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 >> >>