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The PDNEWS mailing list

Summary

Join the PDNEWS mailing list to receive relevant news items, announcements, notice of important happenings, and other articles of interest to the wider Parkinson's Disease community.

Joining PDNEWS

You can join PDNEWS by either filling out this form or by sending an email (content doesn't matter) to pdnews-join@mailman.coles.org.uk.

Purpose of the list

The main motivation for this list is to have somewhere for people to go if they have an interest in Parkinson's Disease, but don't feel they can subscribe to the other mailing lists about Parkinson's - for whatever reason. The list carries news items which don't appear on other lists, so it is likely most people with an interest in Parkinson's will want to join.

Typical list members are:

  • A current member of the PARKINSN list.
  • A busy office worker who's parent/friend has PD. They won't have the time to subscribe to PARKINSN but probably would be able to subscribe to PDNEWS, and fax/mail articles to parents.
  • Charity worker/interested medical professional, who would like to be part of the PD community on the Internet but doesn't have much interest in the kind of chattiness that goes on in PARKINSN.
  • A member of a branch committee or newsletter editorial board who is looking for relevant news & information for their newsletter.

List profile

Typical messages are:

  • announcing real world events, such as conferences, fundraising walks, etc.
  • announcing new resources, such as books, web sites, mailing lists, etc.
  • digests of current science reviews, other useful PD specific information
  • appeals for help/calls to arms for political action (but not specific detalls and discussion about the issue; just pointers to other sources).
  • announcing new drugs, or new applications of old drugs, etc.

There are a few posts a week, nothing more. Any discussion or follow-up from posts happen privately or in appropriate forums such as PARKINSN and one of the many other mailing lists about Parkinson's Disease.

Submitting articles

People wanting to post articles to the list should send them to pdnews@lyris.coles.org.uk. All messages are passed by an editor before being sent to the list, to ensure quality and relevance.

Queries, Problems, etc.

Please contact Simon Coles via email at simon@coles.org.uk

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