Marek, I spoke with Stu about the site and list at the Northeast Rendezvous and he said he’s not planning to end anytime soon — great news for us.
Nevertheless, when that time does come, I would be happy to take over if everyone, especially Stu, is agreeable to the idea. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > On Nov 2, 2015, at 5:54 PM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I would second that. You do a really good job, Stu, and we all appreciate it. > I think the idea of a periodic fund drive is quite good. > > If I may suggest something, I would say that another good idea would be to > find someone who could step up, when Stu is no longer able to continue. From > a simple IT perspective a backup plan would certainly help. > > Marek > C&C-less, but still finding a lot of good information here > > > On Nov 2, 2015 1:37 PM, "Stu via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > Just a bit of history on our list and what the future holds. > > Back in the mid 90’s, when most of us had dial-up internet connections, we > had a mailing list hosted by Sailnet. They went through some financial > difficulties, and decided to charge a $20 yearly fee to participate. That > upset a lot of people, not only C&Cers, but other groups. Everybody dropped > off the list. Some people decided to start Forums and social networking > sites on Yahoo and other places. Nothing worked like our old list. > > People were losing contact with each other and we needed a new venue. I > decided to find an ISP that would host a mailing list program and not limit > us to a certain number of emails per hour. Believe me they are hard to find > and prices were outrageous. Finally I found our current host and we have > been with them for over 10 years. > > Then someone came along with a suggestion for a Forum similar to Sailing > Arnachy and even Sailnet. I did not like what I saw but I installed a Forum > on the Photo Album. Response was slow to nil. Everyone posted on this list > and very few people went to the Forum. Finally I took it down – no sense > wasting disc space and bandwidth. > > During the past few years, I have had many, many compliments regarding the > email list. Several comments included the politeness of the subscribers; no > politics, sex, religion, bashing or flaming. A few people had left the C&C > family but continue to be subscribers and offer their valuable info. The > list has people who do not own a C&C and contribute when and where they can. > > So, the subject of having a Forum is a done deal. It is of no use to the > present subscribers. Each week there are new subscribers and very few people > who unsubscribe. Right now, we have over 700 subscribers and I have no > intention of disappointing them. > > I pay for the list out of my own pocket and from contributions from our > members. There is no company supporting the list. The only time that this > list will shut down, is when the funds dry up or I go for my last sail to the > heavens above. The cost has gone up considerably since the start and as the > archives grow, I get dinged for extra disc space plus the monthly charge for > the hosting. > > For people who have difficulty searching the archives, go to the main page of > the Photo Album, scroll down near the bottom and there is a box called > “Search the Email Discussion List Archives”, enter your search word(s) and > press GO. The search is actually a Google Search of all the archives and you > will get many pages of results. It is not like looking at the list archives > which I will admit are difficult to navigate. > > Hope this email will help everyone understand the Email Discussion List a > little bit more and appreciate it even more. > > Stu – and just another short note – I do not own a C&C and have not been on > one in over 5 years but the friendship from this list keeps me going.
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