RE: *** ADMIN: A few small changes ... and thanks -- MIDRANGE-L

david,

Thank YOU, for the enhancements...!

Now.. If you were a REAL charitable organization, you'd siphon of anywhere
between 5% and 90% of the money donated, to cover "administrative
costs"...;-)

There are very few points that people on this list agree on...  But I think
everyone, with no exceptions, believe beyond any shadow of a doubt, and can
agree on one point:  We sure appreciate that your not a "real" charitable
organization...:-)


Before that goes to your head..  I'm gonna have to slap you down, a
little...;-)  If you EVER need a faster this.. or a redundant that.. or this
other software.. to make things run better...  You'd be doing a disservice
to this Community if you failed to post that info.  Maybe have a survey
question about the Community's preferences.

The Community will support you quicker some times, than others.  But now
that it's proven that the Community backs you, IMHO, you should keep that
fact foremost in mind.  That was a pretty good haul, but the Community can
probably do even better, if you ever need it.


Thanks again for all...!

James Jay Toran (jjt)
Columbus, OH  USA
E-mail:  jt@ee.net


Especially to david and anyone who contributed...
"Have a GREAT day...!  And a BETTER ONE TOMORROW~~~:-)" (sm)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of David Gibbs
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 10:00 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: *** ADMIN: A few small changes ... and thanks
>
>
> Folks:
>
> I wanted to let you know about a few small changes that have happened in
> recently.
>
> First, however, I wanted to say great big THANKS to everyone who
> contributed after the "List-A-Thon" that was held :)  A bit more
> than $1800
> was contributed.  Please be assured, that ever penny of the contribution
> will go to enhanced, maintain, and fund the mailing list and it's
> associated services.  A special thanks goes to Philipp Rusch who has
> promised a pair of 20gb IBM hard drives.  They have yet to arrive though
> ... they are taking the slow boat from Germany.
>
> Ok, on to the changes ...
>
> 1. A minor thing, but I thought it would be useful.  Every now and then
> someone would ask why a recent message they posted did not show up in the
> search index.  This is usually caused by the indexer not running (or
> running & failing).  Now you can see when the archive was last updated and
> when the search index was last built.  Generally the index is built every
> night.  Sometimes, however, the indexer will fail for some reason (usually
> out of temporary space ... it creates massive files).
>
> 2. Since the archive system, and the list system are now in the same
> location (my basement), the archives are actually updated every hour.
>
> 3. I'm looking for a volunteer to serve as survey coordinator
> (Quiz-master?).  The survey system has languished of late, and I
> think it's
> too good a thing to let slip.   If someone is interested in keeping the
> survey system going, please contact me PRIVATELY.  This would involve
> soliciting survey ideas, keeping track of them, setting up new
> surveys on a
> regular basis, etc.
>
> That's it for now.
>
> david
>
>
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