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Robert Gainer asked:
"If the opportunity  arrives to host the list elsewhere what features do you
think we should  have?"

Some items for a wishlist:
1) A message forum based version of  the list in addition to the e-mail-based
version. So, for example, if you're  away from your primary e-mail machine,
you could post a reply from any device  with internet access (and a simple web
browser). I am looking forward to the day  when I can type out a two page
message to Navigation-L from my cell phone  . Seriously, there have been
numerous times when I've gone to the  archive, looked at a message and thought to
myself, I wish I could type out a  reply right here. One would need to arrange a
time limit (no replies after  thirty days without starting a new thread, for
example).
2) A simple method  for handling attachments that automatically places a link
in transmitted  messages to image/binary/data files which are automatically
stored centrally.  This would be the best of both worlds, imo. Attachments
could be sent as  desired, with netiquette as a controlling influence, but those
who don't want to  see them would simply skip over the link in the e-mail
message.
3) Complete  archives, searchable, like the present archives at i-DEADLINK-com.
Preferably these  would be mirrored.
4) A copyright policy. On academic lists (e.g. H-Maritime  ...look it up if
it sounds intriguing), there is a simple policy guaranteeing  copyright to the
authors of posts with the understanding that quoting under  appropriate
circumstances is always allowed.
5) HTML on/off settings,  selectable by the subscriber. These days, it's
almost harder to turn OFF html in  e-mail than to turn it on. The listserv itself
ought to be able to re-format  messages for those recipients who do not want
to see any HT-marked up messages.  This is similar to what happens in the
archive at i-DEADLINK-com right now. Messages  are formatted as plain text.
6) A million gold coins. Hmm... perhaps I should  have asked the genie for
the gold coins earlier on my wishlist.  The  trouble with most of the items
on my list is that they are rather involved  programming projects. They're in
the "wouldn't it be nice" category. So I'll  close out my wish list by saying
that the MAIN item on my wish list is a  reliable list archive. Everything else
can wait  indefinitely.

And:
"What are the members of the list willing to pay  (if anything) to set it up?"

I think a subscription fee would rapidly  kill off this list. But certain
individuals among us, myself included, would  probably be willing to help out. I
think it is VERY likely though that the total  cost could be kept very close
to zero.

And:
" Is any one willing to  contribute time to help transfer the archive or
whatever else is  required."

Yes.

And:
" Does a copy of the archive exist in a  form that we can use to set up a
replacement?"

Yes.

And:
"Dan  has a web page now, in the best of all possible worlds should that be
the  opening page for the archive? We can have links to other pages of interest
to  us, who wants to maintain that?"

I think that it would be best to try to  find some organization, like a
museum (no, not Mystic) or university that would  host the main page. Dan H. would
still "own it".

-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or  41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars

   

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