About the BCN-net Listserve:

The Bird Conservation Network operates an electronic mailing list called BCN-net for the discussion of issues relating to bird conservation important to the greater Chicago area.

• How to subscribe (and other list management issues such as unsubscribing, suspending message delivery, etc.)

• How to Post and the Posting Rules

• To contact the list-owner personally, please send e-mail to bcnnet-admin@ece.iit.edu

• List Archives

How To Subscribe To BCN-net

To subscribe, go to the web page http://www.ece.iit.edu/mailman/listinfo/bcnnet and follow the directions.

From that same location, you can access your subscription settings and choose a digest option for delivery (one message per day), terminate your subscription, or temporarily suspend delivery of list messages (a "vacation hold").

How to Post and BCN-net'S Posting Rules

To post messages to BCN-net, send email to bcnnet@ece.iit.edu, in plain text format only, following these rules.

• TOPICS

  • Bird conservation, primarily on a local and state level, although where relevant, issues of international and national importance may be posted.

  • Discussion topics must remain focused on birds although there may be cases where a non-bird specific issue - for instance, reauthorization of the Federal Endangered Species Act - may have a big impact on bird conservation.

  
  

• MESSAGE FORMAT

  • Plain text (ascii) only. Anything else may be unreadable to many subscribers and can wreak havoc with some subscribers' email software.

  • Not Allowed:

    • html

    • uuencode

    • specially formatted documents (e.g. Word, WordPerfect, RTF)

    • any attachments

  • Message length: restricted to about 40,000 characters or less. This provides the equivalent of 11 pages of 12-point type when sent in plain text format, so there's plenty of room to say what you want to say. Formatted documents (which aren't permitted anyway) often take more space and get bounced to the list owner. This delays your post, so please stick to plain text and avoid this problem.

  • Always put your name, town and state, and email address on your postings so other BCN-net subscribers know who is speaking.

  • Choose a brief, informative subject. [BCNnet] will be automatically inserted into the subject line by the list server.

   

• ETIQUETTE

  • Please be courteous and civil.

  • Posts that offer intelligent, reasoned debate in a civil tone or argue a different point of view, but are respectful of other posters and the list as a whole, are welcomed.

  • Posts that belittle, nitpick, ridicule, attack or insult another poster and his/her ideas are unacceptable.

It is the right of the list owner to unsubscribe anyone who does not adhere to the rules above. If you have any questions or problems with the service itself, please send email to owner-bcnnet@ece.iit.edu.

BCN-net List Archives

Archives of past BCN-net posts are maintained at http://www.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/

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