Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 14:40:09 -0700

To: restitution@majordomo.srv.ualberta.ca

From: liosmith@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Lionel Smith)

Sender: owner-restitution@quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca

Reply-To: restitution@quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca



Greetings everyone, and welcome to the restitution discussion group! Thank

you for your interest and for signing up.



Some weeks ago I chose 30 September as the launch date for this

undertaking, without realizing that it was a Saturday. As a result I am

sending out this welcome message without much hope that anyone will see it

until Monday.



I am happy to report that there has been an enthusiastic response to the

idea of  a restitution discussion group. The group begins life with about

thirty members. I am especially pleased to report that the membership

includes an excellent geographical and juristic diversity. There are

members from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Canada, including both

common and civil law traditions. I would like to thank those who helped to

spread the word about the group, including Mitchell McInnes in Australia,

Don Clark in New Zealand, and Peter Birks in the UK. I would ask everyone

to continue to spread the word about the group to colleagues who use email.



Without further ado, then, I would like to open the floor. In case you no

longer have the message you received when you subscribed, the address for

postings is:



restitution@majordomo.srv.ualberta.ca



Actually there might be a little bit more ado. I will probably follow this

message with a short note about two minor changes to the way the list

works, which the computer people here have been working on this week.



Thanks again,



Lionel Smith

Faculty of Law

University of Alberta

403 492 2599; Fax 403 492 4924