Pros-y history...

[byslantedlight]

So, was chatting with inamac over at ci5hq about Pros and Pros fandom history (just a wee bit... *g*) and for various reasons I wandered over to the OTP's Fanlore page for Pros, and was reminded yet again of why I try to avoid it... I'm not sure how many people have contributed to it (two at least, I can see that) but... it's so American-based! And so

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Proslib

[hagsrus]

I asked Debbie Ramsey for her recollections and she replied

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[hagsrus]

Just in case it's of interest, today's membership count is 846, though probably quite a few aren't actively reading.

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[byslantedlight]

Oh this is brilliant - thank you! I shall link to your comment to, if that's okay, so that people can read the whole story! *g*

It is funny to think that it wasn't all that long ago that we barely had computers, never mind the internet or iphones and kindles and all the other amazing gadgetry we've got... (Now they just need to get a move on with this space travel thing - times a-ticking here! *g*)

It does sound like a wonderful time too, all these new ideas and ways of doing things... I'll add them up above, and do tell me if you think I misinterpret/misinclude something! And thank you again, and please do thank Debbie for me as well!

Oh - and just because you've not specified, though know really that it was - this was a USA-organised thing, from the US Paper Circuit, right? Debbie's based in Ca., or am I making that up?!

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[hagsrus]

Just to clarify: I started helping with Proslib around 2001 (don't recall precisely) - a year or so after the Yahoo gropup started. Sorry for the unclear phrasing.

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[byslantedlight]

Ah, got it! Sorry - knew there'd be something in all this wonderful tangle that I'd write down wrongly! *g*

Hmmn - do you know anything about the Mrs M stories, by any chance? We've been wondering about them below...