The upper text pane initially contains a listing of the
meetings you attend. The current meeting, i.e., the one
from which you are reading transactions, will have a plus
sign (``+'') next to it. To change meetings, you can either
double-click on a meeting's line with the first mouse button, or
use the 
and 
buttons or the arrow keys as described
below. If this is the first time you have used DISCUSS in any form,
only two meetings will be listed, namely New_Meetings and
Everybody. The former is for announcements of new meetings,
and the latter is for random announcements, questions, and anything else
that may be of general interest. You can use the configure button,
as described below, to add more meetings.
Changed meetings, those with new unread transactions, will have a ``c'' next to their name.
This window can also be used, via the 
button, to show a
list of transactions within the current meeting. In this mode,
double-clicking on a transaction's line with the first mouse button
will cause the transaction's text to be displayed in the lower window.