FamilyNet Youth Discussion Forums

Contents

1. Net Kids - for young people aged 12 and under
2. Net Teen - general discussions for those over 12
3. Christian Teen - Christian discussions for those over 12
4. Students - for tertiary students at universities, teacher training colleges, technikons, seminaries etc

How to join

1. Mailing List
2. BBS echo

General information

1. Getting help and reporting problems
2. Other conferences
3. Information about FamilyNet

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Conference Descriptions

Net Kids

Net Teen

Christian Teen

Students

• Subscribe
• Unsubscribe

If you're a student you might like to consider setting up a BBS, especially if you are something of a computer fundi. BBSs were big in the early 1990s, but since the Internet went commercial many people have never heard of them. But running a BBS is a bit like being your own ISP on the cheap. Read more about it on our BBS page.

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How to join

1. THE MAILING LIST

If you have an Internet e-mail address, you can join the conferences as described below.

To subscribe to the FamilyNet youth conferences by e-mail mailing list, click on the appropriate button and send the e-mail message

Students conference - for students in universities, colleges, seminaries etc.	Subscribe Students	Unsubscribe Students
Christian teens - Christian discussions for teens 13-19	Subscribe Christian Teen	Unsubscribe Christian Teen
General Teen Conference - for teens to discuss general topics	Subscribe Teen	Unsubscribe Teen
Kids - for kids under 13	Subscribe kids	Unsubscribe kids

More information is available on the FamilyNet web page

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2. THE FAMILYNET BBS NETWORK

If you are within reasonable calling range of a FamilyNet BBS that carries the Net Kids, Teen and Christian Teen conferences, you can call the BBS to participate. This is a better way to participate, because BBS software allows you to address a message to a particular participant rather than the whole list. Others can still read or reply to it, but it makes it easier to see which messages are addressed to you.

You can check the BBS method right from your web browser. Just go to:

You will see the BBS log-in screen. If it's your first call, register as a new user, then click on "Join conferences". Wait for the page to load (it's big!), then scroll down and click on the ones you want to join. Scroll to the bottom and click to actually join them. Then you get a screen with just the ones you join, and you can click on them to read, reply or enter new messages.

For more information on BBSs and how they can be used, you can check the following Web pages:

http://www.oocities.org/Athens/7734/bbs.htm

http://www.fmlynet.org/

If your nearest BBS does not belong to FamilyNet, ask the sysop to consider joining, and to check those Web pages, or contact me with more information on how to do so. If it belongs to FamilyNet but does not carry the these conferences, ask the sysop to areafix to NET_KIDS, NET_TEEN, CHRISTIAN_TEEN and STUDENTS.If there is no FamilyNet BBS near you, why not start your own? See the BBS page for more infornmation.