Re: General List announcements...to all members.

I have corresponded with Bill over the years and I have to say Bill is
is the nicest and most decent person I have ever had the honor to know.

Bill, please enjoy your retirement. You have earned it because in your
own way and by your accomplishments you have made this world a better
place. Without you it wouldn't have been the same; that is the mark
and legacy you have created.

Mariss

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "caudlet" <thom@...> wrote:
>
> Earlier this summer Bill (List Mom) expressed a desire to slow down
> his lifestyle and become more hands-off on the list he created and
> watched over for the last several years.
>
> In that time we have seen the membership go from a few hundred to over
> 10,000. How many are still active is unknown but it's that way with
> any list. The purpose and direction of the list has always been clear
> and it remains focused on the person building or wanting to build
> their own CNC machine or retrofit a machine to use for CNC.
>
> For the last year I have been doing moderator duty and mostly keeping
> the spammers and drive-by marketing guys at bay. The list runs pretty
> good without a lot of heavy handed moderation of members.
>
> Recently Bill elected to appoint me as a co-owner of the list and to
> spend less time on-line and more time seeing the world. I consider
> that a great honor and responsibility. He will continue to monitor
> the list as time permits and I am sure he will make his presence known.
>
> I can't say enough about how much Bill has done for the Home Shop CNC
> crowd and I feel a deep sense of gratitude to him for years of effort.
> CCED was the first list I found that encouraged me to move forward
> with my dream of building a CNC plasma table (finished in 2001) and
> later other CNC machines. It truly has spawned a new hobby and with
> it a new industry. This is not to downplay the other pioneers in
> hardware, software and information and the other lists out there, but
> Bill gave us a place to meet up and exchange ideas.
>
> Moving forward I want to enforce the original intent of the list and
> to state that while there may be some changes in the base rules it
> will be in the context of attracting the new builders/dreamers. To
> the seasoned list members that contribute on a daily basis, I extend a
> big THANK YOU! It's your experience and willingness to help the
> newby's that adds value to the list.
>
> As one of my first chores I appointed a new moderator to help. He is
> a long time contributor: Andy Warner. Welcome Andy to the
> (sometimes) thankless job of keeping the list clean of worthless
content.
>
> The other moderators and owners are still on board.
>
> Join me in wishing Bill a happy and safe retirement. Feel free to
> post your kudos for Bill but any issues you have with management need
> to be done to the owners/moderators off list.
>
> Lets make the next year a banner one and welcome in lots of new
> members, and encourage the lurkers to participate and to get out their
> tools and BUILD THAT MACHINE (:-)
>
> Best regards
> Tom Caudle
> List Step-Mom
>