> In addition to thanking Chris for everything he has done for the List,  
> I'd
> like to propose a warm vote of thanks to Cornell Law, and the
> administrators who have been kind enough to provide a safe secure 
> physical
> home for the list.

Well said.  I've just been watching the posts here since I haven't much 
knowledge
about such things.  But maybe I know a bit more than I thought.

First, the feel of the list is really about the members and how we 
interact,
what we want to see here.  It can take a bit of moderating, and some 
good and
sensible rules (like no flaming, no politics, no religion stuff) -- 
pretty much
what I see here on the porch.

How to set it all up, how much financing is needed, I don't know.  But I 
do know
that there is nothing about yahoo groups that would keep the flow of 
things going
just like it has here.  I belong to several, and the only difference 
among them
is who is on them and how they are moderated.

I don't think we would really notice a change if we took Old Tools to 
Yahoo.
OK, there's the new Social Media vocabulary, which often nauseates me.  
But
for the most part all you see is emails and responses, just like we do 
here.

If it takes some kind of Galoot financing ...  Well, it will be the 
cheapest
porch we've ever lived on.  It's too good, and there's too much 
friendship
here to let it slide.  And Scott G won't be worth a Galoot hoot without 
us.

Mike in Sacto