Welcome to the early birds on CLICK4HP ! We would like to extend a warm welcome to this new list for discussing the use of computer mediated communication (CMC) and Health Promotion. Discussion will officially begin on May 1, 1996 when the list-serv is activated. The listserv was conceived as a lead in to the workshop to be held at the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) Conference in Vancouver, BC on July 3, 1996. However, as there seems to be considerable interest in this area; we anticipate the use of the list-serv for discussion beyond what could possiblly be accomplished in a 1.5 hour session at the conference. As we all venture out to explore our capacity to work together, without the barriers of time and place, we will need to rely on each other for the implications this new venue holds both in the literal and virtual realms. From the abstract submitted to CPHA: **************************************************************************** *********** Our workshop, Click Here for Virtual Health Promotion Networking, will show how two organizations use electronic information technology (IT) and the Internet, for community organizing and networking in health promotion. The workshop will be both a 'real-time' and virtual dialogue, talking together in one room and around the world through an Internet link. Participants will be encouraged to raise concerns and discuss options for applications in health promotion. We will set up an electronic listserv several months in advance of the CPHA convention, to debate these issues, questions and share stories. Then, at the CPHA workshop we will set up the list-serv on-site for workshop participants. They will be able to see the results of months of discussion and join in this international electronic dialogue on the implications of electronic networking for health promotion. **************************************************************************** *********** We hope many of you participating in the list will be able to join us in Vancouver on July 3rd at 10:30 am. to discuss, face-to-face, the implications and possibilites this new venue holds for our work. **To receive information about the conference in Vancouver please contact: CPHA 400 - 1565 Carling Ave. Ottawa ON K1Z 8R1 Phone (613) 725-3769 Fax (613) 725-9826 (no e-mail address available) For those who won't be able to attend in person, we hope you will contribute your knowledge and insights, your dreams and creativity, your concerns or cautions, to further our collective understanding of CMC for health promotion. Your contributions will be shared with our collegues in Vancouver and beyond as we explore together the use CMC as one more means of working together toward a healthier society. As we prepare to begin the list on May 1st we would welcome your ideas for discussion. Please do not hesitiate to forward these to us. Alison Stirling Liz Rykert Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse Growing Up Healthy Downtown 1200 - 415 Yonge Street, Toronto 24 Wellesley Street E., Toronto e-mail: [log in to unmask] e-mail: [log in to unmask] **Just a reminder for those who may have lost these instructions: To unsubscribe to CLICK4HP send an email to [log in to unmask] in which you leave the subject line blank and in the body of the message you have only one line which reads:UNSUBSCRIBE CLICK4HP Your-Name. Do not append a signature file. The software will capture your email address from the email header. Again - Welcome...We look forward to lively discussion and new opportunites for learning together. Liz Rykert and Alison Stirling Co-Facilitators - Click4hp