This is just a quick note from your NATIVE-L listowner/moderator to let
you know that I haven't had time lately to process articles that have
been submitted to this list, due to the pressures of trying to finish a
project for a class I've been attending at the Harvard University Graduate
School of Education that is connected with my NativeNet work (I'll tell
you all more about the project another time after the project report is
accessible via the Web). My apologies to those who have submitted articles
that have not been relayed to the list. I've been handling mainly those
that are fairly easy to process (meaning they don't require re-formatting
or a bit of mulling over to determine whether they need a note to be
added to provide a bit of context or qualification) and those that deal
with particularly urgent matters.
While I have your attention, I'd like to point out that if you want to
post an article you have obtained from a newspaper or some other print
publication - or from something you've found via the Web produced by an
organization that produces articles in connection with a business (like,
but not limited to print publications), you cannot do so legally unless
you contact the publisher and obtain explicit permission. You *must*
attach a statement at the beginning of the article you submit to NATIVE-L
indicating that you have sought and obtained permission to transmit the
article via the mailing list. If you expect to submit such articles on
a regular basis, you should probably ask the publisher for some kind of
ongoing permission and try to get a statement in writing, along with the
name of the person granting permission, to indemnify yourself and myself
from possible legal action. You can, however, excerpt a small amount of
material from such a source without permission (I have forgotten the
exact definition of "small amount" - but I have some articles on copyright
law someplace that give more precise details). We are bound both by the
terms of international law (there are copyright conventions that define
the law in this area) and those of the particular countries in which the
publications have their headquarters and/or do business.
Also, I'd like to point out that it is not a good idea to post long
technical articles, such as those quoting the terms of agreement of
some settlement or treaty. The main purpose of this list is to provide
information about news and current events as it pertains to indigenous
peoples in all parts of the world. I do not want to burden subscribers
with lengthy documents. Instead, I suggest that you create a Web page con-
taining the text of the document and submit to me (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us)
the URL of that page so that it can be added to the NativeNet Web directory
now under construction and so that you can refer to it in a brief article
that places the item into the context of current events. Now that the
Web is available and in widespread use (even though not universally avail-
able), the mailing list is free to do what it does best - alert people to
stories that they can get more information about via other means, whether
Web-based or otherwise.
Once I get free of the Harvard class and take care of other responsibilities
that have piled up (within a couple of months, I'd say), I'll try to return
to writing some articles for the NativeNet community that describe some of
what I've been working on in an attempt to use this communications techno-
logy to good purposes relative to the subject of indigenous peoples and
issues that concern those peoples and all of us as it relates to our ability
to live in peaceful and healthy ways and to promote those things in our
world generally. I regret that I have not been able to give the lists more
attention recently and appreciate your understanding.
Regards to all,
Gary
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Gary S. Trujillo gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us
Somerville, Massachusetts {bu.edu,spdcc,cdp}!gnosys!gst