THE JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST ETHICS ISSN 1076-9005 ONLINE CONFERENCE ON BUDDHISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) GENERAL EDITORS Damien Keown (Goldsmiths, London) and Charles S.Prebish (Penn State) TECHNICAL EDITOR Wayne R.Husted (Penn State) HOW DO I CONTACT THE CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS? Send an email message to jbe-ed@psu.edu WHEN IS THE CONFERENCE BEING HELD? >From Sunday 1st October to Friday 13th October WHERE IS THE CONFERENCE BEING HELD? In the JBE virtual conference center :) HOW DO I PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE? Subscribe to the List JBE-L by sending an email message as follows: To: Listserv@psuvm.psu.edu Subject: (leave blank) -------------------------- SUB JBE-L JANE DOE (put your own name here) HOW DO I UNSUBSCRIBE AFTER THE CONFERENCE? There is no need to unsubscribe unless you specifically wish to. To unsubscribe, send a message to the address above but with the message: SIGNOFF JBE-L. (PS Remember to switch off your signature file (if you have one) when sending the above messages!) I ALREADY SUBSCRIBE TO THE JBE-L LIST BUT DO NOT WANT TO RECEIVE CONFERENCE POSTINGS. You can suspend mail from the list and restart it after the conference. Send a message to Listserv@psuvm.psu.edu with the message SET JBE-L NOMAIL. To restart mail the command is SET JBE-L MAIL. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO SUBSCRIBE? There is no charge for the conference (or the journal). ARE POSTINGS TO THE CONFERENCE MONITORED? Yes WILL EVERY MESSAGE SENT GO TO THE LIST? Messages will be forwarded to the list at the discretion of the monitor (a member of the JBE editorial staff). If there is a high volume of messages not all may get through, but all messages will be read. Please note that posting to the list does not imply that the editors share the views expressed, and the editors accept no responsibility for loss, damage or other liability arising from participation in the conference. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE CONFERENCE? The messages will go to about 700 people. WILL THE PROCEEDINGS BE ARCHIVED? We aim to preserve a record of the proceedings in some form, either as raw data or in an edited form. IS THERE A TIMETABLE FOR DISCUSSING PARTICULAR ISSUES? The first week will be given over mainly to conceptual and theoretical issues, and the second week to practical and empirical ones concerning specific countries. The provisional timetable is as follows. This may be changed during the proceedings if circumstances warrant it. WEEK ONE (Conceptual Issues) Sunday 1st October: official opening of the conference. Monday: a number of short statements from panelists will be distributed to the list. Monday-Tuesday : "Talks about talks." What are the main issues? Tuesday-Sunday: discussion of the substantive issues which have been identified. WEEK TWO (Human Rights policies and the record of particular regimes) Monday 9th October: "Talks about Talks" - What are the main global human rights issues facing Buddhism today? Tues-Friday: Open Forum (time may be allocated to specific countries and issues) Friday: Summary and review. End of conference. WHEN WILL THE CONFERENCE PAPERS BE AVAILABLE? The conference papers will be available online about one week before the conference begins. HOW DO I GET THE CONFERENCE PAPERS? Papers can be retrieved in the same four ways the journal's ordinary publications are retrieved. a) the World Wide Web b) Gopher c) anonymous file transfer protocol (FTP) d) by FTPMAIL. WHAT ARE THE SITE ADDRESSES FOR WWW, ANONYMOUS FTP, AND GOPHER? WWW ===== http://www.psu.edu/jbe/jbe.html or http://www.gold.ac.uk/jbe/jbe.html Anonymous FTP ============ *USA site: ftp.cac.psu.edu in the directory /pub/jbe or *UK site: scorpio.gold.ac.uk in the directory /pub/jbe Gopher ====== Penn State University's Gopher: Type: 1 Host: ftp.cac.psu.edu Port: 70 Selector: 1/jbe or Goldsmiths' Gopher: Type: 1 Host: scorpio.gold.ac.uk Port: 70 Selector: 1/jbe ALL I HAVE IS EMAIL. CAN I STILL GET THE CONFERENCE PAPERS? Yes. For subscribers who may have limited access to the Internet (i.e., e-mail only) the articles may be retrieved through FTPMAIL. This is offered via the following sites: ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu (USA) bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu (USA) bitftp@vm.gmd.de (Europe) bitftp@plearn.edu.pl (Europe) ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk (UK) ftpmail@cs.uow.edu.au (Australia) One simply sends an e-mail message to one of the above addresses with the subject field blank and the following in the body of the message, modifying and to reflect the directory location and file you may wish to receive: open ftp.cac.psu.edu cd get quit An example message by which one would receive the file Inada.txt would be: open ftp.cac.psu.edu cd pub/jbe/conference get Inada.txt quit The ftpmail server will then send the material to you in the form of an e-mail message. This may take anywhere from minutes to possibly a day or two depending on the time you make your request and your location. WHAT FORMAT IS USED FOR ARTICLES? The conference papers will be published in plain ASCII text. This can be viewed directly on almost any computer. HOW DO I READ THE ARTICLES IN MY WORDPROCESSOR? Once you have downloaded the ASCII file, run your wordprocessor and give the command to open an existing file. Set the file type to ASCII (may also be listed as "DOS Text" or "text file") and type the filename of the article you wish to read (e.g. Harris.txt). The article will then appear on your screen like a normal wordprocessor document, and can be printed out. NOTE: If you retrieve the article by FTPMAIL, it will come to you as an email message and will be readable in your email program just like any other message. DOES IT MATTER WHETHER I USE A PC OR A MAC? No. Either will read ASCII files. I WISH TO CITE ONE OF THE PAPERS IN AN ARTICLE I AM WRITING. HOW DO I GIVE THE REFERENCE? As in the following example (this assumes you are referring to page 14 of the following fictitious article): Smith, Albert. 1995. "Human Rights in Tibet", _Journal of Buddhist Ethics_ (Online Conference on Buddhism and Human Rights) :14. [End of File]