Hello Friends!
I'm Tim, some of you know me, some do not. But I am the person that is taking on BOTL in order to keep what @Eric started many years ago going.
We are just about through the transfer of the various items into my name / ownership so I figured this was a good time to pop up and say hi.
There's a lot to touch on but I'll try to keep it brief.
Firstly - there will be no MAJOR changes to BOTL at the moment (nor do I have plans to do so - I'm just a never say never person).
@Angry Bill has graciously offered to continue in his role as sole moderator here at BOTL. He has been around MUCH longer than I have and I am grateful for his help.
The forums and the underlying OS software here are woefully out of date, while the cost for hosting is also prohibitively high (and shouldn't be anywhere near this).
I've already started the process of standing the forums up on a new host, with newer software. This will take some time as I want to minimize interruptions as much as possible.
BUT that said, there MAY BE hiccups here and there as I get things into software that is supportable (our OS was last supported in 2020 - while we at a similar timeframe for the age of our forum software).
There will also be some forum cleanup. We have a LOT of sub forums here, and many are rarely used. I'm going to look into consolidating to make things more relevant and the conversation a bit more robust.
There are those who loved the old chat feature, I'll be bringing that back as well as time permits (even if its lightly used).
We all know forums aren't the way folks communicate nowadays (discord, slack, tiktok, etc are all way ahead). But I'd love to get BOTL to a place where a lot of old folks are active, bring in some fresh blood, etc.
I'm open to ideas from anyone - and I'll be making sure we have a solid suggestions area.
And lastly
Thank you to @mthhurley for working with me through this (and still doing so)
And extra lastly
@Eric - thank you for starting this awesome place and Maria - I know you're out there
Thank you for entrusting me with this legacy.
Let's see where it goes!!
Tim
I'm Tim, some of you know me, some do not. But I am the person that is taking on BOTL in order to keep what @Eric started many years ago going.
We are just about through the transfer of the various items into my name / ownership so I figured this was a good time to pop up and say hi.
There's a lot to touch on but I'll try to keep it brief.
Firstly - there will be no MAJOR changes to BOTL at the moment (nor do I have plans to do so - I'm just a never say never person).
@Angry Bill has graciously offered to continue in his role as sole moderator here at BOTL. He has been around MUCH longer than I have and I am grateful for his help.
The forums and the underlying OS software here are woefully out of date, while the cost for hosting is also prohibitively high (and shouldn't be anywhere near this).
I've already started the process of standing the forums up on a new host, with newer software. This will take some time as I want to minimize interruptions as much as possible.
BUT that said, there MAY BE hiccups here and there as I get things into software that is supportable (our OS was last supported in 2020 - while we at a similar timeframe for the age of our forum software).
There will also be some forum cleanup. We have a LOT of sub forums here, and many are rarely used. I'm going to look into consolidating to make things more relevant and the conversation a bit more robust.
There are those who loved the old chat feature, I'll be bringing that back as well as time permits (even if its lightly used).
We all know forums aren't the way folks communicate nowadays (discord, slack, tiktok, etc are all way ahead). But I'd love to get BOTL to a place where a lot of old folks are active, bring in some fresh blood, etc.
I'm open to ideas from anyone - and I'll be making sure we have a solid suggestions area.
And lastly
Thank you to @mthhurley for working with me through this (and still doing so)
And extra lastly
@Eric - thank you for starting this awesome place and Maria - I know you're out there
Thank you for entrusting me with this legacy.Let's see where it goes!!
Tim
