Purpose
The purpose of the Coral-List list-server is to provide a forum for
Internet discussions and announcements among coral health researchers
pertaining to coral reef health and monitoring throughout the world. The
list is primarily for use by coral health researchers and scientists.
Currently, over 2000 researchers are subscribed to the list. Appropriate
subjects for discussion might include:
bleaching events
outbreaks of coral diseases
high predation on coral reefs
environmental monitoring sites
incidences of coral spawnings
shipwrecks on reefs
international meetings and symposia
funding opportunities
marine sanctuary news
new coral-related publications
announcements of college courses in coral reef ecology
coral research initiatives
new and historical data availability
controversial topics in coral reef ecology
recent reports on coral research
Messages with solicitations of a commercial or political nature,
inflamatory commentary and other messages not appropriate for the
coral-list venue will not be approved for posting; these are messages
categorized as follows:
the pursuit of private commercial business activities or profit-making
ventures
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- prohibited direct or indirect lobbying
- use of Internet sites that result in an additional charge to the
Government
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- the obtaining or viewing of sexually explicit material
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Lobbying Prohibited - Internet services (such as e-mail list
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that engage in such activities. Direct lobbying is defined as encouraging
members of the public to contact Congress to support or oppose any pending
legislation. Indirect lobbying would be posting links to any Web page that
engages in lobbying or encourages such activity, or that engages in
lobbying or posting links directly to any page that does.
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For further information concerning official U.S. Dept. of Commerce
policies please refer to the following links:
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fill your e-mail address in the Coral List Server form to your left and select
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If you are unable to subscribe or unsubscribe by using the
form, send a message to the coral-list administrator at
jim.hendee@noaa.gov.
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To Post a Comment or Announcement
To post a message to the list, simply address your
comments or announcements to coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov.
The message will be circulated to all members of coral-list.
The members may respond to you directly, or post their comments
to the list for all to read. You may of course wish to respond to a coral-list message by sending a message
directly to the author of the message. Please DO NOT post messages with embedded HTML commands. One of these days all mail readers may use this
feature, but many do not still, and such a message may come out as garbage on a non-HTML compliant mail reader.
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Help
To see a list of the functions and services
available from the list-server, send an e-mail message to
majordomo@coral.aoml.noaa.gov, with the following message
(only!) in the body of the text:
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Etiquette
- When responding to a posting to the list, do not respond
*back* to the entire list unless you feel it is an
answer everyone can benefit from. I think this is
usually the case, but responses such as, "Yeah, tell
me, too!" to the entire list will make you unpopular
in a hurry. Double-check your "To: " line before
sending.
- Do not "flame" (i.e., scold) colleagues via the coral-list. If
you feel compelled to chastise someone, please send them
mail directly and flame away.
- Please conduct as much preliminary research into a topic
as possible before posting a query to the list. (In
other words, you shouldn't expect others to do your
research for you.) Please consider:
- Your librarian (an extremely valuable resource)
- The CHAMP Literature Abstracts area at the CHAMP Web
- The CHAMP Online Researcher's Directory
(i.e., search for your topic, ask the experts directly)
- The CHAMP (and other) Web sites' links page(s)
- The coral-list archives (see below)
But please *do* avail yourself of the list when you've exhausted
other sources.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
To keep from getting irate responses from your colleagues, it is suggested that you relate your previous efforts to find information that were unsuccessful when you post a request.
- Please carefully consider the purpose of the coral-list
before posting a message. This is a forum comprised
primarily of researchers who devote major portions
of their work time to the study of corals or
coral-related issues.
- Succinct postings are greatly appreciated by all.
- Archives of all previous coral-list messages (updated at the end of each month) can be found at this Web Page:
http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/archives.shtml
Please review these messages on topics that may have already been discussed in detail before you post new messages on the same topic.
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Problems
If you have any problems concerning the list,
please feel free to drop a line to: jim.hendee@noaa.gov.
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We hope you enjoy the list!
Sincerely yours,
Jim Hendee
Louis Florit
Ocean Chemistry Division
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149-1026
USA
