<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Happy New Year QuadList members.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">It appears that we have 207 folks who have at one time or another subscribed to the list, and 200 email addresses that are currently receiving emails.<br><br>Two of those receiving emails are are no longer with their company but the email address is not bouncing, or they have passed away in 2017 as in the case of Kyle Bookholtz. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">So I think we can safely say we have 198 subscribers that are actively receiving any messages you post.<br><br><b>I have two projects on the agenda for the QuadList in 2018</b>. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">One is to add several additional administrators to the list, so that if something happens to me, things will carry-on.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">The other is to migrate the subscriber addresses to the <a href="http://groups.io">groups.io</a> platform. That's more of a challenge perhaps, since MailMan (our current listserv software) does not have a subscriber list export function.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The migration could be done manually by going through the subscriber list and manually inserting first and last names and email addresses into a spreadsheet.</span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I will be working with <a href="http://groups.io">groups.io</a> folks to see if they have any ideas that can make the migration a less cumbersome and much faster process.</span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><a href="http://Groups.io">Groups.io</a> seems to be working well for another group that a number of us are subscribed to, and a major multi-list operation is just relocated to that platform. <br><br>We have had <a href="https://groups.io/g/QuadVideotapeGroup">https://groups.io/g/QuadVideotapeGroup</a> set up and in testing. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">One of the beneficial things is that post made to the Quad Videotape Group Facebook page automatically show up in the <a href="http://groups.io">groups.io</a> postings to the list and on the website.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So, if you are interested in being an additional administrator, or perhaps helping with migrating the list, please give me a shout off list: <a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Anyone interested in expanding the depth of information available on the Quad Videotape Group website at <a href="http://www.quadVideotapeGroup.com">www.quadVideotapeGroup.com</a> is also welcome to let me know. </div><div><br></div><div>The site is in WordPress, which is fairly easy to learn and use. </div><div><br></div><div>Again, Happy New Year to you!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Cheers from Northern California.</div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ted Langdell</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Secretary</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Quad Videotape Group</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(530) 301-2931</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto:Ted@QuadVideotapeGroup.com">Ted@QuadVideotapeGroup.com</a></span></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dictated into and Sent from my iPad which is solely responsible for weird language you may see. </span></div></div></body></html>