Thank you, Amy.  Very interesting.



Amy Lyn Edwards wrote:

> Happy new year -
>
> Well the list and all the supporting computers seem to have survived the
> Y2K bugs - all but the Conch-l list archiving program that makes the web
> archive pages that is.  It stopped working on Jan 1 2000.  While your
> waiting for me to fix the archiving program - it seems like a good time to
> reflect back on the list.
>
> Amy
>
>         March 11 1996 the Conch-L list was created.
>
>         Apr 6 1996 Conch-L celebrated its' 100th subscriber.
>                 At that time there were subscribers from 18 countries.
>                 The list averaged 4 messages per day.
>
>         Jul 1 1996 Conch-Net the official web site of COA opened:
>                  http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/
>
>         By Oct 29 1996 there were 202 subscribers from 25 countries.
>                 720 messages have been posted to the list.
>                 The list averaged 5.6 messages per day.
>
>         On Jan 28 1997 a web version of the list's guidelines were posted:
>                 http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/CONCH-L/CONCH-Lrules.html
>
>         By Feb 13 1997 there were 267 subscribers from 27 countries.
>                 1858 messages have been posted to the list.
>                 The list averaged 13.5 messages per day.
>                 ~100% of the list members were posting.
>                 15 subscribers posted 41.76% of the total messages.
>
>         On Apr 24 1997 we celebrated our 300th subscriber
>                 2724 messages have been posted to the list.
>                 At that time there were subscribers from 28+ countries.
>                 The average posts per day were up to15.5
>         (subscribers may be counted as being from a country they do not live in
>         because of their internet service provider's address (i.e. they are
> counted
>         as being from the USA if their email address ends in NET, COM or
> MIL).
>
>         During the July COA 1997 convention at Captiva FL Conch-L
> subscribers held their first
>                 annual real-time gathering.
>
>         On Sept 2 1997 the number of messages per day first reached 50 the
> list limit.
>                 (the per day limit was later set higher)
>
>         By Feb 17 1998 there were 340 subscribers from 34+ countries
>                 Since the beginning of the list (708 days) 7695 posts have
> been made.
>                 The list averaged 33.7 messages per day.
>                 537 subscribers have posted to the list.
>                 35 subscribers posted a total of 3555 messages, 46.20%.
>
>         Feb 1999 has the record number of posts.
>                 943 messages total, averaging 33.7 messages per day.
>
>         On Mar 28 1999 Conch-l celebrated its 3rd year
>                 15930 messages have been posted to the list.
>
>         On May 31 1999 UGA upgraded the listserv software and hardware
>                 The email addresses changed to:
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>
>         By Jun 11 1999  there were 377 subscribers from 32+ countries
>                 17276 messages have been posted to the list.
>                 The list averaged 22 messages per day.
>
>         TODAY, Mon, 3 Jan 2000 there are 444 subscribers from 40+ countries.
>                 22209 messages have been posted to the list.
>                 The list averaged 28 messages per day.
>
> **  Country                  Subscribers
> *  -------                  -----------
> *  Australia                          7
> *  Austria                            3
> *  Belgium                            4
> *  Brazil                             2
> *  Canada                             4
> *  Chile                              1
> *  Cuba                               1
> *  Czech Republic                     1
> *  Ecuador                            2
> *  France                             4
> *  Germany                            7
> *  Gibraltar                          1
> *  Great Britain                      7
> *  Greece                             1
> *  Hong Kong                          1
> *  Iceland                            1
> *  India                              1
> *  Israel                             3
> *  Italy                             15
> *  Japan                              1
> *  Malaysia                           1
> *  Malta                              1
> *  Mexico                             1
> *  Netherlands                       10
> *  New Zealand                        2
> *  Philippines                        1
> *  Portugal                           2
> *  Russian Federation                 1
> *  Singapore                          2
> *  South Africa                       4
> *  Spain                              6
> *  Sri Lanka                          1
> *  Sweden                             1
> *  Switzerland                        1
> *  Taiwan                             1
> *  Thailand                           1
> *  Turkey                             1
> *  USA                              332
> *  Venezuela                          1
> *  Yugoslavia                         1
> *
>
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> dimensions."             Oliver Wendell Holmes



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