Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:50:53 -0800 (PST) From: "Avalanche Center (CSAC)" First a request - if you would like to help by promoting this project and can put some paper bookmarks out someplace (local shop, patrol room, trailhead, parks office, etc) please let us know. We will send some to you snail mail to distribute. We have English, English/French, English/German, Spanish, and Japanese. The transition of our mailing lists to a premium service will start to take place this week. The script which will run, probably weekly, will be tested and run in transition mode over the next week or so until all problems are resolved. There are still some things in progress, including the updating of our web page for the lists. Hopefully a transition FAQ will be online there within a day or two, and we will implement a "problems and status" page there which will be used to post any current list problems. There will be other premium services for contributors as well, to be introduced over time. Right now, in addition to being able to use the lists, contributors can order from our store with no shipping. They will also receive priority when it comes to answering e-mail inquiries (which we can no longer keep up with 100%). Our script will first be run in a test mode the evening of Tues Dec 22. Most of you (about 85%) will receive a message that you have not contributed. There will be some errors. Nobody will be unsubscribed at this time, and nobody has been yet! If the message is sent to you erroneously please read it carefully, it will explain some of the possibilities. Then contact us so we can straighten it out. If you have contributed and wish to check your e-mail listing in advance you can do so online at: http://www.avalanche-center.org/Organization/contribute/addresses.txt this is a sorted text listing of addresses which will be retained as of tonight. If your address is not there, has changed, or you use a different one please let us know. (This listing is not linked to anything else and will only be posted for reference during the transition. We can remove your address from it if you wish.) If you have not made a contribution and would like to continue using this service, now is the time to do it! Remember, any amount is welcome. If you do not feel this service is worth a contribution of any size, remember that bulletins for much of the world are online via http://www.avalanche-center.org/Bulletins/ To unsubcribe yourself from this service you can go to http://www.avalanche-center.org/Bulletins/maillists/ Thanks for your support, and for your patience during this transition. Jim -- *********************************************************** Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center (CSAC) 131 NW 4th St Suite 397, Corvallis OR 97330 #343 - 3495 Cambie St, Vancouver BC V5Z 4R3 (541)754-8353 (541)461-4279 Fax http://www.csac.org snow@csac.org Jim Frankenfield; Director ***********************************************************