Do I have to get an account on Topica to participate in the list?
You can join the WIC e-mail lists without getting a Topica account. You can do this by sending a blank e-mail message to wic-community-subscribe@topica.com. You will then receive a message with instructions on how to confirm your subscription. If you click on the web link in the email message, you will be taken to a web page that says in tiny writing that you’ve been added, and you will be presented with a screen for getting a Topica account. This is optional. You do not need to proceed in order to complete your subscription. Nevertheless, getting a Topica account can be beneficial because it does give you access to more options for managing your participation on the e-mail list such as subscribing to digest versions or reading list archives.