NEW JOHNNY BULLETIN BOARD ON EGROUPS

To: All Johnnies

Fr: Hallie Leighton, Santa Fe '92

You are invited to join the johnnyXpress egroup , the new unofficial bulletin board/email list for the St. John's College community.

The purpose of johnnyXpress is to enable members of the St. John's College community to get and/or share information with other johnnies as quickly as possible. Thus, you will be able to receive bulletin board announcements in your email as soon as they are posted. You will also be able to post announcements. If it works, it will fulfill & improve the function of this page and thus replace it. It is for announcements and brief queries.

Examples of appropriate announcements/queries to the JohnnyXpress:

• Moving to a new city--looking for area johnnies/alumnae chapter/contacts.
• I need a job/job opening at my co. -Anyone know of a good lawyer/doctor in my area?
• Hey, I'm in a show/movie/exhibition (or) -Hey I had a book published/CD recorded--check it out!
• Looking to get book published/play produced/business plan funded--anyone know a producer/editor/angel/venture capitalist?
• Whatever happened to johnnie doe, class of '__, A/SF?
• Seeking missing johnnies class of ___ for reunion.
• Announcing alumnae chapter get-together...
• Have a research question--would anybody know any experts in such-and-such a field?
• It's a girl/boy! Johnnie Doe, 6 lb, 7 oz.
• Santa Fe finally has a gym! Grand opening of Student Activities Center (S.A.C.) October 22, 2000.
• Psst...I heard the Student Instruction Committee voted to replace Marx with Matt Groening. Anyone know if this is true?
• The Johnny email list on charmnet is having an online seminar on such-and-such a book.

Note: The johnnyXpress is strictly for announcements and brief queries--No rants, ruminations, metaphysical meanderings, or idle banter is allowed!* (*If you are up for any of the above, the Johnny List exists solely for this purpose: idle johnny conversation. There is also a spinoff of the Johnny List called the Johnny2 List. The Johnny2 list--for alumni only--is similar to the johnny list but is less rowdy because it is moderated and flamewars are not allowed. To find out more about johnny2, email Richard Green.

Back to the johnnyXpress:

All members of the St. John's College community are welcome to join johnnyXpress. To join, email johnnyXpress-subscribe@egroups.com or click on the link below. You will receive an email from me, the moderator, before getting approval.

Once you have joined the group, you can lurk (i.e. read messages) anonymously, but should identify yourself by name if you post a message, preferably with a brief description of your affiliation with the college, .g. "Johnny Doe, '88" or "Jane Doe, wife of Johnny Doe SF '88" or "John Smith, Tutor, Annap."

This list is hosted by eGroups (now owned by Yahoo). eGroups very conveniently lets you customize how you want to receive your johnnyXpress messages once you have joined. You can choose to:

• read messages on the johnnyXpress web page on eGroups only
• receive each johnnyXpress message as an individual email in your mailbox
• receive a daily digest of messages in your mailbox.

Click to subscribe to johnnyXpress

For JohnnyXpress to become effective as a planet-wide johnny network/information-sharing resource, we need as many johnnies to join as possible. So please spread the word about this eGroup to every johnny whose email address you are in possession of. The more members, the more useful this egroup will become as a resource for johnnies. If you have any questions, email me at johnnyXpress-owner@egroups.com .

Best, Hallie Leighton SF '92
group manager, johnnyXpress