Matthew328
09-05-2007, 06:20 PM
3A DownLow,
As of midnight tonight I will be relinquishing my ownership of 3A Down Low to Admin (Matt), sinton66 (Tony), SlypyBear (Matt) and Old Green (Val). This was not a decision that I came to overnight, it is something I have pondered for at least 18 months. Like most when I first started helping with the site I never dreamed it would turn into this. The community and growth of the site has been truly a blessing, I never thought as I would spend hours on end in the UTA library doing previews, updating pages, etc that all this would happen.
3A DownLow has given me opprotunities I would have never imagined and for that I will always be in debt to everyone here and as much as I love the site its time for me to go. My involvement with TexasPrepInsider (formerly TexasPrepXtra) and my increased involvement this year with the Dallas Morning News has basically taken me away from the site. The site deserves someone who will be able to devote their undivided attention to it and with the 4 new owners I am more than confident this will be the case. The four new owners will operate the site in much the same way I would, which is the main reason why I agreed to the transition.
Ranger Mom, pirate4state and LHPM will all stay as mods as long as they would like. So no worries there!
This site is a great community and I hope it will continue to remian. I do want to set the record straight on one thing, me shutting the site down a few weeks back was not some hissy fit that I threw where I picked up my toys and went home. There was a method to the madness. At the time of the site being shut down the bickering and complaining on the board had gotten out of hand, I was not going to sit by and watch my friends get thrown under the bus. I used the old adage, 'you never know what you have until its gone," and I took the board away for a while. I wanted everyone to take a step back and think for a minute what the board means to them and to be honest I think it has worked for the most part.
I will still be lurking around and posting from time to time, so don't look at it like I am dying!
Thanks for everything 3ADL!
As of midnight tonight I will be relinquishing my ownership of 3A Down Low to Admin (Matt), sinton66 (Tony), SlypyBear (Matt) and Old Green (Val). This was not a decision that I came to overnight, it is something I have pondered for at least 18 months. Like most when I first started helping with the site I never dreamed it would turn into this. The community and growth of the site has been truly a blessing, I never thought as I would spend hours on end in the UTA library doing previews, updating pages, etc that all this would happen.
3A DownLow has given me opprotunities I would have never imagined and for that I will always be in debt to everyone here and as much as I love the site its time for me to go. My involvement with TexasPrepInsider (formerly TexasPrepXtra) and my increased involvement this year with the Dallas Morning News has basically taken me away from the site. The site deserves someone who will be able to devote their undivided attention to it and with the 4 new owners I am more than confident this will be the case. The four new owners will operate the site in much the same way I would, which is the main reason why I agreed to the transition.
Ranger Mom, pirate4state and LHPM will all stay as mods as long as they would like. So no worries there!
This site is a great community and I hope it will continue to remian. I do want to set the record straight on one thing, me shutting the site down a few weeks back was not some hissy fit that I threw where I picked up my toys and went home. There was a method to the madness. At the time of the site being shut down the bickering and complaining on the board had gotten out of hand, I was not going to sit by and watch my friends get thrown under the bus. I used the old adage, 'you never know what you have until its gone," and I took the board away for a while. I wanted everyone to take a step back and think for a minute what the board means to them and to be honest I think it has worked for the most part.
I will still be lurking around and posting from time to time, so don't look at it like I am dying!
Thanks for everything 3ADL!