congrats Scott
At 11:09 AM 2/24/2015, Scott Burns wrote:
Well we made it to 20 after all!
Today marks MoPos 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 Reids 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.
Weve 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
Universitys 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
(AOLer 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 well 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 thats 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
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