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
Resigning as Administrator. All the best.
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Sorry to here Anto is leaving, with a young family like my self, its hard to justify the time investment, and one is not getting paid for it, I have read the post for about a year now, I would say JohnH from the west coast would be the ideal candidate, his post are non argumentative and helpful, and he is well liked, I think him leaving the SAS was not his fault, and perhaps the fault of third parties, he desives to be treated with more respect, he is IMO the man for the job.
Anthony was the best John Paul the II, in the 1980s, and early 90`s he would do any admin you ask in the last few years, (in the last couple of months) he was as useful and the Pontiff was before he crooked, I am not suggesting a Younger German Pope is the answer but a English Pope that lives in the west coast is going to be better job than JP II was in the last few years of his reign, as JP just come outs a waves with no mass over seas or not even U tube up links.
White smoke for JohnH the first in F.Jack´s conclave
That would be a ecumenical matter!!!
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I have read the post for about a year now, I would say JohnH from the west coast would be the ideal candidate, his post are non argumentative and helpful, and he is well liked, I think him leaving the SAS was not his fault, and perhaps the fault of third parties, he desives to be treated with more respect, he is IMO the man for the job.
White smoke for JohnH the first in F.Jack´s conclave
Sean,
might I suggest that you have no idea what you are talking about in regard to JohnH leaving the SAS. I am not going to get into it here but did it occur to you that John has not posted here in month and the SAS has no say in what is posted on the forum except for our own posts?
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JohnH still view the forum for fish info, but does not post any more, due to the politics.
Holgar even if you had the time or if I had the time, I dont think the members would, want Sean or Holgar in charge , both of us are bad to the bone, John is mature and well liked, based on the fact he STILL views the forum I dont think it would be a problem, if he was asked provided everyone cleans up their act and focus on fish keeping.
Putting the W2 (the Welsh witch)in charge was disastrous to the forum, we need some one mature perhaps semi retired with more time, in charge.
That would be a ecumenical matter!!!
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Holgar even if you had the time or if I had the time, I dont think the members would, want Sean or Holgar in charge , both of us are bad to the bone.
Putting the W2 (the Welsh witch)in charge was disastrous to the forum, we need some one mature perhaps semi retired with more time, in charge.[/quote]
The Welsh witch was a bad idea. I do agree completely.
However, I never suggested that I wanted to be in charge. I would be throtteling people within the first day of being in charge. God knows, getting the SAS back on the road is enough for me. I think, I'll let some steam off. The CSPCA is across the road from my office. Their heads need to be knocked together that there are not only cute and cuddly animals being mistreated but also the finned variety. Bet they are already looking forward to another one of my rants
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We still have a very good team in charge. There is Daragh Owens, Valerie, Chris Murphy and myself.
I have asked one of the current admins to step into Anthony's previous role.
Regards
Darragh
They are all good options but I suggest who has more free time be given the white smoke, as work and families does not go with the territory.
That would be a ecumenical matter!!!
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That would be a ecumenical matter!!!
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I would like to wish the very best of luck in whatever you do in the future.
Regards to you your beautiful wife and your two wonderful children.
Paulm
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