Hello, everyone,



        As promised, the "citation" discussion group is now on-line with

this first message. Coming back from the "The Official Version" conference in

Toronto where we met most of you, there is much to say on the topic of

our shared interest. More specifically, I'll just say in this inaugural

message that we feel we were able to assess the situation, or climate,

in which this initiative is to progress. This is, in my opinion the main

benefit we brought back.



        Might I suggest a first round of comments on this opinion? This way

we'll all get more familiar with the workings of this discussion list.



        As to language, I am informed that some of us do not read French, so

we'll use English. If it ever comes up that someone needs translation to

English, I'll be happy to provide it.



        We use ListServ. Here are the basics :



        messages are posted when sent to the list at :

<citation@crdp.umontrel.ca>;



        replying to a message dispatched by ListServ (or any other such

software) will broadcast to all subscribers; 



        I added your names to the list, but usually, one would subscribe by

sending the following message to <listserv@crdp.umontreal.ca> :



        subscribe citation <First name> <Last name> (no brackets when used)



        as well, getting off the wagon is done with :



        signoff citation



        Much more is available, but it's seldom used. Hardy souls wanting to

learn more can from L-Soft, the maker of ListServ, by reading the online

files LISTSERV REFCARD and LISTSERV GENINTRO, which can be obtained by

sending the following commands in the body of a mail message to

LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NET:

 

INFO REFCARD

INFO GENINTRO



The user's manual is available at

http://www.l-soft.com/manuals/userindex.html.



-- 

Guy Huard      huard@crdp.umontreal.ca

Editeur        LexUM

               Centre de Recherche en Droit Public

               Universite de Montreal

               http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/



Tel: +1 (514) 343-7853

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