BUSHEA. Health-Related Information for Business and Industry.
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Review of group by Sara Neumayr.
International Business Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi.
Review of group by Sara Neumayr.
CDMAJOR. Communication Disorder Discussion List.
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STUTT-X. Stuttering (Communication Disorders).
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Review of both CDMAJOR and STUTT-X by Patricia Mettler
EUDORA. A Mac-Eudora forum.
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Review of group by Mike Calmus.
MAC-COMM. Macintosh Networking Discussion Group.
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Review of group by Mike Calmus.
WIN95-L. Windows-95 discussion group.
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Review of group by Jay Stimpson.
ZYXEL. For beta testers of the ZyXEL 2864 series modems.
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Review of group by Mike Calmus.
REGGIO-L. Reggio Emilia Preschool Discussion Group.
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Reviews of group by Neal Utesch and Michelle Williams.
SPECED-L. Special Education Discussion List.
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Reviews of group by Neal Utesch and Michelle Williams.
TES-L. Teaching-English-as-a-Second-Language group.
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Review of group by Heather Parkinson.
CJUST-L. Criminal Justice Discussion List.
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Reviews of group by Natalee Heisler and Angela List.
H-POL. Political History Discussion List.
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Review of group by Paige Nelson.
AMLIT2-L. Discussion of American Literature From 1880-Present.
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Reviews of group by Paige Nelson and Amy Scherer.
ARCO. Art & Literature, Psychology and Communication.
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Review of group by Sasha Erickson.
BOOKTALK. Children's Literature and Classroom Use.
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Reviews of group by La Rae Kvanvig, Neal Utesch, and Michelle Williams.
NATIVE-LIT-L. Native American Literature.
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Review of group by Amy Scherer.
ASJMC. Members of Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Review of group by Melissa Prostrollo.
CGE. Computer Graphics Education Newsletter.
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Review of group by Clint Evers.
GRAPHICS. Graphic Design Discussion.
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Review of group by Melissa Prostrollo.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist Interest Group.
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Review of group by Michelle Hood.
Cystic Fibrosis.
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Review of group by Michelle Hood.
GERINET. For professionals in geriatrics.
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Review of group by Michele Westhoff.
GLOBALRN. List for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals.
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Reviews of group by Michelle Elling, La Rae Kvanvig, Kathy
Larson, and Amy Weaver.
PA. Physician Assistant student list.
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Review of group by Heather Parkinson.
STROKE-L. For stroke patients and their families.
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Review of group by Michele Westhoff.
ACSMEDI. ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry.
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Reviews of group by La Rae Kvanvig, Jason Leber, and Dustin Vermeulen.
GENTALK. For teachers and students in biology, especially genetics.
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Review of group by Michele Westhoff.
F-COSTUME. For people interested in fantasy costuming.
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Review of group by Melissa Prostrollo.
ALLMUSIC. Discussions of All Forms of Music.
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Reviews of group by Michelle Elling, Kathy Larson, Angela List,
Rebecca Otte, and Dustin Vermeulen.
BGRASS-L. Bluegrass Music Discussion.
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Review of group by Sasha Erickson.
FOODWINE. Discussion of cooking, recipes, etc.
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Reviews of group by Michelle Hood and Amy Weaver.
TRAVEL-L. Discussion of Travel Experiences.
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Reviews of group by Michelle Elling, Sasha Erickson, Patricia
Mettler, Amanda Richey, Amy Scherer, and Amy Weaver.
WOODWORK. Woodworking Group.
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Review of group by Jay Stimpson.
DIV-II. NCAA Division II Athletics Discussion and News.
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Reviews of group by Natalee Heisler and Amanda Richey.
RANGERS. Discussion of Texas Rangers Professional Baseball Team.
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Review of group by Jason Leber.
SPORTPC. Use of Computers in Sports.
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Reviews of group by Clint Evers and Richard Kotrba.
SPORTPSY. Exercise and Sports Psychology.
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Reviews of group by Natalie Heisler, Richard Kotrba, Matthew
McArthur, Rebecca Otte, and Amanda Richey.
SPORTSOC. Sociological Aspects of Sports Discussion.
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Reviews of group by Richard Kotrba and Jason Leber.
STATLG-L. Baseball (and Lesser Sports) Discussion List.
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Reviews of group by Clint Evers and Jason Leber.
VB-CLUB. Club Volleyball Discussion List.
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Review of group by Rebecca Otte.
WISHPERD. Women's Fitness Group.
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Review of group by Kathy Larson.
Review of BUSHEA by Sara Neumayr:
I became interested in this because of my current job, and have begun to sway my area of business from Human Relations to Health Administration. Much of the informatin deals with the area of business within the hospital, new administrative techniqures, related articles and topics within the health administratin field and other areas to look at for more detailed information on the topic.
Review of International Business Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi by Sara Neumayr:
For fun I looked at chapters around the country of the International Business Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi. I was really surprised of how many chapters have pages on the World Wide Web. I learned information about my fellow brothers from all areas of the country, the history of their cahpter and the types of activities they do throughout the year. Hopefully I will be able to continue this one especailly, and hopefully I will be able to get my fellow brothers at USD involved in this networking.
Review of CDMAJOR and STUTT-X by Patricia Mettler:
I chose the Communication Disorder Listservs because that is my major and I was curious about what the discussions would be about. I found both of them very interesting. Clinicians are able to inquire about various problems they face in their work. They can recommend resources and treatments to each other. They are also able to ask where to find certain resources if and when they need them. I received more mail from the stuttering group than the other. Each group did send mail - around 5 or so per day for the stuttering group and 2-3 for the discussion list profession. Many people are just novices at using the internet and trying it out much the same as we are for this class. They are trying to become familiar with the commands, etc. However, many people are actually communicating with and helping each other in their everyday work. It is pretty exciting to see this happening. Members in both of the communication disorder groups conversed pretty informally. Some of the language is jargon used by this profession because of the problems that their clients face. I was able to feel part of the group and understand what they were talking about. I really liked these groups and feel they will be beneficial to me as I enter graduate school and then begin to work as a clinician. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate them 10 for usefulness, 10 for interesting - if you arere interested in this profession; and 2 for entertaining - that's not their purpose.
Review of EUDORA by Mike Calmus:
The intro. document says "This mailing list has been established by QUALCOMM as a Forum for users of the freeware version of the Eudora electronic mail software for the Macintosh. It is intended to allow individuals to exchange information and discuss applications and solutions." While the group is supposed to be only for the freeware version of Eudora, much of the mail is also directed toward the commercial version of the software as well. I received tons of messages from the group often upwards of 100 per day, and not only was I tempted to post, but I did a few times as well. I liked best that the members of the list were often knowledgeable and the author of the software often answered questions himself. I liked least that there were so many new users on it that asked FAQ's and sent unsubscribe requests to the list. [Rating:] I would put it at close to a 10 for beginning Eudora users, but after a while it got lower and lower to around a 3 at which time I unsubscribed. Not a lot of jargon here, but if a person who didn't use Eudora was on the list, he would probably be lost. I was never lost with the group, but sometimes topics that commercial Eudora people were talking about would confuse the non-commercial people. I was on the list for almost a year before exiting.
Review of MAC-COMM by Mike Calmus:
"The MAC-COMMUNICATIONS mailing list is for the discussion of low-level Macintosh networking issues: modems, serial connections, MacTCP, Open Transport, AppleTalk, ARA, and similar topics." This group is quite interesting, but much of the topics are again for introductory users trying to get started running a network. After you have your modem purchased and your PPP connection set up, it's not that useful until you change something. This list also produces quite a bit of mail, although not in the 100's as the EUDORA list did. Because the list is moderated by a "list mom," topics do not stray as the EUDORA list often does. Again, the knowledge base of the members is very high and the list Mom does a wonderful job. I liked least that there were so many messages per day. [Rating:] Probably around a 7. It's a good list, but I found I didn't have the time to read it.
Review of WIN95-L by Jay Stimpson:
The listsrv WIN95-L is a group that talkes about every and any thing about windows-95 that there is to talk about . . . I am not sure if this group is moderated or not. By the amount of traffic at this listserv I would assume that it is not moderated. From this group I would get probably 40 to 50 posts a day. Most of the posts were questions on various subjects related to the operating system win-95. Some of the posts were answers to questions. There were only a few of these. The posts I liked best were the ones that made fun of the dumb questions . This one person asked a question as to how to use a piece of soft ware in conjunction with win-95 that was very diffucult to use. One of the great things about win-95 is the ease of setting up a ppp connection to a server. I personally know how hard it is to set up trumpet winsock (the software inquired about). It was funny to me that this guy was trying to go about ppp the hardest way and didn't even know it. The worst part of this group is that everyone is talking about win-95 and I am still stuck with windows 3.11. I am jealous. On a scale of one to ten I give this a 3 on the interesting part, a 6 on the useful part, and a 7 on the entertaining part. I will not continue to lurk on this group because I hate my mail box filling up like it does. The jargon here is not very dificult to understand either here is an example: >I've got 32-bit Navigator 2.0b6. My 95 is the release on CD-ROM. I don't >have the Plus Pak. >The only thing I've got that's automatic is that Netscape launches when I >click on a URL, >or Internet shortcut. I don't even see Dial up Networking appear on the >taskbar, and eventually, >Netscape times out. The difference here is that some jargon may be unfamiliar to most people. Fortunatly for me I am acdcustomed to such discourse and am comfortable with the discussions.
Review of ZYXEL by Mike Calmus:
This list is for beta testers of the ZyXEL 2864 series modems and is intended primarily for bug reports and flash ROM upgrade announcements. This list is highly technical and very dry especially for someone who is not testing the modem. I am still a subscriber to the list primarily for upgrade announcements and the list doesn't receive that much traffic anymore because the modems have been released, but initially the list produced 30-50 messages a day. Now, receiving more than a couple in a day is rare. This list is . . . sort of moderated, but even if it weren't there would be little "fluff" because of the nature of the list. I don't like "fluff." I like least that most of the messages are intended for tech support people to analyze rather than for list members to read. [Rating:] 5; it's a good list, but not great for reading. This list is generally either over my head (not very often) or of little interest. As I said previously, most of the information is data and throughput specs for the developers' use. I am still on the list. However, I haven't contributed for a long time and may not, but I will continue to remain on the list.
Reviews of REGGIO-L by Neal Utesch and Michelle Williams:
Neal Utesch: This listserv was started by a lady named Reggio Emilia and was a basic discussion goup about pre-schools. I found this listserv to be annoying because of all the mail that I recieved. The mail that I recived was very boring, and the people on this listserv spent most of their time arguing instead of sharing ideas like the other two listserv's. I found myself reading counless items of mail that contained trash talk and arguments that I care nothing about. I also found this listserv to be very hard to follow, and half of the time you couldn't follow the conversations of the people because they would talk about the dumbest things and argue all the time. I thought that this listserv would be very informative and even give some ideas about the improvements of pre-schools, but I was wrong, it turned out to be a non stop bitch fest. I would rate this listserv as a 2. I give it a two because it at least sent more than 5 messages a day, but I also give it a two because it sucked!
Michelle Williams: My third discussion group was Reggio Emilia Preschool Discussion group. This group was really hard to understand because I don't know much about these certian preschools. The teachers of these preschools were discussing different project ideas and some were very interesting. The group was also discussing NRP's and I don't have any idea about what it is,so it was really hard for me to follow it. I usually only got about one to two posts per day. Not a really active group. I liked this group because it had some really great project ideas but I didn't like the fact that I couldn't follow the discussion very well. I give this group a 7 because of the fact that I couldn't understand much of what they were talking about. I don't think I will continue this particular group because if I can't get comfortable and understand the conversation then there is no point to staying with it. This group difinitly has its own discourse community, I felt like a real outsider.
Review of SPECED-L by Neal Utesch and Michelle Williams:
Neal Utesch: This listserv didn't send me a lot of mail, so I can't say that I really have that much to say about it. Basically, this listserv disscussed the problems, solutions, and new developments of special education and would discuss new laws that may have developed or failed to develop in the field of special education. I would rate this listserv as a 5, because I didn't feel like I had a fair opportunity to really veiw the listserv because of the lack of mail. I did find it to be somewhat interesting, but mainly I discovered that it just wasn't for me. I feel that I will benefit better if I just concentrate on regular educatiuon listserv's.
Michelle Williams: This group was a very exciting group the first weekend I subscribe to it. I was getting about 50 messages in a day. They were having a great discussion about BD (behavioral disorder) kids and what should be done about them. It was very interesting to me since I am going into the education field to hear how different teachers have dealt with a BD child. The discussion was interesting but it was also getting alittle violent. One person decided to drop her subscribtion because the people had got on her so bad about one of her posts. After that first weekend the discussion decreased and I was probably getting about 5-10 messages a day. The list also discusses IEPs and some behavioral management skills. I would rate this discussion group a nine,ten being the best. I felt it was very interesting to hear the different points they made on BD children and very educational to me. The thing I liked least about this group was they did get a little mean with some of there posts and really didn't respect some of the people's personal opinion. What I really enjoyed the most was the topics of this group. I will continue to subscribe to this group because it is something that I am interested in and I believe it is very educational for me. This group did have alot of discourse community language. For example, if I weren't in the educational field I might not have known what a BD child was. Iep's were discussed alot also and if I didn't have any background about the special education field I wouldn't of understood what they were talking about. Right now I think I will continue to lurk and maybe add my to cents worth once in a while but alot of the people who are doing the discussing are either special education teachers or professors but give me a few months and maybe I will join in on the conversation also.
Review of TES-L by Heather Parkinson:
Another helpful list was one about teaching English as a second language. (TES-L). I subscribed to this list, posted an inguiry on teaching in Japan, and recieved 6 or 7 very friendly, helpful responses. Besides sharing their personal experiences and opinions, a few reffered me to other sources, including, an address to write to, a www page, and another listserv specifically about the program I was interested in (JET). Now I am hearing all about the program from people who are in Japan doing it.
Reviews of CJUST-L by Natalee Heisler and Angela List:
Natalee Heisler: This Listserv was not to appealing to me. I did gain some information and some names of people that i can get in contact with for future information that I will be able to use for research in the future. Overall, this was the Listserv that I did not really enjoy reading and being subscribed to.
Angela List: A Criminal Justice Discussion list I subscribed to I finally got through and was able to reply in the time frame given, to get started. I got the introduction letter and was made very comfortable being part of the group. They welcomed new comers wanting them to reply to everyone in the group introducing themselves and give a little background on who you are and what your plans are. They had harsh rules of No flaming. Everyones thoughts and opinions about the law was welcomed. I got hundreds of messages from people about every aspect of the law, and also others responces about how they felt. I think even after this assignment I will listen to what they say because I am learning so much.
Review of H-POL by Paige Nelson:
What can I say about the political history group? I haven't received a thing! Surely there are some other history scholars out there.....that's why they have their own listserv, but I haven't heard anything yet.
Reviews of AMLIT2-L by Paige Nelson and Amy Scherer:
Paige Nelson: The e-mail I received was from the American Lit listserv and it said to read The Yellow Wallpaper and My Favorite God is Jonas and compare the two. I read The Yellow Wallpaper for my American Lit class I'm taking now at the university but have not read the other story yet. I think the American Lit listserv group will be very interesting because I like to read and was hopeful that I might get some mail that pertained to the class I'm taking and of course that has materialized as I already said. . . . I will continue lurking on this group for as long as I am a student at the university.
Amy Scherer: The American Literature group which I was the most interested in only sent me one message in the two to three weeks I was subscribed. I was quite dissappointed. I think this was more of a group that wanted everyone to be part of a discussion on certain works. Either there was a lack of interest or a lack of subscribers or they didn't have very much to say.
Review of ARCO by Sasha Erickson:
I only recieved three messages from this list in a two week period. I found these three articles a bit too broad and general for my taste. I enjoy literature and art, but really don't find psychology and communication areas very interesting. All three of the articles dealt with other students seeking opinions on the various areas in order to use them in school related projects, such as a dissertation. The language and diction the list used was not a problem, but the subjects were.
Reviews of BOOKTALK by La Rae Kvanvig, Neal Utesch, and Michelle Williams:
La Rae Kvanvig: The BOOKTALK listserv was based on children's books and materials that could be used in the classroom for the education and entertainment of children. This listserv was fun to read, because subscribers gave interesting points about books and reading. I learned some new ideas I can use for babysitting or my own kids. This listserv also recommended books for different age groups to read--including Newberry and Caldecot winners. . . .I think out of all of the listservs, I liked the BOOKTALK best, maybe because I love reading and I could relate to this one the best.
Neal Utesch: The first listserv called BOOKTALK was a fairly interesting list to be on. I liked it because it was mainly a group that discussed favorite books that they have read, or they talked about the different types of reading material that is availible for elementary students and the books that they have used in their classrooms. The group even started a list of the different books that they felt was appropriate for the children according to their age and the grade that they were in. This list was very appropriate and was helpful for teachers or future teachers who were wanting to compile a file that would provide a list of books for children that they could choose from. I would rate this listserv on a scale of 1-10 as a 10 with the 10 being greatest. It was very helpful to here as a future teacher that I am not the only one concerned with the future reading material of the youth today, this listserv was very helpful.This listserv compared with the rest of the listserv's that I was on sent more messages than the others, and were a lot more fun to read. I found that I would read their mail first and then go back to the others because the listserv was much more interesting and straight forward.
Michelle Williams: This group is less exciting than the first one I discussed [SPECED-L]. This group is mostly about what books are good for which grades. There are a lot of book reviews and questions about different minority and biliqual books. I would get about 3-4 posts per day. I didn't get nearly as many as I did with the special education list. This particular discussion will be very useful to me when I start teaching because it gives great ideas on what books to read to your class. I rate this list a nine because it will be so useful to me. I felt very comfortable in this group but I don't think I will join in the conversation for awhile because I don't have any ideas as of right now about what good books are out thier for children. I really like this group and probably will stay subscribed to it because it will be a great resource when I need an idea about a book for my classroom. The only thing I didn't like about this group is that I didn't really have any thoughts of my own because right now I don't know any great books for children.
Review of NATIVE-LIT-L by Amy Scherer:
The Native American Lit. group was discussing many of the same books that I am reading in the Native Lit. class I am taking now. If I would have had more time to read the messages I am sure I would have gotten some great insight into these novels.
Review of ASJMC by Melissa Prostrollo:
[T]he only mail I received was the introductory "you are subscribed" message. After that, I heard nothing. . . .It was supposed to be a user group for "Members of Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication." Apparently, very few of these "members" are particularly interested in participating. Maybe everyone who has joined this listserv chose only to lurk, who knows.
[P.S.] The day after I sent [this review], I received my first posting from the ASJMC listserv. It was from someone looking for an internship in the South Miami area. I guess that shows how active that listserv is currently.
I only received one posting from this group in the entire time that I subscribed. It was an advertisement trying to sell a piece of computer equipment. I can only assume that this is the major use of this listserv.
Review of GRAPHICS by Melissa Prostrollo:
The third listserv I subscribed to nearly flooded my mailbox daily. The graphics listserv . . . is a very active group. They discuss anything and everything dealing with computers, graphic design, printing, and internet issues. I often received twenty messages per day from this listserv. Some were interesting. Some were over my head. Some were useless babble. I gained insight into aspects of different graphics software. A large portion of the correspondence was high-level discourse community language that I did not have enough experience with the specific software to understand. People made comparisons of software applications. People asked for information about graphic arts programs and job opportunities. People commented on the potential legislation in Congress that will affect the internet. People talked about whether or not they were being treated fairly by printers. Anything, and everything that could in some way be related to graphics was discussed on this listserv. Because it was so broad-focused, it was kind of hard to follow. A lot of the language used was above my level of experience, especially when people were discussing different aspects of particular software applications. I will probably not continue to lurk here, not because it is not interesting, but simply because it fills up my mailbox with too much stuff that I do not have time to read. I feel it is a good listserv for people interested in computers and graphic arts. It could, perhaps, also offer suggestions for other, more focused, listservs to subscribe to.
Review of Clinical Nurse Specialist Group by Michelle Hood:
The Clinical Nurse Specialist Interest Group of Toronto, Canada was one my favorite listserv groups I interacted with . . .I enjoyed this group because I am a nursing student. They discussed everything from medicare to nurses pay. I did not receive much from this group, maybe one or two messages a week, but I would give it a rating of 10 on a scale of 1-10. If you are interested in the field of nursing, I would subscribe.
Review of Cystic Fibrosis group by Michelle Hood:
I also joined a listserv group about children and families that are having to deal with Cystic Fibrosis. This was a very interesting group in that it had a lot to do with the medical field . . . I would rate this group an 8 on a scale of 1-10. There is a lot of medical jargon in this group and I got a lot of messages in a day. I would say I probably got 10-20 messages a day. There was not a lot of chatting going on in this group and it was very neat to lurk on.
Review of GERINET by Michele Westhoff:
1. This is a group for people in the geriatrics profession (care of the elderly in nursing homes, etc.). The people who use it are nurses, nursing home administrators, and social workers who work in long term care facilities. It is also used by people who want advice about having to put one of their relatives in a nursing home. It is not a group fof the actual patients and other senior citizens to talk to each other.
2. I would get about 20-30 messages a day from this group! Since I work in a nursing home as a nurses aide in the summer, it was very interesting for me to read. They talked a lot about certain new programs they were using in their respective homes, how well they worked, and ways for other people to start using them. People also posted their questions and problems with the way their homes were run. I was very tempted to respond because a lot of the things people asked about or expressed as problems I had seen in our nursing home and wanted to comment. But since I'm just an aide I didn't think they would put much stock in what I said.
3. I liked the messages about making the quality of life better for the residents the best. However, I didn't like the several messages dealing with healthcare laws, financing long term care for a relative, etc.
4. For me, this group was about an 8 as far as being interesting and entertaining. I will probably continue to lurk on this group and maybe get up the guts to post!
6. This was definitely a discourse community. It used a lot of medical abreviations and terms, but from my work experience I could understand them, so I was pretty comfortable. I think I could join this group eventually (when I get up the guts!) because as an aide I get the most hands-on experience with the patients. A lot of the higher-ups have to make the rules and policies without ever really spending any time in the nursing home environment. I think I could add my comments about the way life is for the residents that would help in their decision making.
Reviews of GLOBALRN by Michelle Elling, La Rae Kvanvig, Kathy Larson, and Amy Weaver:
Michelle Elling: Lurking on the Globalrn was tatally different than what I expected. It dealt mostly with nursing and cultures.Everyone talked really professionally. Students from other colleges would write in for some opinions to help them with research papers. This whole group kind of got taken over though by a doctor that would teach a course right on this listserv. That I really didn't understand and didn't like very well. If I was in a nursing program or something to that sort I could see subscribing to this group. It announced meetings and other programs to attend on certain issues. The Globalrn would only bring in 1-3 messages a day. It wasn't of interest to me so I probably would not subscribe to it again but I can see if ver beneficial to those in this field. I guess I thought it would have a broader range and deal with not just nurses.
La Rae Kvanvig: The GLOBALRN listserv was described as being for nurses and other health care professionals. But, most of the articles concerned nursing. Since I was a nursing major at one time, I could relate to the articles. They didn't, however, provide any information about medical technology. Most of the messages were about seminars, educational opportunities, and questions related to the field of nursing. It was interesting to read updates about career opportunities and field changes.
Kathy Larson: This group was mainly a list of people looking for or passing on information. It discussed conferences coming up and also different areas that may be offering jobs. I found this group to be extremely informative and nice mannered people are the ones writing and responding. This group was not overly active. It wasn't a place for people to go just to hear themselves, or see themselves, talk. I received about 10 to 20 messages a week. Most of which I enjoyed reading. a couple messages that I found particularly interesting and informative. I even found a place to check out for a possible internship. I did not like the fact that the group was so wordy in some of their responses. I would rate this group as an 8 in useful and interesting and a 5 as entertaining.
Amy Weaver: My first impression of the group was good. I was fairly interested in the messages I was reading, but this group seemed to die out as the two weeks went by. At first, I received an adequate amount of mail, about 5-10 items a day, but toward the end I received only 10 messages for the entire last week. I got the impression this group is fairly new because there didn't seem to be much activity and the members didn't seem as familiar of one another as members of the other listservs did. A lot of the messages were announcements of programs, conferences, or opportunities for grants. I would rate this group as a 6 on a scale of 1-10. It wasn't real interesting, but it provided a lot of helpful information to its members. This group is definitely geared toward professional interests and not entertainment.
Review of PA by Heather Parkinson:
This list put me in touch with PA student throughout the nation, giving advice and encouragment on how to best prepare for certain programs. I even found and talked to a few students, and 2 professors at an Ohio program that I applied to last year. They responded to my querry for information about that particular school. I asked a few general questions by e-mail, and also called the 2 professors who had given me their phone numbers, and talked to them specifically about my application.
This was very interesting, because when I call a school on the phone, I usually have a very difficult time getting past the secretary. The listserv enabled me to get by this defensive line, and talk to people I ordinarily would have no way of knowing of. Now I have student perscpectives about different schools, and have finally been able to review my application with someone. It was really nice having an "in" with people, and them offering help to me, instead of me begging it from people who could really care less.
Review of STROKE-L by Michele Westhoff:
1. This group was different from the first because it was more for the patients. People who had either had strokes or were relatives/friends of a stroke victim wrote in to this group with questions about effects of and recovering from strokes. Others wrote in with success stories in order to boost the moral of other subscribers. Occassionally a doctor or nurse would post answers to questions about post-stroke therapy.
2. I liked this group because, again, since I work in a nursing home I am familiar with lots of stroke patients and their struggles. I learned a few things about what I can do to help people in dealing with their reduced abilities or improving their therapy. I would get between 1 and 5 posts a day from this group. I really didn't have much to contribute to this group, so I didn't feel the urge to post.
3. I liked the success stories people posted the best. This group was much more "human" than the first. It was almost like a support group, as well as a source of information.
4. This one would also be an 8 for me because it aroused my sympathy as well as being useful for me in my job. I will probably keep lurking on this group just so I can build up a store of stories and information to tell patients who get discouraged.
6. This was less of a discourse community than the first because it was not for stroke experts. It was expressly for people who weren't experts and wanted advice and information. When experts did post, their fancy language was well explained in order to be understood by the average person, so it was easy to get comfortable with.
Reviews of ACSMEDI by La Rae Kvanvig, Jason Leber, and Dustin Vermeulen:
La Rae Kvanvig: The ACSMEDI listserv did not really provide me with a lot of information. It was basically higher level medical issues, projects pertaining to biochemistry, and different graduate studies. Most of the messages concerned announements about seminars and higher educational opportunities. Even though my major is in the medical field, some of the material was way over my head. However, in the few articles I did understand, there was interesting information about clinical studies and experimental results. The language in this listserv was also very technical. I felt that some of the medical and laboratory termonology was hard to grasp. It didn't make any of the articles any easier to read.
Jason Leber: The group's interest is obviously in the field of chemistry, but the use of the group was not what I expected. I was expecting new information from experiments and tests, but the main use of the group was to post job openings and the start of a program for classes. The group wasn't used for talking back and forth like the other groups, instead it was just a posting board for opportunities. The language used was not very difficult, but it was more advanced than the others. Mis-spelled words are frequent in two of the other three groups, but are very rare in this group. It seemed very proper and organized. On the average, I would receive only one post per week so I didn't really have a chance to see that many letters, but I would have to give this group a "4" on a scale of 10. I was uninterested and would not want to talk on this service.
Dustin Vermeulen: This group was quite interesting at times and quite boring at other times. I feel that this group I might keep because I don't receive to much mail and when I do I find it interesting. This group,I think, is more intellectually stimulating. This I say because you don't get as many bonehead messages as you do in subscribing to any other groups. I think that that this group is used less than the others. I like that I can learn a few things from this group and right know I am engaged in a chemistry class at the time. The worst about this group is that you also get some dumb messages. I think I would give a 7 out of 10 for this group. I think that I will continue to lurk here.
Review of GENTALK by Michele Westhoff:
1. This is a group for teachers and students in biology, and especially genetics. It was for teachers to post interesting projects they were using in their classes and also questions they had about teaching biology. For students, it was a place to request information regarding biology and genetics for homework assignments or projects. Students of all ages (elementary-college) posted. It was different from the other two groups because it was not so much just for interesting reading as it was a place to request information.
2. I didn't always get a message every day from this group, but the average was about 1 per day. I read a lot of complicated things that college professors sent to eachother about things they were teaching, and a few inquiries from students (the youngest was a sixth grader and the oldest was a freshman in college). If I ever have a project due, I might be tempted to post.
3. I liked the way this group gives students of all ages access to all kinds of people with expertise in biology. It would be difficult for an elementary or high school student to go to a college professor in person and get information, but this makes it easy. I didn't like the messages about how to teach certain concepts in classes.
4. This group is about a 3 as far as being interestin, but it could be a 10 as far as being useful at certain times. Not only can students get info from this group, but they can get the names of good books, magazines, etc. that might be useful to them. I probably won't continue to lurk on this group but might re-subscribe later if I have a difficult assignment.
6. This was a discourse community for biology and genetics teachers, but it made it clear that students were welcome to post their questions when they needed help. There was lots of jargon in the teachers' posts that I didn't understand, but as a student I would be comfortable posting because these teachers ask for our questions. Maybe when I get my biology degree and go on to medical school I would feel comfortable talking to this group, but I would not be able to keep up with them any time soon!
Review of F-COSTUME by Melissa Prostrollo:
I joined F-Costume, a listserv for people interested in fantasy costuming. It was really interesting. I did not receive a great number of messages from this one, only one or two every few days. The content was very interesting, though. Several of the postings were asking for advice on how to create certain illusions with costuming, such as adding height to a grim reaper costume. Others shared, or asked for, suggestions on how to use certain types of material to achieve desired effects. The people that participate in this commentary seem like a very creative, imaginative group. I enjoyed reading their comments, though I felt I had no place commenting in response. This group did seem to be a clear discourse community. They didn't use terminology I didn't understand, but their knowledge of the area far exceeded my own. This would be a good listserv for people involved in theater or other visual arts to check out.
Michelle Elling: The music group was really interesting on how outspoken they were. It dealt with alot of opinions on albums, awards, lyrics, composers,groups, individual singers, etc. If someone didn't like what another had thought, they would just flat out tell them how they felt about the whole issue even if swear words were involved.People would slam other people for liking country music or jazz. This group also helped out others with things like: titles, words to songs, when concerts are held, lyrics to a certain song. In one day I bet I would receive around 100-150 messages and on weekends more. It seemed too lengthy and really hard to keep up with the conversation. I didn't like how some of the same issues talked about a week before were then, just out of the blue, brought up again. Issues would then be repeated over and over again.
Kathy Larson: This group was a place for people to go and talk about any type of music. Some of the people were interesting while others were down right rude. I would not recommend visiting this site if profanity bothers you. The people in this group discussed various topics. One girl had entered a contest and got help from the people in the group to recognize songs that she had a few lines to. Some people just were involved for the pure fact of flaming people with as much swearing as possible. I received between 50 and 100 messages a day from allmusic. I seldom read them all because it was a lot of repetition. People responded to the same message over and over. There were a few topics that just kept being addressed and nothing new was said. It seemed people did not read other responses, they just wanted to voice their own opinion. I really did not like anything about this group. I really did not like that it took so much room in my mailbox. I liked the discussion on country music best. There was once when someone was really cutting country down that I thought about responding to, but did not. I would rate this group as a 1 in interesting, useful, and maybe a 2 in entertaining. I rated it as a 2 in entertaining because that is all it was for.
Angela List: This one I did not enjoy as much because of the fact that it intimidated me. It was on all types of music and the hard rock lovers flamed the country lovers, and although interesting to see what people had to say I was greatful that I was not replying to the group. I enjoy a variety of music and I do not care what others think of my views.
Rebecca Otte: The allmusic listserv was the most confusing for me. The title describes it accurately. All types of music were conversed about, including classical, grunge, rock, country, oldies, underground, and more. But I found this list really confusing and sometimes irritating. There were many "personalities" on this listserv, and they had their language that was impossible for me to understand, even after "lurking" for a few weeks. The interesting thing was that there was a lot of "flaming" going on. Usually it was generated against country music, "newbies", and music made to satisfy the "masses". It seemed to me like many of the regulars felt high and mighty about their personal music choices, and rip[ped on anyone who didn't agree with them. One thing I did like was an odd string someone came up with: combining existing group titles to make up new ones. For example: Boys II Live Crew, Clint Blacksabbath, etc. This was the only conversation I really found interesting.
Dustin Vermeulen: I have received tons of mail from this group. This group has so many different subcribers. You have your white collared workers , blue collar workers, bums, punks, and any other group you can think of. Every time I would read one of these messages, I would have to practically stop reading because they got so vulgar. In other messages, they talked about concert dates, rave reviews, and simply the different bands people liked. I figured I got 20-30 messages a day. Some of these I wish I could of written back to because I have different opinions and would like to know some more stuff concerning certain messages. I liked that they had a lot of different and new opinions. I think I learned a few things from lurking in this group. The worst thing about this group is those few idiots that use vulgar language and those others who don't write about any thing at all. I would probably give this group a 6 out a 10. I don't think that I will continue lurking on this group simply because that I receive to many messages.
Review of BGRASS-L by Sasha Erickson:
The bluegrass list became my favorite, especially when comparing it to the travel list. The main reason I preferred this list over the travel list being that they sent out one message per day consisting of anywhere from five to twenty messages all hooked together in that one message. This proved easier to read, space saving in the mailbox, and a much easier package to delete when I was finished with the messages. This list basically catered to bluegrass musicians with a knowlege of the formal terms, instuments, and wide variety of songs, however I found some information useful. I could send a message and recieve replies on various versions of one song that has been done and re-done since the civil war including the original version up through artists doing it on a contemporary level. This list would be most useful for an actual bluegrass musician, but anyone with a general interest in this genre of music could find some useful nuggets.
Reviews of FOODWINE by Michelle Hood and Amy Weaver:
Michelle Hood: I got some great recipes from this group and several cooking hints. If you don't want a lot of messages in your in-box then don't subscribe to this group. I recieved four messages in my inbox in a half an hour one day. YOu get all kinds of messages and not all pertain to food and wine. It was a fun group. I would give it a rating of 7 on a scale of 1-10. There was also alot of just chatting going on in this group, so if that is a pet peeve of yours you might think twice about subscribing.
Amy Weaver: I received an extreme amount of mail from this group (about 50 messages a day). In fact, it was so much and so hard to keep up with, I was only subscribed to this group for about a week. There seemed to be many members on this group and many seemed to be familiar with each other. I was surprised to discover that a good amount of the discussion wasn't food or wine related. I discovered that this group was really open to anyone, chef or not. Some of the messages were difficult for me to understand because the members used language that I am not familiar with.
Michelle Elling: Since I am going to Florida for Spring Break I thought it would be interesting to see if Florida would be brought up in the conversation. It was along with places like Spain, France, South Padre, and the Grand Canyon. It was really interesting to hear people talk about places that you have already seen and see what they thought was a good place to go or what places were bad. Everyone seemed to want to help everyone out. I would probably receive around 100 messages a day from this group. I really didn't mind receiving this many form here because it was so interesting to read about all the different places and also the temperatures around different areas, hot spots, good places to shop around certain areas, short cuts. It was just very easy to lerk into this group because of all the different places I've never even heard of. This group I would rate close to a 10 on everything but I was wishing that I could help people out on some of the places they needed more information about and I also wanted for myself more information focused around Orlando, Florida.
Sasha Erickson: I enjoyed the travel list at first mainly because it covered travel tips, questions about travel, weather conditions, the best places to eat and stay etc. for every imaginable vacationer's destination the world over. However a big turn-off of this list is the incredulous amount of messages sent out to their subscribers. I had anywhere from 50 to 100 messages a day from my travel list alone. Pretty soon I tired of reading the same basic messages every few days. The jargon and lingo of the group wasn't anything too tough to handle so anyone with a high school education would be able to understand this list. I think this is a good list, but it is mainly aimed at the world traveler, which I am not yet, but maybe someday it will be useful to know that some feel England's food is bland and as a concensus is nothing better than "white mush"(all of it).
Patricia Mettler: This group required a reply before my subscription was confirmed. I received many, many messages from this group. It is a very informal, fun group. It is international in scope and several messages I received were from Europe. Here people correspond about travel tips. One person asks about a certain area - what to see, where to stay, where to eat - and others give suggestions. I found this interesting, but envy everyone who is able to travel. It makes me wish I were going somewhere fun. The thing I disliked about this group was the vast amounts of mail. It was just too much to keep up with. I would give this group an 8 for interesting, useful, or entertaining. This is probably because I just have no need for the information at this time. The jargon was familiar and I feel I could join comfortably in the conversation. Someday, maybe I will do just that!
Amanda Richey: I am an avid traveler, and I thought this information source could give me a few ideas for future travel. My experience in monitoring this group began with fun exersions to exotic places and became exotic exersions to ordinary places. I received around 600 to 1,000 messages a day. Other days, there would be messages to people asking each other is "they had slept". Many would ask for advice on a vacation, and hopelessly devoted pen pals would graceously respond. I was never tempted to leave a message for the group on a count of sounding boring and mineut. The group contained an amble amount of liberalism with open subject topics. They were very entertaining and I did learn about some out of the way places; but the time and space the messages consumed became an irritating assignment. I unsubscribed early because of the lack of space on my account. It is very interesting and at times funny, but not something I would subscribe to on a regular basis. On a scale from 1-10, I give this service an 8--for interest and entertainment.
Amy Scherer: The travel group would be useful to subscribe to if I ever decide or can afford to go anywhere. There were lots of good tips on foods to eat and places to visit. There were also some warnings of places not to go, etc.
Amy Weaver: I received many messages from this listserv. . . . A lot of the messages in this group were from people inquiring about places to see, eat, or visit on their upcoming vacation spots. It seemed to me that not all people received replys, some received many. I was tempted to post a message on this listserv because I am going to Las Vegas for the first time in March and wanted to know some suggestions. I decided not to send a message to this group because I wasn't sure I would do it correctly. I think this group is very useful. I would stay on it if there wasn't so much mail.
Review of WOODWORK by Jay Stimpson:
The Woodworking listserv located at WOODWORK@VMB.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU is a very high traffic area. If this listserv is subscribed to for more than one or two days the mail box will soon be so full that the sysop will save it under the recipiants home directory. In my mail box over the course of three days I recieved 1100 or so messages. I was shocked! I didn't think that this could happen. I understand by looking at the addresses of the posts that they come from all around. one thing that I noticed is that certain people are very active (posting up to 5 or 6 messages in one day) but most only post every once in a while. I dont think that this listserv is moderated because of the sheer volume of posts. I was not tempted to post because even if my post was answered I wouldn't be able to find it in the mess of all other posts. I liked the posts that were making fun of Norm Abram (a TV woodworker that has all the finest, newest, and shiniest tools on the block). I didnt like all the posts that went unanswered. alot were usless to everyone but the post-er. The norm slams gave this a 9 on entertainment, only a 1 for ineresting and only 2 for usefulness. The jargon was easily understood by my self because it was very limited here is an example >I couldn't find metric screws, so I re-tapped the holes with standard >threads. I don't know what implications this might have... this is not very difficult, I should think, for any one to understand. This made me comfortable with the group.
Reviews of DIV-II by Natalee Heisler and Amanda Richey.
Amanda Richey: The listserv was only a listing of the top 15 sports teams in any given sport. The only problem is the rankings were for the teams on the east and west coast. The messages received were only listings with a few messages tacked on the end. The content of these messages included "Yahoo! We're number one!" or a reason for the upset on a game the night before. I didn't feel out of place, but if I did it would only be because I didn't have a clue where these places were located. This service would be useful in the area it represents; one with NCC Conference standings and comments may increase publicity for South Dakota. On a scale from 1-10, I give this listserv a 4--it needs expansion.
Natalee Heisler: I was subscribed to three Listservs, and the one that I liked the best was the NCAA Division II Athletics Discussions and News. . . . I gained a lot of information that I had no idea about in the area of the different sports and the opinions of what should be a sport and what people really think about the sports. The amount of information that I received was overwhelming, and there was some trash that I didn't even bother to read, but overall, this category was my favorite.
Review of RANGERS by Jason Leber:
This group's only topic was the Texas Rangers. Any information about players, owners , or fans was open to discussion. It was a service that allowed people to argue or agree about a problem that concerned their team. I enjoyed reading this group because there were many opinions, good and bad, about players and events that concerned this team. They discussed player's salaries, trades, and the ability of the owner. This group seemed to be comprised of very simple readers who frequently made mistakes and didn't really care. My only guff about this group was that there was a great deal of mail and reading it all is impossible. I would have to give this group a "7.5" for good entertainment and it had my interest.
Reviews of SPORTPC by Clint Evers and Richard Kotrba:
Clint Evers: The SPORTPC environment has a focus on the computer side of sports whether it be computer games or use of computers in the sport itself. I was interested in the SPORTPC group, and was very satisfied with the number of postings. I think that I will probably stay subscribed to this listserv.
Richard Kotrba: This listserv had a fascinating idea which included all areas of physical education. This group interested me because of the great need to fuse personal computers with the educational process. SPORTPC did a great job in providing in depth information on how to find the best computer to fit into a physical education program.
Natalee Heisler: This Listserv was again full of information, but in this one there seemed to be more asking for information and a lot of arguing that was not appealing to me at all. I read this Listserv for some time, and the information seemed to be somewhat repetitive. I deleted many of the comments just by the title or subject that the article had assigned to it.
Richard Kotrba: This group caught my attention because of my interest in the athletes perceptual and cognitive abilities. I interestingly found out through this listserv group that many students and athletes as well are becoming aware of the psychological advantages that are present in fulfilling the dream of achieving success through physical activity.
Matthew McArthur: I got more than enough information. There was alot of people trying to define the word sports.I agree that there is no universal definition. sports scholars spend a lot of their time trying to uderstand definitions of sport by culture and other factors. Society at large often does not care how academics define sport. They are more influenced by how the media presents sport to them. The media doesn't define sport. Sport basically encompasses a wide range of physical activities. I really enjoyed monitoring this group. There was alot of different topics that were discussed. One of the better ones was cheerleading, if it was considered a sport or not. There were entries on this everyday, and a lot of people began to get mad and start flaming each other. It was funny just reading what they wrote to each other. Some comments got quit serious, though. A lot of people got flamed on the topic of, is golf really a sport. I was often tempted to post a lot of groups because some things they said were totally wrong, from my point of view. People made many reguests from this group. Some people asked where they could find certain pairs of shoes and shorts, hats, shirts, etc. Some wanted certain exercise workouts they could do. People asked for suggestions on books, videos, and procedures. They told of certain workout they used and the proper ways to exercise. Some asked for ideas for a class projct. The thing I disliked most was reading the same messages, that were sent two or three times. The best thing about this group was the topic itself. i love to read about anything that deals with sports. On the scale, I give this group a ten. I believe I will continue to lurk on this group, I going to start responding.
Rebecca Otte: The sports psychology listserv was interesting for me as an athlete. There were a variety of topics, including motivation, intimidation, mental imagery, and then the kicker: should cheerleading be considered a sport. The cheerleading topic was just starting when I joined. It was the topic that everyone got the most worked up about. There were people saying that cheerleaders worked just as hard as anyone, so it should be considered a sport. Others said that cheerleading is degrading to women and the idea of it being a sport is ludicrous. The last group were people begging and pleading to stop talking about it, because the discussion kept going in circles. This was probably the most interesting topic on this listserv, just because of the emotions it generated. I found most of the other topics to be interesting, but rather dry.
Amanda Richey: I thought this listserv would provide a somewhat professional insight to the world of sports. In reality, the service provided many arguements which had nothing to do with the psychology of sports. "Is cheerleading a sport?" was the most popular topic; as was "Is golf a real sport?". The listserv was interesting, but far from educational. I could vision this sevice being used for papers and research-in an informal setting. Some subscribers contributed information on the difference between men's and women's sports. I liked the least about the group was it's informalness. A service with a title such as Exercise and Sports Psychology should be more professional in its deliverance. On a scale from 1-10, I give it a 5; funny and entertaining, but not informational as I had hoped.
Reviews of SPORTSOC by Richard Kotrba and Jason Leber:
Richard Kotrba: This listserv group provided information on how the the student athlete copes with the every day social pressures of academics,being away from the parents for the first time, and the problems college age students face when deciding which peer group to become involved in. There are many pressures that await the student athlete, and the athlete will have to be aware of how to handle pressure in situations that need their immediate attention.
Jason Leber: This group was very similar to the chemistry group. It also was a posting board for job openings and new programs, but also a place to post your resume for someone to see. This group was also very proper and organized, with little or no mistakes. The language was on the average level, not simple but easily understood. On the average, I would only receive about two messages per week. This differed from the other two sports services I viewed whereas they averaged about 10-20 messages per week each. I am pretty much neutral on this service. I wasn't very interested and wouldn't want to reply, but it could be of some interest to someone. There was no real entertainment value, but that's not the purpose of this group, so I give it a "5" on the scale.
Reviews of STATLG-L by Clint Evers and Jason Leber:
Clint Evers: The STATLG-L can get very competative at times, for instance, if people discussing a specific issue disagree about something a certain amount of flaming can be expected. The STATLG-L group contained too many postings for me to keep up with daily.
Jason Leber: The dicussion was obviously baseball, but also "lesser" sports like football, basketball, and etc. The group was a place for readers to talk about sports and also voice their opinion on any subject they could think of. Topics ranged from quizes and surveys to daily scores and games. Again the readers were much like that of the Rangers, simple and easy. I often wanted to respond to some writers and argue a point with them. I liked the fact that all sports were discussed, and that the topics varied so much. The only thing that I didn't like was that there was a lot of useless trivia that I found uninteresting. Despite this, I would have to give this service a "8.5" for great entertainment and a wide variety of topics.
Review of VB-CLUB by Rebecca Otte:
The main dissappointmen of this assignment was my third listserv. the volleyball one. I was most looking forward to joining this one, but then there were very few messages on it. In fact there were only three. All of them dealt with whether the net should be lowered and players classified by height. I was going to ask a question to start a new discussion, but I couldn't think of any.
Review of WISHPERD by Kathy Larson:
This group was an informative group on women's fitness. It discussed topics that dealt with the female athletes, training and motivation. I found this group to be very interesting. It was very informative and the questions asked were answered thoroughly and were helpful to everyone. They even posted addresses on where to receive more information. This group was not visited all too frequently. I received approximately 10 to 20 messages a week. I was not ever tempted to post any responses to this group, although I thought about asking a few questions. I like the information posted most. I disliked the fact that I wanted to receive more information from than was received because it was not frequently visited. I may remain subscribed to this group. I found it very interesting. I would rate it a 9 in all categories of useful, interesting and entertaining.