If my memory is correct, when Tom became totally overwhelmed with work and
lost the time and interest to be the moderator, he "appointed" Jim to the
task.   Jim, through his role as moderator, has a great feel for the list
membership with his behind the scenes interactions with potential
moderators.

If Jim is willing, I suggest that he communicate with one or more potential
moderators, appoint one as his successor, and give that person the keys to
the kingdom.

We need to move forward and get back to working on the vans.

And my hat goes off to the next "cat herder" and the task ahead.

Harold
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Harold Teer
1991 Westy (Vangaux)
Harrisonburg, VA

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:

> On Jan 14, 2009, at 6:10 PM, David Beierl wrote:
>
>  Which raises a question I alluded vaguely to earlier as being at the
>> very heart of this discussion -- who, in the economic sense, actually
>> *owns* the list?  Who owns the hardware?  Who keeps the purse?  I
>> rather think it's time for a small group of interested parties to
>> have some serious discussion about this with Coyote and Tom.  And
>> likely sign some papers at some point.
>>
>
> "The list" is 'literally' owned by the listmembers.
> The current 'logical owners' are Tom Carrington and myself.
> The domain vanagon.com is registered to Ron (Coyote) Lussier.
> The server belongs to "the list."  (It was purchased with donations
> from the listmembers in 2001.)
> There is no 'purse.' TomC has donated the pipe. TomC has donated the
> maintenance.
> And what papers would you like to sign? Are we going to incorporate?
> 501(c)(3)? Cool! That implies an income! Can I have a salary now?
>
> Jim
>