Proposed article about TML

[Or...  TML visits the trade rags.  This is a collaborative effort
between Chuck Maddox and myself, but we are sincerely interested in what
others on the TML have to contribute.  Please respond to *both* of us,
or the TML at large, if you have input on this project.  At the outset,
let me thank at least Rob Dean for helping for planting a tiny seed
which is now growing into a bigger seed :-) -- James]

Being a new addition to the TML it had occured to me that more people
should know about TML and how to subscribe.  I have been on internet for
about a year and did not know that a Traveller Mailing list existed until
recently.  I sent a message to James proposing to write an article for
Challenge or MegaTraveller Journal.  James responded saying that he would
be interested in co-authoring such an article.

What we decided would be best would be an article that would inform people
of the basics and lead them to where they can find more information.  What
we are shooting for is a short focused article.  What follows is an outline
proposed by James:

>
>		Traveller Electronic Mailing List
>
>			      by
>			 Charles Maddox
>			James T. Perkins
>
>	Where can forty-five Traveller fans play in the same
>	game, share free Traveller software, tap hundreds of
>	vehicle designs from garbage trucks to Meson Cruisers,
>	and make new friends, all at the same time? No where
>	else but the USENET Traveller Electronic Mailing List
>	(TML).
>
>	What the basic premise is
>
>	A little history...
>		how it started
>
>	A few stats... (what it is now)
>		how many members
>		level of member involvement (what source materials they have)
>
>	What special interest groups exist...
>		PBEM
>		CAT
>		TDR
>		Historians
>		Vehicles
>
>	Archives
>		What there is
>		How to get it
>			FTP (sunbane only for now)
>				sidebar: How to use ftp
>			diskette (metolius)
>			email (metolius)
>
>	How to subscribe
>
>	Basic ground rules
>		politeness, etc.
>		be prepared for loud volume :-)
>

We would like your comments and suggestions.  I will be at Gencon Saturday
August the 10th and hope to be able to talk to staffers of both magazines.

Thanks,

Chuck

Chuck Maddox    	       	       	       	       	[email removed]
Computer Technician     	       	       	       	[phone removed]
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy