<div><div dir="auto">I don't know the back-story of this problem, and I didn't know of any withdrawal by previous financial supporters.</div><div dir="auto">But the loss of Edulists would be like mum running away with the milkman, never to return.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Whom do we need to lobby to regain sponsorship for the list?</div><div dir="auto">And how can subscribers contribute to the list's running costs?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Believe me. I know the financial joys of trying to keep a VCE IT public service running.</div><div dir="auto">It is never encouraging.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">All the best, Kevork</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mark</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sun, 2 Jul 2017 at 11:55 PM, Kevork Krozian <<a href="mailto:kevork@edulists.com.au">kevork@edulists.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-7637449149477200663WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hi Robert<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">This is an obvious problem we haven’t seen before. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Short of blocking offensive email addresses from ever posting from that address ( which I have done with </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:bpfitz@netspace.net.au" target="_blank"><b>bpfitz@netspace.net.au</b></a> ) </span><span style="color:#1f497d">we can’t do too much more. Subscribing is open to the public. Posting is open to all subscribers unless they carry viruses or other malware.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">This year the service you enjoy at Edulists comes to you from 100% voluntary efforts/equipment/expertise and time from yours truly, as those who sponsored the service in the past and saw its value no longer believe in supporting it any longer. They believe this should be provided by subject associations. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">So, as I consider whether 21 years is the right age at which to retire Edulists and move on with other projects, these little irritations are in the context of the worldwide security breaches ( WannaCry , Petya etc) just that , irritations.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I hope you can see where I am coming from and thanks for your patience.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Speak soon<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Kevork <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Hind<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 24 June 2017 5:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev@edulists.com.au</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">✈</span><span lang="EN-US">exciting day<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here you go again! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Robert Hind</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Ex Traralgon and Ashwood</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Retired</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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