The following is an announcement about a new list geared toward university administration information processing (both technical and non-technical). Would you please forward a copy of it to someone who works with your administrative systems? They may get a copy from another source, but better to get two than none. I am purposely not shotgunning it to a lot of lists, but trying to send it to groups that are related. This is an announcement of a new LISTSERV group. The list is intended especially for non-technical administrators, so if you are one, and want help with the basic BITNET LISTSERV commands, simply send mail to me, [log in to unmask] I will try to help you in any way I can or refer you to someone else if I can't. The name of the list is CUMREC-L, named after the annual conference. It is designed to be a forum for the discussion of computer use in college and university administration. Topics I would like to see would include but by no means be limited to: Purchase of administrative software from vendors--advice from some campuses that may not be on a vendors list of *showcases* General purpose software and hardware purchase--not nuts and bolts, but some general sharing of ideas You've decided to write a major administrative system from scratch-- will someone share something with you so you don't need to re-invent the wheel? The CUMREC conference itself--sharing information, keeping in touch with people we've met at past conferences. Just about anything that a CUMREC paper could be written on. If a discussion gets very detailed on any one topic, I may try to steer it to a list that is more appropriate. I really want to keep this list as broad based as possible. To subscribe to the list, send me mail if you don't want to mess with LISTSERV commands or use: TELL LISTSERV at NDSUVM1 SUB CUMREC-L your name from any system that will let you use TELL or send the command: SUB CUMREC-L your name as the only text in a message to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 Note: this list has the option SEND=PRIVATE which means that only people who are current subscribers can send to the list. This is not intended to discourage participation, but to encourage subscription and to help avoid some types of mailer loops. If you want to send something to the list, simply subscribe to the list first by following the above instructions or send mail to me. Thank you for you time. Joe Moore, South Dakota State University