Congratulations, Scott and heading into the next 20. I value the different perspective this list provides from the other forums. Keep up the good work everyone.
Jay Nemeth-Johannes On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:09:17 -0500, Scott Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > Well we made it to 20 after all! > > Today marks MoPo's 20th Anniversary. For the last couple of years, our > anniversary has been preceded by a discussion about how little we > actually discuss posters on this forum. This year it was John Reid's > February 12th post, "How MoPo has Changed," pointing out the lack of > discussion or comment on movie posters. In 2014, in time for our 19th > birthday, Helmut posted an analysis of MoPo posts (84% were either > auction or for sale posts) and former member Bruce H. mentioned how 2 > other poster forums are pretty dead. I find it just an interesting > coincidence that this seems to happen just about every February 24th! But > no matter…MoPo is still chugging along. > > We've survived longer than I ever dreamed (much longer than the majority > of Hollywood marriages). On February 24, 1995 the first official MoPo > post was distributed via American University's listserv. There were 11 > members at the start, and as is my annual custom, I recognize these MoPo > pioneers: Mahtab Moayeri, Michael Danese, Rob Ellis, Donna Tschetter, Goh > Kai Shen, Evan Zweifel, George Nichol, Cindy Nemeth-Johannes (we lost > Cindy in 2008, but her husband Jay is still a member), Jeff Static > (AOL'er Static555), Adam Ehrlich and myself. In addition to Jay, Michael, > Rob and Evan are still members. > > Last year I wondered whether MoPo would make it to 20, or if it even > should. Well, here we are and I guess we'll soldier on…at least until > American University decides to shut down their listserv! I do hate to see > longtime members leave, (Poster seller Bruce Hershenson and the prolific > Tom Martin are 2 examples of people who exited this past year), but > that's the way of Internet forums. > > Thanks to all of you for keeping this relic of the 20th century alive for > yet another year! > > Scott > > MoPo List Owner > > ------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > [1] > > Links: > ------ > [1] > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 -- Jay Nemeth-Johannes Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
