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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:30:19 -0700
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Too bad, Matt's list works well. For the first 10 years I ran a simple 
"majordomo" list for the KIS list, then had it transferred to Matt. He 
organized all the archives and made them searchable.
Bill

-----Original Message----- 
From: Charlie England
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 9:34 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: the List

Absolutely not! I wish that the RV-list was still the go-to place for RV
guys, but it's not. Seems like RVers only go to Matt's lists for
aeroelectric info.

Unfortunately, most RVers have abandoned Matt for one of the forum-only
setups, and it really is covered with ads.

Charlie

On 11/16/2014 3:40 PM, William Schertz wrote:
> Charlie,
> Were you making reference to the RV list on Matronix? Where the 
> Aeroelectric list is maintained? I haven't noticed advertising or 
> censoring on Aeroelectric, but he does solicit $ once a year.
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Charlie England
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 11:01 AM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: the List
>
> On 11/15/2014 9:47 AM, Mark McClure wrote:
>> In the past I have not kept the flyrotary emails.  I read and delete 
>> because they are available on the archives.
>>
>> Today while trying to search or just go the second page I got nowhere.
>>
>> I know that the list hasn’t gotten much use lately - hopefully because 
>> everyone has flying projects and they are out flying and not because of 
>> loss of interest.
>>
>> If I remember right the original owner of the list has moved on from 
>> Rotaries but keeps it going as a service.
>> Is there any interest in trying to take the list to a more modern setup? 
>> Hopefully with the ability to take the archive with it.
>>
>> Mark McClure
>
> I've given this a bit of thought, too, but wasn't sure how to approach
> it. I'm very grateful to have this list, and would hate to see it
> migrate to a place like Yahoo groups. I'm a member of numerous groups on
> Yahoo, and the interface is about as bad as I can imagine.
>
> I would, however, like to see a more user-friendly search engine for the
> archives. (Or maybe I just need a tutorial for dummies...) It would also
> be nice to have a slightly bigger size limit for attachments; often the
> small size limits usability of the images.
>
> But I know that stuff like that can be expensive, therefore:
>
> One thing I would strongly support would be some kind of fund raiser to
> fund the maintenance of this list. Neither computer hardware nor
> internet bandwidth is free, and Marv has shouldered the burden for what
> has to be close to two decades and never asked one dime of us. In
> contrast, the most heavily used forum for RV-x builder/fliers is
> littered with advertising (list owner actually makes his living from
> it), it's heavily censored, and his minions attempt to shame
> participants into donating cash every year. If Marv will accept
> financial support, I'll be the 1st to write a check, regardless of
> whether the archives get 'upgraded'.
>
> How about it; should we start a support fund?
>
> Charlie
>
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