There won't be any problem getting more than two votes for Carol, but
I'll put in three votes anyway.
And a button/badge/pin to go with the shirt.
And don't forget about the Bulletin Boarders that were the preemies.
-glen-
Quoting Carol White <[log in to unmask]>:
> I'll need more than two votes to get the artistic juices flowing again!!!
>
> But if there are some serious folks out there I will do some cost estimates
> and see what I can do.
>
>
> Carol
> GO Gophers!!!
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:32 PM, TODD NIELSON <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> I'll take one!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Roy" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: Almost old enough to vote - Hockey-L turns 20
>>
>>
>> > How about a t-shirt sale to celebrate the event?
>> >
>> > Bob Roy, UW Alum
>> >
>> > ---- Wayne Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > > Hi all,
>> > >
>> > > Today is the 20th anniversary of Hockey-L! Twenty years ago, Mike
>> Machnik
>> > > and a great team of fans from around college hockey, having created the
>> > > aptly named the College_Hockey mailing list a couple of years earlier,
>> > > turned hosting over to "maine.edu", later to be "lists.maine.edu".
>> > > "college_hockey" grew out "news"/"NetNews" hockey groups that had more
>> than
>> > > a little childish ranting and was dominated by pro hockey discussions.
>> > >
>> > > With Listserv as the distribution software and lots of energy from many
>> > > people, Hockey-L grew rapidly from the several dozen core contributors
>> to
>> > > many thousands of readers at its peak. Hockey-L had about 3000
>> subscribers
>> > > and half a dozen or so redistributions, mostly on various campus
>> NetNews
>> > > groups. At this peak, we had hundreds of posts per day in-season. I'd
>> spend
>> > > a couple of hours per day putting together a daily compendium, leaving
>> out
>> > > the crud ... that was the only way to keep many of the readers we were
>> > > trying to attract (movers and shakers, administrators, coaches,
>> players).
>> > > My secretary would put together a weekly compendium of posts she
>> thought
>> > > Shawn Walsh might want to see, and whenever we played a team we didn't
>> know
>> > > much about, I'd put together a packet on them for Shawn. He'd read
>> them
>> on
>> > > the bus/plane a week ahead of the game. For other stories and
>> > > recollections, see the Hockey-L archives at
>> > > http://lists.maine.edu/archives/hockey-l.html
>> > >
>> > > Today, the redistributions are gone and Listserv creates its digests
>> > > automatically for those that want it, and in several formats ... but
>> with
>> > > the decrease in volume of posts and with the filtering enjoyed by most
>> > > people's e-mail client, it's hardly needed.
>> > >
>> > > Some of the college hockey web sites of today have writers that once
>> wrote
>> > > on Hockey-L. It's great to see they found a way to make some money
>> while
>> > > exercising their talent for writing and passion for college hockey.
>> There
>> > > probably isn't a D-I rink in the land without a few current or former
>> > > Hockey-Lers in attendance. ;-)
>> > >
>> > > Cheers, Wayne
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Carol S. White
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