Microfinance Practice: Re: [EXTERNAL] [SOCIAL NETWORK]RE: [MFP] MFP is completely coming to an end tomorrow

Hi all,

Hopefully someone can identify and create another knowledge sharing group that speaks to current needs comprehensively as this one did in the past years from 2001.

Thanks Chuck for driving this. More than 19 years is quite an achievement!

Sophie

Sophie Lusungu Chitedze|

Independent consultant - Financial Inclusion and Economic Empowerment

Captial City, Lilongwe 3 Malawi |

+265993868532|+265881567200

Skype: sophie.chitedze1

On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 11:42:50 PM GMT+2, Kim Wilson orientrow@yahoo.com [MicrofinancePractice] <microfinancepractice@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi Chuck -

I echo Colleen's sentiments. This service was invaluable to us in its early years. So many of us learned from the postings. It was a crucial part of our collective evolution.

When microfinance morphed into financial inclusion information started coming to us from all angles. I miss the days when we had one solid resource for ideas and information.

Thank you Chuck and Howard.

All the best,

Kim

Kim Wilson
Faculty, Fletcher School, Tufts University (617-763-2469)
Kimberley.Wilson@Tufts.Edu

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 08:33:16 PM EDT, Colleen Green Colleen_Green@dai.com [MicrofinancePractice] <microfinancepractice@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Chuck,

Many thanks to you and Howard for your years of dedication to this group... even in its dwindling moments. To echo others, I used to follow this site religiously earlier in my career as it was an important source of debate, new ideas and sharing. It feels like the end of an era.

I also want to extend my personal thanks to you for your dedication to microfinance and your patience in sharing your knowledge on the topic. I think back fondly to the trip we did to Bolivia almost 25 years ago with you and a few other consultants to learn from the many innovators there. It was my indoctrination and I learned so much from you.

Thanks much and peace.

Colleen

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Vice President, Economic Growth
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From: MicrofinancePractice@yahoogroups.com <MicrofinancePractice@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:24 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [SOCIAL NETWORK]RE: [MFP] MFP is completely coming to an end tomorrow

Hello Chuck. You and Howard created and moderated this space for exchanging ideas to improve our field. Thank you! Wishing you well. Kind regards, Jennifer

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From: "Chuck Waterfield chuck.waterfield@gmail.com [MicrofinancePractice]" <MicrofinancePractice@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 10/14/20 08:00 (GMT-05:00)
To: MFP <microfinancepractice@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [MFP] MFP is completely coming to an end tomorrow

Hi all,

Howard and I set up this email group on Yahoo on 1 May 2001, over 19 years ago. We have 2,656 members. In the past, there was a large amount of discussion on this group, but for various reasons, it currently has little activity.

I just got notice that Yahoo is closing down the email group service tomorrow. They gave not even a week's notice. As of tomorrow, your emails will be returned as unsinkable.

So this is it.... Any discussions will now have to take place on other services you've migrated to. I'm certainly not going to go to the effort of setting up a new group and managing memberships when there is so little activity on the current group.

It has certainly been an interesting (and tumultuous) 19 years. Lots of differing views on the changes that happened in so short a time. Discussions of those views will now need to take place in other venues.

Regards to all,

Chuck Waterfield
MFP Founder
And yes... .it's 7am, I need to head out and milk my goats. They are wondering where I am.

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