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These web pages offer a way to help identify other participants of uk.rec.waterways and canals-list@yahoo who you might come across on your travels around the waterway system. People who post to these groups have been invited to submit details of their boats, etc. If you wish to add your details or update your information, please click the "send information" link. The coding for email addresses that appear on this website has been encrypted to help prevent the addresses from being "harvested" by spammers. In addition, email addresses do not appear on screen, but can be seen below the window if you move your mouse over the links. If you particularly want your email address to appear on your boat's page, please let me know (it will still be encrypted). What are uk.rec.waterways and canals-list@yahoo? uk.rec.waterways is a newsgroup for the discussion of inland waterways and boating. Messages sent by participants are seen by all the other particpants, who may, if they wish, reply. Sometimes, messages form long "threads" where there is an ongoing conversation or discussion. Anyone could subscribe freely to this newsgroup and read and contribute to its mesages. Messages can also be read and replied to online at the Google Groups website. canals-list@yahoo is a mailing list for the discussion of inland waterways and boating. It works in the same way as uk.rec.waterways except the messages are sent and received as emails. In order to participate, it is necessary to register with Yahoo and subscribe to "canals-list". Newsreading software can often be set up to treat a mailing list like a newsgroup, with threaded discussions. Messages can also be read and replied to online at the Yahoo website. Regular participants get to know each other through the internet and in many cases have met each other in person. What are Cutweb and CIBC? The "Cutweb" is the term used to describe the wide community of boaters and inland waterways users and enthusiasts who use the internet. This includes subscribers to the above groups but also includes other internet users. Annual gatherings are arranged, sometimes known as Great Internet Get-togethers, or GIGs. Occasionally, informal gatherings, known as Mini-Gigs, are arranged and, where possible, announced in one of the above online groups. For more information about the annual Great Internet Get-together, open to all internet users interested in waterways, please click here. CIBC is the Cutweb Internet Boaters' Club, with membership by annual subscription. This is a "virtual" club with no clubhouse, as members are spread throughout the country. However, it is a AWCC registered club, so members may use facilities at AWCC clubs around the system. For more information about the Cutweb Internet Boating Club, please click here. Save the Waterways! Internet users and others are campaigning against the severe cuts in government funding for the waterways. Find out what is happening and how you can help. See this site: www.savethewaterways.org.uk |
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