Re: Should we go "Premium"?
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yes. Go premium. I will chip in
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 3:04 AM Thom R. < thombone@...> wrote:
A new poll has been created:
We would need to go "Premium" in order for us to be able to build the kind of Library I think that we all would like to see. Those features include more space and bandwidth and such. We have to pass the hat to be able to afford it, since it's $220 a year. I think that it is worth it though from what I can tell. But it's not up to me alone. Hence, this poll. We'll let the group conscience decide. If you want to go Premium, yes and if the yeses win then we can start a donation thread where we can keep track of those donations and keep everything on the level. There will be no secrets here.?
As of now, with the free version, we have one gigabyte of space which would fill up very quickly if we started posting audio files especially. I alone have a huge library and I certainly would love to share some of my archives and I know some of you would, too.
So let's decide. Do we want to take full advantage of ? Do we want to build this into an archives powerhouse of a forum?
I have it set to not show who responds to the poll so don't worry, your votes will remain anonymous. The poll will close when at least two-thirds of the current members have voted or when the answer becomes mathematically obvious.
Thank you for letting me be of service.
Thom
1. Yes
2. No
3. Not yet
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Should we go "Premium"?
#poll
We would need to go "Premium" in order for us to be able to build the kind of Library I think that we all would like to see. Those features include more space and bandwidth and such. We have to pass the hat to be able to afford it, since it's $220 a year. I think that it is worth it though from what I can tell. But it's not up to me alone. Hence, this poll. We'll let the group conscience decide. If you want to go Premium, yes and if the yeses win then we can start a donation thread where we can keep track of those donations and keep everything on the level. There will be no secrets here.? As of now, with the free version, we have one gigabyte of space which would fill up very quickly if we started posting audio files especially. I alone have a huge library and I certainly would love to share some of my archives and I know some of you would, too. So let's decide. Do we want to take full advantage of groups.io? Do we want to build this into an archives powerhouse of a forum? I have it set to not show who responds to the poll so don't worry, your votes will remain anonymous. The poll will close when at least two-thirds of the current members have voted or when the answer becomes mathematically obvious. Thank you for letting me be of service. Thom
Thank you for voting. Results will be available when the poll is closed.
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Maybe we need to go premium if we want to have a really good files section which I would love to have. I'll see if the free version of this will let me start a poll to see if that's what we want to do.
For now, go ahead and upload anything else that you like to share and of course I'll have to moderate them but upload your file and post a message saying that you did while describing your file. If the file is approved I'm down topic, and I will be very liberal about that I promise, I will then approve both the file(s) and the announcement message(s).
For now I think we need to moderate this forum like they did in the early days so that as it grows it stays very dense with information. If we need to adjust this policy later will do it through group conscience. But for now let's just keep it simple.
Thom
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Hi all,
Does anyone have a photo of the order cards that were sent out to Physician's in hopes they would order the Big Book after Morgan went on the Gabriel Heatter show? I had one somewhere but can't find it! Also, this may be a stretch, but is the audio from that radio broadcast available anywhere?
Thanks so much!
-Mike
Mike Margetis
mfmargetis@...
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Thanks, Thom! Is it possible for other group members to upload files? How does that work? I have a few that might be useful.
Theron
Never mind, I found it - under "Files" on the sidebar. <Duh!>
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A very popular book during the decade that AA was born. Even has a story that was lifted and used as one of the examples in our own Big Book. See if you can guess which one, you just might have to read this fascinating work to find it. ;)
Cheers,
The Groups.io Team
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On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 2:30 AM, [email protected] Notification < [email protected]> wrote: Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that the following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected]
group.
Uploaded By:
Thom R. <thombone@...>
Description:
The complete AAHL messages from 2002-2012 in one searchable PDF file. Note please that if you have trouble opening this file, it may simply be due to a device or PC that doesn't have enough memory or horsepower. This is over 15000 printed pages long. Use the individual year files for easier viewing and manageability... use this when you want to do some deep digging and searching. Enjoy! --Thom
Cheers,
The Groups.io Team
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Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that the following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected]
group.
Uploaded By:
Thom R. <thombone@...>
Description:
A very popular book during the decade that AA was born. Even has a story that was lifted and used as one of the examples in our own Big Book. See if you can guess which one, you just might have to read this fascinating work to find it. ;)
Cheers,
The Groups.io Team
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Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that the following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected]
group.
Uploaded By:
Thom R. <thombone@...>
Description:
The complete AAHL messages from 2002-2012 in one searchable PDF file. Note please that if you have trouble opening this file, it may simply be due to a device or PC that doesn't have enough memory or horsepower. This is over 15000 printed pages long. Use the individual year files for easier viewing and manageability... use this when you want to do some deep digging and searching. Enjoy! --Thom
Cheers,
The Groups.io Team
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Yes I remade them so that they would be.?
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This is perfect, they are searchable - thanks!!
Theron
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Thanks for you service, Thom!!
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that the following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected]
group.
Uploaded By:
Thom R. <thombone@...>
Description:
An ongoing project. Here is 2002-2012 of the original AAHL messages, so far. In PDF for formatting and readability. If there is a call for other formats, etc. we can certainly talk about it. :) --Thom
Cheers,
The Groups.io Team
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Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that the following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected]
group.
Uploaded By:
Thom R. <thombone@...>
Description:
An ongoing project. Here is 2002-2012 of the original AAHL messages, so far. In PDF for formatting and readability. If there is a call for other formats, etc. we can certainly talk about it. :) --Thom
Cheers,
The Groups.io Team
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My feeling is that we should have some kind of 'virtually basket' to start collecting funds now so we have some money set aside for the future... What are the premium rates & just what to we get from them? Greg M Trust God - Clean House -?Help Others!!! https://www.came2believe.org
On Saturday, January 11, 2020, 05:37:30 AM EST, Thom R. <thombone@...> wrote:
Thank you! We may have to have a discussion about passing the hat if we want to take this premium and enable all the features--if we end up taking this very seriously which I'm hoping for. Yahoo definitely isn't the future, it's only getting worse over there unfortunately. But this site was started by the same people that started the original Yahoo groups, I am told and they are extremely committed to it. This is the groups platform of the future. But we can talk about all of that in due time, for now the free version features are enough for us to at least get up and running. And again, I thank you!
Thom
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Thank you! We may have to have a discussion about passing the hat if we want to take this premium and enable all the features--if we end up taking this very seriously which I'm hoping for. Yahoo definitely isn't the future, it's only getting worse over there unfortunately. But this site was started by the same people that started the original Yahoo groups, I am told and they are extremely committed to it. This is the groups platform of the future. But we can talk about all of that in due time, for now the free version features are enough for us to at least get up and running. And again, I thank you!
Thom
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You are to be congratulated, Thom, for your efforts to save and continue the AAHL site and work! I noticed that Yahoo has given sites until the end of the moth to request download of archives. Good luck and let us know if you need help.
jim
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 1:24 AM Thom R. < thombone@...> wrote: Update:
Am working on file section and posting old AA history lovers archives as soon as possible. Just need some time. :)
if anyone has any submissions they'd like to share then please let me know.
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Update:
Am working on file section and posting old AA history lovers archives as soon as possible. Just need some time. :)
if anyone has any submissions they'd like to share then please let me know.
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FYI, Info for the 2021 A.A. History Symposium is available:
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Re: Im Excited about this new site!
Me2
John
On 1/7/2020 9:41 AM, Theron wrote:
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Thom,
Having the Yahoo Groups archives available would be huge - as you
know, there is a lot of great information in our old posts.
Thanks for your service!
Theron
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