Seconded.

I'm not sure why I happened upon HOCKEY-L, but I'm happy I did, and had 
it not been for this list, I would never have seen a "phinal phour" 
(thanks, John), or come up with KRACH.

On 16-07-05 03:18 PM, John T Whelan wrote:
> 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
>                   [log in to unmask]
>
> 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
>>
>>