<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Thought you'd all like to know that 2010 kicked off to an intense beginning with 242 +/- messages as of the end of <a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com/2010-January/date.html">January</a>, </div><div><br></div><div>Only <a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com/2009-July/date.html">July, 2009</a> was more active, with 329 messages posted.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Our newest member is Al Killion, who works with ESPN. </div><div><br></div></div><div>As of this morning, we have had 91 people subscribe to the list since it was created in July, 2008, and only five unsubscribe. One of those people preferred reading messages via the<a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com/"> archives</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>List managers regard a high retention rate as a sign of a high "signal to noise" ratio in terms of message content of interest to subscribers versus content that causes un-subscribes. Congratulations!</div><div><br></div><div>Google "<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&q=Quad+videotape&aq=f&aqi=&oq=">Quad Videotape</a>" you'll note that the <a href="http://www.QuadVideotapeGroup.com">QuadVideotapeGroup.com</a> website is the first in the list. Googling "<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&q=Quad+video+tape&aq=f&aqi=&oq=">Quad Video tape</a>" has the website in the #2 slot, after a Wikipedia entry about Quadruplex Videotape.</div><div><br></div><div>Our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quad-Videotape-Group/107154828165">Facebook.com</a> page also comes up... a good place to be sociable. Look for some possible gatherings there later in the week.</div><div><br></div><div>All I can say is: "Keep posting!"</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div></span> </div><br></body></html>