GREEN PARTY E-MAIL LISTS

E-mail lists are a simple and effective way of communication across the Internet. The list enables each subscriber to send a message to all the other subscribers to it, and all to contribute to and see the ensuing discussion. Each list has an address to which messages are sent for such "posting". E-mail lists are sometimes called e-mail conferences, groups or forums (not "fora").

The Green Party of England & Wales, the Scottish Green Party and their sister parties have a number of e-mail lists. Some are for GP members only, others are open to anyone interested. Posting to a GP list is usually restricted to its subscribers, so the list avoids spam from outside. All subscriptions are free unless indicated otherwise. Details of the lists, contacts and how to join appear below. If you have more general queries, please contact John Norris.

The Green Party of England & Wales - lists for GP members

{GP-L} is the main list for internal information and discussion in The Green Party. All members are welcome, and members of sister GPs can subscribe as guests. The list is managed by John Norris, and hosted at eGroups. To join, e-mail John, listing your name, postal address and the Green Party which holds your membership.
Note: {GP-L} replaced the former {gpty.internal} at GreenNet.

{GP-resources} is a specialised list for internal discussion and dissemination in The Green Party of press releases, letters, briefings, responses to consultations, and other materials useful to local and area parties, their candidates and press officers. All members are welcome, and members of sister GPs can subscribe as guests. The list is managed by Martin Hughes-Jones and John Norris, and hosted at eGroups. To join, e-mail John, listing your name, postal address and the Green Party which holds your membership.

{GP-webteam} is primarily an administrative list for the team working on The Green Party's Web site, but is open to other GP members interested. The list is managed by John Norris for team co-ordinator Chris Dixon, and hosted at ONElist. To join, e-mail Chris or John.

{gp-yorks} is a new list for GP members in Yorkshire. It is being developed by Joe Otten, and is hosted at eGroups. To join, e-mail Joe.

Scottish Green Party - list for members

{scotgp} is the list for internal information and discussion among members of the independent Scottish Green Party. All members are welcome, and members of sister GPs can subscribe as guests. The list is managed by John Norris, and hosted at eGroups. To join, e-mail John, listing your name, postal address and the Green Party which holds your membership.

UK Green open lists

{gpty.uk.ref} is an older list for GP materials. Current use is limited, because it has been largely superseded by the more active {GP-resources}. However, this list is still open to anyone interested, and is now hosted by Cameron Spitzer at {greens.org}. To join, e-mail Cameron.

{gpty.uk.forum} is an older list for discussion with GP members, hardly used at all now. Discussion is on {GP-L}. However, this list is still open to anyone interested, and is now hosted by Cameron Spitzer at {greens.org}. To join, e-mail Cameron.

Note: The hosting of these UK lists at {greens.org} now replaces that at GreenNet, whose problems led to their decline. Cameron is currently reorganising lists at {greens.org}, and there may be changes affecting these two. For further information or to make comments or suggestions, please e-mail John Norris.

International Green lists

{green-islands} promotes communication between GP members in Britain and Ireland. The Green Islands network comprises the GPs of England, Ireland, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and meets twice a year; details are circulated on this list. {green-islands} is used by delegates and the co-secretaries, and is open to any member of those GPs. The list is managed by John Norris, co-secretary with Lucille Ryan-O'Shea, and hosted at eGroups. To join, e-mail John, listing your name, postal address and the Green Party which holds your membership.
Note: {green-islands} replaced the former {gpty.grnisles} at GreenNet.

{north-sea-greens} is for the North Sea Greens network in the European Federation of GPs. The list is for the member GPs' offices, delegates and network co-ordinator Caroline Hoffmann, but is open to others by agreement of a national delegate. Currently the main topic of the network is fisheries. The list is managed by John Norris for the network, and hosted at eGroups. To ask to join, e-mail John, listing your name, postal address and the Green Party which holds your membership, or ask one of your party's delegates; the delegates from The Green Party of England & Wales are John and David Wood.

{baltic-greens} is being started for the Baltic Sea Greens network in the European Federation of GPs. The initial list is member GPs' offices, delegates and the network Bureau, but it is open to other GP members on request. The list is managed by John Norris for the Bureau, and hosted at ONElist. To join, e-mail Stefan Hansen, co-ordinator at the Bureau.

{EFGP-network} is being started for the European Federation of GPs. The list is intended for the member GPs' offices, delegates and the Federation office in Brussels, and will include the official circulations from the office. However, other GP members can be included. The list is managed by Niki Kortvelyessy for the Federation Committee, and hosted at GreenNet. To ask to join, e-mail Niki.
Note: This list replaces the former {gpty.eur.ref} and {gpty.eur.forum} at GreenNet.

{gpty.intl} aims to spread information among Greens around the world, and is open to all. A feature is the range of postings and repostings from other GP lists offered by Californian Green Mike Feinstein. The list is managed by Cameron Spitzer, and hosted at {greens.org}. To join, e-mail Cameron.
Note: This hosting at {greens.org} replaces that at GreenNet.

The biggest single range of lists is the forums at {greens.org} in California, run by Cameron Spitzer. The emphasis is on the US, but other English-speaking lists are included. It includes gpty.uk.ref, gpty.uk.forum and gpty.intl above. The main list for US Greens, open to members of other GPs, is currently {grns-usa-forum}. For more information e-mail Cameron.

• {greens.org} run by Cameron Spitzer, in California. Cameron offers lists to Greens using Majordomo software, for which detailed instructions are provided, and asks for a modest donation to help with costs.
• eGroups, a commercial provider. They offer free list hosting in exchange for including advertising. They are the most popular free host, but they are currently under a cloud because of difficulties with new HTML advertising added to messages.
• ONElist, a commercial provider preferred by some to eGroups. They offer free list hosting in exchange for including advertising. The ONElist interface is not as well liked, but their addition of advertising is less intrusive.