Goanet
Goanet is a mailing list related to the state of Goa, located on the western coast of India.
It was started in 1994 by a (then) 17-year-old student Herman Carneiro,[1] and since then has grown into being the most influential electronic mailing list linked to Goa.
Goanet was started on August 25th 1994 with approximately 20 members. The mailing list was run from Carneiro's university e-mail account. According to Carneiro: "Netters were asked to put a * in their subject line to indicate a message to be posted on the list as opposed to private e-mail. The list grew slowly but steadily. Pretty soon we had 100 members and by that time I could not cope forwarding all the e-mail. So, I requested that a mailing list program be setup for Goanet on my university's server. I was successful and Goanet found its home for next 4 years."[2]
Goanet had real-time archives on the web and the membership continued to grow steadily. In 1998, Goanet moved to the Goacom server. This allowed Goanet to expand even further. Carneiro has argued that Goanet (also called Goa-Net and GoaNet earlier) has been "more than a mailing list from the start -- it's been a virtual community."[2]
Volunteers of Goanet have included Bosco D'Mello (Canada), Eddie Fernandes (UK), Vivian Coelho (USA), Eustaquio Santimano (Denmark), Sunila Muzawar (UAE), Frederick Menezes (Goa), among others. Among the first members were Jacqueline Carneiro (USA), Jeannette Carneiro (USA), Peter D'Souza (USA), Maria D'Souza (USA), Ulysses and Kendy Menezes (Kuwait), Kevin Coutinho, Craig Rodrigues (Canada), Marlon Menezes (US), Brendan Fernandes (Australia), Joanne Fernandes (Australia), Tashlyn Gonzalves (Australia), and Sherwin Nazareth (Australia). [2]
Goanet has a readership of over 10,000 people each day.[citation needed] The list's participants, primarily Goans now living outside of Goa[3] have been involved with a number of initiatives, including an attempt to bring computers to more schools in Goa[4] and efforts by the government to study migration from Goa.[5]
Goanet has built awareness about expat and environmental issues in Goa. It has also inspired the formation of a number of other cyber ventures (particularly e-mail lists) and has also been active in discussing Goan writing and literature. Prominent posters on the list include JoeGoaUk, who is known to share a number of photographs and news reports on a daily basis from Goa itself. Dr. Alberto G. Gomes has written an academic paper on the interactions on Goanet. (‘Going Goan on the Goa-Net: Computer-mediated Communication and Goan Diaspora’. Social Analysis 45 (1), p 53–66)
References
- ^ "Business Lies Between the Lines". Business Line. Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 2004-04-07. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ a b c "Goanet celebrates its 6th birthday". Goa-World.com. 2000-08-25. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ^ "Goan Diasporta Makes a Mark Worldwide". The Times of India. 2007-01-14. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ Shiv Kumar (1999-10-14). "Plans to Computerise Goa Schools Hits Snag". Indian Express. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ India World News (2008-01-02). "Goa Plans Study on Out-Migration". The Earth Times. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
External links
- Going Global in Cyberspace ‘Going Goan on the Goa-Net: Computer-mediated Communication and Goan Diaspora’.
- Goanet on Twitter Goanet on Twitter.
- Goanet on Facebook Goanet on Facebook.
- Goanet mailing-list welcome page
- Goanet archives from Dec 1995, earlier years partial record.
- Goanet Celebrates its Sixth Birthday
- Case study: Goanet – Linking the Goan Diaspora Across the World
- Goanet Femnet
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