Hi, As you may know, or not, the hosting site for the mailing list (elists.org) is operated by a volunteer who support the cost. I'm speaking about Mac McGruder.
Unfortunately, Mac has big problem right now. Mac said: "This past month has been a very difficult time for me. My mom has been diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma. Unfortunately, I will no longer be able to host elists. I am taking over my mothers bills (mortgage, car, etc) while she is on chemo therapy and will be unable to work. Therefore I must cut expenses where I can." The elists.org management team (moderators like me) suggested that Mac set up a PayPal link to allow for donations. So after discussion with the Management Team, he has done so: http://www.elists.org/donate/ Mac has said: "I will keep things going past dec. 14 regardless, that is to short of a period to figure out which end is up. I was in panic mode when I set things originally. Don't worry about anything closing immediately, that's not necessary and I will keep things going as long as possible with donations and if I don't think its working I'll find someone else." He also sends thanks to those who have offered their prayers and best wishes for him and his family :) Now please note - that all moneys donated will go to the costs of hosting the lists - as usual, we moderators, will donate our time, Mac will purely be covering costs - so even if you can just give a few dollars that would be great :) The management team also have received many offers to take over hosting - but that also involves a lot of time (which Mac doesn't have just now) and it can also be time consuming for us moderators (and personally eLists has been taking a lot of my time of late and eating into a bit too much work time) - so this option, if it works, will be smoothest solutions for both subscribers and management :) If we don't raise enough then Mac will contact some of those that offered to host. Whatever happens we will keep you informed. Thanks again for your support and for making this lists work! For the next few days discussion of this will be permitted as "On Topic" on all lists - though you can email me direct (ie off list) and I'll pass things on to Mac... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.overbyte.be -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
