Goodbye from the Admin

[RichardH]

As you will know if you are a club member I retired from the club committee at todays AGM along with my position as Webmaster and Admin of the clubs forum so this is my last post as Admin,
I would just like to say goodbye and to thank the members of this forum for there help and support over the years, no doubt I will come on the forum from time to time. I wish you all the very best for the future and hope you all continue to enjoy your Standard Cars and the help and advice freely given on this forum.
Best Wishes
Richard
Ex-Admin

[marshman]

Hi Richard,

Thank you for you work over years - I wish you all the best for the future.

Roger

[Darrell publicity SMC]

Thanks for all your hardwork over the years.

[petefoster]

Well done Richard, hope you enjoy your retirement & thanks for all the assistance you have provided over the years I've been doing the Vanguard spares.

[atlasboy1960]

Hi Richard I am sure your a nice bloke in real life but to be honest not sorry your leaveing.

Since you took over me and others have had there postings censored or removed with no explanation

The forum has become closed and users on line have fallen from 100s to low 20s

I honestly wish you the best in retirement but hope that someone less petty minded and controling takes over.

[lynda]

Richard has done a fantastic job in maintaining and moderating the open forum for members and non members alike so that discussions about restorations, problems which need solving, ideas and news can all be aired and shared in a fair and well mannered way.

[Josephine]

Enjoy your retirement Richard You have been a valuable member of the Club and Committee and you will be missed
Josephine

[Eternal Optimist]

atlasboy1960 makes a very good point about the number of participants on this forum. I don't know how much of that has to do with the way the forum is moderated, but it's valuable feedback.

[webmaster]

Thank you for your excellent moderation of the Forum, Richard. I am sure you appreciate the vast majority of plaudits that have been posted here.

Phil

[oakhurst13]

Thanks for all your hard work Richard. You will no doubt have a lot more time now you are not moderating this site.
Enjoy your retirement.
Ian

[magnet]

My, hopefully positively received, observation on this is that I must agree with E Opts comment that the forum does not appear to be very buoyant, and in my >900 post involvement, it seems that some of the once-regular contributors are no longer as active as they were. Is anyone asking why - at a time when some forums appear to be well supported sources of exchanged information.

It is therefore with some interest that I notice that some comparatively new forum members are now praising Richard’s efforts in terms of the forum, despite apparently not having had much, if any previous experience of it. The assumption must be that Richard is known to them and it’s this that they are acknowledging. Good, but let’s hope their contributions on the forum will now continue in a higher degree of activity - their active support and contribution are certainly needed.

I too applaud Richard’s efforts, but in my opinion (and I believe in the opinion of others) the forum can/could have been, improved.For example, I suggested -with support- that the total forum content be made visible to all, yet restricting the response/ comments facility to registered forum members only. Richard was very much against this, yet I could not understand any of the reasoning behind the refusal to consider this as a progressive move, and could only conclude that (understandably?) it was his ball and he was not playing. OK, end of story at that time, but if indeed this forum is at a cross roads, then I think I it would be a progressive move to actively seek constructive comments from contributors - which would hopefully give it the best chance of developing.

I too would like to wish Richard well in his retirement.

Kind regards,
Gareth.

[Eternal Optimist]

magnet , I read that as a very constructive post.