Friends of the Road to Santiago and this listserve

[Jack Wendleton]

Linda and David,

I have been subscribing a short time.  I am not going until 2007 (my 65th
birthday).  I want to say thank you for all your work, and I will stay in
touch with other sites, too.  My best wishes and thoughts are with you.

Blessings,
Patricia
----- Original Message -----
From: "davidson" <davidsonaETAL.URI.EDU>
To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:21 AM
Subject: Friends of the Road to Santiago and this listserve


> Dear "Gocamino-ers"
> Several changes will be happening over the next few months related to
> "Friends" and to its web site and this listserve. We will keep you
informed,
> via the Newsletter which should be in your mailboxes within the month.
>
> As you all know, this listserve went "down" inexplicably for two months
> over the summer of 2004. Many people switched to "santiagobis" as
> another way of keeping up and informed on the pilgrimage, so especially
> important during this last  holy year for 11 years.
>
> My inability to solve the problem because of long distance communication
> (you may remember that I was in Europe & Morocco) made it obvious that
> when there is an emergency I am not always able to handle it.
>
> I have looked at my long term calendar of planned activities and it is
> apparent that David Gitlitz (my husband and co-author, among many other
> things) will be out of the country more than we will be in it for the next
> several years (decades, perhaps).  We are working on a variety of topics
> broader than just the Santiago pilgrimage, and our research activities
> have increased over the last couple of years. This fact, combined with our
> plans to retire in a few years, means that it is time to look for another
> conduit for the needs of American (North, Central, and South) proto-
> Santiago pilgrims.
>
> And viola' : the new registered charitable group called American Pilgrims
> has been busily organizing to do all of the things that "Friends" has been
> doing and much more. Kathy Gower, Lin Galea, Zita Macy, George
> Greenia and others have already had success in making their
> organization a charitable one, in planning and raising money for the
> computer for the Archicofradia, in working on the 2004 and future
> "Gatherings" for pilgrimage seminars. I heartily applaud their efforts and
> am proud to announce that "Friends of the Road to Santiago" is merging
> into their organization.
>
> The first step, especially important to you, is our closing of this
Listserve.
>
> It's been a super interesting discussion group, not without volatility,
and
> always with a support of pilgrims and their plans. I am happy to have been
> able to offer it to the world for communication.
>
> This listserve will no longer run after 15 October (our web page says 1
> October, so that there should be no new subscribers). I invite you to stay
> on the listserve until then, sharing ideas and news (Rosina Lila always
> has the uptodate news for us) and let the listserve's demise be your way
> of unsubscribing (that will avoid all of those pesky "unsubscribe" emails
> getting incorrectly onto this forum).
>
> I am putting together the Newsletter and once again invite you to share
> your ideas about the pilgrimage.
>
> Please send all communication to me to my other email:
> dgitlitzaaol.com.
>
> Thanks again for sharing so many ideas and helpful hints during the last
> few years of Gocamino.
>
> Linda Davidson