Recommended Steps for Sending Equator Net Contributions

Dear Equator Net members,

We would like to make sure that this recent, very exciting, and hopefully continuous exchange of information between Equator Net members is fruitful and interesting to the users of this list serve.

The Equator Net is currently 550 members strong and has great potential to benefit from an interactive sharing of resources and experiences. To ensure that this exchange continues to be valuable, please take a look at the following recommended steps to send your Equator Net contributions:

Draft a message that is of relevance for community-based initiatives working in poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation. Examples of contributions to the network are updates on environmental and poverty reduction issues, upcoming conferences, expressions of interests, financial opportunities such as grants or fellowships, educational opportunities, discussion points, organizational and personal experiences, and other pieces of information that may be of interest to the network. Please do not use the Equator Net as a contact list for organizational or personal fundraising inquiries.

1. Please describe the information you would like to share with other Equator Net members – do not send attachments without a clear explanation of why this information may be useful for Equator Net members.
2. Do not forget to include your name, organization, and email address – additional information is of course voluntary, yet other members might be curious to learn in what country you are located or what kind of work you do! ;-)
3. Send your contribution to equator-net@groups.undp.org only if it is of relevance to all Equator Net members. If you would like to respond to individual senders of previous Equator Net messages please do not use the reply button (your response will go to all Equator Net members via equator-net@groups.undp.org). Assuming that all Equator Net members will follow step 3, you should be able to find the email address of each sender included in their original message.
4. Once your message has been accepted by the moderator it will be delivered to all Equator Net members. Please keep in mind that your message may be sent out later via a consolidated reply. Therefore, please be patient should your message not be delivered to your inbox right away.

Even though the Equator Net is administered in English due to limited translation capacities, we encourage all Equator Net members to participate in Spanish, French, or Portuguese as well.

Should you have additional questions about sharing your information and experiences via the Equator Net please do not hesitate to contact me at gabriela.tobler@undp.org.

Thank you for your active participation. The Equator Net looks forward to your contributions!

Warm regards,

Gaby