The "Pretty Good Physics" mailing list has migrated! Here's how to join.

For many years now, the "Pretty Good Physics" email group has been one of the fundamental resources for physics teachers that I recommend in my summer institutes.  Teachers email questions to the group, and they're answered within hours, usually by people who know what they're talking about.  Most importantly, the PGP group is positive in culture.  It's not a forum to kvetch about our administrators, the dang kids these days, or that silly College Board.  It's just a place for professionals to collaborate with one another.

The problem:  The email group was hosted by google.  Then it wasn't.  Apparently a significant number of recipients marked emails from the group as "spam."  And thus, the email group is no longer hosted by google, pour encourager les autres.

The solution:  The PGP volunteers created a new google group intended for discussion only.  The other function of PGP is to share files among physics teachers - that functionality is still available the same way it was.  But discussion via email is the strength of PGP, and it can continue on this new group.  

The only difference now is that we may not share secure files via the discussion group.  If you have a question about, say, an AP question that is released only under the course audit, well, you need to be sorta cagey about your question.  You can't just send a copy of the question to the group.  Silly, I know, but them's the College Board's rules, and we've gotta obey them if we're gonna keep this discussion group going.

How do you join the new discussion group?  If you're logged in to a google account at which you want to receive discussion posts, go to this site.  If you prefer to join with a non-google address, then you need to email Dan Hosey via dan dot hosey at prettygoodphysics.org, letting him know the desired email address and whether you want to receive every post or just a weekly digest.

If you do sign up, never ever mark a post as spam.  Just unsubscribe if you're sick of us.  :-)

The people who make PGP happen:  Pretty Good Physics is a completely volunteer effort on the part of four amazing physics teachers.  If you get a chance, thank them profusely, buy them a coffee, chant their name at your local physics shrine.  We so, so appreciate the efforts by these folks to keep this service operating:

• Paul Lulai
• Robert Casao
• Dan Hosey
• Gardner Friedlander

Thanks, all.  Looking forward to seeing your posts to the new discussion group.

GCJ