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[NW Mailing List]

Martin,

For many of the reasons you list we will be rolling all the groups into 
one.

Lists on groups.io has the ability to filter content folks are not 
interested in which eliminates the need for separate lists.

Thank you for your feedback.

Ron Davis

On 12/9/2025 12:10 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> I presume this will happen to the modelling group and others run by 
> the society too?
>
> Will the groups be kept seperate again or all rolled into one?
>
> My limited knowledge is there are annual fees for hosting each group, 
> more so with greater storage and capacity with ability to send 
> pictures etc.
>
> My thought is rolling them all into one and having a decent storage 
> etc would be best financially for the society rather than four groups 
> as currently. Just my 2pence
>
> Martin
>
> On 9 Dec 2025 01:57, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>     Matt,
>
>     We will be preserving the existing Archive, though it may not be
>     on groups.io. We are still looking into what that will require.
>
>     I have every post to the list dating back to its start in 1996. We
>     would like to include those messages in the archive as well.
>
>     If there is anyone out there who would like to give us a hand
>     migrating the archive, email us at <web_team at nwhs.org>
>     <mailto:web_team at nwhs.org>
>
>     Ron Davis
>
>     On 12/7/2025 9:33 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
>
>         Ron, thanks for this update. Will the existing deep archive of
>         correspondence be transferred to groups.io, or if not, will
>         the past message archive still be searchable as it is today?
>
>         Matt Goodman
>         Columbus, Ohio
>
>         Sent from my mobile
>
>         On Dec 7, 2025, at 8:50 PM, NW Mailing List
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>
>         
>
>         As the NW-Mailing-List approaches 30 years of existence, the
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