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Hi Katherine,
I fully agree with your positions and I share
your fear that our group will split in 2 parts. Unfortunately, as I wrote it in
a previous post, it is exactly what happened in the pinhole commmunity
when a part of it went to the more commercial, fully organised F295 group while
the others tried to keep on sharing on a more spontaneous and informal way on
the pinhole discussion list.
I really think the "spirit" which had been
shared until now by the list subscribers (and managed by Gordon) is our
"strength" and any solution we are going to find must be respectful of this
free-sharing spirit.
Jean
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: New home for list needed-a Case Against
Yahoo
On Nov 12, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Gene Laughter wrote:
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My understanding is that Kees has a server ready to go, has
the
archives there, and could transfer the mailing list to his
server
immediately if necessary; I'm afraid I don't understand why
this
offer isn't being taken more seriously. If the issue is
that this
makes the list too dependent on one person and his server,
then let
it be a temporary solution while an institutional host is
being sought.
I greatly fear that we are about to split into two
groups: one that
wants a web-based platform and format and
doesn't have an issue about
the content being considered a
commercial commodity, and one that
wants to keep the forum as
an educational (non-commercial)
resource. I am
heartened by the reports that an institutional host
may be found,
but I would much prefer going to an individual host
like Kees or
non-profit like Malin's site, both of which would
preserve our
fundamental spirit as an educational resource, than to
a large
commercial concern whose interests are not the same as ours,
even as a temporary
measure.
Katharine
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