military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (08/09/89)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) You have no doubt noticed a dramatic decrease in the number of articles posted to sci.military; and readers of the mailing list have been experiencing intermittent reception. Both coincide with the recent change in mailers here on cbnews, coupled with a rather serious illness on the part of that noble box of silicon. In light of these matters, and an unusually action-packed schedule on my own part, I'm turning over the reins of sci.military to one of our esteemed backup moderators, Carl Rigney, for an undisclosed period (gee, I've been reading too many White House press releases 8-) I'll probably take a break for 3-4 weeks or so, to allow things to straighten out on cbnews and for my personal life to settle down a bit. Hopefully, this will also get the newsgroup back on firm footing, connectivity-wise. The alias for the sci.military moderator will be changed, but I suggest you send submissions directly to Carl at: military@amdcad.amd.com which will ensure speediest arrival and posting. I will continue to maintain the mailing list from cbnews, so requests for addition/deletion, or back-issues of the digest, should still be sent to military-request@att.att.com. An addition benefit of this switch will be for all of us to see how Carl handles the group. I'm certain that each moderator has their own style, and I'm looking forward to seeing how Carl deals with issues that have confounded me from time to time; what I learn will help me to improve my own handling of the group. Likewise, it will allow you, the readers, to suggest changes in my methods based on his approach. I anticipate that sci.military will be the better for the experience. If you're all as understanding and open-minded with Carl as you have been with me, I'm sure he'll have no trouble at all. Good luck, Carl ! Bill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bill Thacker moderator, sci.military military@att.att.com (614) 860-5294 "War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied." - Sun Tzu