Dear Colleagues, 
 
We are up and running with contributions coming from all over the globe and many of them eliciting thoughtful responses.
 
To help speed up things at my end I would like to go over how best to send in these contributions.  
 
1). The quickest way for me, and you, is to type everything straight onto an email and send this email directly to the Conference site at <[log in to unmask]> , copying it to both <[log in to unmask]> and <[log in to unmask]> .  These messages will arrive at the moderator's site on the conference website  and also in my in-tray;   I can read and edit them easily at either of these sites.  
 
2). Please do not send directly  to me your contributions for general distribution because (as I mentioned I already have access to two copies)  a third just causes a bit more confusion between which version has been moderated and approved and which has  not.  Of course you can still contact me directly if you have something that is not for general distribution -  i.e. to mention someone who might be able to answer a particular question, or in response to a question I have asked you about your contribution,  or simply to tell me what a hash I am making of things.


3). Only send your contribution as an attachment if you really must.  It is much quicker and easier for me if the contribution is directly on the email page.   Some of you have mentioned difficulties in accessing the main list site but keep trying because it is working for most of us.    
 
4). Many contributions are going up with rather misleading subject lines. Only hit the reply feature if you are contributing to the particular issue raised by another participant's contribution.  Otherwise type in your own title which will help the readership. 
 
5). I am learning as we go along so please forgive me when I occasionally click the wrong button.  Some contributions have gone out with a warning about viruses  or about suspicious messages.  I think they are alright and if you read further down the emails in question you find the contribution sent by the author.  In future I will try to make sure they come to you without a health warning on the front - and without any problem inside. 
 
6). If you have colleagues that you wish to introduce to the conference please write to the FAO and OIE secretariats and they will sign them in.
 
7). Don't forget to let us know who you are and what you do especially when you first write in. 
 
Somewhere at the back of my mind there are a few other small issues and I'll send these round too when they resurface, 
 
kind regards, 
 
Paul Rossiter

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