SIGCSE

ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education

The listserv Structure

While SIGCSE wants to communicate with its members regarding opportunities for participation in Committees, SIGCSE also wants to minimize e-mail to those who do not want to participate. This has led to the following preliminary approach regarding e-mail and listservs:

• SIGCSE-announce@acm.org is SIGCSE's listserv for announcements only. Discussion of announcements is not allowed, as folks cannot reply to SIGCSE-announce.
• SIGCSE-members@acm.org is SIGCSE's listserv for general discussion.
• SIGCSE-Committees@acm.org is SIGCSE's listserv specifically to consider potential Committee topics and charges. This listserv is separate from SIGCSE-members, so that discussions related to this Committee Initiative do not overwhelm SIGCSE-members.
• Specialized Committee listservs: When a Committee is established, SIGCSE will work with ACM to create a listserv specifically for that Committee's work. Thus, Committee business will go just to those who are interested and sign up. Currently, the following listservs have been established:
  • SIGCSE-MATH-COMM@acm.org: listserv for the Committee on the Implementation of a Discrete Mathematics Course
  • SIGCSE-WOMEN-COMM@acm.org: listserv for the Committee on Expanding the Women-in-Computing Community
  • SIGCSE-CSRM@acm.org: listserv for the Committee on Teaching Computer Science Research Methods
  • SIGCSE-FACULTY-EVAL@acm.org listserv for the Committee on Models for the Evalution of Faculty Scholarship

listserv Mechanics

The following describes details for using SIGCSE-Committees@acm.org. Similar directions apply to the other SIGCSE listservs (SIGCSE-MATH-COMM, SIGCSE-WOMEN-COMM, SIGCSE_CSRM, and SIGCSE-FACULTY-EVAL).

Subscribing:

To subscribe, send e-mail to LISTSERV@acm.org. The complete body of your message should be:

subscribe SIGCSE-Committees <your_name>

where <your_name> designates the name you want listed in listserv records. Alternatively, if you do not want your name identified (but you still want to be on the list), the complete body of your message should be:

subscribe SIGCSE-Committees Anonymous

Leaving:

To remove your name from the listserv, send e-mail to LISTSERV@acm.org with the message:

signoff SIGCSE-Committees

Sending Messages to the List:

Once you have subscribed to the listserv, you can post messages to everyone on the list by sending regular e-mail to SIGCSE-Committees@acm.org.

Similarly, if you receive a message from the listserv, you can respond to all members in the group with the normal "reply" option in your mailer.

Additional Information:

The ACM listserv software provides many additional capabilities, including archiving and providing postings on a once-daily basis. Such capabilities are described in some detail at http://www.lsoft.com/manuals. ACM also maintains an information page at http://www.acm.org/infodir/listserv/.

Links

• SIGCSE Committee Home Page
• Established Committees
• Background and Mechanics for SIGCSE Committees
• Committee Concept
• Creating Committees
• Committee Guidelines
• Committee Listservs
• Some Ideas for SIGCSE Committees
• SIGCSE's Home Page

created 24 November 2001 last revised 25 October 2005
For more information, please contact Henry M. Walker at sigcse@cs.grinnell.edu.