Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 12:59:58 -0400 From: Jason Hungerford - Internet Youth Guardian Subject: NEW Email List: YOUTH21-25 *** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY *** October 11, 1997 Today, on National Coming Out Day, a new email support/discussion list officially launches for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and straight supportive (here on out referred to as gay+) youth ages 21 to 25. TO SUBSCRIBE: Send mailto:listproc@critpath.org With message: subscribe youth21-25 YOURNAME Replace the phrase YOURNAME with your real name, an alias name, or your email address All commands MUST be in the BODY of the message -- not in the subject The YOUTH21-25 is the third email list that joins the other youth only email lists hosted by CritPath.Org (The Critical Path Project). The other two lists are YOUTH13-17 and YOUTH17-21. GENERAL: The premise for the YOUTH lists is to establish an outlet for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and supportive youth ages 25 and under to talk with each other concerning such issues as coming out, schools, parents, friends, relationships, and other gay-related and non-gay-related youth issues. The three email lists (YOUTH13-17, YOUTH17-21, and YOUTH21-25) are the first of its kind to offer a conversational/chat/support youth group in an email form. The email lists solve some problems that newsgroups, IRC, and chat rooms have. Email is quick, easy, convienent, and the most accessible. Not everyone knows how to subscribe to newsgroups, or to enter chat rooms, or even have the access capability to do so. But anyone with an email address can have access to this new list. The YOUTH lists are for youth ONLY. Seventeen-year-olds are given the choice of subscribing to either the 13-17 list, or the 17-21 list, or to both lists. Twenty-one-year-olds are given the choice of subscribing to either the 17-21 list, the 21-25 list, or both lists. The YOUTH lists have a strict age guideline in order to hopefully solve the problem of older people hanging around in supposed youth forums. The age policy will be strictly enforced on the list. Although there is no absolute way to gaurantee that a subscriber is within the proper age range, if it comes to the attention of the list owner that a particular subscriber is over the permitted age then that subscriber will be immediately removed from the list. The list will try its best to remain youth ONLY. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Send mailto:listproc@critpath.org With message: info youth21-25 The YOUTH lists are owned and operated by: Youth Guardian Services 8667 Sudley Road #262 Manassas, VA 20110 Youth Guardian Services is an organization pending non-profit status, that is completely run by and for youth. The organization is currently in great need of donations to continue its operations on the Internet as well as in local communities. Donations of any dollar amount are very much appreciated. Checks may be made payable to Youth Guardian Services and mailed to the address above. Cash donations may also be sent at the risk of the sender. Please include your email address and/or snail mail address information with your donation to receive a confirmation of receipt. For more information about Youth Guardian Services, please email Jason Hungerford, Executive Director, at jason@youth-guard.org -- Jason Hungerford - Internet Youth Guardian jason@critpath.org | http://www.critpath.org/~jason ListOwner: YOUTH13-17 & YOUTH17-21 Email Lists http://www.critpath.org/youth ListOwner: SCHOOLS Email List http://www.critpath.org/schools ListAssistant: PFLAG-TALK Email List http://www.critpath.org/pflag-talk "I guess I thought I could never feel the things I feel now"