ESRI Conservation Program Resources:
Technical Support and Help
Where to go for help, advice and support in Conservation GIS
ECP-CTSP-SCGIS Technical Help Line
ECP collaborates in a full-time email Conservation GIS tech support line, free for all non-profits, at: sbeckwitt@esri.com or sbi@oro.net. Email is the only method to contact this line at present. You can ask questions ranging from basic configuration and software choices up to advanced topics in conservation GIS theory.
Society for Conservation GIS
The Society for Conservation GIS is a membership group of all individuals active in Conservation and GIS, organized as a non-profit professional society to help provide technical support and conferences on Conservation GIS. Base membership is $35/year which gets you into the excellent annual technical conference and onto the mailing list. You can contact them at the interim email address of: sandrac@peak.org
Conservation GIS Listserver
ECP and SCGIS help maintain a conservation GIS discussion group on email which you can subscribe to for free by sending the line:
SUBSCRIBE CONSGIS yourfirstname yourlastname
To the following email address:
LISTSERV@URIACC.URI.EDU
Your message should be acknowledged very quickly and you will be asked
to confirm that you wish to subscribe. Confirm your subscription request
and you will be subscribed. There is no fee for subscription.
To talk to others on the list, send email to:
CONSGIS@URIACC.URI.EDU
This is called "sending mail to the list", because you send mail to
a single address and LISTSERV makes copies for all the people who have
subscribed. The LISTSERV address is like a FAX number, and the list address
is like a normal phone line. If you make your FAX call someone's regular
phone number by mistake, it will be an unpleasant experience for them
but you will probably be excused the first time. If you do it regularly,
however, they might get upset and send you a nasty complaint. It is the
same with mailing lists, with the difference that you are calling hundreds
or thousands of people at the same time, so a lot more people can get
annoyed if you use the wrong number or send personal messages.
. . Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can
get a list of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX CONSGIS"
command to LISTSERV@URIACC.BITNET (or LISTSERV@URIACC.URI.EDU). You can
then order these files with a "GET CONSGIS LOGxxxx" command, or using
LISTSERV's database search facilities. Send an "INFO DATABASE" command
for more information on the latter. Please note that it is presently possible
for anybody to determine that you are signed up to the list through the
use of the "REVIEW" command, which returns the e-mail address and name
of all the subscribers. If you do not want your name to be visible, just
issue a "SET CONSGIS CONCEAL" command. More information on LISTSERV commands
can be found in the LISTSERV reference card, which you can retrieve by
sending an "INFO REFCARD" command to LISTSERV@URIACC.BITNET (or LISTSERV@URIACC.URI.EDU).
Problems or Questions about CONSGIS? send an email request to Dr. Pete
August:
pete@edc.uri.edu
ESRI Technical Support
ESRI Direct Technical Support: (USA only): 380 New York Street Redlands,
CA 92373, Tel : (909)-793-3774 Fax : (909)-792-0960, Email : support@esri.com.
For additional support, discussion, and tips, use our 24 Hour Support
Services:
ESRI's WWW homepage www.esri.com
Technical Support Services support.esri.com
ArcView-L Discussion List Send E-mail to: arcview-l-request@esri.com with
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ESRI Product Information
ESRI Product info and ordering is at 1-800-GIS-XPRT or by email at info@esri.com Information other users, GIS research, ESRI products, and course schedules is also available in Arcnews, our quarterly newsletter which you can get by contacting Random Mitchell (909-793-2853) or rmitchell@esri.com ArcUser is our technical magazine which you can check at www.esri.com/arcuser or send email to arcuser_editor@esri.com
CTSP Grant Program
The Conservation Technology Support Program (CTSP) is a partnership granting program that donates hardware, software, training, and support to US-based 501(c)(3) organizations in an annual national cycle. Applications are accepted from October to December. Please note that CTSP is a separate program with an annual deadline. a separate application and a long review process, unlike ECP which has no deadlines and uses the application you are now reading. For information on CTSP send email to ctsp@ctsp.org or check the web site www.ctsp.org.
Compilation & web design: Charles Convis, ESRI Conservation Program, April 2, 1996