hi barb At 14:34 1999/01/26 -0500, you wrote, in part: >For those who are web-literate and web-abled: >On the various web-pages: >How about a 'suggested reading' list? already on jerry's site >A 'support group near you' list? dale severance's list of hundreds and thousands maybe could be scanned in to a web-site >The names, email addresses, snail mail addresses and phone numbers >of the national pd groups from each country? i believe that camilla has already compiled such a list for the usa >Easy to follow links from John's website to Jerry's to Simon's to the >National pd groups online? camilla's and jerry's and simon's sites are already linked via the pwp webring it would be easy to make camilla's list of addresses into a page with hot links to those groups on-line >A list of neurologists/mds/clinics in specific areas? good one it could be another page - tied in with camilla's orgs and dales groups >Links to Simon's pdnews? links already exist within simon's pages which are already linked to the pwp webring >Instructions on 'how-to' search PubMed >for specific scientific articles? i have already written a couple of these they could be added to my web-site easily and i am linked to the pwp webring too >Joe's lists of articles? i think joe's info may already be on a uk website which could be linked to the pwp webring >Kathryn's info re nutrition? she already has a website - linked into the pwp webring >Nutitional supplements? ummm.... >Surgeries (who, what, where, why)? the hole-in-the-head-gang stories are on jerry's website >Medications? there are already pages and pages of good med info at john's site >The importance of exercise? ummm... >The latest scientific news re pd? all the news posts from judith and me are 'grabbable' by searching the archives for "NEWS:" maybe that's something that john might tackle as an ongoing and evergrowing resource on the web some of my news articles are already on paul mote's website >Volunteers to compile all this info and put it on the web. i can compile and edit i can create very basic web pages eg the ones on my own website all jerry had to do was upload them for me >For those who are semi-web-literate and web-abled: >A place on the various web pages to ask for more help? >How to subscribe to the list? already on the web in a couple of places - simon's and john's and jerry's >Volunteers to provide that help. could be some 'mailto:' links on the existing pages referring to helpers other than the website managers themselves >For those who aren't able to access the web:> >Volunteers to take the 'newbie' under their wing and provide a positive, >welcoming, nurturing introduction to the list. Make sure that each new >member who posts an introduction to the list is made aware that (s)he >is welcome and valued. That his/her questions and contributions are >welcomed and valued. we could establish a rota of big brothers or big sisters to wait in an on-line receiving line, as it were, to be the welcome wagon for each newbie as they join janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm [log in to unmask]