Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 23:06:45 -0500 (EST) From: Jason Hungerford *** PLEASE POST FAR AND WIDE *** January 31, 1997 Today the long-awaited and much-anticipated YOUTH lists officially opened. The premise for the YOUTH lists is to establish an outlet for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and supportive youth ages 21 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. These two new email lists (YOUTH13-17 & YOUTH17-21) is 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, and since it is through email, you won't have to wait for several days for a moderator to post your message. The YOUTH13-17 list is for youth 17 and under ONLY. Subscribers under 13 are permitted on the list. Subscribers who are older than 17 are NOT allowed on this list; however, if they are between the ages of 17 and 21 they may subscribe to the YOUTH17-21 list. Seventeen-year-olds are given the choice of subscribing to either the younger 13-17 list, or the older 17-21 list, or to 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. The list will try its best to remain youth ONLY. SUBSCRIPTION: YOUTH13-17 Send mail to: listproc@critpath.org In the body of your message type: subscribe youth13-17 [YourName] YOUTH17-21 Send mail to: listproc@critpath.org In the body of your message type: subscribe youth17-21 [YourName] Without the brackets, YourName can be your real name, an alias name, or your email address. Subscription requests are then sent to the List Owner for approval. After sending a subscription request, the List Owner will send a copy of the list's general rules and guidelines. Upon notification of your agreement to the rules and guidelines established for the list, you will be subscribed to the list. Again, this may seem like a lot of red-tape, but is for the protection of the subscribers and for the integrity of the list to remain YOUTH ONLY. FOR MORE INFO: YOUTH13-17 Send mail to: listproc@critpath.org With message: info youth13-17 YOUTH17-21 Send mail to: listproc@critpath.org With message: info youth17-21 Or contact a YOUTH List staff member: Jason Hungerford (age 19), YOUTH13-17 & YOUTH17-21 List Owner James Miller (age 16), YOUTH13-17 List Manager Katherine Lund (age 19), YOUTH17-21 List Manager Mike Malecki (age 15), YOUTH13-17 Assistant List Manager Gavin Malette (age 20), YOUTH17-21 Assistant List Manager