There are different spaces where something is going on in NCN, different
places where communication can take place along different themes or
preferences. This is a routine update to remind you of some of what is
there.
WEB PAGES
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First of all there is a web page at:
http://www.worldtrans.org/newcivnet.html
In the "Visit our Members" section are links to all or your web pages,
except for if I haven't gotten around to updating the recent ones yet, or
if I've missed them.
MEMBER LOUNGE
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In the "Member Lounge" section you can log in with your ID and Password.
Inside you find a "Personnel" section where you can update your member
profile and where you can get listings of other members. The previous
search facilities don't work on the current server, but you can get a few
regularly updated lists of members in different formats.
In the Member Lounge you can also get information about different mailing
lists, like what I will describe below, and you can access archieves of
past messages on some of them.
BULLETIN BOARD
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Also, you can post messages on a bulletin board for members only. The
messages remain there permanently, and you can answer messages that are
there.
CHAT ROOM
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There is a chat room. You can access it from the main NCN page, or from the
Member Lounge. The chat room is an ongoing, casual conversation about
whatever is on people's minds. Some might find it chaotic, others find it
captivating. You can read and respond to previous conversation, even if
nobody is there at the moment. Or, if somebody's there, you can have a live
conversation.
Then there are a bunch of mailing lists.
MAIN MAILING LIST
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You are receiving this message on the main mailing list,
ncnmain-l@newciv.org. It goes out to most members. It is intended mainly
for updates on what people are doing, which projects are going on, or which
projects any of you would like to invite others to join. Some regular
features go out here as well, like the collections of visions, the Group
Channel newsletter, and possibly other things in the future. Also, there
are a few administrative updates, and a few inspirational posts here and
there.
To keep the main list an open channel that few will want to unsubscribe
from out of overload, there is no discussion on it. You are very welcome to
submit messages to be sent out on it, but please try to keep them as action
oriented as possible. I might group together a few such messages and send
them out at one time. I might also instead send them to one of the other
lists, if that seems more appropriate. Please don't send commercial
messages, and also, if you mainly want to express an opinion, one of the
other lists might be more appropriate.
DISCUSSION LIST
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The discussion list is for general discussion of a new civilization, and it
is a catch-all for the stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. It has a quite
lively dialogue of daily messages. Sometimes it is slow, sometimes there is
a flurry of messages. It is not one focused activity, but many things are
going on on it. This would probably be the first list you would think of
joining.
You subscribe to it by sending a message to:
with this text in the body of the message:
subscribe ncndiscuss-L
Note that most list names have an 'L' at the end, which is for List. Don't
mistake it for a 1.
Most of the other lists are not very busy, and some are quite dormant.
However, there are people subscribed to all of them, and if nothing is
going on, feel free to stir up some action.
TEAMWORK
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The teamwork list is for discussions of issues of teamwork, of how to
facilitate that teams can work well together. Lately there has been some
discussion of mediation and arbitration.
Send a message to:
with the message:
subscribe teamwork
SALON LIST
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This one is for talking about salons and dialogue groups, for people who
are running their own local groups, or who are thinking about doing so.
Send a message to:
with the message:
subscribe ncnsalons-L
LOS ANGELES EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT LIST
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This is for people in the greater Los Angeles area, for announcements of
salons and other local events.
Send a message to:
with the message:
subscribe ncnsalons-la-L
CREATIVITY LIST
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For discussion of creativity, or for exercises or expressions of
creativity. Has a lot of members, but has been quiet recently.
Send a message to:
with the message:
subscribe teamwork
ALTERNATIVE MONEY SYSTEMS
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Nothing much going on there recently, but it has quite a few members and
has been lively earlier.
Send a message to:
with the message:
subscribe money
SPIRIT LIST
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This one is for spiritual matters in a new civilization. It has been very
quiet. However, I think we'll put it to life for planning regular group
meditations.
Send a message to:
with the message:
subscribe ncnspirit-L
BUSINESS LIST
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This for discussion business matters, doing business together, commercial
announcements, or whatever.
Send a message to:
with the message:
subscribe ncnbiz-L
INQUIRY LIST
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This one is brand new. David Doughty <doughty@es.co.nz> leads a particular
inquiry process there.
Send a message to:
with the message:
subscribe ncninquiry-L
WORLD KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
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For the discussion of knowledge. Used to be very lively, and there are
still postings on it.
Send a message to:
with the message:
subscribe wknet-L
OTHER NCN LISTS
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There are several other lists that haven't done anything for a long time.
But they are there if you want to use them for a space to pursue something
that fits what they are about.
Alternative Energy: Send 'subscribe energy' to Majordomo@wice.xs4all.nl
Ethics and Social Laws: Send 'subscribe ncnethics-L' to listserv@newciv.org
Community: Send 'subscribe ncncommunity-L' to listserv@newciv.org
Culture: Send 'subscribe ncnculture-L' to listserv@newciv.org
OTHER newciv.org LISTS
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The newciv.org server has many lists, and I can't really keep track of
them. But, for example, it is the home of the Celestine Prophecy list,
which has many members and is very active. Send 'subscribe celestine-L' to
majordomo@newciv.org
Steve Moyer <nodes@intake.rhombus.net> has a Synergy Solutions list, which
always has activity. Send 'subscribe ss-L' to listserv@newciv.org
RELATED LISTS
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There are other lists that aren't NCN lists, but that might be of interest
to some of you here. There's my Whole Systems list, which NCN to a certain
degree grew out of. Send 'subscribe wholesys-L' to
majordomo@majordomo.netcom.com.
The New Civilization Encino group has several lists with a fair amount of
activity. For the main one, send 'subscribe ncpost' to
Majordomo@wice.xs4all.nl.
ETC.
----Sorry about those lists I might have forgotten to mention here, but that is mostly it.
My own principle is that there needs to be space for everything. If you are doing or proposing a group activity within NCN that can use a mailing list to interact on, let me know and we'll see how we can fit it in.
Along the way I also hope we can develop better ways for being clear on what goes on where, and maybe, when new computer resources appear, we can add more of a conferencing system where it can all be accessed from one place.
Thanks to Max Sandor <max@newciv.org> who hosts most of these resources on his newciv.org server, and to Paul Stevens <paul@coal.nl> who hosts some of the mailing lists on his coal.nl server.
- Flemming
o o / \------------------ Flemming A. Funch ------------------/ \ / * \ World Transformation/New Civilization/Whole Systems / * \ / * * \ ffunch@newciv.org / * * \ o-------o----------- http://www.worldtrans.org/ ----------o-------o
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