I currently own CFS-L based at NIHLIST which is a discussion group for people who have chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as myalgic encephalomyeltitis, and CFIDS, and formerly mis-named as chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome). The severity of this illness varies widely, and some patients are so debilitated that they are unable to work or care for themselves. The illness affects the nervous system, the immune system and the muscles. The CFS-L list is doing well, however many of us recently have wanted to discuss government policy and activist issues w.r.t. our illness. There is a conflict of interest here because the NIHLIST Listserv is operated by an agency of the U.S. government and it would not be appropriate for the government to pay for the distribution of messages whose intent would be to promote changes in government policy. Therefore I wish to create an additional list elsewhere in order to discuss these topics and to be free of this conflict of interest. I will probably call the list CFIDS-L (CFIDS is a USA name for the illness). The current CFS-L list has some 270 subscribers and I am expecting that the new CFIDS-L list will have a much, much fewer number of subscribers. In addition to message distribution, I would hope to have a monthly notebook and possibly some storage space for special files, although depending on the responses I get to this request, I could readily live without these extra benefits. Will anyone offer to host my proposed CFIDS-L list? Please reply to me at [log in to unmask] Thank you for your consideration. -- Roger Burns [log in to unmask] List-owner, CFS-L and CFS-NEWS