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Re: [6pack] Whining time, Team.Net updates

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Subject: Re: [6pack] Whining time, Team.Net updates
From: John North <johncnorth@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:15:31 -0400
What email address do we use in PayPal?

John North

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
> Yes, I know that as the fellow behind the curtain who
> keeps Team.Net on the air, I do my share of whining.
> But the whining here is coming from one of the disks
> on the server, a bearing ready to fail in a few days,
> a couple of weeks, maybe not until 2010.  Who knows?
>
> Rather than risk a sudden failure, it would be prudent
> to consider getting new hardware.  And that is where you
> come in.  I didn't have an official fund drive this year,
> though donations have come in at random times during the
> year.  It seems to be time for those of you who have not
> recently contributed to step up and assist in keeping
> Team.Net on the air.  If you have a few dollars to spare
> and desire to support this endeavor, check out the web
> page http://www.team.net/donate.html  I, and thousands
> of folks around the planet would appreciate it.  Gee, I
> haven't taken an actual count of all subscribers lately,
> I ought to do a headcount.
>
> On a related note, I have been doing a few things, like
> moving a few more lists from majordomo to mailman.  Back
> when I started doing this about 20 years ago majordomo
> was the hot ticket.  It is a bit outdated now, mailman is
> much more web friendly, hopefully much easier for you
> folks to use.  Of course, there are those who still try
> to use majordomo to manage their mailman subscriptions,
> not much I can do about that!
>
> One thing I did was change the judson list, which was
> intended for discussion of classic Judson superchargers
> to superchargers@autox.team.net, opening it up for folks
> to discuss other brands.  Feel free to go to the mailman
> page, http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo to sign up if
> you so desire.
>
> Actually I had hoped more folks would sign up for the-local
> list, a place for random discussion about all sorts of stuff.
> Tell a joke, review a movie, report the antics of your favorite
> public idiot, lament the last loss of your team, whatever.
>
> If there is a list you'd like to see, chances are I'd set one
> up, no problem.
>
> But for now, consider this an Official Team.Net fund drive,
> and assist as you can: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>
> Thanks!
>
> mjb.
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