Yes I can spearhead starting a new list. The main help I need is what I am getting here: expression of the desire to continue and ideas for what to call the new list.  

I am looking  at https://www.mailmanlists.net/ as the host. The cost would be  $51.61 a year total, which I will happily pay. We can still use the wedgeblade.net domain, which I own.  There are good suggestions here for the name of the list itself, after a few days I'll propose what looks like the consensus. Stay tuned!

We have until July 21st, but since the new list will likely have a different name than either existing list, I can start it before the old lists expire. My plan is to move all the members from both lists into the new list. There are about 174 in each list, probably mostly the same people.

Thanks for all the responses! Keep posting suggestions and questions.

Tim