Those of you who are users of albasani net might wish to   
   make note of the following.   
      
   * Forwarded (from: REC.AUDIO.PRO) by Richard Webb using timEd 1.10.y2k+.   
   * Originally from Ron Capik (1:3634/1000) to All.   
   * Original dated: Thu Jul 12, 18:57   
      
   For what it's worth, I found this in another news group.   
   Some folks here may need to be looking for a new   
   usenet service soon.   
   ==   
   Later...   
   Ron Capik   
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   On 7/12/2012 5:29 PM, Bob Rudd wrote:   
   > As a Big 8 Management Board member, I am reposting a message posted in   
   > news.announce.important a little while ago.   
   >   
   > ________________________________________   
   >   
   > [The following is an official communication from the Big-8 Management   
   > Board.  Please note that followups point at news.groups]   
   >   
   > The Big 8 Management Board is sad to report we have learned that B8MB   
   > Chairman Alexander Bartolich died suddenly of a cardiac event at his   
   > home in Austria last weekend.   
   >   
   > Alexander donated a great deal of time and resources to Usenet and his   
   > loss will affect many users and systems.  He operated Albasani.net,   
   > providing free Usenet access to people around the world. (Albasani.net   
   > was number 59 last month in the Usenet Top1000.)  The Albasani.net   
   > news server peers with a number of other servers in the Top1000.  Alex   
   > also provided free hosting to many moderated newsgroups with his Huhu   
   > moderation software and server.  In addition, Albasani operates one of   
   > the moderation relays.   
   >   
   > The Albasani.net servers are still operating, but it is unknown at   
   > this time for how much longer.  We don't yet know if there will be   
   > someone with the technical expertise and physical and administrative   
   > access available to continue the services.   
   >   
   > We offer our heartfelt condolences to Alexander's family and we will   
   > certainly miss him.   
   >   
      
      
      
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