Can anyone advise the cost to operate the website and how many supporters
there are?

-----Original Message-----
From: The Maine Hockey Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Jeff and Tracy
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:56 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ADMIN: blackbears.net shutting down


Any chance all of us as supporters can make a contribution to keeping it up
and running?  It is personally, my "season ticket" since I can't get to
Orono......?
>
> From: Jim <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/06/02 Wed AM 08:22:55 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ADMIN: blackbears.net shutting down
>
> THANKS very much for your contribution to the blackbears.net website.
> I hope that you had as much pleasure maintaining it as we did reading
> it.
>
> It is fans like you that separate the ME hockey program from all the
> others.
>
> Thanks again,
> "Cousin Jimmy"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Maine Hockey Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Deron Treadwell
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 5:23 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: ADMIN: blackbears.net shutting down
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I wanted to take a moment and let you all know that I will be shutting
> down the blackbears.net web site later this month.  While I enjoy
> operating the web site, I cannot justify the expense any longer.
>
> While there is some chance that someone might donate web space for us
> to use, I am proceeding with my backup option of using Yahoo Groups
> for our ME-HOCKEY list community.
>
> You can view/join the Yahoo Groups site at:
> http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/me-hockey/
>
> I will move all the links I have up on blackbears.net to the Yahoo
> Group and we will be able to continue our poll questions, in-game
> chats, etc. in that forum.  The Yahoo Group will not be for discussion
> purposes, that is what ME-HOCKEY is for!!
>
> I realize some of you only read the ME-HOCKEY list via blackbears.net,
> but you can go directly to the ME-HOCKEY Archives on the UMaine server
> and read the list directly that way too.  The link for that is below:
> http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?A0=me-hockey
>
> As always, if you have any questions please e-mail me at
> [log in to unmask]
>
> I'm really happy with the way the ME-HOCKEY list has developed over
> the last couple of seasons and I hope that you'll all find the Yahoo
> Group a welcome addition to what we already have here.
>
> Best Regards,
> Deron Treadwell
> ME-HOCKEY ADMIN
>