Your CIOS file request: COMGRADS hotline item

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Received:  by CIOS Mailer; Thursday 3 Oct 2002 08:08:10
Date:          Wed, 2 Oct 2002 08:01 -0400
To:            "Multiple recipients of COMGRADS" 
From:          clarkne  at appstate.edu
Subject:       Re: # of subscribers
According to the CIOS Hotlines page, Comgrads was created:

"For graduate and undergraduate students in communication studies 
interested in exchanging ideas on research and teaching, developing 
resources for the graduate school and employment application process, 
and creating a national and international student network."

That sounds like the mission statement that was originally written by 
Glenn Geiser-Getz (and others?) back in the early-90's when ComGrads 
started. I think there is a more complete description that comes to 
people in their subscription message, but I could be wrong there.

Is this (email listservs) an antiquated method for networking now? Good 
question! My gut reaction is to cry, "Say it isn't so!" But I'm not 
sure. I do think it is still useful, just not as novel (and thus 
attended to) as it once was. I think in this case what we've seen is a 
failure of one particular list to keep perpetuating itself by attracting 
new members. That's critical with a list targeting a group of people in 
a transitional state.

Norm


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