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 [log in to unmask] wrote: > 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 >> <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> 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 >> >> $B$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (B >> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >> Gambia-L >> Web interface >> at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> [log in to unmask] >> $B$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (B > > > $B$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (B > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the > Gambia-L Web interface > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > $B$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (B いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい