The second  of L-Soft's  10th anniversary LISTSERV  Choice Awards  is the
Newsletter Award, which has been won by the GERMNEWS newsletter hosted at
the Fraunhofer Institute  ([log in to unmask]). GERMNEWS keeps over
5,000 subscribers  in 90  countries up  to date  with current  events and
politics in Germany.  Like L-Soft, GERMNEWS recently  celebrated its 10th
anniversary,  but  this is  not  why  we chose  it  :-)  The judges  were
impressed  by the  reach  of the  newsletter and  the  dedication of  the
volunteer editors and translators who compile German news items daily and
make  them  available  in  both  German  and  English.  Personally,  what
impressed me the most  is that 27% of the readers  of the German language
edition  are located  in Germany.  It is  one thing  to compete  with the
occasional  50-word  article  in  the international  section  of  foreign
newspapers  -  I still  remember  reading  about  the death  of  Francois
Mitterrand in  the major newspaper  my hotel  provided every day  free of
charge, a few  words squeezed between important sport news  and some kind
of  new  tooth  bleaching  system.   But  GERMNEWS  is  able  to  attract
substantial interest even  from people who live in  Germany, speak German
and  have easy  access to  premium commercial  news sources.  This speaks
volumes about the quality of the list and the competence of its staff.

You can read more about GERMNEWS at the following URL:

http://www.lsoft.com/news/default.asp?item=choicewinners

The  next  award  categories  are E-mail  Community,  with  a  submission
deadline of June  16, and Announcement Lists, with  a submission deadline
of September 15. To submit a list, use the nomination form at:

http://www.lsoft.com/news/default.asp?item=choiceawards_form

  Eric