Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
Goodbye
After a few years in your company, you fishkeeping-mad lot, I am now resigning from my post of Administrator on this forum. As some of you may already know, I have had some serious health issues recently and will be undergoing more treatment in the New Year. I will not be in a position to look after you and the forum.
So, thank you all for these very enjoyable times. I have had a lot of fun for most parts and made some very good friends. It was a very difficult decision to take and I am sad to have to step down now.
I will keep my tanks going and continue posting on the forum as a member.
I wish you all a very happy Christmas and all the very best for 2010!
Keep the forum as vibrant and happy as it has been and look after these fish!
Valerie
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I have never had the pleasure of meeting you but as a newbie to the forum you have been an administrator par excellence !!. whether it was helping me to post correctly, get photos up or even to offer fish keeping advice you were there. and i was only one of many. you will be sorely missed
hope all goes well health wise and keep posting !!!!
Feargal
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I too will be very sad about your departure from the Forum and all the work you do in the background, helping everybody out and keeping the peace. I really hope everything goes well for you on the treatment front and you beat this thing once and for all.
Hope you have a great family Christmas and a joyful New Year.
Tom & Jo.
Salut Valerie,
Je trop serai très triste au sujet de votre départ au forum et à tous travail que vous effectuez à l'arrière-plan, dépannant tout le monde et gardant la paix. J'espère vraiment que tout va bien pour vous sur l'avant de traitement et vous battez cette chose une fois pour toutes.
Espoir vous avez grand Noël de famille et une nouvelle année joyeuse. & de Tom ; Jo.
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seriously,
im sure the rest of the site members will miss you and your services(ie posting pics 4 me)
as much as i will.i wont say goodbye as im sure from time to time you will drop in and say hello, so good luck with the treatment and have a great christmas and a cracking new year.
thanks for all the help,
talk soon,
paddy
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