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Hi Michael,<br>
<br>
Thanks for all your research on this. There's another option to
consider. The Open Space Institute for the US has managed to start
using the free and open source list serve software that runs and
looks almost exactly like the current ListServe for free using a
generous web hosting company that gives out web host services to
U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations.<br>
<br>
It takes very little administration - as the Web Hosting company
provides a one click install for the "Mailman" program, which is the
List Serve software which is widely used:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html">http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html</a><br>
<br>
And there is even a path to maintain the logs for browsing and
searching in a similar way to how they are searchable and browsable
now. It would take a little techie work - but I'd be happy to help
with that.<br>
<br>
Even if we didn't want get help from a current 501(c)(3)
organization (which would make it free) going with this kind of
solution would only cost about $100 US a year.<br>
<br>
Harold<br>
<br>
On 12/1/10 10:47 AM, Michael Herman wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTi=nsOQOFj5GEDsej30q1w9nm21mgjmNhY7YmwXD@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><br>
1. the oslist will cease to exist in its current form not later
than june of next year. <br>
2. boise state is migrating their own lists to googlegroups<br>
3. boise state is NOT migrating any archives (so we're on our own
with that)<br>
4. our archives will be delivered to us on a single CD<br>
5. they will be in the form of 150 monthly log files (roughly, 12
months x 12 years)<br>
6. these monthly files can be read easily in any text editor<br>
7. they can be read less easily when opened directly in a web
browser application<br>
8. the BEST way to keep the archives and the list going is another
l-soft listserv host org<br>
9. finding another listserv host organization is something anyone
can help with... now!<br>
10. we already have <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:oslist@googlegroups.com">oslist@googlegroups.com</a>
set up, so that's available if/when we want to use it</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
Harold Shinsato<br>
<a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com">harold@shinsato.com</a><br>
<a href="http://shinsato.com">http://shinsato.com</a><br>
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