[Geysers] Geyser List Server At 15

Rich Gatlin richlg96 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 12 10:10:26 PDT 2009


Congratulations Dave

Richlg96


On 6/11/09, David Monteith <dmonteit at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
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