Message-ID: <199710290240.VAA12586@hiroshima.american.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 21:40:17 -0500 From: Jean-Claude Lorin <mailto:jlorin@SYNAPSE.NET> Subject: WELCOME TO enter-l To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Welcome both to oldtimers and newcomers to ENTER-L, an enterprise development discussion list which now has a brand new address and location mailto:(ENTER-L@enterweb.org ).The list is back in operation and seems to be working well. You can also now access current archives at http://www.enterweb.org/archives/
You will find hereunder a bit of background on ENTER-L and the new procedures
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ENTER-L Discussion List focuses on enterprise development in developed and developing countries, with special attention to micro and small enterprises. Topics for discussion include: definitions, the enabling environment, finance, supporting systems, training and training of trainers, education and enterprise development, technology, markets, the informal sector, the entrepreneur, networking, privatization, employment creation, urbanization, enterprise development programming and planning, gender and enterprise development, etc. (for more details on those topics you can go to http://www.enterweb.org/potopics.htm)
WHERE IS ENTER-L LOCATED?
ENTER-L is now housed by W3 Internet Services Ltd. Canada in Nova Scotia, which is also hosting the Global Knowledge 97 site (http://www.globalknowledge.org) as well as the ENTERWeb site (http://www.enterweb.org)
WHEN WAS ENTER-L STARTED?
ENTER-L was started in the fall of 1994 by Jean-Claude Lorin, an employee of the Canadian International Development Agency who is also the creator (on his free time) and owner of ENTERWeb The Enterprise Development Website (http://www.enterweb.org). ENTER-L was housed for three years in CIDA but became inoperative in September 1997 following an administrative decision to close the CIDA BBS. At that time there were 430 subscribers to the List (now down to 418 due to non responding e-mail accounts)
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO ENTER-L
(you can also find those instructions at http://www.enterweb.org/enter-l.htm but do not forget to hit the reload button)
1.Address e-mail to: mailto:majordormo@mail.hfx.w3internet.com 2.Leave SUBJECT blank 3.In the Message: subscribe ENTER-L 4.If you want to subscribe under another email address other than the one that you are sending the subscribe message from, you must place that email address in the message body as follows: subscribe ENTER-L mailto:email@prefered.host 5.If you use a "signature block" at the end of your mail, either put a line starting with a hyphen ("-") before your signature, or put a line with just the word "end" on it in the same place. 6.Then SEND the message
HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE TO ENTER-L
1.Address e-mail to: mailto:majordormo@mail.hfx.w3internet.com 2.Leave SUBJECT blank 3.In the Message: unsuscribe ENTER-L or unsubscribe ENTER-L mailto:email@what.you.registered.as 4.If you use a "signature block" at the end of your mail, either put a line starting with a hyphen ("-") before your signature, or put a line with just the word "end" on it in the same place. 5.Then SEND the message
HOW TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ENTER-L
1.Address e-mail to: mailto:ENTER-L@enterweb.org 2.If you want to reply to a message and send that reply to the List, hit the reply button and write your message 3.If you want to reply ONLY to the originator of the ENTER-L message, DO NOT hit the reply button as otherwise your reply will go to everyone on the List. Open a new message and cutpaste the address of the originator you want to reply to
Welcome and enjoy the discussions
Jean-Claude Lorin ENTER-L owner ENTERWeb webmaster mailto:jlorin@synapse.net http://www.enterweb.org