From arots at cfa.harvard.edu  Fri Feb  6 16:27:25 2026
From: arots at cfa.harvard.edu (Arnold Rots)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 16:27:25 -0500
Subject: [wfc] WFC Mailing List {External}
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Dear WFC friends,

The last activity on this mailing list was in 2017.
I have no idea how many email addresses are still current.
Does anyone think this WFC list should be kept active?
If not, we will close it, but preserve the archive.

Cheers,
  Arnold Rots


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From sla at ucolick.org  Fri Feb  6 16:48:21 2026
From: sla at ucolick.org (Steve Allen)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 13:48:21 -0800
Subject: [wfc] WFC Mailing List {External}
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Greetings Arnold,

On Fri 2026-02-06T16:27:25-0500 Arnold Rots via wfc hath writ:
> The last activity on this mailing list was in 2017.

I have the impression that FITS activities are in a state similar to
international astronomy after World War 2 when they called for the
1950 Paris meeting on astronomical constants as a forum to
re-establish relations that had gone stale.

As things stand I do not see that this WFC list can provide a remedy.

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