National Association of Chemical Hygiene Officers

The National Association of Chemical Hygiene Officers (NACHO) was conceived by Dr. Kaufman, and founded in January 1998.  It is a "virtual community," so to speak, in that the intercourse of the members takes place largely via electronic communications, most of them effected by the listserver labsafety-L@siu.edu.  NACHO might be the first professional association which was actually "born" on the internet.

By subscribing to the LABSAFETY-L listserved bulletin board, you will have joined NACHO.  To join a listserved bulletin board, also called an "internet discussion group," or "email BB," you send a command to the listserver (see "How to join" below).  After your name has been added to the list, any messages you send to the list will be distributed to all the addresses on the list, and you will receive the messages sent by other list members.  Join LABSAFETY-L and become a member of NACHO; it's free and a fantastic way to meet and learn from a large number of lab safety professionals. 

Help and tips:

1998 NRCC-CHO certificants
Labsafety-L list membership statistics