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INSTRUCTIONS
 
WISGIFT-L is an e-mail list designed for discussion of
  issues related to gifted children and gifted education in Wisconsin. This list
  is a cooperative project of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and WATG. If
  you have email, all you have to do to subscribe to the list is follow the three
  steps below. You will receive a welcome message from UW-Whitewater confirming
  your subscription.

TO JOIN WISGIFT:
1. Send a message to:
lyris@listmanager.uww.edu
2. Leave the subject line blank, and don't include your signature. 
3. The message should read: subscribe WISGIFT-L

If you want to join from two different e-mail accounts, send the message twice - once from
each  of your e-mail addresses.

1. To UNSUBSCRIBE to the list, send a
message  to: lyris@listmanager.uww.edu
2. In the body of the message type: UNSUBSCRIBE WISGIFT-L
3. Leave the subject line blank, and don't include your email signature.

To POST A MESSAGE to the list: just send an email message as you normally would, using
the  address  WISGIFT-L@listmanager.uww.edu (NOTE: you never have to post a message if
you  don't want to - you can simply subscribe and read the messages that are
posted  to the list.) It is very helpful to the reader if, when you post a
message, you  place a subject in the subject line.

WISGIFT-L is an unmoderated list,  which means that messages can be posted to it from anyone who
cares to  subscribe. Appropriate messages (from parents, teachers &
administrators,  and gifted children themselves) might include requests for
ideas or resources,  job announcements, advocacy or legislative information, and
notices of upcoming  events. Reasonable netiquette (net etiquette) is expected. 

Guidelines for Wisconsin Gifted Listserv (WISGIFT-L)
The Wisconsin Gifted Listserv (WISGIFT-L) is an e-mail list designed to connect advocates, educators, parents, and other supporters of gifted education on issues and news that is more time-sensitive.  Users should post material consisting of the following:
        ~Announcements/reminders of professional development opportunities including 
        workshops, conferences, special speakers, and university  coursework
        ~Class/coursework/opportunities for gifted children
        ~Time-sensitive news or advocacy  opportunities
        ~First notice of job openings in gifted  education

USAGE TIPS
1. Think carefully before just hitting "REPLY." Does  your message really need to go to a couple of hundred
people (everyone on the  list, which is where "reply" goes on a list-serv) or just to one person? If just  to one person, please take the time to create a "new message" to that person's  individual e-mail address.

2. If you do want to use "reply," which is  often the case, it is a courtesy to list-serv members to make sure that the  SUBJECT line matches the topic of your message. Just delete & replace if  needed.

3. You can only post a message onto the list from the precise  e-mail ADDRESS you used to join the list. You are
welcome to join from more than  one computer or e-mail account. Please re-join if your e-mail  address changes.

4. When ATTACHING documents, the safest format for the  title of the attachment is a single word (no spaces) followed by .doc. So if you  want to attach a document just save a version of it as delisle.doc,  giftedlinks.doc, etc. & attach that version. This particularly helps when  Windows users try to open a Mac document.

5. Never use AUTOMATIC REPLY  MESSAGES if you belong to any list-serv. If you set your computer to respond to  all incoming e-mail that you are "out of the office" for a week, it will send  that message to everyone on the list-serv every time anyone posts a message to  it. (If you want to use an automatic message, just unsubscribe from the  list-serv before you leave town
and re-subscribe when you  return.)

If you have any technical or operational questions about  the list, please send them to Dr. Pam Clinkenbeard
at UW-Whitewater, technical  owner of the list at clinkenp@uww.edu.