On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 00:11:07 +0000, "Bruce  Johnson"
<xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote:

>It was the Sunbeard Declaration; Sunbane was an old, OLD FTP site that once
>upon a time held a bunch of useful Traveller-related files.

Correct; it was definitely "Sunbeard", in part a play off "Blackbeard", as
Kurt suggested.

Speaking of Sunbane, do we know whether anyone ever slurped it up so as to
ensure that the files weren't lost?  Ditto the "Missouri Archive", which I
recall the name "Joe Heck" being associated with?

>A quick grepping of my archives gets me to this October 1998 post by Ian
>Whitchurch, which IIRC was essentially the final version:

Hmmm... This looks like it could be the outline for a thesis that could
make a good article for Freelance Traveller's "Lecture Hall and Library"
subsection of "Kurishdam". I would really appreciate it if someone would
develop it and write it up as an in-universe "lecture transcript" and send
it in (along with the "professor's" profile and credentials! :) ).

>( http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/archives/TML_Archives/TML98A/TDA00A99.TXT )
>
>Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 11:49:06
>From: Ian or Katts <xxxxxx@orac.net.au<mailto:xxxxxx@orac.net.au>>
>Subject: The Sunbeard Declaration

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