Re: (ET) elec-trak.org site

[<gmbauman alltel net>]

The site is up, just checked it. 

Gery Bauman

one New Idea 150
> 
> From: Stephen & Carol Welch <welches paonline com>
> Date: 2004/02/23 Mon PM 08:14:04 EST
> To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Subject: (ET) elec-trak.org site
> 
> The Elec-Trak.org site had been up and running until just a couple of 
> days
> ago (I often browsed the classifieds there).  As others have noted it
> appears to have unexpectedly vanished.
> 
> The site has been useful to me, and others I am sure.  If there is 
> interest
> in a resurrection, and if money is an issue, I could recommend the model
> that was adopted by another "special interest" site I frequent.  People 
> were
> asked to join and send a few bucks to have a membership (something like
> $12/yr) to defray costs.  So far this method seems to be working (you can
> visit it at http://www.trailmanorowners.com/)  Obviously, one needs 
> someone
> with webmaster skills to run the site.  Maybe this discussion list could
> move to a "board" model like the above site.
> 
> I don't know - except that without these sources of support, unique and
> non-factory-supported machines like the ET will be much harder for 
> people to
> keep running.  Also it will be more difficult to bring in "new blood" to 
> the
> active ownership group.
> 
> I really don't have any idea how many are on this list, and what the
> critical mass would need to be to support a site, but thought I'd at 
> least
> throw this out there.
> 
> Steve 
> 
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