Lots of replies! I read them all, at least once. Many of them said very complimentary things that I wasn't at all aware of. (Another deep bow.) I haven't started replying yet, I'll do it as I can.
It's given me a clearer picture of how the list works and what people use it for. Two points emerge: members like the news snippets, and they don't want the list to close. I've said we'll be replacing the list with a new online community, and I thought it could wait until then. But maybe not, maybe you're right, it shouldn't close. Okay, so we won't close it then. I checked it out with the host service, and we have another few weeks yet, so there's no big hurry, we'll figure out the nuts and bolts before then. The host service has been great, but we can't continue with them. For 12 years now I've been committed to the list, as list owner and, well, its guardian, I suppose, but times change, and I can't afford to do that any longer, there just isn't enough time in the day. I'll be there, the guy who posts the news snippets, but probably not much more than that. About the archives. As long as the listserve distributes the messages to the members, the archives updates automatically. With only snippets, sent direct, it wouldn't do that. If we continue with a listserve then the archives will stay current. (And the listserve software we need is Mailman.) And, no, Journey to Forever is not closing. The list and Journey to Forever are associated, but not the same. I'm working full-time for Journey to Forever now (that's the problem). Regarding news feeds, several members said they've subscribed to Tom Feeley's Information Clearing House - "For Global Justice". I have great admiration for Tom. He does a huge amount of work every day, and I've never seen him put a foot wrong. He's faced death threats, at least twice, but he's unstoppable. This is his website: Information Clearing House http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ Scroll down a bit and have a look at the column on the right listing the sources he checks, impressive. If you appreciate his work, please send Tom a few bucks every now and then if you can spare it. He regularly runs out of money and posts a plea in his newsletter, but what he never does is send out streams of in-your-face hard-sells for support like Common Dreams, Truthout and most of the other news sites do. He says he'd rather do what he's supposed to be doing, searching out the news. I know exactly how he feels! If I cut incoming news feeds down to the essentials (which I'm trying to do), it would be Information Clearing House, Common Dreams and Truthout. Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/ Truthout http://truth-out.org/ It's easy to dig deeper if you need to. All best, and thanks again, very much Keith >It's October, the list is going to run out of time soon and the host >service will close it down. I'm not sure of the exact date, but >suddenly the music will stop. > >The new community I mentioned previously is still some way down the >road, but it will eventually happen. When it does, you'll be hearing >from me. > >Meanwhile, the list will stop, but I won't. I'll keep harvesting the >news, I do it anyway. > >If any list members would like to keep receiving these daily >snippets, I don't mind sending them direct. Please let me know - >offlist please. > >All best, and a very big thanks for everything, over the years. This >list has taught me so much (deep bow). > >Regards to all. > >Keith _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
