Elijah,
ditto on history month, any need for volunteers who are not particularly
computer saavy?
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elijah Scott" <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:15 PM
Subject: IML: IML History Month
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Even though it's not a national event that might
> appear on your desktop calendar, I hereby nominate
> April as the official Imperial Mailing List/Online
> Imperial Club history month.
>
> Why?
>
> Well, take a visit to
> http://web.archive.org/web/19990117001908/http://www.imperialclub.com/
> (it's a long link, and you may have to cut and paste
> to get the entire link into your browser).
> Http://web.archive.org is a really useful site that
> archives web sites at various points in time. The
> link above takes you to the IML web site as the front
> page appeared circa April 1998.
>
> As you can see, we've made some BIG changes in the
> past five years! Follow some of the links from this
> "historical" archive, and notice just how much stuff
> was NOT there in 1998! Our site has grown
> dramatically, as we all know, but looking back on what
> was there five years ago really brings this home.
>
> How did we get from there to where we are now? Our
> entire web site is maintained by volunteers who love
> Imperials and work to make sure that our website is
> the best of its kind. Tony Lindsay started the whole
> mailing list concept around 1996; then he started
> archiving messages to form a web site; and then that
> site began to grow into what we have today.
>
> Along the way, Tony gradually stepped back, and many
> other folks have contributed to our site over the past
> five years. First, the website, mailing list,
> classifieds, etc. simply would not exist without the
> kindness and contributions of Manuel Alvarez, who
> provides the server and wrangles the technology that
> hosts all this great stuff! If you haven't done so,
> now would be a good time to show your appreciation to
> Manuel with a donation to the cause! A mailing
> address for Manuel can be found under the "Support
> Staff" section from the current main page.
>
> And speaking of support staff, there's no way that I
> can possibly list all the people who make such great
> contributions to our web site, so I encourage you to
> click on over to
> http://www.imperialclub.com/OIC-Specific/TeamOfVolunteers/index.htm
> to get an idea of who some of the folks are who work
> so diligently on this site. And there are a few
> important people who are not mentioned there . . .
> like Mike and Christine Trettin, whose skill at
> webdesign is extraordinary and who are largely
> responsible for the impressive look and feel of the
> current site . . . and Leslie, aka "ChatQueen," who
> keeps lots and lots of things running behind the
> scenes. Again, all these fine folks do a HUGE amount
> of work as volunteers, and we all benefit from their
> efforts.
>
> So take a look at the history of our site. And then
> take a few moments to be happy not only to own such
> fine cars, but to be a part of such a great group
> dedicated to preserving those cars.
>
> Imperially,
>
> Elijah
> 1965 Imperial LeBaron
> 1970 Imperial LeBaron
> (3) 1971 Imperial LeBarons
>
>
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