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Dear list members, I'm the new list manager of soc-casi-discuss. You'll be encouraged to know that the messages are now received by 250 people worldwide and a further 570 subscribe to the lower volume CASI announcements lists. A significant number live or study in Cambridge, where CASI is based, and the majority (by a small margin) are UK residents, but there are subscribers in countries including Germany, Australia, Italy, Canada, the US, the Arab Emirates, France, Cuba, South Africa, Switzerland, Finland, Spain, and Russia. We have always intended to keep a broadly UK focus for the list, mainly to avoid duplicating the work of the various US lists. Perhaps we should be reviewing that policy and I would welcome members' comments at soc-casi-discuss-managers@lists.cam.ac.uk As things have got unusually out of hand over the last few days, I'm also writing to ask subscribers to be careful about how they use the list: -We ask that neither messages with attachments nor excessively long messages should be sent to the list, and that the tone of discussions should remain respectful. -When replying to a message, please make sure that the original did actually appear on soc-casi-discuss rather than being sent to you personally, otherwise we only get half of conversations. It is often more appropriate to respond personally to a subscriber than to everyone. -If you wish to be removed from the list please send a message to soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk (as it says in the footer of each message), rather than to the whole list. This is the largest UK-based list on the sanctions and we think it usually carries a high level of discussion and information. As a result, it is read by people from the activist community, the interested public, academics, journalists, NGOs, politicians and religious communities. Please bear in mind the bulging inboxes of your fellow list members so that the list will continue to be the useful resource I hope you find it. Thank you for your co-operation, Ali. ****************************************************** Lists Manager, Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq http://welcome.to/casi fax: 0870 063 5022 ****************************************************** Ali Draper tel: 077111 30570 Girton College Cambridge, CB3 OJG -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi