Many thanks Stu! I have made donations and intend to in the future. That being said, Have you considered having a periodic fund drive? Maybe keep a "thermometer" as a small measure of available funds or funds needed right on the web page?
Please solicit help or funds when needed. Warmest regards, Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Nov 2, 2015 1:37 PM, "Stu via CnC-List" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a bit of history on our list and what the future holds. > > Back in the mid 90’s, when most of us had dial-up internet connections, we > had a mailing list hosted by Sailnet. They went through some financial > difficulties, and decided to charge a $20 yearly fee to participate. That > upset a lot of people, not only C&Cers, but other groups. Everybody > dropped off the list. Some people decided to start Forums and social > networking sites on Yahoo and other places. Nothing worked like our old > list. > > People were losing contact with each other and we needed a new venue. I > decided to find an ISP that would host a mailing list program and not limit > us to a certain number of emails per hour. Believe me they are hard to > find and prices were outrageous. Finally I found our current host and we > have been with them for over 10 years. > > Then someone came along with a suggestion for a Forum similar to Sailing > Arnachy and even Sailnet. I did not like what I saw but I installed a > Forum on the Photo Album. Response was slow to nil. Everyone posted on > this list and very few people went to the Forum. Finally I took it down – > no sense wasting disc space and bandwidth. > > During the past few years, I have had many, many compliments regarding the > email list. Several comments included the politeness of the subscribers; > no politics, sex, religion, bashing or flaming. A few people had left the > C&C family but continue to be subscribers and offer their valuable info. > The list has people who do not own a C&C and contribute when and where they > can. > > So, the subject of having a Forum is a done deal. It is of no use to the > present subscribers. Each week there are new subscribers and very few > people who unsubscribe. Right now, we have over 700 subscribers and I have > no intention of disappointing them. > > I pay for the list out of my own pocket and from contributions from our > members. There is no company supporting the list. The only time that this > list will shut down, is when the funds dry up or I go for my last sail to > the heavens above. The cost has gone up considerably since the start and > as the archives grow, I get dinged for extra disc space plus the monthly > charge for the hosting. > > For people who have difficulty searching the archives, go to the main page > of the Photo Album, scroll down near the bottom and there is a box called > “Search the Email Discussion List Archives”, enter your search word(s) and > press GO. The search is actually a Google Search of all the archives and > you will get many pages of results. It is not like looking at the list > archives which I will admit are difficult to navigate. > > Hope this email will help everyone understand the Email Discussion List a > little bit more and appreciate it even more. > > Stu – and just another short note – I do not own a C&C and have not been > on one in over 5 years but the friendship from this list keeps me going. > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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