Once there was orienteering. Now there is Rogaining (12-24 hours), Traditional orienteering (about one hour), Sprint Orienteering (10-15 minutes), MTB-Orienteering, and (not done much in NZ) Ski-Orienteering, and Trail-Orienteering for physically disabled.
We need new communication paths, and the MTBO website is one of these. NZ rogainers (who have a website) have decided to also have an emailing list. It is used for brief bulletins alerting list-members to an item of news. They will not contain substantial information, just the email address or website where it can be obtained.
With increasing questions from throughout NZ asking about MTBO and how to set it up, trans-Tasman competition starting to happen and a world championship in Australia in 2004, we think it is time to have an MTBO emailing list. We have set one up using the Internet company Yahoo. Anyone can join the list by sending an email to
mtbonz-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
You will get a reply asking you to confirm (part of Yahoo's anti-junkmail mechanisms) and then you're on.
Until we satisfy ourselves about exposure to junk-mail, only the list owner (currently Michael Wood) will be able to post bulletins to the list.
Try it out. If you get any unwelcome email, you can get off by sending an email to
mtbonz-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
Written by Michael Wood
and installed on 10 Jan 02