To give you an idea of the diversity of the WELL, here is a recent list of the conferences available on the WELL. This list was current as of 2/2/93. For more information, contact info@well.sf.ca.us. (Note: This is a partial list. There are some public conferences that are not listed here and there are many many private conferences that are not listed) List of Public Conferences on the Well -------------------------------------- Type: cfinfo confname for a description of any conference. (example: cfinfo peace <"return" key>) Best of the WELL - vintage material (g best) Index listing of new topics in all conferences (g newtops) Social Responsibility and Politics ---------------------------------- Amnesty International (g amnesty) Non Profits (g non) Current Events (g curr) Peace (g peace) Environment (g env) Politics (g pol) Firearms (g firearms) Socialism (g workers) First Amendment (g first) Unity (g unity) Liberty (g liberty) Veterans (g vets) War (g war) Electronic Frontier Foundation (g eff) Computers, Freedom & Privacy (g cfp) Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (g cpsr) Media and Communications ------------------------ Bioinfo (g bioinfo) Periodical/Newsletter (g per) Computer Journalism (g cj) Photography (g pho) Filmmaking (g film) Radio (g rad) Info Age (g boing) Technical Writers (g tec) Internet (g internet) Telecommunications (g tele) Media (g media) Usenet ("net news") (g usenet) Microtimes (g microx) Video (g vid) Mondo 2000 (g mondo) Virtual Reality (g vr) Muchomedia (g mucho) Whole Earth Review (g we) Packet Radio (g packet) Zines/Fanzine Scene (g f5) Business and Livelihood ----------------------- Agriculture (g agri) Investments (g invest) Classifieds (g cla) Legal (g legal) Consultants (g consult) One Person Business (g one) Consumers (g cons) Sustainable Economics (g sust) Entrepreneurs (g entre) Translators (g trans) The Future (g fut) Work and Workplace (g work) Body - Mind - Health -------------------- Aging (g gray) Health (g heal) AIDS (g aids) Holistic (g holi) Buddhist (g wonderland) Jewish (g jew) Christian (g cross) Mind (g mind) Dreams (g dream) Philosophy (g phi) Drugs (g drugs) Psychology (g psy) Eros (g eros) Sexuality (g sex) Fringes of Reason (g fringes) Spirituality (g spirit) Genealogy (g roots) Therapy (g therapy) Religion (g relig) Cultures -------- Archives (g arc) Pacific Rim (g pacrim) Buddhist (g wonderland) Spanish (g spanish) German (g german) Tibet (g tibet) History (g hist) Travel (g tra) Irish (g irish) Virtual Communities (g vc) Jewish (g jew) Place ----- Berkeley (g berk) Oakland CA (g oak) East Coast (g east) Pacific Rim (g pacrim) Environment (g env) Peninsula (g pen) Geography (g geo) San Francisco (g sanfran) Hawaii (g aloha) Southern California (g socal) Midwest (g midwest) Southern USA (g south) North Bay (g north) Texas/Southwest (g rodeo) Northwest (g nw) Tibet (g tibet) Travel (g tra) Interactions ------------ Couples (g love) Nightowls## (g owl) Disability (g disability) Parenting (g par) Gay (g gay) Scams (g scam) Intrpers. communicat'n (g in) Singles (g singles) Interview (g inter) Statements (g stmt) Kids (g kids) True Confessions (g tru) Miscellaneous (g misc) Unclear (g unclear) News (g news) Weird (g weird) Generation X (g genx) ## Open from Midnight to 6 am Pacific Time Arts and Letters ---------------- Art Com Electronic Net (g acen) Muchomedia (g mucho) Art and Graphics (g gra) NAPLPS (g naplps) Beatles (g beat) Photography (g pho) Art and Graphics (g gra) Poetry (g poetry) Beatles (g beat) Radio (g rad) Books (g books) Science Fiction (g sf) Classical Music (g classic) Theater (g theat) Comics (g comics) Words (g words) Design (g design) Writers (g wri) Filmmaking (g film) A 'Zine at the WELL (g zine) Jazz (g jazz) Zines/Fanzine Scene (g f5) MIDI (g midi) Movies (g movies) Recreation ---------- Bicycles (g bike) Games (g games) Boating (g boat) Gardening (g gard) Chess (g chess) Music (g music) Cooking (g cook) Motoring (g car) Collecting (g collect) Pets (g pets) Drinks (g drinks) Outdoor Recreation (g out) Flying (g flying) Sports (g sports) Wildlife (g wild) Entertainment ------------- Audio-videophilia (g aud) Movies (g movies) Bay Area Tonight (g bat) Music (g music) CDs (g cd) Potato! (g spud) Comics (g comics) Restaurants (g rest) Fun (g fun) Star Trek (g trek) Jokes (g jokes) Television (g tv) Education and Planning ---------------------- Apple Library Users (g alug) Environment (g environ) Brainstorming (g brain) Earthquake (g quake) Biosphere II (g bio2) Homeowners (g home) Co-Housing (g coho) Indexing (g indexing) Design (g design) Network Integrations (g origin) Education (g ed) Science (g science) Energy (g power) Transportation (g transport) Whole Earth Review (g we) Grateful Dead ------------- Grateful Dead (g gd) Tapes (g tapes) Deadlit (g deadlit) Tickets (g tix) GD Hour (g gdh) Tours (g tours) Feedback (g feedback) Computers --------- AI/Forth/Realtime (g realtime) Mac System7 (g mac7) Amiga (g amiga) MIDI (g midi) Apple (g apple) NAPLPS (g naplps) Art and Graphics (g gra) NeXt (g next) Computer Books (g cbook) OS/2 (g os2) CP/M (g cpm) Printers (g print) Desktop Publishing (g desk) Programmer's Net (g net) Hacking (g hack) Scientific computing (g scicomp) Hypercard (g hype) Software Design (g sdc) IBM PC (g ibm) Software/Programming (g software) Internet (g internet) Software Support (g ssc LANs (g lan) Unix (g unix) Laptop (g lap) Virtual Reality (g vr) Macintosh (g mac) Windows (g windows) Mactech (g mactech) Word Processing (g word) Mac Network Admin (g macadm) The WELL Itself --------------- Deeper technical view (g deeper) Hosts (g host) MetaWELL (g metawell) Policy (g policy) General technical (g gentech) System News (g sysnews) WELLcome and help (g well) Test (g test) Virtual Communities (g vc) Public programmers (g public) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some Popular Private Conferences on the Well ------------------------------------------- Mail the hosts listed for information on their criteria for admission. Body - Mind - Health -------------------- Crossroads (g xroads) mail rabar for entry Gay (private) (g gaypriv) mail hudu for entry Men on the WELL (g mow) mail flash for entry Recovery (g recovery) mail dhawk for entry Women on the WELL (g wow) mail reva for entry Sacred Sites Int'l. (g ssi) mail rebop or mandala for entry Arts, Recreation ---------------- Aliens on the Well (g aliens) mail flash for entry Band (for working musicians) (g band) mail tnf or rik for entry WELL Writer's Workshop (g www) mail sonia for entry Grateful Dead ------------- Deadplan (g dp) mail tnf for entry Grapevine (g grape) mail rebop or phred for entry Computers, Communications ------------------------- The Matrix (g mids) mail estheise for entry Producers (radio) (g pro) mail jwa for entry ......................................................................... Private conferences are run by individuals as they see fit, and are offered as an alternative to group email for businesses, organizations, families, people with common interests, and other groups. Most are unlisted. For descriptions of listed conferences, type cfinfo at an OK prompt. ..........................................................................