Just a note to some of the newer members of the list before all start
questioning this email. Most of the older (not age wise) list members know
Marks name and cause. Marks message is a legitimate one-without him we
would have no list as he runs servers out of his home. He has solicited
funds in the past, running chevytrucks.org know how this can be a costly
venture, I have supported him in the past and will continue to do so. I'm
not trying to help his cause by this email, but just letting some of the
newer members know who Mark is and without him we would have no
list...... --wayne
At 02:00 AM 4/11/02 -0600, you wrote:
>April 11th, 2002. For most everyone on the planet a typical thursday. If any
>of you have ever done a domain search on team.net, you may have seen something
>along the lines of
>
> Record last updated on blah-blah-blah
> Record expires on blah-blah-blah
> Record Created on 11-Apr-1991.
>
>Yep, April 11th, 1991. Eleven years ago the Team.Net domain hit the ether.
>Both the british-cars and the autox list existed in various forms for a few
>years before this, but I happen to like the April 11th date. And who will
>soon forget another 11th, that dark day seven months ago? Seven come eleven.
>
>Seven come eleven - a phrase I've heard before in relation to throwing dice.
>I'm not a gambler, so I can't say what the phrase really means. Of course
>one could argue that just about everything we do, even if we just cower under
>the covers all day, is a gamble of some sort or another.
>
>Seven, eleven, just numbers - numbers that designate some of my favorite
>Lotus cars, and if you throw in a '4' for April, you can make 1147, the
>displacement of the early Spitfires, like the one I drove to Tinker Day last
>saturday. Gee, 4 plus 7 is 11. One could prattle on for some time about
>numbers, that is not my intention.
>
>What I'm after is continued funding of the autox.team.net services. Old
>hands on the lists may have been expecting this message for a while, folks
>who've just joined probably have no idea who I am or what I'm going on about.
>Basically, the roughly 100 lists served here under various domains are run
>from a motley collection of various computer bits I've gathered over the
>years, some scrounged from my job at the University of Utah, some purchased
>with funds from previous funding drives. I'm the man behind the curtain.
>Anyone remember my 'rats in the coffee' post?
>
>And the pile of hardware is hooked to a DSL line in my basement, sending out
>automotive related information around the globe. Network connectivity
>pulls roughly $75 per month out of my wallet. Not an outrageous amount, but
>it does add up. So twice a year, spring and fall, I solicit funds from
>subscribers to the lists to cover the monthly charges and possibly get some
>new hardware or another box of backup tapes or something.
>
>This year, the 'something' could be fairly significant. As many of you have
>noticed the archiving which had been taking place at Listquest no longer is
>an option, they've gone belly.up it appears. If you point your web browser
>to http://www.team.net/archive you may see that some of the lists have some
>of the postings available in a browseable, searchable form. All lists using
>Mailman for list management ( http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo ) have
>archives in place, though they aren't yet searchable.
>
>What I'd like to do is get ALL the posts from ALL the lists on line and
>available. Doing so will require more disk space and more processing power.
>I did get a clean, one owner, slightly used machine from a Triumph and
>autocross fan who's been with the lists since the earth's crust cooled.
>Trouble is, the box didn't have any CPUs in it. A Supermicro SGXP6DEG dual
>CPU motherboard, nice redundant power supplies, 70 gigs of disk under a RAID
>controller, but no CPUs and only 128 megs of RAM. So the plan for this
>spring is to get some CPU chips and more memory in the box, and try to bring
>it on line as the archive and web server. Or maybe the archive, web and mail
>server, we shall see. All I need is a pair of 500 - 700 MHz SECC (Slot 1?
>I'm not that up on Intel platform hardware) CPU boards, some more memory
>and some time to get it all set up.
>
>Which is where you come in. If you feel the benefit of being a subscriber to
>one of the roughly 100 lists I manage is of value to you, and you happen to
>have some dollars burning a hole in your pocket, consider donating them to
>the cause. If you happen to be an American citizen who just sent off a nice
>fat check to Uncle Sam, don't worry about sending in a contribution. If you
>just signed up and don't yet have an idea of what you are getting into, don't
>worry. If you think that the policies and procedures I've put in place
>governing list behavior must be the work of the devil himself, or you gave
>last time, or you still don't have an idea of who I am and what I do for the
>lists don't worry. If you don't have any spare funds at the moment, or live
>outside the US of A, or whatever, don't worry.
>
>But if you do feel that what you are getting through this pile of old computer
>stuff stashed in a Salt Lake City basement is actually worthwhile, consider
>making a contribution to the fund drive. There are several ways to do so.
>
>
>Send a check for $4 or $7 or $11.47 or $77.11 or whatever amount of US Dollars
>you feel comfortable with, made out to Fat Chance Garage, to the address
>
>Fat Chance Garage
>PO Box 58333
>Salt Lake City, UT 84158
>
>==
>
>Send a note with Visa or Mastercard info to the above address as well.
>
>==
>
>FAX Visa or Mastercard info to me at 801-355-5438
>
>==
>
>Contribute via PayPal [ http://www.paypal.com ] using the address
>donations@autox.team.net
>
>==
>
>Point your web browser to http://www.team.net/posting.html which I promise to
>update RealSoonNow, go to the bottom of the page and click on the 'Donate'
>button. The logo only shows Visa and Mastercard, but I think they [Paypal]
>accept Discover and American Express now. I'd try it to find out for sure,
>but I can't pay my account from my account. Imagine that.
>
>==
>
>You can order Triumph parts from The Fat Chance Garage and the profit will
>in one way or another assist in keeping the lists going. Of course, those
>of you who may have sent a parts query my way are no doubt aware of the
>level of customer service I provide when I'm wearing *that* hat. I'll
>work on being more timely with my responses.
>
>==
>
>I'll also work on being more timely in acknowledging contributions of any
>type, and not procrastinate so long. If you don't provide an email address
>with your contribution, though, it could take a while.
>
>
>One thought I've had regarding funding for the basic operations of the lists
>is making archives for the various lists available on CDs for some nominal
>fee.
>It is one possibility, assuming issues with format and such are worked out to
>everyone's satisfaction. Any interest in that approach?
>
>If you're willing to contribute, thanks in advance. If for whatever reason
>you won't be contributing, don't worry, we'll keep on keepin' on.
>
>mjb.
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Wayne Osborne
1956 Chevy Pickup
LaGrange Ga.
http://www.chevytrucks.org
http://www.chevytrucks.org/wayne
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
|