GT-Families is an electronic mailing list for the discussion of the range of issues facing families raising gifted children. All who are interested in supporting and nurturing gifted and talented children are most welcome, so long as they agree to follow the rules and principles set out below.
Topics welcome on GT-Families include:
List members are asked to remember that our children can and do read list e-mail. Please post in ways which would you would be proud to point to as models of good citizenship to your kids.
If you would like to subscribe to GT-Families from this web page, you can skip down to the bottom of the page, but we'd really appreciate your taking the time to read our stuff about being civilized first! Please note that to post to the list, you must first subscribe!
You can also unsubscribe from GT-Families using the web interface.
If you would like to see what we have been talking about, you can take a look at our archives using the web interface.
We find a list works best when everyone treats everyone else with respect. Below are a few suggestions designed to keep GTWorld the kind of place where the experienced want to stay and the brand-new feel welcome.
It is important to recognize that to disagree respectfully, or to politely request a change of behavior, is not to "flame".
Please, be aware that parents of gifted children are frequently accused of "pushing them" through the use of flash card programs like the one you mention. GT World is not really a forum for the discussion of competing "superbaby products." Could you please not post straight laundry lists of products and favorites? It's not very interesting just to read lists. If you want to talk about these products, say how they have been helpful in your experience. lt would help if you could add something to the discussion that hasn't been mentioned several times before.
Listen you stupid little jerk...we bigwigs who have been on this mailing list forever and have forgotten more about gifted issues than you could ever know are sick and tired of hearing about this dopey program. If you are too impaired to read the FAQ go sell your boring flash cards on AOL.
Whew! Now that we've covered all the boilerplate, relax, put up your feet, and get ready for a good chat. There are lots of funny people here, folks who can be wonderful travelling companions on this adventure we're having with our children. Welcome. We hope you'll stay a while.
The GT-World mailing lists run on listserv Server version 2.548 software. For a list of commands send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org with the one word help in the message body.
listserv offers two methods for managing your membership options. You may send commands to the listserver via e-mail, or use the web interfaces for the various lists.
The following link will permit you to set your preferences for GT-Families Lists:
The following is a summary of the most common e-mail commands:
To subscribe to gt-families
send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org with the command subscribe gt-families in the body
To unsubscribe
send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org with the command signoff gt-families in the body.
To contact a human being
send e-mail to gt-families-request@listserv.icors.org
To send a post for distribution to the mailing list
send e-mail to gt-families@listserv.icors.org NOTE: Only subscribers to gt-world lists can post to them!
To receive multiple posts in a single mailing
send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org with the command set gt-families digests in the body
To set list to send no messages
send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org with the command set gt-families nomail in the body
To set list to send messages as they come in
send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org with the command set gt-families mail in the body
To resume a held membership (if your email address has been bouncing email for several days listserv may put your membership on "hold" and stop sending you electronic mail.)
send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org with the command unhold in the body
Other mailing list commands
send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org