                 From:  "John Angelico" <talldad@k...>
                 Date:  Tue Mar 6, 2001  12:00 am
                 Subject:  OS/2 SIG Report Feb 2001 PLUS!

                 Hello all!

                 Below you will find the full report of the Feb meeting (some attachments won't
                 find their way into the PC Update 
                 version) and I am pleased to announce that subsequent to the meeting we have
                 been able to negotiate with our South 
                 Aussie colleagues to transfer the os2genau mailing list off the yahoo-egroups
                 "free-adverts-get-in-the-flaming-way" 
                 list and onto 
                 1) an OS/2 server (3 cheers!)
                 2) run by an OS/2 enthusiast who is also running a commercial ISP operation (3
                 cheers!)
                 3) using a proper os2 domain name (3 cheers!)

                 I have posted this message to the new list os2genau@o... as a parallel
                 test run to ensure that we have 
                 transferred all the addresses correctly.

                 So I hope that within 24 hours, you should all receive TWO reports - one to
                 each list address.

                 If you only receive one, please tell me pronto which list you did receive, and
                 we will analyse the error and fix it 
                 as necessary.  

                 Once that is completed, we will a) transfer archive messages if possible, b)
                 issue a faq on use of the new list and 
                 then c) close off egroups.

                 This represents stage one of three or four: 
                 1) hosting our mail on a server within the OS/2 community. 
                 2) Stage two will be to rebuild web pages for Australian OS/2 (and eCS) groups
                 using the os2 dot org dot au domain; 
                 3) Stage three we hope will be establishing FTP file areas and 
                 4) a possible stage four will be to link with os2world dot com

                 Then we'll think about giving melbpc dot org dot au a link to the site...<he, he, he!>


                 Best regards
                 John Angelico
                 OS/2 SIG
                 Melbourne PC User Group Inc.
                 Email: talldad@m... or talldad@k...
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