Fellow Museum-l folks:
I noticed there has been some interest re: Perform-l on this list. This list
comes out of my department here at NYU. :) There is a lot of crossover
potential, so I encourage people to participate. I have culled the basic info
from the long instruction set you will rceive when you subscribe. I hope to see
some y'all over there.
Cheers,
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Craig Rosa
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M.A. student, Performance Studies/Museum Studies, NYU
PT Greenhouse Instructor, The Brooklyn Children's Museum
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(excerpted from)
AAAREADME.1ST: Basic Information and Instructions for PERFORM-L list
********* BASIC INFORMATION *********
The PERFORM-L electronic mailing list provides a place for persons
involved in Performance Studies to discuss any issues that may be of
interest. You need not be officially 'in' Performance Studies to take
part in the list or use the file archive. And if you are a newcomer:
WELCOME!
There are two parts to the PERFORM-L list: the list itself, and the
file archive. The list is a standard listserv'd mailing list in which
mail sent to a special address, in this case:
[log in to unmask]
explodes out to all people listed on the mailing list.
The file archive is, basically, a small area set aside on the disks here
at New York University's computing center in which can be stored files
relating to the PERFORM-L list. Some examples of files that could be
submitted by listers: works-in-progress, articles, bibliographies,
syllabi, hypertexts, database files (specifically for certain programs,
such as ProCite), graphics files (of diagrams, drawings, etc.), and
virtually anything else people submit!
The idea behind the archive is that if someone wants to get feedback on
an article they are writing, it would be cumbersome for them to post the
work-in-progress to the list: it would go to [log in to unmask]
like all regular postings, and then EXPLODE INTO MANY MANY MANY COPIES
OF ITSELF for all the other listers. For small normal messages this is
fine, but large files can really muck up the system when they duplicate
like this.
The file archive is the solution to this problem: the person above
would submit their proto-article to the archive. Then, any person
interested in critiquing the piece could retrieve a copy for themselves,
leaving the list itself free for more 'interactive' discussions.
********* USING THE LIST *********
The PERFORM-L mailing list is managed by a computer program called a
'listserv'. The listserv program was invented to take some of the
drudgery out of maintaining an electronic mailing list by automating
certain administrative duties. For instance, the average human being
would go stark raving loony if they had to deal with 75 requests to
subscribe or unsubscribe to a given list each day; but with the listserv
program, subscription (and 'unsubscription') requests are dealt with
automatically, the program constantly maintaining a relatively accurate
list of current subscribers.
Like any program, it only does things in response to commands. The
first, most basic, commands, then, are those that control whether or not
you are on the mailing list.
SUBSCRIBING TO PERFORM-L:
To become a part of the PERFORM-L mailing list, you must send a piece of
email to the listserv. The listserv's Internet address is
[log in to unmask] (or if that doesn't work, try
listserv@nyuacf). You enter your mail program (they vary from system
to system, so precise examples are difficult), and 'send' a message to
the above address, the listserv. When your mail program asks for
'subject', DO NOT TYPE ANYTHING. Really. Most listserv's actually
don't care if you enter a subject or not, but occasionally it will only
confuse their little non-brains.
Then, you will be ready to type the 'body' of the message. On the first
line, type the following:
SUBSCRIBE PERFORM-L Dan Quayle
But of course, replace Dan Quayle with your own name (NOT username).
After you type this line, press <return>,and then do whatever you have
to do in your mail program to send the message. DO NOT TYPE ANYTHING
ELSE in the message body: the listserv, being but a program, gets very
upset if you try to greet it cordially. THIS INCLUDES SIGNATURES: the
listserv reads the 'From:' section of the mail you send it, so it knows
the address of your computer account; you DO NOT need to give it your
best, most wonderfully designed signature to supplement this. If your
mailer appends a
signature automatically, it would be best to disable it.
UNSUBSCRIBING TO PERFORM-L:
To remove yourself from the mailing list, you do much the same thing as
you did above to subscribe, except the command is:
UNSUBSCRIBE PERFORM-L Ross Perot
Both after you SUBSCRIBE to the list and after you UNSUBSCRIBE, you
should receive a verification from the listserv program. If you do not
receive this verification, send the request again. If you still hear
nothing, and you are still not getting mail from the list (if you
want to subscribe) or are still getting mail from the list (if you want
to cancel), contact the PERFORM-L Coordinator, Sharon Mazer (numbers at
the end of this file).
HELP:
If you want to find out more about the listserv, including what other
commands you can give it, send an email message as above (i.e. no
subject, no human junk, no signature) to the listserv with this, and
only this, in the 'body':
HELP
Who says mainframes aren't intuitive? Once you send this command, the
listserv should respond, usually quite promptly, with a small-ish help
file listing possible commands and their syntax. The most important
command listed is the SEND command, which will be described below.
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* If there are any questions, comments, or problems, please contact the *
* PERFORM-L Coordinator Sharon Mazer: (Int) [log in to unmask] *
* (Ph) 212-496-8021 *
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