🚀 go-pugleaf

> On my way out of the building I noticed a dozen or so journalists in the
> White House Press Room madly typing into lap top computers.  No one was
> guarding the door so I sauntered in to look around.  I asked one man, Jack
> Farrell, what he was doing and he said he was writing a piece for the
> Boston Globe.  I asked him what he thought of the new media and he said he
> thought it was a bastion of elite, white males;  computer jocks, to boot.

This will get a major update soon, but I felt I needed to send it now, in
repsonse to the comment by the obviously uninformed gentleman from the
Boston Globe:

The latest versions of the following directories are now available:
*
(1) Internet/BITnet mailing lists and news services that focus on
    or relate to Black or African people, culture, and issues
    around the world.
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
(2) Usenet/ClariNet newsgroups and news services that focus on or
    relate to Black or African people, culture, and issues
    around the world.
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
(3) Black or African oriented online information storage sites
    {FTP, Gopher, Telnet, WWW, BBS, Databases, Systems, etc.}
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
(4) Black or African owned or oriented Bulletin Board Systems
    and Services(BBS) in North America.
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
(5) Conferences/News Services available via the APC affiliated
    networks (PeaceNet, GreenNet, WEB, etc.), that focus on or
    relate to Black or African people, culture, and issues
    around the world.
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
In addition to that mentioned above, each list contains(usually
in other sections) resources that mainly deal with the following:
*
(1) Ethnic/Intercultural Relations (and relevant issues/people)
(2) International/Sustainable Development (includes Global Networks)
(3) Social/Progressive Activism (Human Rights and relevant issues)
*
Please let me know of any updates, additions, corrections or
suggestions that you might have.
*
Thank you very much.
*
Peace.
*
The absolute latest versions of all my Black/African related
lists and pointers are always available via anonymous FTP from
ftp.netcom.com and ftp.igc.apc.org in directory:
*
pub/amcgee/african/my_african_related_lists
*
If you only have access to email, then you can use FTPmail to do
essentially the same thing. Send a message with a body of 'help'
to the server address nearest you:
*
ftp-request@netcom.com
ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu
ftpmail@cs.uow.edu.au
ftpmail@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
ftpmail@src.doc.ic.ac.uk
*
bitftp@pucc.bitnet
bitftp@plearn.bitnet
bitftp@dearn.bitnet
*
In addition, the following gophers point directly at my FTP sites,
so you can access it via Gopher if you prefer:
*
gopher.igc.apc.org and garnet.berkeley.edu 1250
*
The site is located under the heading of "race" or "ethnicity" on
each gopher.
*
The absolute latest versions of my four main Black/African related
lists are also always available by sending email to or fingering:
*
AfriInfo: [mcgee@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu]
*
Warning: all of the lists will come back to you as one concatenated
file (approximately 100K in size).
*
In addition, the latest version of my Black/African related APC
Conferences and News Services list is always available by sending
email to:
*
AfriAPC: [african-info@igc.apc.org] or [black-info@igc.apc.org]
*
Remember: the above addresses are NOT for correspondence. If you want
anything other than a list sent back to you, use the first address in
my signature at the bottom of this document.
*
The absolute latest versions of all my Black/African related lists
are also always available on the BDPA BAC BBS(1-707-552-3314) and
on the Data Bits Online BBS(1-213-737-2963) in the following files:
*
AFRIMAIL.MSG = Internet/BITnet Mailing Lists and News Services
AFRINEWS.MSG = Usenet/ClariNet Newsgroups and News Services
AFRISITE.MSG = Online Information Storage Sites
AFRIBBS.MSG  = Dialup Bulletin Board Systems/Services (BBS)
AFRIAPC.MSG  = APC Conferences/News Services (not in AfriInfo file)
*
Note: These naming conventions also hold true for the FTP archive.
*
Note: The lists may also be available as bulletin items, so check
the bulletin menu on each system for descriptive listings.
*
*
Art McGee
*
*
NETCOM:   [amcgee@netcom.com] (ftp.netcom.com or ftp.igc.apc.org in pub/amcgee)
PeaceNet: [africandesk@igc.apc.org] or [blackdesk@igc.apc.org] (IGC/APC Help)
AfriInfo: [mcgee@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu] (Email/Finger for Black/African Info)
AfriAPC:  [african-info@igc.apc.org] or [black-info@igc.apc.org] (APC AutoInfo)
BDPA BAC: [1-707-552-3314] to [Arthur McGee] (Co-Sysop. Lists are also here)
DataBits: [1-213-737-2963] to [Arthur McGee] (Co-Sysop. Lists are here too)
Voice:    [1-310-320-BYTE] (Cool, eh dude? :-D  That's 1-310-320-2983)
*
*
"The revolution will not be televised, but
 the proceedings will be available online."
*
(c)1993 Arthur R. McGee & Associates (AKA Africans Around the World)

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The latest versions of the following directories are now available:
*
(1) Internet/BITnet mailing lists and news services that focus on
    or relate to Indigenous, Native, or Aboriginal people, culture,
    and issues.
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
(2) Usenet/ClariNet newsgroups and news services that focus on or
    relate to Indigenous, Native, or Aboriginal people, culture,
    and issues.
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
(3) Indigenous/Native oriented online information storage sites.
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
(4) Indigenous/Native owned or Indigenous/Native oriented Bulletin
    Board Systems/Services(BBS) in North America.
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
(5) Conferences/News Services available via the APC affiliated
    networks (PeaceNet, GreenNet, WEB, etc.), that focus on or
    relate to Indigenous, Native, or Aboriginal people, culture,
    and issues.
    (Up to date as of JULY 29, 1994)
*
Please let me know of any updates, additions, corrections or
suggestions that you might have.
*
Thank you very much.
*
Peace.
*
The absolute latest versions of all my Indigenous/Native/Aboriginal
related lists and pointers are always available via anonymous FTP
from ftp.netcom.com and ftp.igc.apc.org in directory:
*
pub/amcgee/indigenous/my_indigenous_related_lists
*
If you only have access to email, then you can use FTPmail to do
essentially the same thing. Send a message with a body of 'help'
to the address nearest you:
*
ftp-request@netcom.com
ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu
ftpmail@cs.uow.edu.au
ftpmail@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
ftpmail@src.doc.ic.ac.uk
*
bitftp@pucc.bitnet
bitftp@plearn.bitnet
bitftp@dearn.bitnet
*
In addition, the following gophers point directly at my FTP sites,
so you can access it via Gopher if you prefer:
*
gopher.igc.apc.org and garnet.berkeley.edu 1250
*
The site is located under the heading of "race" or "ethnicity" on
each gopher.
*
The absolute latest versions of my four main Indigenous/Native
related lists are also always available by sending email to or
fingering:
*
NatvInfo: [amcgee@nyx.cs.du.edu]
*
Warning: all of the lists will come back to you as one concatenated
file (approximately 30K in size).
*
In addition, the latest version of my Indigenous/Native related APC
Conferences and News Services list is always available by sending
email to:
*
NatvAPC: [native-info@igc.apc.org] or [indigenous-info@igc.apc.org]
*
Remember: the above addresses are NOT for correspondence. If you want
anything other than a list sent back to you, use the first address in
my signature at the bottom of this document.
*
The absolute latest versions of all my Indigenous/Native related
lists are also always available on the BDPA BAC BBS(1-707-552-3314)
and on the Data Bits Online BBS(1-213-737-2963) in the following
files:
*
NATVMAIL.MSG = Internet/BITnet Mailing Lists and News Services
NATVNEWS.MSG = Usenet/ClariNet Newsgroups and News Services
NATVSITE.MSG = Online Information Storage Sites
NATVBBS.MSG  = Dialup Bulletin Board Systems/Services (BBS)
NATVAPC.MSG  = APC Conferences/News Services (not in NatvInfo file)
*
Note: These naming conventions also hold true for the FTP archive.
*
Note: The lists may also be available as bulletin items, so check
the bulletin menu on each system for descriptive listings.
*
*
Art McGee
*
*
NETCOM:   [amcgee@netcom.com] (ftp.netcom.com or ftp.igc.apc.org in pub/amcgee)
NatvInfo: [amcgee@nyx.cs.du.edu] (Email/Finger for Indigenous/Native Info)
NatvAPC:  [native-info@igc.apc.org] or [indigenous-info@igc.apc.org] (APC Info)
BDPA BAC: [1-707-552-3314] to [Arthur McGee] (Co-Sysop. Lists are also here)
DataBits: [1-213-737-2963] to [Arthur McGee] (Co-Sysop. Lists are here too)
Voice:    [1-310-320-BYTE] (Cool, eh dude? :-D  That's 1-310-320-2983)
*
*
"The revolution will not be televised, but
 the proceedings will be available online."
*
(c)1993 Arthur R. McGee & Associates