[Geysers] Geyser List Server At 15

[David Monteith]

Happy belated anniversary.  

I started the geyser list serve 15 year ago.  The idea originated after a 
discusion with Lynn and my friend Skip over Memorial Day Weekend 1994.  At 
first there were 6 subscribers, including Lynn, Skip and myself.  That first 
Summer, reports discussed the activity of Ledge, the nearly cemented marker 
at Splendid (a discussion we could be having today) and if I remember 
correctly, false indicators at Beehive.  I never would have imagined where 
the list would go.  I first met Carlton, today's moderator, because of the 
list.  When the list got too big for me to handle manually, Carlton offered 
the list a home at Walla Walla College (now University).  The list grew 
quickly.  By July of 1994 we had 30 subscribers, which seemed a lot to me at 
the time.  We currently have 412 email addresses (though it is hard to tell 
how many are defunct.)  Little did I realize at the time how starting the 
list would change my life.  My first talk with Tara was because her father, 
Carlton, asked her to relay a list related message.  Tara and I will be 
celebrating our 4th anniversary in September.

Thank you to everyone for making the geyser list serve a success.  It will be 
fun to see what the future brings.

Dave