[Harp-L] Will Harp-L go away for good in October? IMPORTANT.

["William Lifford, CP" <william.lifford@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all Harp-L'ers,

/(obligatory harmonica content:  I thought I was really awesome at 
playing the harmonica, until I joined Harp-L and found what truly 
awesome players can do with a harp.  Boy, that was a rough couple of 
weeks, adjusting to my non-awesomeness.)/

I'm not a prolific poster on Harp-L, but have been a member for many 
years (and I even produced one of Harp-L's compilations a ways back) and 
I enjoy the list greatly.  But I need to remind all of you about something.

Our listowner is RETIRING in October 2012.  He mentioned this a year 
ago, and some discussions about what to do were bandied about on the 
Harp-L 'Meta Discussion' Google groups list, but they kind of died out 
-- and currently there is NO succession plan.  Basically, Harp-L will 
cease to exist by November 2012 if we do not band together and do 
something about it.

I am am willing to volunteer to become the new Harp-L listowner. But I 
cannot even come close to fulfilling all the responsibilities of the 
job, because I'm not well versed in computer stuff.  The only way I 
could do this would be if I had the help of others.

Hopefully my sounding the alarm will cause someone way more qualified 
than I to step up and say "I will be the new listowner", but maybe not.  
I therefore ask all of you:

1.  Do all of you want Harp-L to continue?

2.  Do any of you have any experience with Listserves or any of that 
stuff?  If so, is there a concrete list of tasks that need to be done on 
a regular basis to make this list continue to stay viable? Please tell 
me so that we can find people to help with these tasks.

3.  Would some of you be willing to partner up with me or somebody else 
and keep this list running?  I read pretty much every post and certainly 
could help with moderating.  But I am simply not qualified now (though I 
am willing to learn) to do the computer-end of stuff required to manage 
Harp-L.

4.  Are all of you willing to put up with the mistakes I will invariably 
make while learning to manage the list?

Thanks for listening/reading.  I think Harp-L is just too good to let it 
die out.

Bill Lifford




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William Lifford, CP
Progressive O&P, Inc.
1111 Willis Avenue
Albertson, NY 11507
516-338-8585
www.ProgOandP.com