Hi, First on behalf of the management team for eLists let me thank you for the huge response we received, and especially thank those people who have offered to take over the hosting - the Delphi/C++ community is truly a good family :)
Many respondents also suggested that Mac set up a PayPal link to allow for donations. So after discussion with the rest of 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 :) I realise that we 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... Glenn Crouch mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] eLists.org Management Team _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
