To subscribe to the Women’s Bar Leaders listserve, send an e-mail with your name and women’s bar affiliation to ncwba@aol.com. Please also review the general guidelines for using the listserve.
Guidelines for Listserve Use
The Women’s Bar Leaders listserve is for leaders and supporters of women’s bar associations throughout the United States and the world. It is organized by the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations (NCWBA).
The moderator of this listserve is Diane Rynerson. Diane is the Immediate Past Executive Director of the NCWBA and served as Oregon Women Lawyers’ first Executive Director. She currently volunteers with both associations.
Please direct any questions or concerns with the use of this service to Diane at ncwba@aol.com. We encourage all new officers of our member organizations to contact Diane to be added onto the listserve.
To post a message to the list, send an email to: wombarlead@yahoogroups.com. Please feel free to post emails about any of the following:
- 1. Share your organization’s best practice(s) regarding events, awards committee work, etc.;
- 2. Share information or studies on issues of interest to women;
- 3. Requests for lawyer referrals; and,
- 4. Job announcements;
If you Reply to any message sent via the listserve, please direct your reply ONLY to the person who posted the email or the person requesting the information. DO NOT REPLY TO ALL RECIPIENTS ON THE LIST.
If at any time you do not wish to be on the listserve, simply click the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every listserve message.
History of the Women's Bar Listserve
In 1999, nearly a generation ago in computer years, NCWBA Board
member Kate Waits of Tulsa, Oklahoma decided that women bar
leaders needed a listserve: a quick and easy way to communicate via
e-mail about the personal and organizational concerns and successes
of women’s bar associations and their members.
One of the
founding principles of the NCWBA is that women’s bar associations
should not have to reinvent the wheel: that being in communication
with other women’s bar leaders around the country can be a source
of inspiration, expertise and collegiality.
After setting up the “wombarlead” listserve, Kate also wanted to
encourage state and local women’s bar associations to establish
their own lists. Many associations have done so, with great success.
For those who are thinking about creating a listserve, Kate wrote
an informative web page with answers to many potential questions.
While some of the technical details are now out of date, the basic
strategies are not. Kate’s article can be accessed at: http://www.
personal.utulsa.edu/~kwaits/ncwba_listserve.html
