Minnesota E-Democracy Server and E-List Descriptions

G Scott Aikens (aikens@Free-Net.Mpls-StPaul.MN.US)
Tue, 1 Nov 1994 12:01:50 -0600 (CST) 

Welcome to Minnesota E-Democracy Project!

Please explore our Internet server, create a bookmark or add it to your WWW 
hotlist, and if your manage an Internet server develop a link to it from your 
site.

Cheers,
Steven Clift
E-Democracy Project Coordinator
clif0005@gold.tc.umn.edu

Scott Aikens
E-Debates Coordinator
aikens@free-net.mpls-stpaul.mn.us

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  Instructions on how to reach the Minnesota E-Democracy Internet Server  

World-Wide-Web: http://freenet.msp.mn.us:8000/govt/e-democracy/

Gopher: free-net.mpls-stpaul.mn.us, port 8001 
          Twin Cities Free-Net Main Menu/  (through these folders)
            The Government Center/
              The Minnesota E-Democracy Project/

      *The server is also listed on the "Mother" Gopher at the University
       of Minnesota (gopher.tc.umn.edu) via the following path: 
       /Other Gopher and Information Servers/North America/USA/Minnesota/

Telnet: free-net.mpls-stpaul.mn.us - Login: guest - No password necessary.  
        20 minute time limit.  VT100 terminal emulation advised.


E-mail      Send the following e-mail message to
Retrieval:  "Majordomo@Free-Net.Mpls-StPaul.MN.US" with the following 
            text (case-sensitive) in the message body:  info E-Democracy

*-* Sample Text from the E-Democracy WWW Home Page *-*:

THE MINNESOTA E-DEMOCRACY PROJECT

   Welcome to the Minnesota E-Democracy 1994 campaign and election
   information Internet server!

   The purpose of this non-partisan, volunteer effort is to provide
   public access to campaign information in electronic form and to help
   create an electronic public space for voters to discuss the election
   issues that they feel are important. This server is sponsored by the
   Twin Cities Free-Net.

   Vote! November 8, 1994, 7:00am - 8:00pm

Table of Contents:

       Project Description
       Text Submission and Volunteer Information
       Election and Voter Registration Information
       Voter Guides and Other Information
       E-Debates the first (?) of their kind
       Campaign Releases by Candidate 
       Search Text of Campaign and Election Information [WWW and Telnet only]
       Minnesota Politics and Public Policy E-Mail Forum and Archive 
       Links to Other Election Servers and Related Information 

Thank you for participating in Minnesota E-Democracy 1994. Please send your 
comments or questions to us at: E-Democracy@Free-Net.Mpls-StPaul.MN.US
            

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       Minnesota Politics and Public Policy Electronic-Mail Forum
   Minnesota E-Democracy 1994 Governor and U.S. Senate Electronic Debate

           Facilities provided by the Minnesota Regional Network
     
MN-POLITICS@MR.NET  
MN-POLITICS is an unmoderated Internet electronic-mail list for the sharing
of information on and discussion of Minnesota politics and public policy.
Members of this forum are encouraged to contribute campaign and election
information, announcements from Minnesota-focused political and civic
organizations, public policy and legislative information, and presentations
on issues of public interest.

The list encourages discussion from diverse political perspectives that is
respectful in nature.  This forum is more about the presentation of ideas
and information than being right with one's ideology.  As the membership
broadens,the forum will seek to contain informational postings that
represent the diverse political scene in Minnesota.

MN-DEBATE@MR.NET

MN-DEBATE is a moderated forum for the first electronic mail Gubernatorial and 
U.S. Senate debate to be held.  The Governor candidate debate will be held the 
week of October 24 and the U.S. Senate debate the week of October 31.  This 
e-mail forum will contain postings from the campaigns under an organized debate
format.  Those subscribed to MN-POLITICS will automatically receive the debate
postings.


E-mail users with Internet access can SUBSCRIBE by sending the
following command to:

            Majordomo@MR.NET       

In the text portion write*:
 
            subscribe mn-politics

To subscribe to just the E-Debate write:

            subscribe mn-debate


*WARNING:  Do NOT write anything after "mn-politics" or "mn-debate". Majordomo 
does not accept the inclusion of any text after the list name.  If text is 
included (like your name) we will not be able to notify you of this error.

MN-Politics List Manager:  Mick Souder - MASOUDER@ALEX.STKATE.EDU
MN-Debate List Manager:  Scott Aikens - aikens@free-net.mpls-stpaul.mn.us 
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