From: Parkinsn List Study Group; McMaster University School of Nursing,Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Sheryl Boblin-Cummings Ph.D., RN, Dauna Crooks D.N.S., RN, Barbara Patterson, Leslie Van Dover Ph.D., RN.; Mary Fawcett, MHSc, RN. We have been looking at messages from the Parkinsn List archives to develop an understanding of how people use the list and its value to them. From this, we have some ideas about "what is going on on the List?". We would now like to hear directly from list members about your experience with the Parkinsn list. We will be posting some questions to the List over the next few weeks; your answers will help us to better understand your experience and to interpret it to others. You can choose to respond to these questions or not. If you share your expertise and experience with us, we will be grateful. It's important for us to hear from you IN YOUR OWN WORDS. If you find it too difficult to respond or are not interested, that's OK. The questions will be posted at weekly intervals. You can respond to some questions and not others, as you wish. You can respond "on list" or privately to: Leslie Van Dover at: [log in to unmask] People join Lists for various reasons 1. How did you first learn about the Parkinsn List? 2. When did you first join the Parkinsn List? 3. What reason(s) did you have for joining the Parkinsn List? Leslie Van Dover McMaster University School of Nursing [log in to unmask]