{"id":633,"date":"2007-04-22T16:50:55","date_gmt":"2007-04-22T20:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/04\/22\/adopt-this-weblog\/"},"modified":"2007-04-22T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2007-04-22T20:50:55","slug":"adopt-this-weblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/04\/22\/adopt-this-weblog\/","title":{"rendered":"adopt this weblog . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"53\" alt=\"HelpWantedSign\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/04\/helpWanted.gif\" width=\"70\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0It&#8217;s been four weeks since I announced my retiring as Editor of this weblog and my hope to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/03\/24\/passing-the-shlep-torch-good-hands-sought\/\"><em>pass the SHLEP torch<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to a group of committed persons willing and able to continue its important role in the <em>pro-se<\/em>\/self-help community and movement.\u00a0 To date, I am sorry to say that <em>no<\/em> candidates have stepped forward to adopt <em>shlep<\/em>.\u00a0 Despite the posting hiatus, we&#8217;re still getting about 250 visits a day, most from search engine queries, taking advantage of our deep content.\u00a0 Please browse the site, and see our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/03\/24\/passing-the-shlep-torch-good-hands-sought\/\">prior post<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/about\">About<\/a> page, describing why <em>shlep <\/em>deserves to be an ongoing, frequently-updated\u00a0weblog, Our high search engine profile also suggests that it would make a great resource as part of a website with complementary goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If\u00a0you would like\u00a0to discuss taking over responsibility for <em>SHLEP<\/em>, please send an email to: shlep AT localnet DOT com.\u00a0<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">[no spaces in the actual\u00a0email address]\u00a0<\/font> I will do all I can to make the transition as smooth as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"45\" alt=\"dagIcon\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/03\/boy%20writing.gif\" width=\"57\" \/>\u00a0 If <em>shlep<\/em> were active over the past month,\u00a0it surely would have informed you of such stories as:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Oregon House Bill 2316, which aims to increase the small claims jurisdictional limit from $5,000 to $7,500, and has now passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halt.org\/newsletters\/04_09_2007.htm\">April 9, 2007 <em>HALT ejournal<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Edmonton Journal<\/em> story &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/edmontonjournal\/news\/story.html?id=32fa8574-e687-4cee-b7bf-a9769c40b4d4\">Law service shows lay people the ropes<\/a>: Alberta Justice hopes information centres will reduce backlogs in court&#8221; (April 18, 2007), which details the opening on April 2nd of on-site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertacourts.ab.ca\/familylaw\/\">Family Law Information Centre<\/a>s, offering assistance to self-represented litigants in Alberta. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpsupport.org\/index.cfm\"><em>SelfHelpSupport<\/em>.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The companion bills introduced in the New Mexico House and Senate, in the 2007 legislative session,\u00a0which would rewrite the definition of the practice of law so broadly that they would require consumers to retain the services of a lawyer for virtually any legal need. (via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.halt.org\/newsletters\/03_26_2007.htm\">March 26, 2007 <em>HALT ejournal<\/em><\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Until <em>shlep<\/em> is once again updated regularly under new management, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpsupport.org\/index.cfm\"><em>SelfHelpSupport<\/em>.org<\/a>\u00a0homepage and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.halt.org\/\">HALT<\/a>\u00a0website and bi-weekly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.halt.org\/ejournal\/\">newslette<\/a>r (which you can have delivered free\u00a0by email) for <em>a bit<\/em> of news and commentary about <em>pro se<\/em> and self-help\u00a0issues.\u00a0 Meanwhile, if you can help find a good home for <em>shlep<\/em>, please let me know or urge the likely candidates to step up and grab this opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><u><font color=\"#800080\" \/><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It&#8217;s been four weeks since I announced my retiring as Editor of this weblog and my hope to pass the SHLEP torch\u00a0to a group of committed persons willing and able to continue its important role in the pro-se\/self-help community and movement.\u00a0 To date, I am sorry to say that no candidates have stepped forward to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[991,899],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-items","category-website-admin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}