Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7

[William Buchanan III]

Goodbye Blackbelly List. :(

Carol you provided a much needed tool for all us "Blackbelly People " for many 
years and I thank you for that!  
I moved on to Mouflon several years ago but I always enjoyed this list and it's 
discussions. I'm kinda sad.

MUCH THANKS!

Chris Buchanan
Pleasant Ridge Mouflon 



On Fri, 9/22/17, Mark Storey <fole...@nehalemtel.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7
 To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
 Date: Friday, September 22, 2017, 3:23 PM
 
 Great job. Appreciate your efforts!
 Mak Storey
 
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 > The Blackbelly Listserv was first
 created in 2001, and it has served 
 > a vital role in helping stabilize
 both the Barbados Blackbelly and 
 > American Blackbelly sheep breeds.
 It has provided a meeting place for 
 > a friendly community of breeders
 to discuss problems, answer 
 > questions, and generally provide
 support to each other.
 > 
 > Messages have decreased
 considerably during the last two years, 
 > largely due to newer social media
 tools such as Facebook that can 
 > better serve member needs. This is
 as it should be---after all, this 
 > Listserv was born because in 2001
 the only resource available to 
 > breeders was a clunky bulletin
 board.
 > 
 > It is time to move on, so I will
 be shutting the Blackbelly Listserv 
 > down on October 1, 2017. You will
 always be able to search the 
 > group's archives at 
 > https://www.mail-archive.com/blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info/
 > 
 > It has been a privilege working
 with the oldtimers who have 
 > contributed their time by
 responding to list messages and the newbies 
 > who were courageous enough to ask
 questions. It has been a joy 
 > working with such a great group of
 friendly and helpful people. We 
 > have never had a serious
 disagreement; no one has ever been flamed or 
 > gotten out of line. What a great
 group of people you are!
 > 
 > So my heartfelt thank you to each
 of the 265 current members in this 
 > list. I wish you continued success
 with your blackbelly sheep. There 
 > is no more beautiful sheep in this
 world than a blackbelly 
 > sheep--regardless of which
 blackbelly breed it is.
 > 
 > Carol Elkins
 > List owner
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Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7

[Mark Storey]

Great job. Appreciate your efforts!
Mak Storey

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> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:19:49 -0600
> From: Carol Elkins 
> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
> Subject: [Blackbelly] Times change and it is time to close the
>Listserv
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> Dear Listserv members,
> 
> The Blackbelly Listserv was first created in 2001, and it has served 
> a vital role in helping stabilize both the Barbados Blackbelly and 
> American Blackbelly sheep breeds. It has provided a meeting place for 
> a friendly community of breeders to discuss problems, answer 
> questions, and generally provide support to each other.
> 
> Messages have decreased considerably during the last two years, 
> largely due to newer social media tools such as Facebook that can 
> better serve member needs. This is as it should be---after all, this 
> Listserv was born because in 2001 the only resource available to 
> breeders was a clunky bulletin board.
> 
> It is time to move on, so I will be shutting the Blackbelly Listserv 
> down on October 1, 2017. You will always be able to search the 
> group's archives at 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info/
> 
> It has been a privilege working with the oldtimers who have 
> contributed their time by responding to list messages and the newbies 
> who were courageous enough to ask questions. It has been a joy 
> working with such a great group of friendly and helpful people. We 
> have never had a serious disagreement; no one has ever been flamed or 
> gotten out of line. What a great group of people you are!
> 
> So my heartfelt thank you to each of the 265 current members in this 
> list. I wish you continued success with your blackbelly sheep. There 
> is no more beautiful sheep in this world than a blackbelly 
> sheep--regardless of which blackbelly breed it is.
> 
> Carol Elkins
> List owner
> 
> 
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Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7

[Patricia Schooley]

Thank you for all your hard work and time. Pat
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> Dear Listserv members,
> 
> The Blackbelly Listserv was first created in 2001, and it has served 
> a vital role in helping stabilize both the Barbados Blackbelly and 
> American Blackbelly sheep breeds. It has provided a meeting place for 
> a friendly community of breeders to discuss problems, answer 
> questions, and generally provide support to each other.
> 
> Messages have decreased considerably during the last two years, 
> largely due to newer social media tools such as Facebook that can 
> better serve member needs. This is as it should be---after all, this 
> Listserv was born because in 2001 the only resource available to 
> breeders was a clunky bulletin board.
> 
> It is time to move on, so I will be shutting the Blackbelly Listserv 
> down on October 1, 2017. You will always be able to search the 
> group's archives at 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info/
> 
> It has been a privilege working with the oldtimers who have 
> contributed their time by responding to list messages and the newbies 
> who were courageous enough to ask questions. It has been a joy 
> working with such a great group of friendly and helpful people. We 
> have never had a serious disagreement; no one has ever been flamed or 
> gotten out of line. What a great group of people you are!
> 
> So my heartfelt thank you to each of the 265 current members in this 
> list. I wish you continued success with your blackbelly sheep. There 
> is no more beautiful sheep in this world than a blackbelly 
> sheep--regardless of which blackbelly breed it is.
> 
> Carol Elkins
> List owner
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7

[Mark Fleming]

Thank you Carol for all that you have done for years.  The Association
lives on thanks to you!!  Take care and thank you!  Mark Fleming

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> Dear Listserv members,
>
> The Blackbelly Listserv was first created in 2001, and it has served
> a vital role in helping stabilize both the Barbados Blackbelly and
> American Blackbelly sheep breeds. It has provided a meeting place for
> a friendly community of breeders to discuss problems, answer
> questions, and generally provide support to each other.
>
> Messages have decreased considerably during the last two years,
> largely due to newer social media tools such as Facebook that can
> better serve member needs. This is as it should be---after all, this
> Listserv was born because in 2001 the only resource available to
> breeders was a clunky bulletin board.
>
> It is time to move on, so I will be shutting the Blackbelly Listserv
> down on October 1, 2017. You will always be able to search the
> group's archives at
> https://www.mail-archive.com/blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info/
>
> It has been a privilege working with the oldtimers who have
> contributed their time by responding to list messages and the newbies
> who were courageous enough to ask questions. It has been a joy
> working with such a great group of friendly and helpful people. We
> have never had a serious disagreement; no one has ever been flamed or
> gotten out of line. What a great group of people you are!
>
> So my heartfelt thank you to each of the 265 current members in this
> list. I wish you continued success with your blackbelly sheep. There
> is no more beautiful sheep in this world than a blackbelly
> sheep--regardless of which blackbelly breed it is.
>
> Carol Elkins
> List owner
>
>
>
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>
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Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7

[Michael Smith]

Same from me. Thank you, Carol!   Thanks to all the experienced folks who
helped me out since I started working with ungulates in 2008. My heard is
happy and healthy, and continues to thrive. Special thanks to the
Wintermutes, and Cecil Beardon, who also conversed quite a bit with me
offline and helped with some crucial details.

See you all online!

-Michael Smith, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Erik Christy  wrote:

> Dear Carol:
> I'm sure I join the rest of the list
> membership in sincerely thanking you for having both begun as well as
> having tirelessly and productively having maintained this most beneficial
> list for all blackbelly sheep lovers. Your encouragement and good
> information helped many of us get a good start with this magnificent
> animal, as well as provided us all with an excellent shared medium for
> discussion and mutual assistance.
> While the list will no longer be up, I'm sure our associations made on the
> list will continue.
> Thanks very much, again, Carol.
> Sincerely,
> Erik Christy, Oregon
>
>
> > On Sep 20, 2017, at 5:43 PM, blackbelly-request@lists.
> blackbellysheep.info wrote:
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> > --
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:19:49 -0600
> > From: Carol Elkins 
> > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
> > Subject: [Blackbelly] Times change and it is time to close the
> >Listserv
> > Message-ID:
> > i...@lists.blackbellysheep.info>
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> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >
> > Dear Listserv members,
> >
> > The Blackbelly Listserv was first created in 2001, and it has served
> > a vital role in helping stabilize both the Barbados Blackbelly and
> > American Blackbelly sheep breeds. It has provided a meeting place for
> > a friendly community of breeders to discuss problems, answer
> > questions, and generally provide support to each other.
> >
> > Messages have decreased considerably during the last two years,
> > largely due to newer social media tools such as Facebook that can
> > better serve member needs. This is as it should be---after all, this
> > Listserv was born because in 2001 the only resource available to
> > breeders was a clunky bulletin board.
> >
> > It is time to move on, so I will be shutting the Blackbelly Listserv
> > down on October 1, 2017. You will always be able to search the
> > group's archives at
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info/
> >
> > It has been a privilege working with the oldtimers who have
> > contributed their time by responding to list messages and the newbies
> > who were courageous enough to ask questions. It has been a joy
> > working with such a great group of friendly and helpful people. We
> > have never had a serious disagreement; no one has ever been flamed or
> > gotten out of line. What a great group of people you are!
> >
> > So my heartfelt thank you to each of the 265 current members in this
> > list. I wish you continued success with your blackbelly sheep. There
> > is no more beautiful sheep in this world than a blackbelly
> > sheep--regardless of which blackbelly breed it is.
> >
> > Carol Elkins
> > List owner
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Subject: Digest Footer
> >
> > ___
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Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7

[Gary Keibler]

Carol, thanks for all you've done for your association as well as your help 
with ours when we went through our split, several years ago. Doug Meyer has 
been wonderful.

Gary Keibler, St Croix Hair Sheep  International Assn.
PS- If anyone is looking to diversify into other breeds we have some 
excellent St Croix for sale in KY.
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Dear Listserv members,

The Blackbelly Listserv was first created in 2001, and it has served
a vital role in helping stabilize both the Barbados Blackbelly and
American Blackbelly sheep breeds. It has provided a meeting place for
a friendly community of breeders to discuss problems, answer
questions, and generally provide support to each other.

Messages have decreased considerably during the last two years,
largely due to newer social media tools such as Facebook that can
better serve member needs. This is as it should be---after all, this
Listserv was born because in 2001 the only resource available to
breeders was a clunky bulletin board.

It is time to move on, so I will be shutting the Blackbelly Listserv
down on October 1, 2017. You will always be able to search the
group's archives at
https://www.mail-archive.com/blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info/

It has been a privilege working with the oldtimers who have
contributed their time by responding to list messages and the newbies
who were courageous enough to ask questions. It has been a joy
working with such a great group of friendly and helpful people. We
have never had a serious disagreement; no one has ever been flamed or
gotten out of line. What a great group of people you are!

So my heartfelt thank you to each of the 265 current members in this
list. I wish you continued success with your blackbelly sheep. There
is no more beautiful sheep in this world than a blackbelly
sheep--regardless of which blackbelly breed it is.

Carol Elkins
List owner



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Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7

[Leandra Jones]

Yes, I am a new member but found your resources exceptional being from Barbados 
and all was great to see others other there who love the blackbelly sheep as 
much as I do. 

Is there a Facebook page I am unaware of that I join instead? 

Regards,

Leandra Jones 

> On Sep 20, 2017, at 9:15 PM, Erik Christy  wrote:
> 
> Dear Carol:
> I'm sure I join the rest of the list 
> membership in sincerely thanking you for having both begun as well as having 
> tirelessly and productively having maintained this most beneficial list for 
> all blackbelly sheep lovers. Your encouragement and good information helped 
> many of us get a good start with this magnificent animal, as well as provided 
> us all with an excellent shared medium for discussion and mutual assistance.
> While the list will no longer be up, I'm sure our associations made on the 
> list will continue.
> Thanks very much, again, Carol.
> Sincerely,
> Erik Christy, Oregon
> 
> 
>> On Sep 20, 2017, at 5:43 PM, blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info 
>> wrote:
>> 
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>> You can reach the person managing the list at
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>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>> than "Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest..."
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>> 
>> Today's Topics:
>> 
>>  1. Times change and it is time to close the Listserv (Carol Elkins)
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:19:49 -0600
>> From: Carol Elkins 
>> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
>> Subject: [Blackbelly] Times change and it is time to close the
>>   Listserv
>> Message-ID:
>>   
>> 
>> 
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>> 
>> Dear Listserv members,
>> 
>> The Blackbelly Listserv was first created in 2001, and it has served 
>> a vital role in helping stabilize both the Barbados Blackbelly and 
>> American Blackbelly sheep breeds. It has provided a meeting place for 
>> a friendly community of breeders to discuss problems, answer 
>> questions, and generally provide support to each other.
>> 
>> Messages have decreased considerably during the last two years, 
>> largely due to newer social media tools such as Facebook that can 
>> better serve member needs. This is as it should be---after all, this 
>> Listserv was born because in 2001 the only resource available to 
>> breeders was a clunky bulletin board.
>> 
>> It is time to move on, so I will be shutting the Blackbelly Listserv 
>> down on October 1, 2017. You will always be able to search the 
>> group's archives at 
>> https://www.mail-archive.com/blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info/
>> 
>> It has been a privilege working with the oldtimers who have 
>> contributed their time by responding to list messages and the newbies 
>> who were courageous enough to ask questions. It has been a joy 
>> working with such a great group of friendly and helpful people. We 
>> have never had a serious disagreement; no one has ever been flamed or 
>> gotten out of line. What a great group of people you are!
>> 
>> So my heartfelt thank you to each of the 265 current members in this 
>> list. I wish you continued success with your blackbelly sheep. There 
>> is no more beautiful sheep in this world than a blackbelly 
>> sheep--regardless of which blackbelly breed it is.
>> 
>> Carol Elkins
>> List owner
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7

[Erik Christy]

Dear Carol:
I'm sure I join the rest of the list 
membership in sincerely thanking you for having both begun as well as having 
tirelessly and productively having maintained this most beneficial list for all 
blackbelly sheep lovers. Your encouragement and good information helped many of 
us get a good start with this magnificent animal, as well as provided us all 
with an excellent shared medium for discussion and mutual assistance.
While the list will no longer be up, I'm sure our associations made on the list 
will continue.
Thanks very much, again, Carol.
Sincerely,
Erik Christy, Oregon


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> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:19:49 -0600
> From: Carol Elkins 
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> Subject: [Blackbelly] Times change and it is time to close the
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> Dear Listserv members,
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> The Blackbelly Listserv was first created in 2001, and it has served 
> a vital role in helping stabilize both the Barbados Blackbelly and 
> American Blackbelly sheep breeds. It has provided a meeting place for 
> a friendly community of breeders to discuss problems, answer 
> questions, and generally provide support to each other.
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> Messages have decreased considerably during the last two years, 
> largely due to newer social media tools such as Facebook that can 
> better serve member needs. This is as it should be---after all, this 
> Listserv was born because in 2001 the only resource available to 
> breeders was a clunky bulletin board.
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> It is time to move on, so I will be shutting the Blackbelly Listserv 
> down on October 1, 2017. You will always be able to search the 
> group's archives at 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info/
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> It has been a privilege working with the oldtimers who have 
> contributed their time by responding to list messages and the newbies 
> who were courageous enough to ask questions. It has been a joy 
> working with such a great group of friendly and helpful people. We 
> have never had a serious disagreement; no one has ever been flamed or 
> gotten out of line. What a great group of people you are!
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> So my heartfelt thank you to each of the 265 current members in this 
> list. I wish you continued success with your blackbelly sheep. There 
> is no more beautiful sheep in this world than a blackbelly 
> sheep--regardless of which blackbelly breed it is.
> 
> Carol Elkins
> List owner
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