Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:38:27 -0500 From: madodel Subject: [VOICENWS] Admin: Status of the list 01/01/2009 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Mark Dodel Happy New Year to everyone. VOICE begins its 13th year of existence and the VOICE News list has been around since May 7, 1997 as well. Currently there are 577 subscribers to the VOICE News list. That is just 18 fewer then we started the year with, so there continues to be interest in news announcements about OS/2 and eComstation. In addition there are also 146 people subscribed to the http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/os2info which mirrors the list. For 2008 there were 486 posts versus 556 for 2007, so traffic is down over 10% as well. Also if you know of any new OS/2-eCS related mailing lists or user groups, please let VOICE know at webmasterDESPAM at DESPAMos2voice.org so the web site can be updated with this information. As we continue to wait for the release of eComStation 2.0, it is interesting to note that the eComStation group on Yahoo has 1,232 members. We've had several release candidates this past year and at least one more before a general release of eCS 2.0. Also in 2008 there were Warpstock events in North America (Santa Cruz, California in August) and in Europe (Düsseldorf, Germany in November). Sadly, after 12 years it appears the VOICE Newsletter has become moribund do to a lack of article submissions and editorial help. Christian Hennecke (and before him myself) has put a lot of work into the Newsletter for the entire OS/2-eCS user community but it takes a fair amount of volunteer work from others as well to put out an issue. Just a reminder if you are posting to the VOICE News list, please either use the web form on http://www.os2voice.org/SubmitNews.php or directly via email to submitDESPAM at DESPAMos2voice.org (remove the DESPAM). Sending a post directly to one of the moderators may result in it being delayed or lost. Any email sent to the feedback address only goes to the moderators, so if you have a question about a post please make sure you send a copy to the original poster. As always if you are submitting an announcement try to make it as brief as possible, but with basic information like a description of the item and a URL where more information can be found as well as a URL where it can be downloaded if it is software. And please include your name in the text so I know who is sending it. Also if its an update please list what has been changed if you know it. Please also give complete identity of the sender as well as a contact address. We will do our best to obscure that, but readers may need to contact you. A big thanks to all those that have taken the time to submit announcements to the list. I could never do this without you. If you are a developer don't just upload your work to hobbes or your own web site and forget it. Write a short announcement and send it to VOICE so the OS/2-eComStation community can know what you have done and what the software is capable of doing. I can only hunt down so much information on my own and it would be a really big help if people would send in announcements. It would be great if more folks would send in announcements for new and updated OS/2-eCS related developments. Otherwise I have to hunt things down myself, and unfortunately I miss a lot and I have learned its a bad idea for me to send out announcements on things I don't use and don't understand. So please help by sending posts about new and updated OS/2-eCS software, web sites and events. Finally as always a big thanks to Paul Smedley who besides porting a ton of applications to OS/2-eCS, fills in as list moderator on my occasional absences. Mark -- Warpstock 2007 - Where? http://www.warpstock.org Warpstock Europe - http://www.warpstock.eu [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. We try to verify details and URLs but this is an entirely volunteer run list, so 100% fact checking and the quality/useability of products announced here is impossible. If you respond to this post please remove the DESPAM from the poster's email addresses. Please do not send requests for information about a specific post to the moderator unless it is an update or I sent it.] -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news your.email.address at here end Or, visit http://www.os2voice.org/MailingLists.php If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org or go to http://www.os2voice.org/SubmitNews.php . Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org