Gary, list,
First, I'd like to say that it is very sad that we have lost yet another great Peircean scholar, Angus Kerr-Lawson. My condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
As to Gary F's concerns: I haven't heard from Jerry Dozoretz or Nathan Houser for a few weeks now. In one of our last communications Jerry suggested that the problems on the list were most likely the result of the migration of the list from Texas Tech to the Institute for American Thought (IAT), and that there was no certainty about when nor how that would go. It would appear that it is finally moving along.
So, let's hope that the list is now up and functioning and we can soon find some suitable way to resume the slow reads.
I've copied Jerry and Nathan's original post about the migration of peirce-l and Arisbe for those who might have missed it or who want to review it. More information as it is forthcoming.
Best,
Gary
Dear Members of Peirce-L,
On February 3rd, Ann Ransdell, Joe’s widow, after lengthy discussions with me, transferred Peirce-L and Arisbe to The Peirce Group (TPG), a non-profit company established by Joe a few years ago for the purpose of promoting Peirce studies. I am the operating officer of TPG and Nathan Houser is also an officer (we were both invited by Joe to join him in forming TPG). Nathan joins me in making this announcement.
After much thought about how to reestablish Peirce-L and Arisbe in a way that seems most likely to provide for stable continuation and long-term survival while insuring that the operating guidelines and principles established by Joe are not abandoned, we, with the approval of Joe’s family, have asked the Institute for American Thought (the home of the Peirce Edition Project) to house and operate Peirce-L and Arisbe. The Institute has agreed to do this.
Although the Institute for American Thought (IAT), with resources from IUPUI, will house and manage the listserv and website, TPG will maintain oversight control to insure that the purposes and principles articulated by Joe are followed. TPG will appoint an Advisory Board for this purpose and also to help guide the choice of moderator for Peirce-L and webmaster for Arisbe. André De Tienne, the Director of the Peirce Edition Project, and David Pfeifer, the Director of the Institute for American Thought, will be invited to serve on the TPG Advisory Board. Gary Richmond and Ben Udell, who have played a vital role in keeping the forum going during Joe’s final illness and following his passing), have agreed to serve on the Board. (We are especially delighted with their superb organization of the Slow Read of Joe’s papers.) Joe’s daughter, Lucy, will also be invited to serve and additional members may be appointed. Advisory Board appointments will be for two years and are renewable.
We will finalize an agreement with IAT in short order and expect the migrations of Peirce-L and Arisbe to occur sometime this month. Actually, we aren't sure how long it will take to fully migrate Peirce-L, including the archives, from Texas Tech to IAT but we expect the first stage (the migration of the now active forum) to begin this month and continue until the entire archives are converted and fully accessible. For the older archival records, the conversion process will take some time.
We hope that these changes will insure the survival and vitality of the important hubs of Peirce scholarship that Joe spent so many years developing and shepherding. No solution seemed perfect but we believe the stability promised by locating Peirce-L and Arisbe at the IAT while maintaining oversight control is an arrangement that Joe would have approved of. In fact, from numerous conversations over the last few years, we know that he had something like this in mind. We are very grateful that IAT has agreed to this arrangement.
With optimism for the future,
Jerry Dozoretz
Nathan Houser
Gary Richmond
Philosophy and Critical Thinking
Communication Studies
LaGuardia College of the City University of New York
718 482-5700
>>> "Gary Fuhrman" <gnox <at> gnusystems.ca> 6/21/2011 4:16 PM >>>
Just in case this gets through ...
Both Vinicius and i have been trying to post here, but our messages haven’t appeared. We thought this might have something to do with server migration (though we haven’t heard anything about it from those in charge) so we’ve just been waiting. But now that two messages have appeared here in recent days, I thought i’d try again ... meanwhile there’s no telling when we’ll be able to resume the “slow read” (i was supposed to emcee for the month of June).
Gary F.
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