Microfinance Practice: RE: [MFP] MFP is completely coming to an end tomorrow

Chuck,

Thanks for creating and sustaining what was a truly great and impactful discussion forum.

MFP made a difference.

The discussions thru the years were excellent. All points of view were heard and well represented.

The topics were meaningful. Partnerships were formed. Business models were tweaked. Products were launched. Enduring relationships were made.

And perhaps most importantly impact was broadened and accelerated.

Thank you for your exceptional effort and leadership!

Enjoy your retirement!

Greg

Greg Casagrande

SPBD Microfinance Network

"Providing Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow"

Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu

www.spbdmicrofinance.com

greg@spbdmicrofinance.com

+1-908-577-8106

From: MicrofinancePractice@yahoogroups.com <MicrofinancePractice@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 9:36 AM
To: MicrofinancePractice@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MFP] MFP is completely coming to an end tomorrow

Yes Chuck

This was a happening list, with several interesting discussions generating understanding of several contexts and points of view. Sad it comes to a close just like this.

Thank you all, fellow MFP listers for the good times (and the sometimes bad) in this list.

Best

Srinivasan

On 14-Oct-2020, at 4:42 PM, Chuck Waterfield chuck.waterfield@gmail.com [MicrofinancePractice] <MicrofinancePractice@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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.