FW: [SciFi Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?

Hi, All 

The below email is from John T., the listowner of the Science Fiction discussion list I'm on. That list moved from Yahoogroups to groups.io last year. Anyway, John has posted the below suggesting that it might be a good idea to move off Yahoogroups now, as they are shutting down most of their features. I would suggest that it's a good idea to make sure that the list archives, photos and such are preserved for future reference. While I am fairly sure that groups.io was free when John made the move, I understand that now the free service is limited to 1GB of storage, which doesn't sound like a lot to me. If you want an automatic transfer service and more features, I understand that groups.io will be charging $110/year, and I personally would not be agreeable to paying for the service.

I can say that I as an individual member made the move from Yahoogroups to groups.io as a member of the SciFi discussion list without trouble.

What do you think? Should we do it now? (Of course there are other options besides groups.io; I just don't know what they are. 😊)

Johanne

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Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

Hi, Marie 

Yes, Yahoogroups has been a bit iffy for some time now. It sounds like they are going to eliminate almost all the features you would want to have in a discussion list. I hope Neil will do something, as I'm on two other lists where it looks like I've got to be involved in trying to facilitate a transfer, and I will probably have to download the Files and Photos for at least one of the groups. So I don't think I will have time to do anything with regard to this group. But I agree that it is a valuable forum, and I don't know anything else like it. It would be a pity to have it fold! 9

Johanne

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Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

Hi, Marie 

Yes, Yahoogroups has been a bit iffy for some time now. It sounds like they are going to eliminate almost all the features you would want to have in a discussion list. I hope Neil will do something, as I'm on two other lists where it looks like I've got to be involved in trying to facilitate a transfer, and I will probably have to download the Files and Photos for at least one of the groups. So I don't think I will have time to do anything with regard to this group. But I agree that it is a valuable forum, and I don't know anything else like it. It would be a pity to have it fold! 9

Johanne

Johanne L. Tournier

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Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

By all means, Pamela! John T., the originator, invited recipients to share it. I think it should be circulated as widely as possible.

Good luck! I know I would rather not have to do anything, but it sounds like that won't be possible.

TTFN 😊

Johanne

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From: Pamela Bain pbain@... []
Sent: October 16, 2019 4:30 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?

I sent your information to another group of which I am a member. I wish Yahoo Groups would stay as is. But, things seem to be changing in this big world!

On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 8:30 pm, Pamela Bain pbain@... [] <> wrote:

Hi, Marie 

Yes, Yahoogroups has been a bit iffy for some time now. It sounds like they are going to eliminate almost all the features you would want to have in a discussion list. I hope Neil will do something, as I'm on two other lists where it looks like I've got to be involved in trying to facilitate a transfer, and I will probably have to download the Files and Photos for at least one of the groups. So I don't think I will have time to do anything with regard to this group. But I agree that it is a valuable forum, and I don't know anything else like it. It would be a pity to have it fold! 9

Johanne

Johanne L. Tournier

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Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

Hi, Neil 

John T. On the SciFi_Discussion list made the switch to groups.io some time ago, as I mentioned, and it went pretty much without a hitch. The only thing I think may throw a monkey wrench in the works is that it sounds like now you only get the minimum service for free and they are trying to encourage people to pay. As I have said elsewhere, I really don't want to have to pay for the service.

BTW, a fellow on the lotr87 groups that I'm on says that he is currently using the Yahoogroup's automated download service for the group's data, so it is nice to know that that exists. But he mentioned that he doesn't know how well the data will transfer to a new service.

Besides groups.io, someone mentioned that there is a Google group service which seems to be working well, so I guess that might be another possibility.

Good luck!

Johanne

Johanne L. Tournier

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Hi everyone

Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

Hi, Neil 

John T. On the SciFi_Discussion list made the switch to groups.io some time ago, as I mentioned, and it went pretty much without a hitch. The only thing I think may throw a monkey wrench in the works is that it sounds like now you only get the minimum service for free and they are trying to encourage people to pay. As I have said elsewhere, I really don't want to have to pay for the service.

BTW, a fellow on the lotr87 groups that I'm on says that he is currently using the Yahoogroup's automated download service for the group's data, so it is nice to know that that exists. But he mentioned that he doesn't know how well the data will transfer to a new service.

Besides groups.io, someone mentioned that there is a Google group service which seems to be working well, so I guess that might be another possibility.

Good luck!

Johanne

Johanne L. Tournier

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Hi everyone

Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

Neil: I think this needs to be expedited.

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From: Johanne Tournier jltournier60@... []
Sent: 16 October 2019 21:12
To:
Subject: RE: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T -Anyone still on YahooGroups?


By all means, Pamela! John T., the originator, invited recipients to share it. I think it should be circulated as widely as possible.

Good luck! I know I would rather not have to do anything, but it sounds like that won't be possible.

TTFN =

Johanne

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From: Pamela Bain pbain@... []
Sent: October 16, 2019 4:30 PM
To:
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I sent your information to another group of which I am a member. I wish Yahoo Groups would stay as is. But, things seem to be changing in this big world!

Hi, Neil 

Well, as I mentioned, my friend Bob, who is fairly familiar with this stuff and is a moderator on the lotr87 list wrote to that list earlier to say he was using Yahoogroups' automated facility for downloading the list data. I have asked him to give me a quick rundown on how to do that. Then at least someone might have all the old list material, and maybe it can be uploaded to the new list at some point.

No, you're right; I might never go looking at old list messages. But I'll bet some people here would. And if it includes any pics or other files that may have been uploaded, people might appreciate having them accessible. So if Bob gets back to me and lets me know how to do that, I will let you know.

Take care and good luck!

Johanne

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Hi,

Neil: I think this needs to be expedited.

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From: Johanne Tournier jltournier60@... []
Sent: 16 October 2019 21:12
To:
Subject: RE: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T -Anyone still on YahooGroups?


By all means, Pamela! John T., the originator, invited recipients to share it. I think it should be circulated as widely as possible.

Good luck! I know I would rather not have to do anything, but it sounds like that won't be possible.

TTFN =

Johanne

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From: Pamela Bain pbain@... []
Sent: October 16, 2019 4:30 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?


I sent your information to another group of which I am a member. I wish Yahoo Groups would stay as is. But, things seem to be changing in this big world!

Hi,
Being emailing with my friend Ken and it seems the best option is to create a transfer of all the members and files to a new io group as a free option, based on the data set not being over 1Gb.
What Ken believes is not possible now is to download all the old messages and copy them over, which is a bit sad but then how often do people want to look back in the past at old messages?
Does this sound OK with people?
Regards
Neil

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On 16 Oct 2019, at 21:25, Stephen stephenmlark@... [] <> wrote:

ÿ

Neil: I think this needs to be expedited.

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From: Johanne Tournier jltournier60@... []
Sent: 16 October 2019 21:12
To:
Subject: RE: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T -Anyone still on YahooGroups?


By all means, Pamela! John T., the originator, invited recipients to share it. I think it should be circulated as widely as possible.

Good luck! I know I would rather not have to do anything, but it sounds like that won't be possible.

TTFN =

Johanne

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From: Pamela Bain pbain@... []
Sent: October 16, 2019 4:30 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?


I sent your information to another group of which I am a member. I wish Yahoo Groups would stay as is. But, things seem to be changing in this big world!

Hi Johanne,
I am on an io. group for another hobby and the list owner did say that he used a process to lift and shift the old group to io. I can contact him and see if he has the process and if it is valid then perhaps it is a consideration. I don't know how much data we have with respect to the limit of 1Gb but perhaps if we do the move I may consider paying the subscription to keep it going. It would then be nice to see if it can be promoted to attract new members.
Neil

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On 16 Oct 2019, at 20:54, Johanne Tournier jltournier60@... [] <> wrote:

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Hi, Neil 

John T. On the SciFi_Discussion list made the switch to groups.io some time ago, as I mentioned, and it went pretty much without a hitch. The only thing I think may throw a monkey wrench in the works is that it sounds like now you only get the minimum service for free and they are trying to encourage people to pay. As I have said elsewhere, I really don't want to have to pay for the service.

BTW, a fellow on the lotr87 groups that I'm on says that he is currently using the Yahoogroup's automated download service for the group's data, so it is nice to know that that exists. But he mentioned that he doesn't know how well the data will transfer to a new service.

Besides groups.io, someone mentioned that there is a Google group service which seems to be working well, so I guess that might be another possibility.

Good luck!

Johanne

Johanne L. Tournier

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From: <> on behalf of Neil Trump neil.trump@... [] <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 4:29:55 PM
To: <>
Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?

Hi everyone

Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

Hi,

Neil: I think this needs to be expedited.

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From: Johanne Tournier jltournier60@... []
Sent: 16 October 2019 21:12
To:
Subject: RE: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T -Anyone still on YahooGroups?

 
By all means, Pamela! John T., the originator, invited recipients to share it. I think it should be circulated as widely as possible.
 
Good luck! I know I would rather not have to do anything, but it sounds like that won't be possible.
 
TTFN =
 
Johanne
 
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From: Pamela Bain pbain@... []
Sent: October 16, 2019 4:30 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?
 
 
I sent your information to another group of which I am a member. I wish Yahoo Groups would stay as is. But, things seem to be changing in this big world! 

 

Hi, Nance & Neil 

Well, Bob on lotr87 noted that everything that is currently stored for lotr87 is less than 1 GB, and I am sure that at its height there were a lot more messages per day than have ever been posted here  although the messages here are often quite long. But text doesn't actually take up that much space. They are going to go with the free service for the time being, so I think it would probably be OK for RIII, too.

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently. 😊

Johanne

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Sad to say, I have to agree to move to io. It will be interesting to see how much 1Gb will prove to be. Nance ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Trump neil.trump@... [] <> Reply-To: <> To: <> Sent: 10/16/2019 2:16:47 PM Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T -Anyone still on YahooGroups?

Hi,

Neil: I think this needs to be expedited.

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From: Johanne Tournier jltournier60@... []
Sent: 16 October 2019 21:12
To:
Subject: RE: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T -Anyone still on YahooGroups?


By all means, Pamela! John T., the originator, invited recipients to share it. I think it should be circulated as widely as possible.

Good luck! I know I would rather not have to do anything, but it sounds like that won't be possible.

TTFN =

Johanne

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From: Pamela Bain pbain@... []
Sent: October 16, 2019 4:30 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?


I sent your information to another group of which I am a member. I wish Yahoo Groups would stay as is. But, things seem to be changing in this big world!

Hi,

Neil: I think this needs to be expedited.

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From: Johanne Tournier jltournier60@... []
Sent: 16 October 2019 21:12
To:
Subject: RE: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T -Anyone still on YahooGroups?


By all means, Pamela! John T., the originator, invited recipients to share it. I think it should be circulated as widely as possible.

Good luck! I know I would rather not have to do anything, but it sounds like that won't be possible.

TTFN =

Johanne

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From: Pamela Bain pbain@... []
Sent: October 16, 2019 4:30 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?


I sent your information to another group of which I am a member. I wish Yahoo Groups would stay as is. But, things seem to be changing in this big world!

Hi Neil, the two most popular free forums on the web seem to be Proboards and Forumotion. The latter would probably suit us better because it doesn't carry advertising. I've had a quick look and you can customise it using themes just like you can customise websites with Wix etc. There's also a big section on importing posts and data as long as they have been saved in XML There are also guidelines on the web for downloading and archiving data from a forum which it seems to me we need to do sooner rather than later.
Personally I think it would be tragic to lose our back stuff. It's not a fun forum it's done some serious research. And it's a real pig when you can no longer upload stuff. I've been trying to upload a spreadsheet for about a year now and tried everything, including of course conversion to other formats. It just gets chucked out as malware. I haven't tried a photograph recently but I bet it would do the same with that. If I can help in any way let me know.
And I know this is contentious but there really should be facility to forward stuff to things like Facebook. Otherwise we will never be found by SEOs and we will never get the chance to invite people to join us. We will just wither on the vine. H


On Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 22:38:10 BST, Neil Trump neil.trump@... [] <> wrote:

Hi,

Neil: I think this needs to be expedited.

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From: Johanne Tournier jltournier60@... []
Sent: 16 October 2019 21:12
To:
Subject: RE: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T -Anyone still on YahooGroups?


By all means, Pamela! John T., the originator, invited recipients to share it. I think it should be circulated as widely as possible.

Good luck! I know I would rather not have to do anything, but it sounds like that won't be possible.

TTFN =

Johanne

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: Pamela Bain pbain@... []
Sent: October 16, 2019 4:30 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?


I sent your information to another group of which I am a member. I wish Yahoo Groups would stay as is. But, things seem to be changing in this big world!

Hi Johanne,

Hi, Neil 

John T. On the SciFi_Discussion list made the switch to groups.io some time ago, as I mentioned, and it went pretty much without a hitch. The only thing I think may throw a monkey wrench in the works is that it sounds like now you only get the minimum service for free and they are trying to encourage people to pay. As I have said elsewhere, I really don't want to have to pay for the service.

BTW, a fellow on the lotr87 groups that I'm on says that he is currently using the Yahoogroup's automated download service for the group's data, so it is nice to know that that exists. But he mentioned that he doesn't know how well the data will transfer to a new service.

Besides groups.io, someone mentioned that there is a Google group service which seems to be working well, so I guess that might be another possibility.

Good luck!

Johanne

Johanne L. Tournier

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From: <> on behalf of Neil Trump neil.trump@... [] <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 4:29:55 PM
To: <>
Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T - Anyone still on YahooGroups?

Hi everyone

Thanks for the heads up, Johanne.

Neil had said he was looking into finding us a new home quite some while ago (a year?), but as far as I'm aware he's not reported back since. Perhaps one of us who's more computer-literate than I am could take this on? It would be a real shame for the forum to fold.

Marie

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate.

Marie:

Yikes!

[Hilary wrote:

I didn't get the original message but on reading Wiki am I right in thinking that Yahoo will accept no new stuff (i.e. messages after 21 October)? So we have FOUR days to find a solution? This is worst than Brexit :) :) For a start we need a quick temporary solution to communication thereafter - I assume by our personal emails? I take it you have them all Neil? H (who doesn't usually panic)]

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate.

Your ancient posts will disappear on December 14th.

Marie:

Yikes!

[Hilary wrote:

I didn't get the original message but on reading Wiki am I right in thinking that Yahoo will accept no new stuff (i.e. messages after 21 October)? So we have FOUR days to find a solution? This is worst than Brexit :) :) For a start we need a quick temporary solution to communication thereafter - I assume by our personal emails? I take it you have them all Neil? H (who doesn't usually panic)]

Yahoo is shutting down its Groups website and deleting all content
Yahoo is shutting down its Groups website and deleting all content

Your ancient posts will disappear on December 14th.

Marie:

Yikes!

[Hilary wrote:

I didn't get the original message but on reading Wiki am I right in thinking that Yahoo will accept no new stuff (i.e. messages after 21 October)? So we have FOUR days to find a solution? This is worst than Brexit :) :) For a start we need a quick temporary solution to communication thereafter - I assume by our personal emails? I take it you have them all Neil? H (who doesn't usually panic)]

I've posted some messages which haven't come through.

Is this Yahoo or what??

Marie

I've posted some messages which haven't come through.

Is this Yahoo or what??

Marie

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate.

Hi

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate.

Neil, if you look online I think you will find that the data is still available until December 2019 But we can't communicate through Yahoo after 20th which is Saturday. I thought you had our email lists. The priority is to enable communication from 21st some way or other, even if it's only only as emails cc d. Perhaps we should send your our email addresses? Mine is above.
I don't think this should be rushed, just keep us communicating. It's the opportunity to build a new good forum site, not some bodged job because we're panicking (says she who is panicking about communication). If we rush this and don't do something a bit more stylish (if that's the word) we will sink even deeper into obscurity. So the priority is to keep us going for the time being whilst we decide on our future web presence strategy. And it looks as though we have a bit more time to do that. H
On Thursday, 17 October 2019, 19:38:52 BST, Neil Trump neil.trump@... [] <> wrote:

Hi

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate..

On Thursday, October 17, 2019, 8:31 pm, Neil Trump neil.trump@... [] <> wrote:

Hi

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate.

Hi, I'm on holiday and have just picked this up. I never thought this would happen so soon, but I hope we find another home soon. I rather like the Richard III Chroniclers' suggestion. Possibly we could add formerly the RIII Society Forum' so that current members know that the forum is still going. Nico


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On Thursday, October 17, 2019, 8:31 pm, Neil Trump neil.trump@... [] <> wrote:

Hi

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate..

Who's going to stop us? Go for it! ----- Original Message ----- From: Nicholas Brown nico11238@... [] <> Reply-To: <> To: <> Sent: 10/17/2019 2:04:38 PM Subject: Re: Re: FW: [SciFi_Discussion] O/T -Anyone still on YahooGroups?

Hi, I'm on holiday and have just picked this up. I never thought this would happen so soon, but I hope we find another home soon. I rather like the Richard III Chroniclers' suggestion. Possibly we could add formerly the RIII Society Forum' so that current members know that the forum is still going.

On Thursday, October 17, 2019, 8:31 pm, Neil Trump neil.trump@... [] <> wrote:

Hi

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official.. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate..

Hi

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate.

Neil just quick thought (and not a lot of work), is it worth putting out an email to members with the headline something like Urgent Forum not available from 21st October. There might be others, like Nico, on holiday or who've not read it because they think we're talking about web issues. Certainly, we've not heard from Doug, Paul or Mary since this was revealed. And there are other 'watchers' of course. H
On Thursday, 17 October 2019, 19:38:52 BST, Neil Trump neil.trump@... [] <> wrote:

Hi

Johanne wrote:

I also agree, as someone suggested earlier, with a name change and drop Society from the list name, which if anything, is a bit misleading. I don't care whatever the change is made to, as long as Richard III's name is featured prominently.

Marie adds:

Completely agree. This is not a Society forum any more: that is official. I think it is sad and should not have had to happen, but there you are.

Richard III Discussion Forum? Dull but accurate..

Just to say that I am following the messages and I agree that we ought to find a new site. As I am not very technical I would support Neil and everyone else on the forum whose knowledge is greater than mine. We should definitely keep this forum as the quality and the sheer amount of research is fantastic.