[governance] IGF MAG 2018: NO NEWS

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Mine goes back to Dec 2003. I offered Tarpani my folder in case he wants 
it. I am still flabbergasted by the fact that someone deleted the whole 
archive without indicating this to anyone.
Jeanette

Am 02.01.18 um 19:28 schrieb Dmitry Epstein:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I think it is important to preserve the archive both for history and 
> research.
> 
> I know a number of people have used the archive in their research, so 
> they may have a copy that covers at least some of the lost period. For 
> example, I think Elena Pavan used these data in her 2013 book. There 
> must be others. I may have an archive of the list-serve from the very 
> beginning, up until around 2013 or 2014. Happy to try look it up.
> 
> If someone has the skills and time to combine those distinct sets into a 
> single archive, that would be great!
> 
> Best,
> Dmitry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Deirdre Williams 
> <williams.deirdre at gmail.com <mailto:williams.deirdre at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     These particular children are extremely fortunate in their uncles!
>     (and aunts)
>     Glad to hear from you again Roland. I hope the New Year brings you
>     all that you wish for.
>     Deirdre
> 
>     On 1 January 2018 at 11:55, Roland Perry
>     <roland at internetpolicyagency.com
>     <mailto:roland at internetpolicyagency.com>> wrote:
> 
>         On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Jeremy Malcolm
>         <jmalcolm at eff.org <mailto:jmalcolm at eff.org>> wrote:
> 
>                 What will happen to the old archives?
> 
> 
>             Unfortunately, it seems that they are gone forever. When the
>             IGC's last
>             hosting company went bankrupt and left us without access to
>             the server
>             except via the web, I went and downloaded all of the mail
>             archives and
>             transferred them to the new virtual server.  But then when I
>             regained
>             access to the new machine recently when I was trying to get
>             the mailing
>             list working again, the archives had been deleted in the
>             meantime. I
>             don't know how or by whom. But unless a backup was taken at
>             our hosting
>             provider Digital Ocean (and I can't check this, because I
>             don't have the login), this means the archives are lost for good
> 
> 
>         If there was ever an example of the cobbler's children having
>         the worst shoes, this must be one of the best.
> 
>         I'm fairly sure I've got the list archived going back about ten
>         years; it'd be in Berkeley format, if anyone wants to contact me.
>         -- 
>         Roland Perry
> 
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