From sentto-2719433-25-985131292-gtoal=vt.com@returns.onelist.com Tue Mar 20 16:58:58 2001 Received: from ho.egroups.com (ho.egroups.com [64.211.240.236]) by admin.vt.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA22823 for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 16:58:56 -0600 (CST) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-2719433-25-985131292-gtoal=vt.com@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by ho.egroups.com with NNFMP; 20 Mar 2001 23:34:52 -0000 X-Sender: gtoal@vt.com X-Apparently-To: edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 20 Mar 2001 23:34:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 34933 invoked from network); 20 Mar 2001 23:34:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 20 Mar 2001 23:34:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO f19.egroups.com) (10.1.2.136) by mta1 with SMTP; 20 Mar 2001 23:34:50 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: gtoal@vt.com Received: from [10.1.10.106] by f19.egroups.com with NNFMP; 20 Mar 2001 23:34:50 -0000 To: edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <998peo+oo1q@eGroups.com> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: eGroups Message Poster X-Originating-IP: 206.104.172.1 From: "Graham Toal" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com; contact edinburgh-computer-history-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:34:48 -0000 Reply-To: edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com Subject: [ed-comp-hist] Kicking this project back into life... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO Hello folks. Just over a month back I had some personal stuff to take care of, and I didn't have time to ride herd on this project group. Actually I was rather hoping that if I was quiet for a few days, someone in the Edinburgh area would step in and do some organising in my absence. Unfortunately it didn't work out that way, and then I had an illness, followed by my DSL line (and therefore our web and ftp servers) also being sick for a couple of weeks. All that is taken care of now, and I'm back at the wheel. Fotunately this is a project that doesn't have too heavy time constraints, as long as no-one trashes anything that we'd identified as wanting to keep. We can afford quiet periods, but on the other hand I think it is important to keep a momentum going, lest any outsiders we ask for help get the impression that we're not taking it seriously. Incidentally, Ian, although not free at the moment, is hoping to have some leisure time in a month or so and I'll be twisting his arm as much as he'll let me to involve him in some ground work in Edinburgh. We did pretty well in the first few weeks when this project started, in identifying some of the old work that we'd like to preserve. I'ld like us to spend the next 3-4 weeks doing something concrete and actually getting some of the files online at our ftp server (ftp.gtoal.com). To this end (rather than put anyone on the spot by posting here) I intend to drop a few private mails to various of the people who offered to help, over the next week, suggesting some specific tasks that they might do. This next month's target is to get enough of a start and items online that our web site looks serious; I'm hoping that this will kick-start donations to the site which should then continue to roll in at a constant rate. If anyone needs help, and it is something I'm able to help with, you may ask me for help at any time. There is quite a lot I can do that isn't constrained by the fact that I'm 3000 miles from Edinburgh. Graham ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> Make good on the promise you made at graduation to keep in touch. Classmates.com has over 14 million registered high school alumni--chances are you'll find your friends! http://us.click.yahoo.com/n4HqaC/DMUCAA/4ihDAA/BE_UlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: edinburgh-computer-history-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/