Listserv Gateway
Listserv Gateway Overview
First, a word of warning. These are conversations among adults and people from across a broad community. We are glad to introduce you based on the recommendations of leaders in HHN. Some of the most important discussions channels among the community working on the harms of fracking and gas and oil development are never on websites, blogs or easily accessible public channels.
Some of our best organizers, work only in email! In fact, Google Groups, listservs and email discussion threads are essential communications channels to get to know each other, asking for help, serve others, organize and have discussion.
Second, these discussions are often informally set up and are locally moderated and promoted via word of mouth. They can be hard to find and get plugged into the discussion. Many leaders that are a part of this network also participate in discussion or manage a group discussion of their own. If a new thread pops up as people organize let us know. New discussions pop up with new pipelines, threats, incidents, conferences, wells, etc.
Third, we want to do our best to help plug you into the discussions and also help those organizing the discussions more quickly add people they can trust. The lists are set up by volunteers or staff stretched thin. They want people to benefit form the work they do moderating the list but we want to make their efforts as easy as possible. Please fill out all the information they ask for and be nice.
Finally, these don't always pan out. They don't always last forever. Our data gets old over time. If the discussion is dead or worthless please let us know so we can stop recommending them to others.
Here are some example of topics and threads you won't see on any site except on some of these local email discussion threads:
- **Asthma to Cancer, 'Blistering' New Report Details Human Cost of Fracking**
- **issued Cease and Desist by JKLM Energy for...**
- ** Injection Well EPA Permit ISSUED - ****
- **DEP Sets 3 Public Hearings On Proposed Shell Ethane Pipeline**
- **golf course may be site of natural gas wells, about 200 houses - > ignored by the media**
- **Climate change is fueled by fracking - that's an important reason to ban it **
Get Introduced to the Moderators
- The first step is getting your information and interest so we can make sure you are an ally and not a troll.Or your at least a friendly troll.
- Some moderators have asked us for some specific information before making the introduction. These are questions or information that moderators have asked us to collect and try to verify before we pass folks along so they can ask you join the listserves.
- Remember we are only making the introduction. Accepting you and adding you to these listservs is up to the moderator.
Recommend A Good Listserv
Is there a listserv that would be valuable to the network?
You can add a list to the listserv gateway to help the right people get connected.
The first step is completing our listserv gateway recommendation form – providing information such as:
- How should we describe it?
- What is a summary of the types of conversations welcome?
- Is it moderated?
- How many messages in the average week?
- What are some samples in the last month (just subject lines. titles, etc?)
- Who is the moderator we should reach out to with people that are interested in joining?
- What kind of background do they want on people before they are extended an invitation to join the group?
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