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

Hi Chuck:

Do you know if these discussions will be archived somewhere? I will certainly miss the talks on the global activities and initiatives focused on microfinance. I hope it is not a reflection on the demise of microfinance??????

Many, many thanks for all your work in this sector, sometimes under trying and controversial conditions. Thanks to your efforts the ample discussions generated lots of thoughtful and insightful ideas, and helped keep and propel microfinance to the forefront.

Wishing you and the group members lots of fruitful and successful years to come.

Clara Lipson

Founder & Chief Executive

AboutMicrofinance.com

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 8:00 AM 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.