title: A short history of the first 3 years of the Community Genetics Network and its newsletter.
abstract: When in 2007 it became clear that the Karger journal Community Genetics would change its name and scope, the first author started to establish an international, multidisciplinary e-mail network and a newsletter with papers authored by the members of the network. This paper reports on the first 3 years of the network. At the end of the 3-year period, there were 858 members, 50 newsletters had appeared, and almost 1,500 different papers from 458 journals had been cited. This model may serve as an example for others who want to bring together those sharing a common interest.
authors.forename: Leo P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Ten Kate
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plourde