[Coco] Parallel groups

[K. Pruitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" <bathory at maltedmedia.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Parallel groups


> Hi all,
>
> If you want to get into the group-shift discussion, remember that this 
> list,
> the old bit.listserv.coco, Facebook's various TRS-80 groups, websites and
> their archives, etc., are all still running. Fortunately, there's almost
> nothing on the old bit group, and FB has its own issues.
>
> I've tried to keep this group clean (spam-free and address-sucker-free) 
> and
> used a very light hand as admin (months may go by without anything from 
> me; I
> just moderate the oversized messages, research spam sub attempts, and 
> break up
> the occasional fistfight). We're into our 13th solid year here via 
> maltedmedia
> and although you depend on me, as long as I'm not dead, the list will be
> running.
>
> If you want to switch to Google Groups (just FYI, I don't use Google 
> products
> because you never know when Google will change the rules), you're welcome 
> to,
> but it means this list will need to shut down along with its archive 
> (though I
> guess the archive will continue to live on GMane). Shutting this list down
> will prevent one more parallel group and also free me from moderating 
> mostly
> spam attempts.
>
> As long as we're active and healthy, I'll continue to make the list 
> available.
> If it starts to split or dwindle, then there would be no point to keeping 
> it.
>
> Sound reasonable?
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis
>
>
>
> -- 

More than reasonable.   And thank you, Dennis, sincerely for the time and 
effort you put in to providing and maintaining the list for the Color 
Computer Community.  A community to which you yourself are one of the 
founding fathers.