It is currently Friday 4 November 2011 in Greenwich. Close enough for
me.

This list runs on our own copy of LISTSERV. However, AOL (remember
them?) is shutting down its mailing lists.

"Ending a service it has offered for well over a decade, AOL is
shutting down its free LISTSERV-based mailing-list hosting
operations...."

Why we continue the list rather than move to a forum:

"Mailing lists still can provide a unique service for public
discourse, said L-Soft's Eric Thomas <the creator of the LISTSERV
software>. With mailing lists, users are not limited by any specific
character count, and they can add attachments to their missives,
Thomas said. People's dispatches are easier to find than with
Facebook's newsfeed, where they can be buried under posts of other
topics."

If you're interested, the entire article is here:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243083/aol_discontinues_listserv_mailing_list_service.html

Jim