I also want to thank Wayne for all he has done for Hockey-L over the decades. I hardly post 
to Hockey-L (or anyplace), but I do still enjoy reading what other others post. I also still use 
the archives for research, as many times I am able to find what I'm looking for in them, so I 
hope that they can be saved as well.

Sean

On 5 Jul 2016 at 11:52, Wayne Smith wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Within the next several months, we need to find a new home for
> Hockey-L (the mailing list), or find an employee at the University of
> Maine System to sponsor the list.  My health requires someone else
> comes forward.
> 
> I haven't given up on the latter (new people running the current list)
> and I'll continue to look for a sponsor at UMS.  Such a new sponsor
> might do list owner duties (manage subscriptions) or not.  If not,
> we'll need a list owner volunteer.  It's an ultra-low commitment job,
> given the low activity of Hockey-L.
> 
> That low activity means that we probably no longer have a need for the
> mailing list.  There is a Hockey-L at the Frozen Four Facebook group
> that is active.  That or a separate Hockey-L Facebook group may be a
> good activity for someone.
> 
> If people want a mailing list, and finding a UMS sponsor falls
> through, we'll need a new mailing list host.
> 
> While I like Google Groups, there is a fee for over 100
> members/subscribers, and we currently are at several times that now. 
> 
> An offering named groups.io is interesting.  If you can tolerate ads
> (and current groups there don't seem to mind), this is a free service
> and extremely full featured and modern. (and for $10/month ... no
> ads).  
> 
> We'd still need someone to take over management of the mailing list. 
> With any luck, I'll be able to help that someone get the list moved.
> 
> Think about it, please.
> 
> Cheers, Wayne