The following is the welcome message sent to new members of the NH-PRIMARY
internet forum.  The message contains a more detailed description of the forum,
our policies and protocols.

You have been added to NH-PRIMARY, an electronic discussion list devoted to
study and civil debate about the 1996 New Hampshire presidential primary
campaign.  NH-PRIMARY is moderated by Mark Kuhn and Jim Farrell, faculty
members in the Department of Communication at the University of New Hampshire,
Durham NH 03824. Welcome to NH-PRIMARY

NH-PRIMARY has three main purposes.  First, NH-PRIMARY invites subscribers to
post reports, questions, commentary, and analysis on the 1996 New Hampshire
presidential primary.  We especially encourage the participation of New
Hampshire voters and citizens in the discussion.  As moderators of a
non-partisan list, we are dedicated to maintaining an open but reasonably civil
discussion. We expect participants will have political disagreements.  We hope
participants will not be disagreeable.

Second, NH-PRIMARY will function as a clearinghouse for the distribution of
campaign information.  Candidates have been invited to post up-to-date
schedules, press releases, speech texts, position papers, and campaign
literature.  All campaign literature will be scanned and stored (within the
limits of our technology) in the form in which it is received from the
candidate.  Campaign material from the New Hampshire primary will be posted to
you as warranted by campaign activity.  All of this information is 
stored and is accessible on our NH-PRIMARY World Wide Web page.

NH-PRIMARY will also provide periodic digests of local New Hampshire 
press coverage of the primary campaign, and copies of articles forwarded 
to us by local news organizations. Additionally, you will receive 
the latest polling data pertaining to the campaign from the Survey Center 
of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University 
of New Hampshire. The Survey Center is a respected and experienced source 
of polling data on politics in the region.  Their election research this 
year is sponsored by The Boston Herald and WCVB TV of Boston.  Following 
the release of data to The Herald and WCVB we will have access to that 
information.  As a member of NH-PRIMARY you will be able to observe the 
campaign in an unprecedented and comprehensive manner.

Finally, NH-PRIMARY will function as a resource for academic research and
educational activities related to the New Hampshire primary,  and to the study
of the growing electronic democracy. Citizens, students and faculty at all
levels are encouraged to participate and to share their ideas about how
NH-PRIMARY can be used as an educational resource for voters and future voters
inside and outside of the classroom.  Soon, NH-PRIMARY information and archive
will be available through a world-wide web page.  NH-PRIMARY is dedicated
solely to information pertaining to the New Hampshire Primary. 

Welcome to NH-PRIMARY

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As you receive postings from the list pay particular attention to the "Subject"
header.  We will code postings in the following manner:

"Text (candidate's name)":  Indicates information from the named
	                    candidate's office or by the candidate,
                            such as campaign schedule, literature,
                            or speech.

"Press (subject)":  New Hampshire primary related news coverage
                    from the local media.

"Talk (subject)":  Posting from any member to the list which
                   discusses the New Hampshire primary and related
                   information.

"List update":  Postings from the moderators related to the
                NH-PRIMARY internet forum.

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Jim Farrell (jfarrell@christa.unh.edu)
Mark Kuhn (mkuhn@christa.unh.edu)
FAX:  603-862-1913
Department of Communication
University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire  03824-3586
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