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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > http://tax.yahoo.com > >