Re: The future of Maelstrom

Hello David,

Thanks you for your writing ,it is a pity it must stop,
However I didnot discuss many times things about the pelargoniums,
through your service ,I followed it with pleasure .

So thanks again for you people there with the St.John`s University.
IŽll try the Yahoo -sites as the other members suggest .

Have a nice development there  with other things ,
James Hanssens
from Vlissingen ,The Netherlands

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IGS Robin - List Manager wrote:

>Hello IGSRobin members,
>
>The future of the Maelstrom service provided by St John's University has
>been under discussion for some time. The relevance of the service or the
>content of much of the exchanges within the many mailing lists had be
>questioned in it's relevance to Catholics. However the point that probably
>had most bearing was that nearly all Universities have withdrawn this sort
>of service and St John's has been generous to continue so long!
>
>A decision has now been made about whether or not to continue and the
>following was recently posted in the relevant place,
>
>
>
>>----------------------Original Message--------------------------
>>
>>Disconnect of Maelstrom service:
>>
>>The University is no longer in a position to support the Maelstrom
>>List Service.  As of February 1, 2006, St. John's will discontinue
>>the service.
>>
>>List owners should make arrangements to migrate to another service
>>prior to the disconnect date.
>>
>>St. John's University
>>
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>>
>
>So we have to discuss what we should do and to do it.
>
>I will take it as read that we all wish the IGS Robin to continue as
>an email discussion group. So where should we "migrate" to? Some
>of the many Maelstrom List owners are getting together to set up
>an alternative from scratch. This is still under discussion and
>construction, with finance still to be sorted out, but the basic aim is
>to provide a service for health and disability lists, and not aimed
>at hobbyists like us! Even if we were accepted it is expected that
>there will be a charge, each year
>
>In the past when I have suggested a transfer to Onelist/Yahoo those
>few that responded were not in favour, but it must now be an option,
>not least because it is so easy to set up.
>
>If any members have any knowledge or experience of other services
>that would provide the same standard as Maelstrom, please let us
>know.
>
>Please do post your views to the group so we all get to know what
>the general feelings are.
>
>David Barrett
>IGSRobin list manager
>igsrobin@beeb.net
>
>
>
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