Mr. Jaiteh,
            i would like to commend you and the entire
G-L management for the excellent well done job in
finding a new home for the G-L members.

Thank you all.
Saihou



--- Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Folks,
> The management after considering all options, has
> chosen ICORS to be
> Gambia-l's new home. ICORS is incorporated by former
> managers of
> Maelstrom lists as a replacement to St. Johns
> services. I include one of
> their messages as a backgrounder.
>  From what we know ICORS will work very much like
> St. Johns. The
> transition will be seamless. All subscribers, and
> archives will be
> migrated at once so no one should worry about
> resubscribing. Except
> during hours leading to the migration when the list
> will be put on hold,
> subscribers would not need to do anything. The
> migration is scheduled
> January 11. We will inform you when this is
> confirmed. In theory members
> do not have to do anything during the migration
> except exercise a little
> patience as messages sent during the hold period
> would not be delivered
> right away. Once migration is completed there will
> be a new addresses to
> send request for subscription and messages to the
> list.
>
> In order to help support this venture ICORS have
> asked for an annual
> dues/donations of 20 dollars US. This we believe is
> a fair deal and glad
> to say 2006 dues have already been paid for by one
> of the managers.
>
> This is where things stand and we will keep you
> updated as soon as we
> know more. Please do not hesitate to ask questions
> we will do our best
> to answer them when we can.
>
> Malanding Jaiteh
>
> Dear Maelstrom Listowner community,
>
> In recent months there have been rumors that SJU is
> contemplating shutting down
> Maelstrom. A decision was supposed to be reached in
> May, with 6 months warning
> before the potential shutdown, but that announcement
> has been delayed. We are
> very grateful that SJU has spent the money and
> resources to make Maelstrom
> possible all these years, and sad to see that this
> era may pass.
>
> With this in mind, some of us are taking steps to
> ensure that the Maelstrom
> lists will continue to have a home. ICORS --
> Information Center for Online
> Resources and Services, Inc. -- has been
> incorporated as a non-profit charity to
> take care of this. LSoft is interested in offering
> us a home and Listserv
> software, for which we are very grateful. This goes
> a long way toward keeping
> the costs down. Volunteers have been found to fill
> Kary's position -- though it
> is difficult to think about doing this without
> Kary's unending work, and he will
> be missed.
>
> The following Mission Statement and Policies are a
> work in progress, and
> suggestions and requests for additional clarity are
> welcome.
>
> Mission Statement:
>
> The purpose of the corporation is to assist
> individuals and groups (clients)
> which offer support, information, and community to
> those in need, including
> those affected by disability, family issues, health
> issues, and other similar
> needs.  To provide this assistance the corporation
> will offer its clients
> technical assistance and services, including
> Internet services.
>
> The Internet services referred to in the mission
> statement are, primarily, a
> Listserv-based server for email lists as we have at
> Maelstrom.
>
> ****
> Policies:
>
> In order to maintain some order and similarity among
> lists under the ICORS
> umbrella, to maintain privacy for list subscribers,
> and to minimize confusion
> among subscribers who belong to multiple lists, all
> list owners and subscribers
> will be expected to agree to a minimum level of
> conduct. This will enable fair
> use of what is still donated space, allow those who
> saved their archives before
> they were deleted from Maelstrom to restore them,
> and allow for future growth of
> the ICORS’s lists. While list owners are welcome to
> add their own rules and
> responsibilities, all of the below are required on
> every list.
>
> This message is descriptive, and when we have full
> subscriber and listowner
> agreements they will contain more terms dealing with
> specific restrictions on
> objectionable material (obscenities, hate mail,
> spam, etc.). We also hope that
> listowners will stay involved with any problem on
> their list(s) that violates
> ICORS's policies in a way that necessitates ICORS
> stepping in. Constructive
> listowner input is valued.
>
> List owner responsibilities include:
>
> * Having at least one list owner of each list
> subscribed to the Owner’s list.
>
> * Working to keep their list(s) free of space hogs –
> excessive quoting, long sig
> files, jokes forwarded with hundreds of previous
> header lines.
>
> * If access level to archives is changed (such as
> moving from private to
> public), members are to be notified. Messages posted
> under a more restrictive
> access level will be removed before such a change is
> made.
>
> * Membership listing may not be
> shared/published/exchanged.
>
> * Subscription requests must be confirmed --
> automatically or through the
> listowner(s)-- to prevent people from being
> subscribed without their knowledge.
>
> * Potential conflicts of interest (e.g. related
> associations, affiliations, etc)
> should be noted.
>
> * Exchanges with individual list members are not
> shared outside the owner team
> except if they need to be shared with overall
> management (ICORS) to address a
> problem.
>
> * E-mail addresses are hidden in public archives.
> This option will be
> available in the newer version of Listserv we will
> be using after the move.
>
> * ICORS services are used by many people with
> disabilities or who have
> restricted access to the Internet. Where possible,
> list owners are expected to
> provide solutions that meet the needs of such
> members. (e.g. restrictions on the
> posting of html or attachments).
>
> Subscriber responsibilities include:
>
> * The subscriber owns the copyright for their own
> posts. However, the list owner
> holds a compilation copyright in the archives.  This
> does not override the
> individual copyright but allows the list owner to
> protect the archives as a whole.
>
> * The subscriber grants unrestricted world-wide
> permission for Listserv to
> distribute the message, distribute the message as
> part of a digest, store it in
> the archives indefinitely and have others search and
> view these archives as per
> the list policy (private or public archives). Other
> exceptions maybe specified
> by the list owner (e.g. external archives).
>
> * The subscriber acknowledges that they, not the
> organization or the
> list owner, are responsible for their writings, even
> if moderation is in
> place. The subscriber also acknowledges that, while
> the list owner(’s)
>
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