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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 94 16:10:25 PST
From: Allan Deutsch <deutscha@BCC.ORST.EDU>

E-memo
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to: R.E. Stinner, Director, CIPM
from: A.E. Deutsch, IPMnet
date: 15 Feb 94
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CIPM may be interested in knowing about the recently inaugurated IPMnet.
In turn, basic information about CIPM, as well as being placed on the 
mailing list for the Center's newsletter (I'm looking at the only copy 
here, vol. 1, no. 2, last June) would be appreciated. We propose to include 
a short feature about CIPM in the next IPMnet NEWS, so would like to have 
any material from CIPM as soon as feasible. Thanks, and best wishes for 
continued success with CIPM.  ---A.E. Deutsch

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NEW ELECTRONIC SOURCE FOR 
IPM INFORMATION LAUNCHED
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    IPMnet is up and running--well, jogging at this point.         

     The concept: harness the nearly instantaneous, round-the-clock 
access of the Internet to make information about international, 
environmentally-friendly pest management more widely available. The result: 
IPMnet--the Global IPM Information Service, offering integrated pest 
managment support on-line 24 hours/day.      

     IPMnet is designed to provide researchers, technical specialists, and 
producers--as well as others who may be interested--with a free source of 
current international IPM information. It is also structured to create a 
world-wide discussion and debate forum for strengthening IPM.     

     IPMnet, co-sponsored by the Consortium for International Crop 
Protection (CICP) and the National Biological Impact Assessment Program 
(NBIAP, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture), was created in late 
1993 to assemble and disseminate global information that will support IPM 
research, teaching, technology implementation, and policy development. The 
IPMnet electronic bulletin board contains IPMnet News (a newsletter), 
an information exchange forum, technical reports, and databases.     

     IPMnet eventually will provide institutions and individuals with 
access to a body of information that could be difficult and expensive to 
collect through other means. In addition to serving as an information 
resource, IPMnet is also a channel for contacting others working on the 
same problems, and it can serve as a locator for finding specialized 
equipment or materials.      

     There is NO subscription fee or cost to use IPMnet, other than for 
using Internet. The objective is to provide information and services to as 
wide and varied a constituency as feasible. The only usage requirements are 
that first-time contacts complete a brief questionnaire indicating 
professional interests and expertise, and, second, that IPMnet users be 
willing to interact with others in the network. The professional profiles 
of IPMnet participants will help build an expertise database that can 
become a useful component of the network. (Hard copy registration 
questionnaires can be requested from: CICP, Cornell University, 
NYAES, Geneva, NY 14456-0462, USA; * voice: 315-787-2252 * fax: 315-787-
2276).     

     IPMnet's co-sponsors point out that the bulletin board concept of 
electronic information has great potential, but only if the community 
served participates. If IPMnet is to fulfill its envisioned role, national 
and international organizations and individuals need to actively take part 
in using and cooperatively supporting the service. That means sharing--as 
well as seeking--information, offering opinions, and providing guidance. Of 
course, IPMnet welcomes any existing IPM-related databases that could be 
shared with the international IPM community.

     IPMnet is accessed through any of several communication programs or 
links to reach telnet. At <telnet>, keyboard in <cicp.biochem.vt.edu> 
and follow the on-screen prompts. If there's a problem (yes, it's 
happened), communicate with the system operator at <cicp@vt.edu>. 

    CICP and NBIAP invite broad participation in IPMnet as well as comments 
and suggestions for its improvement. The goal is to collectively support 
and expand internatonal IPM and generate a positive force for global 
benefit.

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