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
>