Well, the Internet is no longer a new thing - PSRC
For those of you who have been reading this blog, you know I am a conservative. And an activist.
When I first started my activism, over ten years ago, I put my energy into a. writing an ezine (which died) and b. organizing internet discussion groups, known then as listprocs. I created several conservative ones (and one devoted to discussing Russian things). The one that kept going was Puget Sound Conservatives. Later, it changed to Puget Sound Regional Conservatives. Below tells the story - as it now has been going ten years.
Who knew that a simple discussion group could last this long? And how long will it continue to last?
Oh yea - this discussion group can be found at
groups.yahoo.com/group/psrc/
Hello! My name is Eric, and I am one of the people who got this list going. I am the owner of this list, and I started it 10 years ago to discuss politics for conservatives from a regional perspective.
And, we are now at the 10th anniversary of this list. It was sometime in the spring, maybe it was now, I don't know. But this list has been going for 10 years.
It started as a listproc on the UW server at my instigation, and the first owner/moderator was Megan Dosher. I have no idea what she is up to these days and in fact I never met her. She just responded to an email of mine and volunteered to take this on. I know that she ran for the Student Senate a year later, and did not do screwy things during her term like the current UW Student Senate is notorious for today.
For a few years, I asked some UW students with whom I still had contact to keep it on the UW server, and finally moved it in 2000. I had originally set up a Puget Sound Conservatives listproc on yahoogroups, but forgot the password to enter, so I had to set this one up (as Puget Sound Regional Conservatives) and transfer everone over. I asked one person to moderate it, I forget his name, and then appointed Dan as the moderator in 2000.
Anyways, I set up several lists ten years ago, mostly having to do with conservative politics (I set up a Russian discussion group, too, as I studied Russian history/language in college). This is the only one that has lasted this long. In a way, this has become a bit of an institution. How many internet discussion groups last 10 years? And, is anyone setting up these things any more?
Well, I hope it lasts a lot longer! At least another 10 years! With a review of the posts, it looks like it is going fairly strong.
Anyways, I turned over the moderatorship because I was too busy to read messages, much less approve them, so I have not had time to read them. I still am involved in Republican things, as well as conservative causes, too, but if you have not heard from me, that is because I have not had time to write much.
So, for those of you who have not heard from me in years, you know what is going on. I hope you all are enjoying the information this list provides.
Eric
When I first started my activism, over ten years ago, I put my energy into a. writing an ezine (which died) and b. organizing internet discussion groups, known then as listprocs. I created several conservative ones (and one devoted to discussing Russian things). The one that kept going was Puget Sound Conservatives. Later, it changed to Puget Sound Regional Conservatives. Below tells the story - as it now has been going ten years.
Who knew that a simple discussion group could last this long? And how long will it continue to last?
Oh yea - this discussion group can be found at
groups.yahoo.com/group/psrc/
Hello! My name is Eric, and I am one of the people who got this list going. I am the owner of this list, and I started it 10 years ago to discuss politics for conservatives from a regional perspective.
And, we are now at the 10th anniversary of this list. It was sometime in the spring, maybe it was now, I don't know. But this list has been going for 10 years.
It started as a listproc on the UW server at my instigation, and the first owner/moderator was Megan Dosher. I have no idea what she is up to these days and in fact I never met her. She just responded to an email of mine and volunteered to take this on. I know that she ran for the Student Senate a year later, and did not do screwy things during her term like the current UW Student Senate is notorious for today.
For a few years, I asked some UW students with whom I still had contact to keep it on the UW server, and finally moved it in 2000. I had originally set up a Puget Sound Conservatives listproc on yahoogroups, but forgot the password to enter, so I had to set this one up (as Puget Sound Regional Conservatives) and transfer everone over. I asked one person to moderate it, I forget his name, and then appointed Dan as the moderator in 2000.
Anyways, I set up several lists ten years ago, mostly having to do with conservative politics (I set up a Russian discussion group, too, as I studied Russian history/language in college). This is the only one that has lasted this long. In a way, this has become a bit of an institution. How many internet discussion groups last 10 years? And, is anyone setting up these things any more?
Well, I hope it lasts a lot longer! At least another 10 years! With a review of the posts, it looks like it is going fairly strong.
Anyways, I turned over the moderatorship because I was too busy to read messages, much less approve them, so I have not had time to read them. I still am involved in Republican things, as well as conservative causes, too, but if you have not heard from me, that is because I have not had time to write much.
So, for those of you who have not heard from me in years, you know what is going on. I hope you all are enjoying the information this list provides.
Eric
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