I am so relieved to hear this, because tracing Marko had seemed like a
whole lot of dead ends. I had managed to dredge up a contact address,
phone and fax for Marko from one of my backed up e-mail folders (see,
backing up IS worthwhile). If anyone would like to send donations to
help keep the list going, and to keep Marko sane, I've pasted the
original request below. I was going to try phoning Marko, but now that
I know he's OK, I'll give him a chance to collect all the e-mails I sent
to different addresses, and drop him a postcard instead :-)
God bless
Colin
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> Dear subscribers,
> Under the circumstances where banks charge outrageous fees just for
> transferring small amounts of money from one continent to another
> electronically or cashing cheques drawn on a US bank (in Finland that is)
> - AND taken the fact that it is too expensive to either make an agreement
> with the credit card company to allow me charge VISA or other major cards,
> or for you to convert your small donations to international money orders -
> I've finally come to a solution that is both inexpensive and easy.
> To help me with the costs of upkeeping VOCALIST.ORG and the charges for
> the 24h/day Internet connection as well as the hardware - I'd really
> prefer you sending me just an ordinary US $ bill in an envelope via
> airmail and letting me take care of the conversion. Please note that you
> are free to send other major currencies as well as long as you don't send
> coins. My bank doesn't charge extra when exchanging several currencies at
> the same time. I could then also pick the best USD/FIM rate-of-the-day and
> you don't have to worry about that either.
> The only drawback is the slight insecurity here - but this is not going to
> be a problem as long as you 'disguise' the contents by putting something
> else in the envelope too - a postcard perhaps. To be honest, I love
> receiving postcards and with your permission I could scan them and put the
> pictures on a special VOCALIST.ORG page with your name and location. This
> kind of 'postcard greetings page' would also give some kind of perspective
> on the nature of this very international mailing list. Of course, the
> postcard thing is purely up to you.
> I would also be happy to list your name (with your permission of course)
> on a special VOCALIST.ORG "Thanks for your support" page.
> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me privately
> at <marko.hotti@v...>.
> My snail mail address is: Marko Hotti / VOCALIST.ORG
> Tervontie 4 C 11
> FIN-90230 OULU
> European Union
> I wish to thank you all in advance! :)
> With regards, Marko
> VOCALIST Administrator
> --
> VOCALIST International
> c/o Marko Hotti Tel: +358-40-552-8415
> Tervontie 4 C 11 Fax: +358-8-312-7300 (Marko's work)
> FIN-90230 OULU
> FINLAND
Isabelle Bracamonte wrote:
>
> Hi, all --
>
> One of our Finnish listers has been in contact with
> Marko -- he's okay (although REALLY overworked, as we
> can imagine). There was a big system crash and the
> site is down for a little bit.
>
> So -- yes, the Vocalist is coming back! In the
> meantime, our discussions can continue here. Once the
> site gets back on its feet, I'll solicit (private)
> opinions about whether I should cancel the onelist
> group out, or save it as a backup list.
>
> Thanks for all the support and notes of thanks, all.
> This has certainly inspired me to send off a couple
> bucks to that Finland address for supporting the list.
> I've realized how much I would miss it if it were
> gone. Does anyone have the address? The archives
> have likewise crashed...
>
> Isabelle B.
>
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> Isabelle Bracamonte
> San Francisco, CA
> ibracamonte@y...
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