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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

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18 May 2017 07:55 #1 by robert (robert carter)
Hi all , i have always thought of us fishkeepers as a bunch a decent people always willing to help another fishkeeper out . Well my nephew Brian 28 yrs old and an avid fishkeeper is in serious trouble but unfortionatly not of the fishy nature . Brian was diagnosed with cancer in 2016 he fought a hard battle to beat it . It has returned with a vengence and the drugs and treatment he urgently needs are not availabe in ireland . His sister Roisin has started a go fund me page www.gofundme.com/brianslattery . Here you can read his heartbreaking story, we have already raised 50,000 of the 140000 that is needed for his life saving treatment. Now the hard bit , i am appealing for every fishkeeper to donate the cost of a small fish to Brians fund , so we can keep this young man amongst us fishkeepers for many years to come. We as a family thank you from the very bottom of our hearts . Robert Carter

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18 May 2017 10:52 #2 by Bill (Bill Hunter)
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Sorry to hear that, Robert. I hope the Go-Fund-me page is successful for your family.
Bill

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18 May 2017 11:37 #3 by robert (robert carter)
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Thanks Bill

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19 May 2017 14:40 #4 by alan 64 (alan)
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If im passing ir house one of the days is it ok to drop in a donation robert

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20 May 2017 15:47 #5 by robert (robert carter)
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Hi Alan your donation would be gratefully accepted ,either to me or on line . Just a little update, we have now almost half of our target of 140,000 euro , Brians medical team are now talking about starting to arrange his treatment . I again appeal to everyone to help us keep this young man in our community, any donation no matter what size will help . For those that have donated my very sincer thanks. Robert

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31 May 2017 06:57 #6 by alan 64 (alan)
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Havnt been up ir way rob so il donate online it turns out i know this guys cousin its a small world i hope this lad gets well

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31 May 2017 07:04 #7 by robert (robert carter)
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Thanks Alan

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13 Jul 2017 13:58 #8 by robert (robert carter)
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Hi all , just to give an update , and its good news , we reached the target of our fund raising today , Brian my nephew has now had two treatment of the drug , he has to have at least 6 more treatment over the next couple of months . So far so good he feels ok and thankfully no side affects . I believe some of your donated , and for that Brian and his family thank you from the bottom of our hearts . A finally a massive thank you to John for not seeing this post and not taking it down . ( he knows what i mean ) we will of coarse keep you posted . Thank you Robert

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14 Jul 2017 08:47 #9 by Bill (Bill Hunter)
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Great news, Robert, fingers crossed that it continues as planned and is successful.

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