2018-JUL-27-Fri
My Fellow Mausicans,
Starting today, you will be
receiving MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS from a new address, namely, mausicablog@gmail.com, Yours truly will
still be the person sending them. You will most likely find an email
similar to this one in your Junk/Spam/Trash folder. The email address (errollashley@gmail.com) will no longer
be used for the weekly emails.
Why?
One year ago, my ISP discontinued
hosting web pages. Four years ago, the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation
(CASL) came into being. Five years ago, it was suggested that, I should
hand over the job to another. In an effort to make that transfer as
smooth as possible when the time comes, I have changed the email address from
personal to generic. I also seized the opportunity to re-include the
addresses which were dropped after 2014-JUN-27 mailing since this is a new
leaf. Given the outcome of the cases before the court after 2017-JUL-01,
I’ve determined that I overreacted to the CASL and I apologize for any inconvenience
it may have caused. Given that any liability would have been entirely my
own, I doubt I’ll react differently under similar future circumstances.
I managed to acquire a new domain, mtcalumni.com. Sometimes it works and
sometimes it doesn’t. If it gets too bad, I’ll seek another
alternative. The old web pages are now available but a few links may not
work. The new site is “work in progress”. Should you find anything
wrong on the pages, please inform me and I shall fix it.
I have, in the past, made my
Mausica files available in the “Cloud” to two other trusted and responsible
Mausicans. I take your privacy seriously. I have also provided a
copy of all the email addresses to a member of the Mausica Reunion organizing
committee. Updates are forthcoming.
To date, no one has stepped forward
to take over so the job is still mine.
In case you are wondering, to the
best of my knowledge, I am in reasonably good health mentally (I still remember how to dance.)
and physically (I can still dance.). Some may disagree with my self-assessment but the debate on
that is now closed. The heat might get me first.
I enjoy the job of keeping
Mausicans connected and look forward to continuing for some time to come.
You will be informed if and when I am no longer capable. Who knows what
the future holds?
Change is good.
Errol Lashley 65
