[Mgs] Birthday

[Barrie Robinson]

Hello Mark,

You sound a little like me.   I started the Aston Martin Feltham Club 
and financed it myself.  It grew to a massive (ha ha) 152 members but 
have done a lot of work such as having N/A parts made and newsletters.  
Despite all efforts I cannot get someone to take over and am just easing 
members to take some of the workload with a small amount of success.    
But, like you, succession is tough - but, hey Mark, you are only 
66.........I am 86 !!!

Cheers and all the very best to you youngster - from one of your big fans
Barrie
Chairman
Aston Martin Feltham Club
www.AMFClub.com


On 4/11/2020 9:15 AM, Mark J Bradakis via Mgs wrote:
> April 11th.  As many of you know, the domain team.net was officially 
> registered on April 11, 1991, by the late Bill Caloccia.  I have been 
> managing the mailing lists on autox.team.net since then, actually for 
> a while before that.  I took over  from Jim Muller, who took over from 
> Dale Cook, and I wish I had archives of those first few years.  
> Actually I may have some in my office, on 1/4 inch tape cassettes.  
> Every now and then I consider trying to revive some of the old HP-UX 
> boxes I have to see if I can still read any of those tapes.  Maybe 
> someday.
>
> Anyway, in the beginning I was routing everything through the servers 
> at the University of Utah Computer Science Department, where I was 
> employed.  When my fellow sys admins started noticing just how much 
> network traffic there was on a certain box, my boss strongly suggested 
> I make other arrangements.  So I went about getting a network 
> connection at home.  Back then, it was not that easy, or cheap.  And 
> as I recall, the first dedicated Team Net server was an HP box with 
> one of the first 100+ megahertz CPUs, and even with a deal through HP, 
> who worked closely with the U in those days the system set me back 
> about $2,500.  Hardware has improved since then.  And that money 
> didn't all come out of my pocket, I initiated a fund drive among the 
> list members and got a great response.  Back then it was all checks in 
> the mail, and I mailed a thank you postcard to every contributor, or 
> at least most of them, no doubt I missed a few.  And for some time 
> there was an annual fund drive to cover the rather high cost of having 
> sufficient bandwidth from my house.
>
> So here it is 29 and just everybody has fast network available to 
> them.   I dropped the fund drives some years back, though folks do 
> continue to contribute to the cause.  Now a few clicks in Paypal can 
> take care of it, though some still prefer to send checks. Yep, things 
> are different now.  And with the Covid-19 pandemic, a LOT different.  
> But the Team Net mailing lists are still chugging along, providing 
> those spending more time at home a bit of distraction, entertainment 
> or education as we keep our beloved vehicles rolling along the roads.
>
> I plan to keep it going as long as I can, who knows how many years I 
> have left.  April 11th is also my birthday, 66 this year, and I 
> certainly won't live forever.  And I fear that when I die, Team Net 
> will die.  Sigh.
>
> But for now, enjoy and stay healthy.
>
> mjb.
>
>
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