Joe,
I would assure you that the decision to shutdown Maelstrom is unrelated
to our recent poor ratings. This has been in the horizon for quite
sometime now. I guess the driving force is money to maintain a couple of
hundred discussion lists with a over 120,000 members and their archieves.
I cannot agree more about the need need to sustain it though.

Malanding

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> Malanding, thanks for the heads-up. Is this because of the lack of
> contributors/activity to the Gambia-L and sites like it? I think the L
> is a
> good asset to Gambians and we should do all we can to sustain it.
>
> Chi Jaama
>
> Joe
>
>> From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>> Subject: The future of Gambia L
>> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:32:37 -0400
>>
>> Folks,
>> There is serious talk behind scene that St John's University our host
>> will shut down Maelstrom the server Gambia-l and many others operate
>> from. While no public statement is received from officials at St Johns,
>> it looks like the future isn't all that great. In order to avoid any
>> serious disruption when the day comes, I would suggest that we start
>> shopping around for another host. There are a number of alternatives out
>> there.
>> Look for another free host like St Johns or Univesity of Washington
>> Subscribe to Companies that host lists for a fee (this does not look
>> viable although its good to know)
>> Alternatively, tech savvy members put resources together and setup our
>> own G-L Listserv. I understand there are plenty of opensource
>> technologies out there.
>>
>> Let me know what you think. At this point, all ideas are assumed good
>> until proven otherwise.
>>
>> Malanding Jaiteh
>>
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