Good-bye ???

[marcus]

Please read the following that came from Google recently:

Notice about Pages and Files

To focus on improving the core functionality of Google Groups --
mailing lists and forum discussions -- we have decided to stop
supporting the pages and files features. Even though we know
discontinuing these features may inconvenience some of you in the
short term, we believe that this move will improve your experience
storing and sharing files as other products, such as Google Docs and
Google Sites, are designed specifically for file storage and page
creation.

For example, you can create your pages on Google Sites and share the
site with the members of your group. You can also store your files on
the site by attaching files to pages on the site. If you’re just
looking for a place to upload files so that your group members can
download them, we suggest you try using Google Docs. You can upload
files and share access with either a group or an individual, assigning
either edit or download only access to the files.

Starting in November 2010, Groups will no longer allow the creation or
editing of files and pages; the content will only be available for
viewing, and only existing files will be able to be downloaded. If you
would like to keep the content currently on the pages and files
sections of your group, we highly encourage you to export and migrate
it to another product. In February 2011, we will turn off the pages
and files features, and you will no longer be able to access that
content.

To make this move easier for you, we have enabled zip-download
functionality to export all the pages and files from your group
easily. You can access this tool by clicking "Download all pages" and
"Download all files" feature on the pages and files homepages of your
groups.

Thanks for taking the time to read this announcement and for using
Google Groups.

The Google Groups Team"

http://groups-announcements.blogspot.com/2010/09/notice-about-pages-and-files.html?hl=en




Unless I soon have a change of heart, I don't intend to move this
Discussion Group to the new Google sites.

It's been fun doing this for the past five years or so. I've met a
lot of great folks this way, and have had many interesting
discussions, plus posting photos etc. I don't have any immediate
plans to join Facebook, although I might change my mind on that at
some point in the future. IMO, I find Facebook to be insidious and
invasive. .

I've written what I consider to be a major article about John Lennon
to coincide with the 30th anniversary of his death in December. I'm
trying to get it published. If I don't succeed at that, I will send
it to your email addresses, and if you'd like you can send it on to
friends who might want to read it.

If you've had a change of email address recently, either reply to this
post by clicking "reply to author" under Options, or for those of you
reading this as part of an email digest of the 1960s Discussion Group,
just reply to my email address.

All my best,

Marc

"Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you."

Paul Simon,
"Bookends"