[Buddha-l] Happy Halloween! Buddha-L is defunct!

[Lidewij Niezink]

Can we have a vote?

I too will miss this list service!
On 1 Nov 2013 07:51, "Jo" <ugg-5 at spro.net> wrote:

> Om mangalam.
>
> JK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com [mailto:
> buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Richard Hayes
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:34 PM
> To: Buddhist discussion forum
> Subject: [Buddha-l] Happy Halloween! Buddha-L is defunct!
>
> Dear Denizens of Buddha-l,
>
> It is Halloween, time for our annual announcement that Buddha-L is going
> to shut down. This time we really mean it. Buddha-L really is about to
> close down. As one can tell from the name, the discussion group got started
> back in the days when an email forum could not have a name any longer than
> eight characters, the last two of which had to be '-l' for some reason.
> Twenty-two years have passed since then, and I think it's safe to say that
> buddha-l has hardly ever lived up to its lofty description.
>
> \begin{lofty description}
> Buddha-l functions as an open forum for informed discussion of topics
> relating to the history, literature and languages, fine arts, philosophy,
> practices and institutions of all forms of Buddhism.
>
> The primary purpose of this list is to provide a forum for reflective
> discussion. It is open to all persons inside and outside the academic
> context who wish to engage in substantial discussion of topics relating to
> Buddhism and Buddhist studies.
>
> Buddha-l is not to be used for proselytizing for or against Buddhism in
> general, any particular form of Buddhism, or any other religion or
> philosophy. Lively debate is welcome, but we aim for a deep concern both
> for the matter being discussed and for those participating in the
> conversation.
> \end{lofty description}
>
> If anyone wishes to get copies of any or all of the archived discussions,
> the archives from March 2008 to the present are available at
> http://mailman.swcp.com/mailman/private/buddha-l/ . Unfortunately (or
> perhaps fortunately), the archives of the discussions that took place when
> buddha-l was hosted at the University of Louisville and later at McGill
> University are lost forever. Only those yogis with extraordinary powers of
> clairvoyance will be able to read the discussions that took place between
> October 1991 and February 2008.
>
> It has been an interesting twenty-two years, but all things, good and bad,
> must come to an end. And so, as Victor Børge almost used to say, "Not Auf
> Wiedersehen, but Sayōnara."
>
> The Management Team of Buddha-L
>
>
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