libraries PUBLIB-NET | listserver@nysernet.org |Public Libraries and the Internet PUBNET | pubnet-request@chinacat.unicom.com |Use & Administration of PACS RITIM-L | listserv@uriacc.uri.edu |Telecomm and Information Marketing ROUNDTABLE | listproc@cni.org |Telecomm Policy Roundtable Forum RTPFREENET | listserv@gibbs.oit.unc.edu |Triangle Free-Net RURAL-L | listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu |Rural Communities Course RURALDATA | ruraldata-info-request@cic.net |Rural Datafication Project (Note: The full/correct list name is RURALDATA-INFO) RURALDEV | listserv@ksuvm.ksu.edu |Community/Rural Economic Development RURALFOC | listserv@ksuvm.ksu.edu |Family Relations Rural Focus Group RURALNET | listserv@gibbs.oit.unc.edu |Rural Networking RURALUSA | listserv@ers.bitnet |Rural US Trends & Conditions Journal RURSOC-L | listserv@ukcc.uky.edu |Rural Sociology RURWMN-L | listserv@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu |Rural Women SBDC-L | listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu |Virginia's Small Business Devel. Cntrs. SEA-LIST | sea-list-request@sea.org |Society for Electronic Access (Main) SEA-ANNOUNC | sea-announce-request@sea.org |Society for Electronic Access (Note: The full/correct list name is SEA-ANNOUNCE) SPI-COOP | adamfast@u.washington.edu |Seattle People's Internet Cooperative SVP | jvsv-services@eit.com |Smart Valley Project(JV:SV) (Subject: listserv subscribe svp your_name_goes_here) TAP-INFO | listserver@essential.org |Taxpayer Assets Project TELE290 | listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu |Telecom, Competitiveness, and Org. 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