Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 21:10:19 -0500 From: IGLE@aol.com The Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education is a community based educational institution, which provides a forum for intellectual exchange, focussing on the shared and diverse experiences of lesbians and gay men. The Institutes efforts seek to break down institutional and cultural barriers that divide our community and separate us from society at large. The Institute offers courses on several subjects, and a Certificate in Gay and Lesbian Culture(see Certificate Program). The Institute has three terms a year: Fall, Winter and Spring. DATES Winter Term classes will run from Monday, January 16, through Saturday, March 25, 1995. Most classes meet one evening a week for a total of 10 sessions. There are exceptions. Please see the course descriptions for more information. FEES Fees for each course are noted in the catalog with the course description. The standard fee for a 10-week course is $170; a second 10-week course in the same semester costs $150. Workshops, special courses and five-week courses have varying fees, which are noted in the catalog with the course description. For students who are unemployed by reason of medical disability, the fee for a standard course is $85. Payment in full must be received by January 9, 1995 to secure your place in a course. Registration fees may be paid by check or charged to VISA or Mastercard. A full refund will be made to students who withdraw from a course prior to the first class meeting. A 50% refund will be made to students who give written notice of withdrawal prior to the third meeting of their course. Additional fees for photocopying or materials are required in some courses; materials fees are paid directly to the instructor and must be paid by cash or check. ENROLLMENT To enroll, mail in a registration form with the full fee enclosed. Fees must be paid in full by the first meeting of the class. All classes have a minimum enrollment of 10 students; classes are subject to cancellation on January 9, 1995, if this enrollment is not reached. Workshops are subject to cancellation one week before the first meeting if the minimum is not reached. Some classes are also subject to maximum enrollments. If you mail us a registration for a course that has reached the maximum, or if the course is cancelled, we will call you and offer you the choice of enrolling in another course or having your check returned. Students will be enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis. With the exception of some one day workshops, courses are open to all, regardless of sex or sexual orientation. All that is required is a serious interest in the topic and, in a few courses, certain prior educational qualifications. SCHOLARSHIPS The Whitman-Brooks Foundation, an educational foundation which provides scholarships to gay and lesbian students, is making available a limited number of full and partial course scholarships for students who want to attend the Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education. Scholarships will be awarded to students who can demonstrate a need for financial assistance. The deadline for application is January 5, 1995. To apply for a scholarship, call or write IGLE at the above address to request a scholarship application. IGLE strongly encourages those who feel they are eligible for the scholarship program to apply by the January 5, 1995, deadline. These scholarships are in addition to the fee reduction available to students with a medical disability. At this time we cannot make work-exchange arrangements for scholarship awards. CERTIFICATE PROGRAM We are working toward accreditationand licensing by the state. Until we are authorized to grant degrees by the state, we will be offering our own Certificate in Gay and Lesbian Culture. There is no extra charge for enrollment in the Certificate Program. Requirement for the Certificate is satisfactory completion of five certificate-approved courses. Of these five courses, no more than two may be from a single field (Science and Psychology, Writing and Literature, History, Creative Arts, Religion and Philosophy, Urban Studies, or other fields which may be added). If you are enrolled in the Certificate Program your course work will be evaluated (e.g. by term paper, written tests or classroom participation). If you are not enrolled in the Certificate Program you have the option of being evaluated or auditing the course. LOCATION The teaching locations are in or adjacent to the City of West Hollywood. The locations for each course will be announced shortly before the beginning of the semester. ADMINISTRATION The Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education is a California non-profit corporation with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status. It is run by an all volunteer Board of Directors with one paid staff member. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Meeting space for some IGLEclasses this term has been generously provided by the Los Angeles Free Clinic and SEARCH Alliance at the Ron Stone West Hollywood HIV Center. IGLE would like to acknowledge and thank both organizations for their assistance. The L.A. Free Clinic has been dedicated to providing free health care and human services since 1967. Phone (310) 289-2551 for information about HIV day programs and other services provided at the Ron Stone Center by L.A. Free Clinic, Being Alive and West Hollywood Cares. SEARCH Alliance is the nations first and only facility dedicated solely to community-based HIV/AIDS clinical trials. Phone them at (310) 358-2429 about possible participation in current and upcoming trials programs including: Allicin, Interlukin 2/ Gamma-Interferon and HGP-30. ********************************************************* 2) WINTER 1995 COURSES, WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES AT IGLE - SUMMARY LECTURE SERIES: The History of Queer Love Representations of Lesbians and Gay Men in Film and TV Queer Literature from a Sacred Perspective The Trials of Oscar Wilde CLASSES: PERFORMANCE AND DOCUMENTATION Video Activism Gay Sensibilities in Film Creating and Performing a Lesbigay Play WRITING AND LITERATURE Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Fiction Writing Works-In-Progress Beginning Level Screenwriting Intermediate Level Screenwriting HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND LANGUAGE Introduction to Queer Theory: Reinterpreting and Eliminating Boundaries Introduction to Lesbian and Gay History Introduction to Spanish WORKSHOPS: The Feature Film: Developing and Pitching the Story Aging Issues and Concerns for Gay Men: Struggling With The Passage Personal Financial Planning SPECIAL EVENT: Reading at A Different Light Bookstore, West Hollywood January 10 and 11, 1995 8:00 p.m. Students from Elisabeth Nonas Fiction Writing classes, which met in the Fall Term of 1994, will read from their work. ************************************************** 3) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What is IGLE, anyway? The Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education (IGLE) is an educational institution founded in 1992. Our mission is to provide a forum for intellectual exchange and to focus on the shared and diverse experiences of lesbian and gay men. Courses are offered on a variety of subjects of general interest and of particular interest to gays and lesbians. IGLEs efforts seek to break down institutional and cultural barriers that divide our community and separate us from society at large. Can I get a degree at IGLE? Right now, all courses offered at IGLE are considered avocational by the California Commission on Post-Secondary Education. That means we do not offer degrees or courses for credit. We offer a Certificate in Lesbian and Gay Culture (details on the General Information page of this catalog). We will apply for a license to grant degrees in the near future. Continuing Education courses that offer credit for certain licensed professions have been approved for credit by the appropriate state governing body. Can I get transfer credit for an IGLE course to a college or university? IGLE is not yet accredited, so course credit cannot be transferred. It may be possible to make an arrangement with individual instructors at your college or university to get credit for an IGLE course. Call the IGLE office for information about how to request credit. Who are the teachers at IGLE? IGLE instructors are academics and professionals from Southern California who support IGLEs mission. Most of them have full time affiliations with local universities or businesses. We do not yet have a full time teaching or office staff.. Who are the students at IGLE? In our five terms, IGLE has had about 400 students from all over Southern California. In our last term, the student body was about 70% men and 30% women. We are actively seeking to increase the proportion of women students. There is a broad range of ages and backgrounds. With the exception of some one-day seminars, all classes are open to all, regardless of sex or sexual orientation. What happens to courses that are offered and we cancelled because of low enrollment? Classes that were cancelled because of low enrollment can be offered again if the teachers are willing. Are there scholarships? Yes. There are scholarships for people who need financial assistance. There is also a fee reduction for people who are unemployed because of a medical disability. See General Information for details. 4) WORKSHOP, LECTURE AND COURSE DETAILS WORKSHOPS THE FEATURE FILM: DEVELOPING AND PITCHING THE STORY So you have an idea. A good one; good enough to be a feature film. Now what do you do with it? Where do you go? Should you sell it, find a writer, take a chance and write it yourself on spec? How do you sell it - to a studio, to an independent: Who are the independents and what do they do that is different from the studios? What about raising your own financing? If you go to a studio, how do you make the presentation? What if you want to write or direct? If you pitch it and they like it, what kind of a deal can you make? Then what happens? Come to this workshop ready to pitch an idea. In the course of analyzing both the presentation and the story content, we will cover all of the above topics and more. At the end of the day, participants will come away with a practical knowledge of the inner workings of a film studio, particularly as it relates to story development. Susan Merzbach, been involved with the story side of the film industry since 1972. She is on the faculty of the American Film Institute and has worked in major studios as well as with independent production companies. Her most recent credits are as co-producer of When a Man Loves a Woman (Clavius Base/ Touchstone) and of Restoration (Segue Production/ Miramax). SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 10 AM- 5 PM FEE: $55 THERE WILL BE A ONE HOUR LUNCH BREAK. PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING The emphasis in this course is on achieving financial security. Topics to be covered include saving, investing for the best return, planning your spending, making buying decisions, credit management, insurance, record-keeping, and retirement and estate planning. The workshop will be offered on two Saturday mornings with some assignments between the two meetings. James M. Andre, Ph.D, has been teaching finance courses at the University of Southern California since 1984. With over fifteen years of prior business experience, he brings a practitioners viewpoint to the classroom. Dr. Andre has been involved in manufacturing, retail, mortgage banking, consulting and real estate. He is also a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). TWO SATURDAYS, FEBRUARY 11 & 24 10 AM- 1 PM FEE: $55 AGING ISSUES AND CONCERNS FOR GAY MEN: STRUGGLING WITH THE PASSAGE This workshop is designed to explore and identify the primary aging issues gay men struggle to cope with, including a focus on ways to decrease isolation. Dialogue and exercises will focus on the impact of getting older on areas such as sexuality, body image, self-acceptance, isolation, meeting people, career direction and changing relationship needs. Paul Oberon, Psy. D., is a psychotherapist who has worked extensively with gay men on aging issues. He runs support/therapy groups for gay men over 40 in association with Gregory Travis, Ph.D. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1-4PM FEE: $30 LECTURES This winter term, IGLE will offer a lecture series on alternate Wednesday evenings. These lectures will feature speakers who look at both how the world has looked at lesbians and gay men and how gays and lesbians look at and experience the world. Join us for lecture and discussion at IGLE. FEE: $5 AT THE DOOR February 8: The History of Queer Love - Winston Wilde February 22: Representations of Lesbians and Gay Men in Film and TV - Sylvia Rhue, Ph.D. (associated scholar at USC) March 8: Queer Literature from a Sacred Perspective - Randy Conner, M.A. (visiting scholar at USC) March 22: The Trials of Oscar Wilde - Matthew Markotic, J.D. COURSES CREATIVE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION *New Course* VIDEO ACTIVISM Certificate Program Course #C13C Through a combination of lecture, guest presentations from professional and activist producers, tours of local facilities, and hands-on practice, students will learn the basic skills needed to script, film, edit and present a video project on their local public access cable channel. Featuredguests will include Karen Ocamb (producer of KCBS Evening News), David Reid (studio exec and creator of the first 24-hour gay network, Dr. Sylvia Rhue (documentarian), Karen Kiss and Paris Poirier (producers and directors of documentary films, including Last Call at Maudes), and Nicholas Snow, Doug Lee Long and Steven J. McCarthy (video activists currently programming on public access). For practical experience, the class will collectively produce a talking hea ds show at a local access studio, as well as collaborate on a short format video project of the students choosing. Class members will have the option of collaborating with students from other IGLE classes on projects. Course topics will include handicam filming technique, lighting and sound engineering, inexpensive equipment sources, production sites, guerrilla video, and cheap or free public access facilities. This course will not replace a film school curriculum, but students will learn the basics of how to do a video right. Access to a video camera is desirable but not required. Bob LaFont had produced the award-winning weekly access program The Gay and Lesbian News in Long Beach since 1990. He has also produced the GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Activists Against Defamation) on-air radio segment, radio and television public service announcements, and training and educational videos for a number of organizations, including GLAAD, AIDS Project Los Angeles, The Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center, Human Rights Campaign Fund and Hollywood Supports. He is a Cable Communications Advisory Commissioner for the City of Long Beach, and serves on the board of Being Alive, Long Beach. WEDNESDAYS, 7-10 PM; STARTS JANUARY 18 FEE: $170 *New Course* CREATING ANDPERFORMING A LESBIGAY PLAY Certificate Program Course #C14C Have you ever wanted to create and perform a lesbian/gay play? Through discussion, the class will choose a story line, then create and develop scenes and characters through improvisation and by using basic acting exercises. The dialogue will be recorded and a rough script written. With continued, directed interaction, the class will set the plays structure and produce a final script. With the script in hand, rehearsals will begin and, at the end of the course, the class will perform the play for an audience. This course will give students an opportunity to be a part of every aspect of putting together a play and to have a good time doing it. Pre-requisites: Some acting experience or the desire to act and write. Materials needed: Paper, pencil and lots of imagination. Jean Rasey has been a professional actress for nearly 20 years, and has appeared in numerous stage productions, starred and co-starred in many television shows, and been featured in hundreds of national commercials. Her training has been extensive and she has lectured and taught throughout her professional career. She looks forward to teaching lesbians and gays in an open environment such as IGLE provides. MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 15 STUDENTS. MONDAYS 7-10 PM; STARTS JANUARY 16 FEE: $170 GAY SENSIBILITIES IN FILM Certificate Program Course #C12C This course is an explanation of gay mens identity from the birth of the film to the present. Well observe, recognize and share our lives, feelings and emotions as projected on the silver screen. Gay sensibilities include a constellation of stars, behaviors, styles, personal, images, themes and stories that embody the dominant qualities of our individual psyches and the collective soul of our community. Well watch clips from dozens of the great films of past and present, including: The Boys in the Band, All About Eve, The Women, Sunset Boulevard, Now Voyager, Taxi zum Klo, The Naked Civil Servant, The Conformist, Scorpio Rising, The Living End, Parting Glances and a potpourri of gay erotic films. There is no single gay sensibility revealed in film; come discover the various strands of related themes and perspectives. The experience of meaning of movies for gay men include the recognition and exploration of masculine and feminine myths and archetypes from Brando, Dean and Clift to Farland, Monroe and Davis. Films will be screened in large format, on a 40 television. This class will meet in the Silverlake area. David Fertik has an MFA in cinema from USC, and has taught at USC, Cal State Long Beach, and Cerritos College. He was a long-time member of the Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Entertainment Industry. MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT 10. MONDAYS, 7-10 PM; STARTS JANUARY 16 FEE: $170 WRITING AND LITERATURE LESBIAN AND GAY FICTION WRITING WORKSHOPS Lesbian and gay fiction has expanded not only beyond the coming-out story buy also beyond being a niche market. IGLE currently offers two workshops for the writer interested in creating fiction which presents a mature vision of lesbian and gay life. Both classes are designed to bring together writers who are looking for a safe and supportive environment in which to begin, finish, or polish fiction of any length. Guest authors will speak to each class. Each class will culminate in a reading at A Different Light Bookstore in West Hollywood. INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN AND GAY FICTION WRITING Certificate Program Course #T6C If you havent written in a while, dont know where to begin, or need the motivation and discipline of weekly meetings, this introductory level workshop will provide a safe, supportive and intimate setting in which to work. Topics include: key elements of fiction-characterization, plot, setting, point-of-view, dialogue and the writing process, including inspiration, discipline, block, and research. Students will complete two at-home writing assignments and one 10-page short story or novel excerpt. MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 12 TUESDAYS 7-10 PM; STARTS JANUARY 17. FEE: $170 WORKS-IN-PROGRESS Certificate Program Course #T7C This limited-enrollment workshop is designed to bring together writers who are working on stories or novels in progress. Students work and needs will govern the direction of this course. Using the basic techniques covered in introductory-level courses as a point-of-departure, the workshop focuses on students writing, drawing on outside reading to further illustrate topics under discussion. Contents will be related to works-in-progress. Topics will include (but not limited to): structure, content, voice and tone, theme, character, beginnings and endings. Prerequisites: Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Fiction Writing, or the permission of the Instructor. Elisabeths guidance/direction, is ideal both for the beginning and the more experienced writer. Her observations and suggestions are always right-on, constructive and helpful. She has that rare ability to nurture, stroke and yet consistently demand more from her students. Elisabeth Nonas, MFA, teaches both fiction writing classes. She is a noveli st and screenwriter whose hovels include For Keeps, A Room Full of Women (which is being made into a motion picture) and Staying Home. She is co-author, with Simon LeVay, of the forthcoming Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture. She has also written scripts for television, articles for The Advocate, and has adapted Paul Monettes novel Afterlife for the screen. She teaches fiction writing at UCLA Extension and at IGLE. MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 12 THURSDAYS 7-10PM, STARTS JANUARY 19 FEE: $170 QUEER SCREENWRITING Two screenwriting courses are offered; both concentrate on instructing and motivating students to produce a professional quality feature screenplay. BEGINNING LEVEL SCREENWRITING Certificate Program Course #T10C This professional level workshop is a hard-working, career-changing practical guide to writing the feature screenplay. Working with whatever you want to write (gay and lesbian content, straight with a queer twist, or anything else), students will be led through a series of writing assignments (including homework) designed to get them on the way to writing a feature film. Class topics include: the use of conflict, design of the page, plot progression, character arc, building scenes and sequences, dialogue techniques, pitching treatments, and the five-act structure. In 10 weeks, students will develop an idea for a feature film and write the first 35 pages of scene work. Students can expect to spend 10-15 hours each week on written assignments. The course test will be Dr. Boyles book, soon to be published by CMC Press. There are no prerequisites, although students should have access to a computer or typewriter. Excellent - Dr. Boyle boils down the essence of complicated theories and presents them in easy-to-understand language. The mystery of screenwriting has been explained! MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 20 THURSDAYS, 7-10 PM; STARTS JANUARY 19 FEE: $190 + $50 MATERIALS FEE TO BE PAID DIRECTLY TO INSTRUCTOR. INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCREENWRITING Certificate Program Course #T11C This class is designed to help students finish their first feature screenplay and is a natural continuation of Beginning Level Screenwriting. While the beginning level is dense with new information from lectures and exercises, this intermediate level is more of a writing circle. The course will set a rigorous and demanding schedule: for each class session students must complete 15 new pages of script work, expected to be of professional standard, and will be asked to mail their pages to each other and to the instructor in order to give everyone an opportunity to read the new work before each class meeting. As time permits, the students pages will be read and discussed in class, allowing for instant feedback and constructive suggestions to be made and providing concrete encouragement for changes in structure, style, plot or character which can form the basis for the next 15 pages. This course is NOT about going back to correct previous sets of pages in order to get them right, but about moving forward. Prerequisite: All students must submit the first 30 pages of a feature screenplay, plus a treatment/synopsis of pages 31-120 directly to the instructor by January 6, 1995. Call the IGLE office for information. Jim Boyle, Ph.D., teaches both screenwriting classes. He has taught for 17 years at USC Cinema/TV. He has worked at the Dallas Screenwriting Association and the Latino Writing Association. In 1980, he taught a similar class at GLCSC (The Center), and many of those students are how published and working as writers. Some of his distinguished students include Ed Saxon (producer of Philadelphia and Devil In A Blue Dress), Hane Hampshire (producer of  Natural Born Killers) and Gregg Araki (The Doom Generation). TUESDAYS, 7-10PM FOR 5 WEEKS STARTS JANUARY 17 THIS CLASS MEETS ALTERNATE WEEKS: 1/17, 1/31, 2/14, 2/28 AND 3/14 FEE: $135 + ESTIMATED EXPENSES OF $40 FOR PHOTOCOPYING & POSTAGE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND LANGUAGE *NEW COURSE* INTRODUCTION TO QUEER THEORY: REINTERPRETING AND ELIMINATING BOUNDARIES Certificate Program Course #T12C Queer Theory is an approach to examining what is presented in society (through writing and film) through the eyes of those on the margins of society. The purpose of this course is to shake the foundation of the belief system of western civilization in which we have all been educated. Everything you think you are, you are not. This curse will reinterpret classic heterosexual and homosexual texts, in conjunction with works by current film and gender theorists, as it seeks to expose and define the various facets of constructionist theory. Texts will range from Platos The Symposium and Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre to Oscar Wildes the Decay of Lying and Judith Butlers Gender Trouble. Among the issues to be considered: What is the difference between sex and gender, and to what extent are they products of environment and society? What are homosocial themes, as opposed to homosexual themes, and how have each of them been treated by traditional literary scholars? What are gay texts and how have they been treated by literary scholarship. How should we, as lesbians and gays, interpret what we read? The first class session will be spent in the pursuit of establishing working definitions of constructionist and essentialist thought; definitions that will, of course, be obsolete by the second class session as we continue to redefine existing boundaries. Lynn Eckersley has an M.A. in English Literature and is currently completing her dissertation, entitled Between Women: Female Homosocial Representation and Interpretation from Behn to Lennox, at The Claremont Graduate School. She teaches writing at Pasadena City College. Her primary academic interests are in literary theory and its role in reinventing the canon, Restoration drama and eighteenth century pornography. TUESDAYS, 7-10PM, START JANUARY 18 FEE: $170 *NEW COURSE* INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN AND GAY HISTORY Certificate Program Course #E2C This class will focus on the last 100 years of gay and lesbian history. The course features lectures, readings, guest speakers, videos and discussions about the events, personalities and trends in this dynamic period. In addition, the class will explore the process of doing gay and lesbian history. Every member of the class will be involved in a group project (most of which will be done in-class) exploring a topic of interest to them. The course will provide the necessary skills for each member to be a gay or lesbian historian, including archival research, interviewing, documentary analysis and contextualization. (About equal time will be spent on content and process.) Possible topics: Boston Marriages, the Holocaust, gays in World War II, the Mattachine Society, McCarthyism, Stonewall, lesbian separatism, media images, gays and politics. There are no prerequisites for the course other than a desire to learn and participate. David Bianco, has an M.A. in History from Stanford University. His areas of interest include Gay and Lesbian history, African-American History and Modern Jewish history. He currently teaches at the Stephen Wise Community Hig h School and has also taught in San Jose and San Francisco. WEDNESDAYS, 7-10 PM, START JANUARY 18 FEE: $170 INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH Certificate Program Course #A3 If you cant speak Spanish, you are missing out on half of Los Angeles culture. This introductory course focuses primarily on how to speak and understand Spanish in a practical context, but emphasizes correct grammar and syntax, too. It is designed both for beginners and for students with some limited knowledge of the language. By the end of the course, you will not be a fluent Spanish speaker, but you will have the basic tools to communicate with Spanish speakers, and hence to improve further by practical experience. The teacher created a challenging yet comfortable learning environment and his passion for the subject was obvious....It is so wonderful to be in a class with all gays and lesbians. Jerry Hyde, has many years of experience teaching Spanish at the high school level. He is now a corporate associate of the nightclub Rage. He also has a gem importing business which has involved him in extensive travel in South America. MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS, 7:00-8:30PM OR MONDAYS 7-10PM STARTS JANUARY 16 FEE: $170 ******************************** 5) REGISTRATION FORM SEND TO: THE INSTITUTE OF GAY AND LESBIAN EDUCATION 626 N. Robertson Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90068 Telephone: 3106521786 E-mail: igle@aol.com Name.......................................................................... .............................................. Address....................................................................... .............................................. City....................................................State................. ........Zip Code.......................... Phone Home( )..............................................Work( )..................................... Social Security #..............-...............-............... COURSE NO. COURSE OR EVENT TITLE FEE .......................................... ....................... ........................... $................. .......................................... .................................................. $................. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOLARSHIP FUND $................. TOTAL $................. Please make checks payable to I.G.L.E. and mail this form and payment to the above address or : Charge the total to VISA........... or Mastercard.............(please check). Name as it appears on the card (please print)................................. ................................................... Card Number................................................................... .......Expiration Date.................................... Signature of cardholder....................................................... ................................................................ I cannot register for a course this term, but O - Please add me to the mailing list O - I would like to make a contribution to O - the general fund O - the scholarship fund O - I would like to volunteer time and/or skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For general unmoderated discussion, mail to "la-motss@flash.usc.edu". Announcements ONLY should be mailed to "la-motss-announce@flash.usc.edu." To be added or removed, mail to la-motss-request@flash.usc.edu. If adding, indicate whether you wish to receive all discussions or announcements only.