Goodbye Blackbelly List. :( Carol you provided a much needed tool for all us "Blackbelly People " for many years and I thank you for that! I moved on to Mouflon several years ago but I always enjoyed this list and it's discussions. I'm kinda sad.
MUCH THANKS! Chris Buchanan Pleasant Ridge Mouflon -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 9/22/17, Mark Storey <fole...@nehalemtel.net> wrote: Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7 To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Date: Friday, September 22, 2017, 3:23 PM Great job. Appreciate your efforts! Mak Storey Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2017, at 5:43 PM, blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info wrote: > > Send Blackbelly mailing list submissions to > blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit > >http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info > > You can reach the person managing the list at > blackbelly-ow...@lists.blackbellysheep.info > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Times change and it is time to close the Listserv (Carol Elkins) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:19:49 -0600 > From: Carol Elkins <celk...@critterhaven.biz> > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Subject: [Blackbelly] Times change and it is time to close the > Listserv > Message-ID: > ><mailman.2.1505954604.30044.blackbelly-blackbellysheep.i...@lists.blackbellysheep.info> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Dear Listserv members, > > The Blackbelly Listserv was first created in 2001, and it has served > a vital role in helping stabilize both the Barbados Blackbelly and > American Blackbelly sheep breeds. It has provided a meeting place for > a friendly community of breeders to discuss problems, answer > questions, and generally provide support to each other. > > Messages have decreased considerably during the last two years, > largely due to newer social media tools such as Facebook that can > better serve member needs. This is as it should be---after all, this > Listserv was born because in 2001 the only resource available to > breeders was a clunky bulletin board. > > It is time to move on, so I will be shutting the Blackbelly Listserv > down on October 1, 2017. You will always be able to search the > group's archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info/ > > It has been a privilege working with the oldtimers who have > contributed their time by responding to list messages and the newbies > who were courageous enough to ask questions. It has been a joy > working with such a great group of friendly and helpful people. We > have never had a serious disagreement; no one has ever been flamed or > gotten out of line. What a great group of people you are! > > So my heartfelt thank you to each of the 265 current members in this > list. I wish you continued success with your blackbelly sheep. There > is no more beautiful sheep in this world than a blackbelly > sheep--regardless of which blackbelly breed it is. > > Carol Elkins > List owner > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > This daily digest is from the Blackbelly mailing list. > Visit this list's home page at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7 > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info