Subject:Class of 1973 mini reunion
Date:Mon, 12 Jul 1999 15:29:07 -0700

CLASS OF 1973,

MINI REUNION

Rett Smart is trying to organize a class of 73 mini reunion 
on August 21st. This will be a casual get together.

I previously sent out a notice about the mini reunion in the
June 2nd Encina update. In case you missed it, I'm sending
this message just to the class of 73.

Rett didn't get much response to the first message and he's 
going to cancel the August mini reunion if he doesn't hear 
from more people by July 21st. So if you are interested, 
please contact Rett ASAP at irsmart@ix.netcom.com

MAILING LIST

I've created groups on www.egroups.com for each Encina
class year. egroups.com gives groups a FREE place on the
Net with tools that make it easier to share ideas and
coordinate events.

In it's basic form, egroups provides a mailing list.
For example, email sent to encina1973@egroups.com will
be automatically distributed to all the members of
the group encina1973. This makes it easy for members
of each class to send messages to classmates. 

Thus, Rett could send out mail to all the members of
the encina1973 mailing list without going through me.

Membership is voluntary. You can join and group or leave 
a group at any time. Since I created the group, I am 
the manager and control the policies.

As manager of all the Encina groups, I set up the groups
with the following policies:
1. Anyone may join a group
   (as opposed to my having to approve members)
2. Only members can post to the group
   (as opposed to non-members)
3. Messages are distributed directly to the group
   (as opposed to being approved first by manager)
4. Messages can be read on the web by anyone
   (as opposed to just members)
5. The group has a member directory that its
   members can see (as opposed to hiding the directory)
6. Replies to messages are sent to the entire group
   (as opposed to just the sender)

Although I am the manager of all the Encina groups, since
I am not approving members or messages, the Encina
groups are "unmoderated" mailing lists where any member
can send a message to all the members of the group.

I've added forms to the 73 homepage and class directory
which allows you to easily subscribe to the encina1973
class group. You can also subscribe by sending a blank
email to: encina1973-subscribe@egroups.com

Harlan