[AT] How had the group changed

[Joe Hazewinkel]

Roger,

Where are you at?  I’m in Big Rapids.

Enjoy, Joe

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> On Dec 15, 2019, at 6:52 PM, Roger Moffat <rogerkiwi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 

Not sure exactly when I joined - sometime around 1999-2000 probably - that’s about when my father in law gave me a 1948 Farmall Cub, and a number of implements for it - plough, blade, middle and rear cultivators, and a rear mower (Wood brand I think). I’ve used the blade a lot, the cultivators some, and the plough and rear mower not at all.

Roger in West Michigan

> On Dec 14, 2019, at 8:33 PM, Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:
> 
> The list started in 1993 as an offshoot of misc.rural Usenet group.   Just too many homesteaders and chicken folks there on misc.rural to get anything good about antique tractors.   A gopher server followed in early 1994 with the web site in late 1994.
> 
> In 1994, Brice started the engine list at Indiana University.   It folded into ATIS a few years later.    Both lists got kicked off the Forsyth county government servers in 1997 and we’ve been on own since then.
> 
> I was the first member obviously but about 125 people signed up within the first several weeks so there is probably 126 people who rightfully can call themselves the oldest.  I’ll bet a dozen or two of them are still with us.   Brice Adams and Steve Sewell come to mind.  Herb Metz, Farmer, Steve Offlier, John Thompson, Richard walker, and one or more of the Dotson brothers (“wagon master” Gene is still here).  The Waugh brothers were pretty early too and Gene Waugh is still with us. 
> 
> In August 1994 we had 25-30 people at the first ATIS gathering.   Considering a participation rate of only a few percent we had already become quite large by then.
> 
> I use to have backups that could answer this question  but about 2002 I realized I’d never have a tape drive again and had to chuck them (-;  Even then, I’m not sure analytics could help. Many of those earliest members have switched ISPs three or four times and I’m not sure we could trace addresses.
> 
> There are still 250-350 list members.  I use pretty aggressive bounce processing rules so they are all good addresses receiving mail.  Even if a third of them forward our mail to the trash folder instead of actually unsubscribing  I’ll bet at least 150-200 folks read our posts fairly regularly.
> 

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