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thanks to all who made this possible...a lot of help passed thru these posts! Bless all of you! Linda Herman Would you mind giving me your email? I found you to be knowledgeable, balanced and well spoken. Thanks, Bob ---- Kathleen Cochran <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear John, > > I'm so grateful to you, Barbara, and all who made the effort over the years > to keep the website and the listserv going. You can't overestimate how > important this group has been in the lives of so many. Even at times when > the posts have been few and the content reduced, it's always > been meaningful and reassuring to me to see familiar Parkinsn names pop up > in my email box, or meet someone new to the list. > > Yes, there are other forums. But they can't replace this one. > > Heartfelt thanks, > > Kathleen > > > On Tuesday, November 18, 2014, John Cottingham <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Hello Friends and fellow travelers, for PIENO (Parkinsn Website) we have > > reached a fork in the road. > > > > With a heavy heart, the website will cease to exist December 31st. The > > email list will live on but after consulting with Barbara Patterson and > > some other dear friends we decided to make this decision since the > > landscape has changed dramatically in technology and others have the > > resources to provide advanced and current information. > > > > My time doing the technical stuff to keep it running smooth was taking > > away from my other endeavors. Since the beginning about 14 years ago we > > have had no sponsors, just dedicated folks like you to post interesting and > > current information. > > > > The copyright lawyers looked at our archives and went over them with a > > fine toothed comb to find violations. For those perceived violations they > > threatened to take my Social Security for something, someone else posted. > > > > As a result, Parkinsn the past several years has just been links posted > > about everything and no participation saying in your opinion how the link > > was relevant to us. Barbara and I truly believed in giving and nurturing > > those who needed help and those generous souls who have contributed that > > heartfelt help. Posting links and Me To replies somehow doesn't meet the > > helping others hurting with our common conditions. Parkinsn is a discussion > > list....even if you disagree. > > > > Please get acquainted to the links in the headers of your Parkinsn email > > for ways to interact with the listserv. The archives will be on the > > listserv where they have always been but will just not exist on the PIENO > > website after December 31st. > > > > We have been thrilled with the breakthroughs in research, marching and > > writing and calling and decades have passed and we still have the same > > degenerative condition. We have become weary in well doing. > > > > In the New Year where ever you go to get neurological information, support > > them and participate. > > > > Thank You All > > > > John Cottingham > > co-owner Parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn