Not that it needs saying, but thanks so much Wayne for your years of
work contributing to this community, which has forged so many
friendships in the world of college hockey fandom.
While it's nice to have a quirky place for us old-timers (even those
of us who were young when we joined count as old-timers now) to have
the occasional email chat, for me the biggest value in HOCKEY-L's
continued existence is the continuation of the archives as a
historical record. Do the non-UMaine options allow for that? Is
there a sustainable way for us to manage that?
John T. Whelan, Cornell '91
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2016, 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
>
>
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