Good job folks for starting to plan before hand.  We very much appreciate what you are doing. St. Johns University and the pioneers have done, and are still doing, a great service indeed.

Best Regards.

Abdoulie Jawo

Gambia Talk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Malanding:

The offer to host Gambia-L on www.freegambia.com still stands. If it is
agreed this be the way to go, I would like to get the migration process
started as soon as possible.

I'd also take this opportunity to thank all the managers and pioneers of
this "mother-of-all-gambian-lists" for the great sacrifice and effort
they've put into making sure Gambia-L is what it is today - a reservoir of
knowledge, opinion, ideas, culture, etc.etc. We need to ensure that we
revere the wealth herein for those coming after us.

Koto Habib, yes I remeber when I was first introduced to the list some
eight/nine years ago....you can only appreciate this list more if you had
been around then.

Thanks all-

-BambaLaye

>
> Dr M alanding Jaiteh,
> you have enough notice so I would strongly suggest a meeting between all
> three parties as soon as possible somewhere convenient to all of you to
> see how you can work together during the transition.
> In the mean time I would strongly advise you to get all the files backed
> up NOW not wait till the transfer happens just in case.
> remember when I lost my files when my computer crashed . it was a
> nightmare
> Thank you and all the managers of the GL for their work too plus St johns
> univ.
> Where is our good bro Mr Loum ? he was instrumental as was Katim in the
> begining I remember when we were less than two dozen on line in the late
> nineties
> Thanks again and wasalaam
>
>
>
> From: Malanding Jaiteh
> Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [Fwd: Disconnect of Maelstrom service]- It is final
> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:35:30 -0400
>>Folks,
>>We knew all along that it was in the works but it now final! St
>>Johns
>>University our host has set date to discontinue Maelstrom. Come Feb
>>1
>>2006 we must find a new place for the Bantanta. Already a couple of
>>people have offered to host it. Amadou Kabir Njie offered to lead a
>>Yahoo group by the same name and Abdoulie Jallow (BambaLaye) has
>>offered
>>Gambia-talk services to host Gambia-l . In any case we must seek to
>>maintain a few core values. 1. access and control over the archives
>>and
>>2. open and free spirited debate environment. A number of people
>>supported BambaLaye offer based on believe that we as a community
>>would
>>have more control over the archives than with the Yahoo group
>>situation.
>>Whether this is real or not I am not computent to say.
>>
>>Perhaps it is about time to set a timetable for migrating to our new
>>host and make sure things are working before the Feb deadline.
>>
>>We thank St Johns for all the service and wish Gambia-l a new and
>>better
>>home.
>>
>>Malanding Jaiteh
>>
>>
>>
>>-------- Original Message --------
>>Subject: ADMIN: Disconnect of Maelstrom service
>>Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:28:13 -0400
>>From: Official Announcement
>>Reply-To: Owners of lists on MAELSTROM
>>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>
>>This posting is on the ADMIN topic, please be careful with replies.
>>
>>----------------------
>>
>>Disconnect of Maelstrom service:
>>
>>The University is no longer in a position to support the Maelstrom
>>List Service. As of February 1, 2006, St. John's will discontinue
>>the service.
>>
>>List owners should make arrangements to migrate to another service
>>prior to the disconnect date.
>>
>> St. John's University
>>
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