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[harmonicaEinstein]

Hi Jerry,

Actually at that time, I spoke to then president Winslow Yerxa
about the list format needing a serious update. Regardless of who can
transition the list, the compelling reason for doing so has been stated.

E

On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 2:36 PM Jerry <jdeall at xxxxx> wrote:

> Hi E,
> FYI SPAH has no control or function regarding Harp-L
>
> Regards,  Jerry Deall, SPAH President, Put August 11-15, 2026 on your
> calendar for SPAH 2026 at the Sheraton Westport Chalet in St. Louis MO
> On Mar 30, 2026, at 12:56 PM, harmonicaEinstein <
> genius at xxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I suggested ten years ago at spah they abandon this ancient format of a
>> message board for the exact reasons you stated in message number 2 below.
>> mybb for example.
>>
>> E
>>
>> There are some free message board platforms available.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 11:48 AM <harp-l-request at xxxxx> wrote:
>>
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>>>     1. St. Louis Blues Museum Closes Today (Owen P. Evans)
>>>     2. The most recent digest (owner-harp-l at xxxxx)
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>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>  Message: 1
>>>  Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:22:30 -0400
>>>  From: "Owen P. Evans" <opevans at xxxxx>
>>>  To: harp-l at xxxxx
>>>  Subject: [Harp-L] St. Louis Blues Museum Closes Today
>>>  Message-ID: <8E7F3F02-AAFF-4DDD-9E49-2DD7C4414809 at xxxxx>
>>>  Content-Type: text/plain;       charset=utf-8
>>>
>>>
>>>  We're sorry to share that the tour of the Blues Museum in St. Louis this
>>>  year is cancelled due to the museum's closing today. We are sorry that many
>>>  of our members will not have the opportunity to visit this treasure later
>>>  this year at the convention.
>>>  https://spah.org/.../2026-spah.../2026-st-louis-tours/ <
>>>  https://spah.org/convention-events/2026-spah-convention/2026-st-louis-tours/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExWU9OSDRKY0pic3QzWDZiUnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR49AsaSzQO6Ekx1MgO60eNbQfVnkorkuMKXtFIx_Crcnbq0ZeZxoqVutTYgkw_aem_Axu0MMRc5yxDCUZcQbdO3A
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>  Owen P. Evans - Marketing
>>>  Windsor, Ontario. Canada
>>>
>>>  ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  opevans at xxxxx
>>>  519-984-4376
>>>
>>>  Save August 11-15, 2025.  SPAH 2026 at the Sheraton Westport Chalet in St.
>>>  Louis, MO.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>  Message: 2
>>>  Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:16:23 -0400
>>>  From: owner-harp-l at xxxxx
>>>  To: harp-l at xxxxx
>>>  Subject: [Harp-L] The most recent digest
>>>  Message-ID: <a905bf76353139de38d512b8d9b4ead5.squirrel at xxxxx>
>>>  Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
>>>
>>>  You may notice that the recent digest is pretty much unreadable.  So much
>>>  quoted text.  I vacillate between rejecting posts that are verbosely
>>>  quoted and shrugging my shoulders and approving the unreadable posts.  If
>>>  you are replying to an item in a digest please please please edit the post
>>>  to limit your comment to the item you are replying to.  I cannot edit
>>>  submitted posts and neither would I want to if I could.  Most of the short
>>>  replies matter and are worthy content.  I hate to reject them because most
>>>  people don't edit and resubmit per my request.
>>>
>>>  On another topic, I just 2 days ago renewed the harp-l server for a year
>>>  and a month.  That gets us to May of 2027.  I don't know that I'll be
>>>  renewing the server again in 2027.  harp-l-listowner
>>>
>>>
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>>>  End of Harp-L Digest, Vol 271, Issue 5
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