Yes, John no longer works at MGH, he now works for a company called Linden Labs.

Before John stopped working at MGH, the braintalk forum became a seperate entity, that was no longer connected to the hospital in any way. John still worked at MGH, but braintalk was no longer a part of MGH in any way.

Remember when the forum moved from the neuro-mancer server to the hastypastry server? That happened at the same time as we got the new forum software that looked different (that looks just like this software).That was when Braintalk became it's own entity, out of the MGH building and no longer controled/owned by MGH.

BT is now a non-profit (became a non-profit shortly after it left MGH), and John Lester is the only driver at the wheel.

As for why braintalk has been broken for so long, and what the problem is, and when it will be fixed.... no one knows the answers to those questions.

Which is why DocJohn (the man who set up this forum and owns another forum called psychcentral) has agreed to keep this forum online and open for as long as we the members want to be here. A lot of people don't want to go back to the original braintalk even if it gets fixed because of it being unreliable.

Hope that helps to answer the questions taht were raised.... if I missed a question, or if anyone has more questions, feel free to ask and I'll do my best

Liz

Liz,

I would also like to say "thanks" for being so active. It really is appreciated.

As for today, if anyone ready my thread from yesterday, you already know I'm having a much better day!!!

Nancy-H

Hi Nancy, glad to hear your feeling better today. Hey we made it through another summer YIPPEE ...Sue

whaaaaaa...i don't want to post here today!

ok...so i over did it yesterday. my back is giving me fits. my left leg feels like lead and i have these creepy crawly feelings in my ankle.

but on the good side....no hint of headache or migraine. the extremem heat has left texas today. it's not even 80 yet! the sun is shining. there is nice sweet breeze. ok...not so sweet over the mulch i just put down...but you catch my drift.

me thinks spreading 23 bags of mulch was not a good idea. hmmm whatcha think?

hubby has been wearing those chock type of tennis shoes. says they are awesome. i think i'll get some. not as cute i'm sure as my white and pink reeboks, but the hard floors at the club and home....not so good on my back.

gentle hugs and choccy to the room.

every way I turn I run up on you, missy! Yes mz monkey. You look grand today without the migraine, but ya did have to throw it this way.

Nancy, I am so glad you are having a much better day today. Girl, I was getting worried about you!! Hope it continues

Liz, Kell, snoozie, Moose53 Barb and stardazed I hope things are good for all you today. Gosh, it feels good to be back around all you sweet friends and the place even looks like home. I had a rough time when we were just floundering about. It's good to have a home again

Take care and feel better, Jo JoJo6 Julia, y'all just cal me Jo if you want to.

well jo...if you hadn't been standing outside my window waiting for your mug of hazelnut coffee...i wouldn't have hit you with it when i threw it out!

{{{{ jo}}}}} get some rest if you can sweety.

This is day 3 of an aching neck and shoulders. I was having a good time with hardly any pain level when out of the blue...SMACK here comes more pain. UGH! So I am wanting to hit my head into a wall! Really should not complain too much though, things for me are still much improved from what it was a while back. Maybe I better just be thankful for what I have an leave the pain alone for now. I'll just go ice and see what that does. don't have anything at all for pain. Gaye

Actually, David Hosobuchi has put his name to it as well wherever he went in the last year or so so I'd think that JL has at least 1 co-driver.

cheers
eve

The board of directors is at the wheel, as required if one obtains a not for profit status. For all practical purposes, Lester gave up control of BT when it became a not for profit and established a board.

He is now one board member with one vote. He may still "own" the site but is controlled, along with the site, by the board. It might be wise if we all chewed on that little fact for a while. Regards to one and all.

Jane

When I said JL was the only driver at the wheel - I meant in terms of he is the only person who is able to physically get to the server, and he is the only person to fix hardware and software problems.

Yes, there is a BOD (board of directors) but as far as I have seen, they are not involved in day to day things - like fixing whatever the problems is that has caused BT to break.

Yes, there is David H, but again, he has no ability to get to the server and do any physical hardware or software fixes.

JL is "the only driver" in terms of getting this current problem fixed.... and the "only driver" in terms of day to day operations.