Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!shelby!bu.edu!att!iuvax!bionet!GENBANK.BIO.NET!kristoff From: kristoff@GENBANK.BIO.NET (Dave Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.general Subject: Proposal for Human Chromosome 22 Electronic Newsgroup Message-ID: Date: 22 Oct 90 23:16:53 GMT Sender: kristoff@genbank.bio.net Reply-To: biovote@genbank.bio.net Lines: 62 I have received the following proposal to form an electronic bulletin board for the chromosome 22 community. Under BIOSCI regulations, proposals are put to a vote of our readership (as described below) and at least 40 "yes" votes must be obtained within 60 days before the group can be established. Voting is now open and the voting addresses are given below. Votes must be received by 21 December 1990. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson GenBank Manager kristoff@genbank.bio.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the first electronic announcement of intent to establish an electronic bulletin board on the topic of Human Chromosome 22. The bulletin board will be accessible to all persons that use electronic mail -i.e. an international group. Although the exact nature of the bulletin board will evolve with use, its primary purpose will be to allow more frequent contact among persons interested in items related to chromosome 22. This includes persons interested in the human genome program of mapping and sequencing chromosome 22, as well as persons interested in specific genes, chromosomal abnormalities and disease phenotypes related to 22. It can be a forum to distribute information concerning new clones, references, cell lines, genes, polymorphisms, and scientific meetings related to chromosome 22. The proposed electronic bulletin board will be part of the international BIOSCI bulletin board network. To become a reality, forty different people with distinct e-mail addresses must reply to this announcement within two months. These responses must be sent to one of the "biovote" addresses below (depending upon your location/network). ADDRESS LOCATION NETWORK biovote@irlearn.ucd.ie Ireland EARN/BITNET biovote@uk.ac.daresbury United Kingdom JANET biovote@bmc.uu.se Sweden Internet biovote@genbank.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET [NOTE: Users in other parts of the world should contact either the BIOSCI node in Ireland or the U.S.A. depending upon which one they can access easily.] Please forward this notification to all persons in your group or institution that may be interested in participating, but may fail to see this electronic announcement. The following persons may also be notified if you have questions or suggestions concerning the bulletin board: Beverly S. Emanuel, Ph.D. Robert L. Nussbaum, M.D. Chairman Chromosome 22, HGM11 Nussbaum@A1.MSCF.UPENN.EDU EMANUEL@A1.MSCF.UPENN.EDU Nat L. Sternberg, Ph.D. Nancy S. Shepherd, Ph.D. STERNBER@ESVAX.DUPONT.COM SHEPHERD@ESVAX.DUPONT.COM Thank you in advance for your interest.