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Part of a set of pages pointing to selected online discussion places. Your suggestions for additional lists to mention here will be welcome, but please provide a copy of the joining instructions or the address of the relevant web site. Where the list concerned provides a web site with joining instructions we simply point to that web site. Where there are no joining instructions "online" (or we don't know of any), we provide the joining instructions here - please let us know if you find that any of these instructions are incorrect. Please note, we do not provide assistance or support for any online discussion environments listed here, if you have difficulties please contact the relevant list owners or ask for help within the lists concerned! Discussion Places Focused On TeleworkTW Europa Forum on CompuServeThis was Europe's first online discussion place for telework matters, supported from its inception in 1994 by the European Commission (DG XIII-B) and now the host forum in CompuServe for a wide range of European programmes. (GO TWEUROPA) in CompuServe's main access area.If you are not a CompuServe subscriber and would like to know more about the TW Europa forum contact Paddy Moindrot , the forum manager (in CompuServe terms, the "WizOp"). Kevin Tea is the forum sysop. TW Europa web siteThis complements the CompuServe forum and is run by the same team, it includes a WWW based discussion facility. The discussion facility is currently home to discussion of the TELEMART project, which is investigating possibilities for brokering between teleworkers and potential customers or employers.Italian Telework Discussion ListEstablished April 1996, and moderated by Patrizio Di Nicola, the discussion here is mainly in Italian but "English speaking participants are welcome"To join the List send a message to: telelavoro-request@eto.org.uk with the following text in the body of the message: join telelavoro Alternatively you can find a web based subscription form and archives of previous messages at: http://www.eto.org.uk/telelavoro/Teletrabajo List in SpanishThis list run by Antonio Padilla is fully explained on the WWW at: http://www.rediris.es/list/info/teletrabajo.html USENET Newsgroup - uk.business.teleworkThere is also a USENET Newsgroup uk.business.telework with intended emphasis on work related issues, not technical matters, although these will inevitably be discussed. This newsgroup became moderated at the end of 1997, this has resulted in a marked decrease in "Spam" and an increase in good healthy discussion of telework related matters. Please note: the above link to uk.business.telework will only work correctly if you have configured your browser to handle newsgroups. (USA) Working From Home Forum on CompuServeThis is a very active discussion forum, mainly concerned with the opportunities
and issues facing people who work at or from home, running small firms from
home etc. Most of the discussion is from a USA perspective though there
are many participants from other countries. (USA) Remote Work Mailing List"This mail list is for a forum regarding working remotely or telecommuting." To join the List send a message to:with the following text in the body of the message: subscribe remote-work UK "Telework@Mailbase" ListDue to administrative problems this list was closed by its owners in January 1998. See http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/ for more information.
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