Mailing list for the Global Health Advocacy Project

The GHAP mailing list is for anyone interested in hearing more about the politics of Global Health and campaigning on Global Health issues.

Regular national student face to face to meetings are impractical and often issues need a rapid response.

Therefore, the mailing is the main tool used by students up and down the country to allow us to campaign together. It is open to all and anyone member can email the list.

Become a mailing list member: GHAP mailing list

You can unsubscribe at any point by following the same link above.

To find out more about the mailing list read the FAQ’s

FAQs

What are the principles and rules of the mailing list?

*Open to all to join

*Anyone can email the mailing list. This is becasue the aim of the mailing is to allow views to be heard from around the country. This reflects the grass roots nature of GHAP.

*All viewpoints are respected.

*No advertising of local events – best done in the Medsin newsletter.

*The mailing list can be used to vote on decisions.

*Overall, it is hoped the mailing lost will contribute towards crating a generation of politically savvy young health professionals who campaign effectively on issues that concern them. For the other aims of GHAP see: add link.

Why does GHAP use a mailing list?

The internet has transformed student organisations and campaigning groups. By using a mailing list GHAP is able to be a large organisation not limited to one university or be dependant on regular face to face meetings.

What can I expect to receive on this mailing list?

A welcome to the mailing list email from Dave or Tom, the current GHAP coordinators.

Keeping informed: Links to interesting developments in global health.

Decisions: GHAP mailing list is also a decision making body. Mailing list members are invited to vote on issues such as: should GHAP speak out on this issue?

Discussion: on any issue put forward by someone who has joined the list. This may be about a Global Health issue, about campaign tactics, or may be about how GHAP works: do we need a better way to make decisions?

Campaigning: The mailing list is used by members to decide on campaigns and discuss campaign tactics. It is also used for dispersing campaign resources e.g. posters.

Opportunities to got more involved: e.g. requests to write for the global health magazine What Makes Us Sick.

A fortnightly update of the recent discussions on the mailing list..coming soon.

Who else is on the mailing list?

It’s a mix of students from different UK universities with a range of intersts and experiences from first year to final year. Overall there is about XX many students on the mailing list.

To find out a bit more about some other students on the list see students

Add yours to this page as well by...link to instructions.

What can I send on the mailing list?

Basically you can send what ever you like over the mailing list and you don’t have to have been on the mailing list for any period of time before posting on it. The aim of the mailing list is to allow dicussion between people like you. This allows coordinated campaigns to happen.

Some suggetsions:

*If you come across something which is relevant in the world of global health then send it out.

*The mailing list exists to share ideas: so post any ideas you have.

*The mailing list is for discussion: so add your viewpoint.

*If you have an idea for a new campaign or an issue which GHAP should speak out about then: ....add a link to relevant part of how does GHAP makes decisions on new camapaigns.

*Often there may be a decision in which it would be great to get the view of everyone on the mailing list from. Click here to read about how GHAP currently makes [decisions].

*Don’t advertise local events on the mailing list – instead send local news like to the Medsin newsletter.

Won’t I get too many emails?

There are many advantages to have an organisation that can involve people from across the country, but this also means that people get more emails.

However there are number of simple methods to make this manageable:

''Separate files'': Some people find that emails are easy to follow if they have a separate file for all the GHAP emails. This can be done so it happens automatically when your email arrive. [Click here for detailed description].

''Change email manager'': Some people shout about how great gmail, desgined by google, is to organise your emails. Mostly because it puts emails with the same subject line together, so that they read like a conversations.

Many people have also found they can get their university emails forwrded to their gmail account.

Some people also use outlook or thunderbird. [Links to more about these here.]

How do I unsubscribe?

Follow this link: unsubscribe and scrowl down to the bottom of the page.

How do I open and receive attachments on GHAP?

I don’t know. Been reports of links that just “lead you to lots of jargon” !

Can I read old messages that have been sent on the GHAP mailing list?

Yes. At the same page you subscribed at: [subscribe] (http://lists.medsin.org/listinfo.cgi/ghap-medsin.org)

Are there are other organisations with such an approach?

Yes, there are lots of other organisations that use the internet to organise themselves.

Health wise many other specific Medsin campaigns and projects do, as does the IFMSA – linking medical students from around the world.

The size can be quite impressive e.g. The Ultimate Frisbee society has over 2000 members on its mailing list.

There are also a host of new technologies such as my society which use much more than mailing list to bring grassroot campaigns together over the internet.

Tom Taylor the Medsin webmaster is currently researching the use of easy to use technology for grassroots organisations.