I am coming in from my basic Comcast account rather than my Thunderbird. I notice that Lion had responded in length to my reply to his first draft - but I saw that just now in the archive - for some reason it never came as an individual email.
I agree that most tech info should not be in the Welcome Letter - but it should include a very brief mention of the blogs, for those who might prefer them and not be interested in the listserv - but tech info for blog facility would be in the listserv.
I am considering a way to involve early responders (and some that are already there) in backing up the welcome letter with some personal contact.
I hope this gets through, Larry