The AMM discussion list

The AMM email discussion list is open to both AMM members and non-members. It is intended for microbiologists to discuss all aspects of the practice of clinical microbiology and infection, including management, health policy, and employment issues. Although sponsored by the AMM, it is open to anyone with a genuine interest in infection, including infection control nurses and commercial organisations, whether AMM members or not.

Joining the list

To join, please go to the list application page and fill in the short form there. The purpose of this is to ensure that only bona-fide persons can join the list and so enable the list to avoid spam. This form will be emailed to the list managers who will decide whether or not to approve your joining the list. You will then be joined to the list (or informed why this was not possible).

It is unfortunate that we have had to do this but the activities of some former members have made it essential that only those with a bona-fide interest in medical microbiology and infection control are members of the list.

How it works

Having joined the list, you use it as follows:

1. to post a message to the list, send an email to amm-l@chime.ucl.ac.uk(note: in that email address, 'amm-l' contains a lower case letter ell, not a figure 1)
2. your message is then sent by email to everyone else on the list
3. any replies to your message are sent to you and everyone else on the list
4. to reply to a message, simply reply to the email in the usual way

Leaving the list

To leave the list, send an email to majordomo@chime.ucl.ac.ukwith the words 'unsubscribe AMM-L' (without quotation marks) in the body of the email.

Other information

This list is not moderated. Once you send your email, it will be sent to all members of the list and cannot be stopped! Therefore, please be careful what you write. It is all too easy in the heat of the moment to send something you regret the second it has gone. The golden rule is not to write anything you would not want a wide audience to see. You can always send personal email to someone on the list rather than posting messages to the entire list.

We do not tolerate unsolicited commercial email (spam). List members who advertise their services or products will be politely asked to desist. Failure to do so will result in removal from the list.

Please do make use of the list. The AMM strongly encourages members and others to join and contribute to it, as a means of exchanging information and fostering a sense of community.

If you have any comments or questions, please send them to me at communication@amm.co.uk.

Dr. Steve Pedler
AMM Communications Secretary