I remember that post, Doug! Boy, did you get pooped on! "Welcome to MOPO!"
Ha! Great memory.
Greg Douglass
---- Douglas B Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congrats on 20 years. It has cost me a LOT of money.
>
> (I've loved every minute of it, though...well, except maybe for the minutes
> after my first post. I had naively sent jpg attachments of many poster
> styles I wanted to buy. Wow, did I receive some "colorful" email responses
> from members whose inboxes were blown up.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug Taylor
>
>
> Sent via mobile device
> ________________________________
> From: Richard C Evans<mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: 2/24/2015 5:30 PM
> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] 20 Years of MoPo!
>
> Very early.
> I knew nothing of the Internet til I was working on the launch of Windows 95.
>
> So that's precisely when I first got online.
>
> Congratulations on the pioneering.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 24 Feb 2015, at 19:09, 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
> >
> >
> >
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