Information for BIOCAN/bionet.prof-society.cfbs

USENET newsgroup name:  bionet.prof-society.cfbs

Status:			Moderated

One line description:   
Newsgroup for the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies

Moderation address:	bionet-prof-society-cfbs@net.bio.net
                        (biocan-moderator@net.bio.net
                         is an alias for
                         bionet-prof-society-cfbs@net.bio.net)

Moderator:		Neil Haave

Mailing list name: 	BIOCAN

E-mail address:  	biocan@net.bio.net


Newsgroup character:

BIOCAN is a moderated BIOSCI newsgroup established by the Canadian
Federation of Biological Societies (CFBS) to serve as a
multidisciplinary forum for the exchange of information within the
Canadian biological and biomedical science community.

Functions of the Newsgroup:
The purpose of BIOCAN is to facilitate rapid, interactive
communication among members of the Canadian bioscience
community.  Canadian bioscientists can use this forum to solicit
advice and information from their colleagues in all
biological disciplines.  This forum is based upon the principle
that collegiality and interdisciplinary cooperation
facilitate scientific progress.  Electronic interaction is
tailor-made for the Canadian bioscience community, which is
spread over a vast geography.  It will also enable the CFBS 
office to rapidly disseminate information to Canadian 
bioscientists and for individual bioscientists to comment on any 
aspect of CFBS, granting agency, or government science policy.  

Information exchanged can include: 

1)      scientific dialogue (either intra- or inter-disciplinary); 

2)      announcements of upcoming meetings and conferences of interest; 

3)      news of general interest to the Canadian bioscience community; 

4)      announcements of academic positions and job opportunities; 

5)      discussion of CFBS policy initiatives; 

6)      CFBS science policy reports; 

7)      information on granting agency policies; 

8)      reports on CFBS Annual Meeting and on meetings of constituent
        societies;  

9)      comments on proposed federal and provincial legislation and
        policy initiatives. 

All members of CFBS constituent societies are encouraged to subscribe.
Contributions within the above guidelines are welcome.

Moderation Policy:  Mass-posted commercial messages, chain letters, and
similar postings not germane to the Canadian bioscience community will be
deleted without comment. Inappropriate messages posted in good faith will
be returned to the sender.  Messages not strictly within the charter but
likely to be of interest to many subscribers (e.g., messages dealing with
the international bioscience community) will be accepted.  Use of the 
newsgroup for commercial purposes is prohibited.

Neil Haave, Ph.D.
Augustana University College
Camrose, AB   T4V 2R3
CANADA
haavn@augustana.ab.ca