Re: The Future of Igor and Info-LabVIEW Lists

2004-04-20 Thread Arlen P Walker
On Friday, March 19, 2004, at 04:32 PM, Coradeschi, Tom 
[AMSRD-AAR-AIS-E] wrote:

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.
Back in the day, when I first picked up LV as a tool, I found this 
strange, warped community running out of an army base. Hard as it was 
for an ex-Air Force bloke like me to admit, this army guy seemed to 
have a Good Idea, and if the books were to be audited I'm sure I've 
received far more help than I've given over the years.

I've joined the group three times, and left it twice as my tasks have 
changed over the years (I've still got my first set of LV distribution 
floppies) but every time I've needed it, Tom's server has been there. 
Tom, you've gone above and beyond the call for years now, and if you 
didn't have that little server of yours ticking over in the closet all 
these years, I'd never have been able to do half of what I did.

A tip of the hat to you for your years of service to the community. I 
don't have a virtual gold watch to give you, but here's the closest 
thing I can find to it: http://www.humanclock.com/clock.php

Ya done good, kid. Thanks for the effort. And if'n you find yourself in 
Milwaukee anytime, give a holler.

Have Fun,
Arlen
--
In God we trust, all others must supply data



Re: The Future of Igor and Info-LabVIEW Lists

2004-03-25 Thread kwhite


Thank you very much, Tom. It has been a wonderful run.

-k








RE: The Future of Igor and Info-LabVIEW Lists

2004-03-22 Thread Mahoney, Richard C
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]






RE: The Future of Igor and Info-LabVIEW Lists

2004-03-22 Thread Michael Aivaliotis
Well, I would like to thank YOU Tom for setting up the info-lv in the
first place. I know it was a valuable resource for many first-time LV
users (like myself) way back when there was nothing else out there. I'm
glad the decision has been made and now we can all move on to talking
about the usual.

Take care Tom and again, Thank You.

Michael Aivaliotis
http://forums.lavausergroup.org

 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...
 
 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]