1. NUMUG Email Listserver Eighth NUMUG Meeting Chicago, Illinois 8-10 May, 2002 Frank Gouveia, LLNL presented by Woody Whitlatch, PG&E

2. Description of a Listserver Maintains a list of email addresses. Individuals may subscribe and unsubscribe. Messages are posted and sent to all on list. Avoids long list of addresses which may be inconsistent or obsolete.

3. Purpose of NUMUG Listserver Provides a forum to exchange ideas about collecting and utilizing meteorological data at nuclear facilities. Topics: Meteorological instrumentation, data-collection techniques, quality assurance, emergency preparedness, regulations, standards, meeting announcements, any legitimate NUMUG subject.

4. Miscellaneous Information Topics to avoid: Advertisements and announcements from vendors. Number of subscribers is growing: July 1999 - 7 July 2000 - 19 May 2001 - 28 April 2002 - 37

5. Miscellaneous Information Your steering committee discussed the role of vendor (hardware and service) members in NUMUG, and offers the following guidance on use of the member information: The member rosters and NUMUG server are not to be used for directly commercial purposes like widespread distributions of marketing information. Restrictions include selling or re-distributing the contact lists. We encourage vendors to participate in meetings and NUMUG server responses to help keep the members apprised of developments in the field and the best use of their equipment. Please do not hesitate to respond to your steering committee with questions or comments.

6. To Subscribe Send email to: Majordomo@lists.llnl.gov Body of message: subscribe numug Majordomo will send the welcome message to you which includes some instructions. To unsubscribe, body of message says: unsubscribe numug

7. To send a message Any subscriber can send a message to all subscribers. Send a message to: numug@lists.llnl.gov Include subject. No attachments. To reply to the message simply select the message and select REPLY.

8. Human Contact NUMUG Listserver contact: Frank Gouveia (925) 423-2052 gouveia2@llnl.gov