Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 20:57:05 +0100 From: Chris Burford <cburford-AT-gn.apc.org> Subject: M-PSY: Host for marxism-psych list Since the announcement that Spoons collective will stop hosting marxism-space lists if I recall correctly, on 23rd May, quite a lot of activity has taken place. It has also been possible to have a long consultation period in practice. Few strong views have been expressed and I indicated I favoured a solution that placed marxism-psych alongside some other lists including hopefully an open marxism list, as I think it is viable only as part of a wider system. Hans Ehrbar, as moderator of the former marxism-space at Spoons, who has given technical support for marxism-psych, has now been able to solve a number of technical problems at his site in Utah. He has also undertaken, which I think is important for the future of lists like this, to explore links to allow mirror sites, so lists in future are not all dependent on one computer or one server. Marxism-thaxis is moving to this new site in Utah, and marxism-news has already moved. There are what appear to be well developed plans for marxism-intro and marxism-ezines to move there, and prospects of a moderated theory list, and a moderated list in socialist economics. It also seems likely that a marxism-open or general list in some form will be supported. I am not sure of the timings of all these steps so I am not reporting some of them as absolutely definite. I have however written to Hans requesting that marxism-psych can also move to the same site out of the university of Utah, and he has confirmed the offer. In due course people will receive announcements about this and about the other lists. People who want to follow steps more closely, can subscribe to marxism-transition from majordomo at the usual Spoons address until the change takes place. I have some regret that Marxism-and-Sciences, is at a separate site in Emory, as there is an overlap in subjects from time to time at the scientific level. I would be happy if Louis Godena as moderator of that list, would like to post here details of how people may subscribe to it. Meanwhile the internet is designed for networking, so I hope that relevant information on different sites will not be a problem and people will contribute themselves to making the connections that are most creative and productive. I will also ask Hans Ehrbar to keep this list informed of useful steps as they develop. None of this is compulsory of course. Perhaps it would useful to remind people how to unsubscribe. Send the message "unsubscribe marxism-psych" in the text part of the message to majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu If you want to see what happens in the coming months, wait for further developments. If you want to explore and contribute yourself, so much the better! Chris Burford, moderator. --- from list marxism-psych-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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