Welcome to the African Association of Madison, Inc., (AAM) discussion list. This discussion list is being brought to you through the kind sponsorship of St. Johns University, New York, NY. The AAM discussion list is a private list for the purpose of facilitating communications among AAM members. Specifically, the discussion list will be used to distribute announcements, action alerts, meeting agenda and minutes, as well as to provide a discussion forum on issues relevant to Africa, our African, and friends of Africa community here in Madison and beyond. African Association of Madison, Inc., is a federally recognized 501(c) non-profit organization and registered also by the state the of Wisconsin as such. The purpose and goals of the Association include: a) To serve as a forum to unite in purpose, and bring together people of African descent and friends of Africa in Madison and Wisconsin in general. b) To promote and encourage the collective cultural, social and economic welfare of its membership. c) To safeguard the diverse African heritages and traditions inherent in the rich cultures of the continent, and serve as a medium to disseminate and share these heritages and traditions with the Wisconsin community. d) To achieve this goal, this association initiates constructive activities and develops cooperative relationships with institutions, groups and individuals that share a common concern for the community. e) Specifically, the association's activities include, but not be limited to, needs assessment and programs in education, youth development and social interaction. We encourage increased participation in the AAM discussion list, so if you wish to submit membership nominations, please contact Katim Touray at 608/273-9914. The AAM discussion list email is confidential, so subscriptions to the discussion list require prior approval of the AAM Executive Committee. If you wish to send a message to the discussion list, please use the subject line as a clear title to indicate the content of the message. Please, keep the content of each message strictly on the thread of the subject line. lease, do the same when replying to messages. This will help members who set their subscription option to index retrieve information from the list's archives. To send a message to the discussion list so all members can read it, please send email to: [log in to unmask] Please, send all messages regarding your subscriptions options to: [log in to unmask] Your initial subscription options will allow you to receive all messages as they are sent to the discussion list. You may change your subscription options to index (table of contents) or digest (one mailing with all messages for the day). Either type of subscription can be set by sending email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set cu index or set cu digest. You may use either upper or lower case to send commands to the list server. If you have any subscription problems, or would like further information about the AAM discussion list, please contact: Katim Touray 608/273-9914 dekat@it is.com E. Aggo Akyea 608/274-9769 aggo@it is.com