IALE-North America Discussion List

The ialena-l group and list is a public forum to exchange news and information relevant to Landscape Ecology, is sponsored by the International Association of Landscape Ecology-North America and is maintained as a Google Group at https://groups.google.com/g/ialena-l. The ialena-l list is not moderated, anyone subscribed to the list can post messages to it. There are, however, a few rules of 'net'iquette that we ask users to follow.

• Do not use the list to advertise products or services.
• Use the list to post messages of general interest only.
• Do not use it to send a message to a single individual.
• We encourage debate and scholarly disagreement, but be civil.

How It Works

The "brains" behind the ialena-l is a Google Group and there are two main ways to interact with the group.  First, the group will act as a typical mailing list.  Any subscribed member may send an email to the group and it will be emailed to all other subscribed members.  Replies to those emails go to the group as well.  To subscribe and use the list this way, you do NOT need a Google Account.  Second, there is a web interface to Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/g/ialena-l.  You can view all discussions/emails here, manage your subscription, and post new discussions/emails to the group.  To use the web interface you do need to have a Google account and that account needs to be associated with the email used for your ialena-l subscription.

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Google Group Commands

In addition to using the Google Groups web interface, there are several commands that you can use only through email.  The short list is at https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/10563581?hl=en
 
The two most common will be subscribing and unsubscribing from the list.  
 
To subscribe, send an email from the account you wish to subscribe to ialena-l+subscribe@googlegroups.com.
 
To unsubscribe, send an email from the account you wish to unsubscribe to ialena-l+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
 
For a list of available of commands you can also email ialena-l+help@googlegroups.com.

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Sending Messages

To post a message to all of the subscribers of the ialena-l google group, simply email your message to ialena-l@googlegroups.com. Google Groups will take your message and forward it to everyone subscribed to the list. Once again, think twice before hitting that "SEND" key. While you can delete a post form the web interface, emails that make it to everyone's Inbox will be there forever! 
 
If you have any other questions, you can contact the ialena-l google group manager:
 
Jeff Hollister
Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division
US Environmental Protection Agency
hollister.jeff@epa.gov