Hi folks, For reference, here's some information about the service they use and what they do in Carlisle. Cheers, Richard ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Claire Wilcox <cwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 08:36 Subject: Re: Carlisle Schools Mailing List Technology Contact? To: Richard Wells <raw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Hi Richard -- I administer the Buzz list, and the server and the list-serve software comes from MEC, the Merrimack Educational Center. Here’s a link to their website: http://www.mecnet.net/ MEC provides our internet service and our email service. Regarding the list serves, they provide the framework with a number of options and settings. We then set up the groups we need and manage them. We currently have one for the Buzz and one for each grade level. This seems to work pretty well. Regarding the Buzz, we don’t send the actual document to our list serve members but rather send a link to the newsletter, which is posted on our school website. I hope this information is helpful. I would be happy to talk with you, so please give me a call if you would like. Claire Claire Wilcox Assistant to the Superintendent Carlisle Public Schools 83 School Street Carlisle, MA 01741 978-369-4102 Voice Mailbox: 1116 cwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx In compliance with M.G.L. Ch. 66, all email correspondence to and from the Carlisle Public Schools is being archived. ------------------------------ *From: *Richard Wells <raw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Date: *Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:21:30 -0400 *To: *Claire Wilcox <cwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Subject: *Carlisle Schools Mailing List Technology Contact? Hi Claire, I got your name from Janet Friedman as the person who edits the Carlisle Schools monthly. I'm hoping you know and can send me the name and e-mail of the person who administers the e-mail list server you use for distributing The Buzz. I administer (as a parent volunteer) such a mailing list system for Concord K-8 and CCHS and I'm looking for a service provider and thought I might learn something from my counterpart in Carlisle. Thanks, Richard -- -- Richard A. Wells -- raw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- personal -- raw@xxxxxxx -- professional -- -- Richard A. Wells -- raw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- personal -- raw@xxxxxxx -- professional