CLAP CLAP CLAP... Standing Ovation. Thanks Tom for everything. Rick M.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Coradeschi, Tom [AMSRD-AAR-AIS-E] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:32 PM To: igor; info-labview Subject: The Future of Igor and Info-LabVIEW Lists Good afternoon, all. As you know, there have been a number of problems which have impacted the availability of the Igor and Info-LabVIEW mailing lists recently. I've asked the readers of both lists for their support in moving those lists to another server and in taking over the administrative tasks I've been performing. As I fully expected, given the fine caliber of folks who use Igor and LabVIEW, a number of folks threw their hats in the ring. I'd like to start by publicly thanking Michael Aivaliotis, Scott Hannahs, George Gatling and Arlen Walker for doing so. I'm quite sure that all of them are fully capable of taking on the job and making sure that it will all happen. I have asked Scott Hannahs to take the reins and he has not only agreed to do so, but he has agreed to take both mailing lists over! The lists will be run via an OSX server, housed in a real machine room, with admins on the job to keep it all running smoothly, backup power and all that other good stuff (a far sight from my shoestring setup, that's for sure!). Scott and I are working the details of how we will manage the transfer. Right now, our strawman plan goes something like this: o Shut down subscriptions on my machine here to freeze the subscriber list. o Transfer that list to the machine at Scott's site (National High Magnetic Field Lab at Florida State University) and install it there (both sites use the same software, so that will be relatively straightforward). o Announce the new email addresses and activate the lists at FSU. o Set my machine here to forward list mail to the new addresses (probably active for 30-60 days or so). o Turn off forwarding here and put an autoreply on those addresses pointing users to the new site (again, for some finite period of time). o Shut down my machine (a 6100/60, ie 1st generation PowerPC, in case you were wondering). We expect the move to happen some time the last week of March or first week of April as it stands right now. More details will follow as they become available. I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank some other folks who help out here: Brian Renken, who runs the info-labview.org website and Andrew Johnson, who bought us the copy of LetterRip Pro which makes these lists happen in the first place. As I slowly fade from the scene, I'd also like to thank all of you for making this a really great experience. Way back when I was a heavy Igor and LabVIEW user, the lists made a tremendous impact on my ability to do my work here. Time has marched on and I do different things now, but the value of user communities like these is clear and real. You all can give yourselves a big pat on the back for making that happen! Take care... Tom Coradeschi Excalibur Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED]
