Agree John, you made some good points. Two lists would not be good. Talking Barb k1eir to moderator would be a good idea. Sent from my iPad > On Feb 9, 2014, at 8:53 PM, John Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > This list has a moderator/owner and he doesn't post much but last I knew > monitored the list. If the list wants to move, I don't really care but if > you just start another list so there are 2 blind hams lists, you'll have > some people go, some not bother with yet another list because they're on too > many already. You'd be better off I think, talking to the owner if you can > if he still is monitoring the list, seeing what he says/wants to do because > I just don't think you'll get as much participation without moving this > whole list as is due to how long it's been around. Just my 2 cents worth and > maybe I'm wrong but it was tried due to the off topic posting a few years > ago and I haven't heard anything about that list after about a month from > it's creation and cant' even tell you who made it anymore. I think I was a > member but if I left or was removed or the list just shut down I don't know > that or it's so dead I just think I'm not on it anymore, but I stayed on > this list as well. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 7:58 PM > Subject: New blind-hams list? > > >> Just wondering if anyone would be interested, opposed, predisposed, = >> whatever to a new home for this list, or a new list? I=92m not sure if = >> this list has a moderator or not, but one thing to doesn=92t have is a = >> sensible way of handling modern 8-bit plain text encoding. It isn=92t = >> just me either, seems more people are using Macs and iThings to post = >> here, thus more of the text that this listserv just does not grok. I=92ve >> = >> got the capability to host such a thing. Heck, I=92ll host it and = >> someone else can moderate/administer/whatever it if the membership so = >> deems.=20=