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Dear usenetters,

Since one week now we here in Hannover/FRG got The European Students 
Mailing List - eurosmail set up.
Why such a list and how to subscribe is written in the information
file enclosed.

Please distribute the information to the contacts You have within 
europe so many people know about it and we get an overview about the 
situation of students in European countries.
If the information text suits You, You are welcomed to publish it in 
your magazine.

There was already some traffic on the list. The articles can be found 
in the WWW.
URL: http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~ingoj/eurosmail/index.html

I hope that You would like to participate.

LOVE, PEACE & RESPECT

Ingo Jaeger
e-mail: Ingo.Jaeger@stud.uni-hannover.de

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WHY A EUROPEAN STUDENTS MAILING LIST?

Obviously Europe is growing together. Many issues of societies
are already decided upon by the EU and not anymore by the
national governments.
Although educational issues are still decided upon by the member
states, an advice can be given by the EU (Maastricht Treaty
Paragraph 126 and 127).
In this decision making process, i.e. the year of Livelong
Learning, students didn't play an important role.

Also arguments i.e. to change the financial support into a
credit based system or to introduce student fees are always
backed by the development in other European countries. Ministers
take situations in other European countries, either good or bad,
as facts to back their unsocial and authoritarian changes within
their countries. They are using the students lack of information
about the situation in other European countries and our
currently weak organisational skills.

Therefore students need to establish stronger links on the
European level.

It is a necessity to exchange information about organising
meetings, seminars and workshops. They should exchange their
ideas on developing policies and demands.

Hopefully students in Europe will later coordinate themselfs to
run campaigns and doing direct actions on a european scale.

MAILING LIST <-> NEWSGROUP

I am aware of the fact that there are already some newsgroups on
the Internet dealing with issues concerning student in higher
education. This mailing list will not try to copy them. It
should be an additional offer.

A mailing list has the advantage to reach people who have an
e-mail address, but no access to the Internet.

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE THE LIST

Just send a mail with Subject: 'ticket [ your.address ]' and
empty mailbody to "listmanager@stud.uni-hannover.de" .

E.g. Subject: ticket

     Subject: ticket myname@domain.de

Then you get your ticket for subscribe/unsubscribe and a help
file via email.

Send this ticket with 'Subject: subscribe' to
eurosmail-request@stud.uni-hannover.de.

If you want to send an mail to the list, send it to
eurosmail@stud.uni-hannover.de.

WHAT SHOULD BE FOUND IN THE EUROPEAN STUDENT MAILING LIST

In Europe there are about 5000 universities and all of them have
a student body and a regular publication.

I would like to invite all of You producers and readers of
theses regulars to post the articles and comments.
Especially if you are doing some action, i.e. a strike or 
demonstration, let us know about it. 

For the "representatives" of students and youth on the local,
national and european level, i.e. members of the executive in
ESIB and the Youth Forum, this list could be a chance for more
transparency of Your work.

So please let us know about what is going on in the Commission
and the Parliament of the EU and other relevant bodies, i.e.
Council of Europe.

Additionally there should be announcements about festivals,
seminars or other meetings You organize, i.e. ISFiT, ISWI,
ISWinT,...
A regular forward of the calender from UNITED or NEWSLETTER-ICP
would be nice.

Of course everybody who would like to comment on certain issues
should do so. Perhaps we could discuss some interessting topics
through the list as well.

But please keep in mind, this list should mainly distribute NEWS and
INFORMATION.
Progressive news and information is highly welcomed.

Besides individuals and organizations from outside Europe are also
invited to participate. I highly appreciate the regular of the Asian
Students Associations ASA-NEWS.
Probably we could start some solidarity actions.

WHAT SHOULD BE N O T FOUND IN THE EUROPEAN STUDENT MAILING LIST

This is not a chat or flirt line. Noise, flames, sexist, racist
and fascist comments/articles will not be forwarded as long as I
am moderating this list.

WHAT LANGUAGE SHOULD BE USED?

The language barrier is one of the first problems people face
when they meet on the international level.

If you like to post an article in your mothertongue and you have
no other alternative, please do so. But be aware of the fact
that i.e. an article in German is difficult to understand for
non-German speaking people and therefore would not develop its
full potential.

My advice would be to write in English or French.

ADMINISTRATIONAL COMMENTS

As mentioned above, this will be a moderated list. I will try to
read all of the incoming mailings and forward them. I will get
support from Andreas Duwe in Luebeck.

This project should run for one year until the 31st of december
1997.

In November 97 should be a decision on if and how this mailing
lists future should look like. This assumes, of course, that
there is a demand for this mailing list.

PERSONAL REMARKS

I think it is necessary to introduce myself, so you know a
little bit about myself and my past activities.

My name is Ingo Jaeger. I was two year full time officer for
international affairs at the student union of Hannover
University (1993-1995).

During that time I took part in several national and
international meetings, conferences and festivals.

Some examples:
- International Student Week in Ilmenau - ISWI 1993
- The international students conference CHIASMUS in Aarhus 1993
- Since autumn 93 regular participation at ESIB-National Union
  of students in Europe seminars and board meetings
- Alternative Forum paralell to the IMF/Worldbank Meeting in
  Madrid 1994,
- EU Countersummit and official summit in Essen 1994

A major lack in between these meetings was the lack of
communication. Additionally not many people got to know about
the statements and ideas of the participants.

With this mailing list I hope to establish a permanent
information flow, so people don't have to invent the whee
over and over again before start working.

LOVE, PEACE & RESPECT

Ingo Jaeger

Address: Ingo.Jaeger@stud.uni-hannover.de 
URL: http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~ingoj
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