Africa: APIC Note to Readers

Africa Policy E-Journal

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Africa: APIC Note to Readers
Date Distributed (ymd): 951014
A Note to Readers of our Postings
October 14, 1995
**New Web, Gopher Site**
APIC is pleased to announce, for those with access to Web or
Gopher software, the availability of documents posted
earlier in 1995, now on our new Web and Gopher site on
Peacenet. Documents are available in inverse chronological
order, in order by geographical area, or by keyword search.
The same documents are available either through a Web
browser or a gopher interface.
The URL for the web page, which serves as an entry point to
the documents in the gopher directory, is:
http://www.igc.org/apic/index.shtml
[type the URL exactly as above; note that the filename at
the end is index.shtml, not just .html.]
The gopher address is:
gopher.igc.org 7040
The 7040 is the port number, and cannot be omitted.  In URL
format, the gopher address is:
gopher://gopher.igc.org:7040
The archived documents are not yet available by email
request, but we are investigating user-friendly ways to make
that possible.
Web sites that have been incorporating our postings onto
their own pages are welcome to continue doing so, or to link
their pages to the address above.
**Electronic Distribution List**
Our primary means for distribution of current documents will
continue to be our email electronic distribution list, both
because it reaches readers directly in their mailboxes
rather than requiring them to check a web or gopher location
regularly, and because the number of potential readers with
only an email link is still much larger than those with a
full Internet connection.
The effectiveness of this tool in helping to build a
constituency which can counter the marginalization of Africa
in current policy debates will depend in large part on the
number of people it can reach.  So, if you find these
postings useful, we would urge you (1) to let your on-line
friends know about them, and (2) tell your friends who are
concerned about Africa but not yet on-line about it, as one
more reason for them to find a way to gain access.
**An Additional Note and Request**
This distribution list is free of charge, and will continue
to be distributed free.  We are, however, a small
organization; our resources fall far short of those needed
to speak up for Africa in Washington in this current
political context.  Your paid membership in the APIC
educational network, and additional contributions, would be
most welcome and well-used.  It will also bring you attractively
produced APIC publications for your own use and to pass on to
others.
Some of you are already members and contributors, and
others, we know, are not in a position to make any financial
contribution.  But if you are able to do so, please consider
filling in the following form and sending it in with your
check or money order.
P.S. This additional note is going only to those addresses
which have been on our list for six months or more.
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of the Washington Office on Africa. APIC organizational
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