The AAG-GISS   Listserve

To subscribe to the GISS Specialty Group's listserve you must be a current member of the AAG and of the GISS-SG. For more information on membership, visit the AAG's web site and click on the "Membership" link.

You can also contact Dr. Ming-Hsiang (Ming) Tsou directly and ask him to post your announcements in the AAG GISS-SG list.  Please email mtsou@mail.sdsu.edu .

How To Subscribe

When you apply or continue your AAG membership, you will be asked to select your interested specialty groups.  If you select the Geographic Information Systems and Science specialty Group, you will be automatically added into the GISS listserve hosted by AAG web server.

How To Post

You can post your messages to all GISS-SG members by using your own AAG account in the AAG website.   First, open a Web Browser to access the AAG website  (http://www.aag.org).   In the lower-right corner of the website, you will find a hyperlink to login with your own AAG account.   The login account is usually your AAG member number, such as "09700###".  After the login, select the "Specialty Group News and Discussion Forums".  You will see a group of specialty groups you participated in the "My Communities" column.  You will find the "Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group" in the list.  Click on the GISS-SG link, you will see a column, called "Forums".  If you want to make an announcement, select the "General Information".  If you want to post a Job announcement, select "Job Announcements".  After that, select "Create New Topic", you will see an on-line message box as the following picture.  Type your messages and then post it.  The messages will be distributed automatically to all GISS-SG members in the AAG (It might take a few minutes).   One drawback is that you can not attach any Word or PDF documents in your message.   If you need to post a PDF or Word document, you can use a hyperlink to embedded inside your text message. 

Set Up Global Preference

for AAG Specialty Group announcement mail-list server.

You might click on the Global Preference in your login menu to change the setting for the email announcement.  Make sure that the subscriber's email address is correct.  If you have problems receiving email announcements from AAG mail-server, it could be the setting problems in the Global Preference.   Or the AAG emails might be blocked as SPAM in your local email-server (at the University level).

You can also contact Dr. Ming-Hsiang (Ming) Tsou directly and ask him to post your announcements in the AAG GISS-SG list.  Please email mtsou@mail.sdsu.edu