[Doody]

Originally Posted by Thelma

You know you really are pushing John Lester to the wall with this. Wonder what he will think of what has already been done to that which he worked so hard and so long for.

I know I am still peeved at him but enough already.

I apologize Thelma. I didn't mean any harm. I was just curious. And I like it here.

I like your idea of waiting kimmydawn.

[DocJohn]

Yes, I will gladly change the name when/if BT1 returns. I don't see that as a given at this point, though.

John

[Meowkitkat]

for over 2 months. It crashed in July. That was only 14 months after he rebuilt the site with new and improved equipment and software to prevent a bad crash again. That was when a major donation push went on to be able to procure the equipment and software. For months prior to the crash, the site was so slow.

BT1 was a wealth of info and had a lot of members. These people were left out of support and with no info, had no place to turn. It seems interesting that emails went out this week to say BT1 was coming back. If that info is in the database, how did the emails get sent?

[DocJohn]

There's only one person who can answer that question and he's not here, sorry.

John

[just laurie]

I'm a JL loyalist and will be back at his forum in a heart beat when it is up. He ran it on a shoe string and a prayer during his volunteer time long enough to get my family through one of the darkest times of our lives. I refuse to jump on some sort of "JL is evil" band wagon.

Laurie

[Chemar]

I sure hope this thread isnt going to deteriorate into a battle zone again!

My personal and sincere request to everyone, whether you like JL and OBT or not, is to focus on what this place is meant to be, a place to get and offer support and information. It was not set up to be negative to JL and OBT, but to offer a place for us to be able to continue helping and being helped.

If and when OBT comes back up, some will go back and say goodbye here, others will only want to be here, and some will visit between the two. But nomatter the preferences, we all are part of a greater community that should surely be able to transcend all that.

[lor]

I agree with Chemar. Think about it, why did you really come or come back in the first place?

BTW: John Lester has been 'near us' for years. When my son was in grade 2 I started visiting. Today he is in year 3 of college. Just think of all that time JL's put in (but yes, I know, who said he has to)

[Bubbi]

Originally Posted by DocJohn

Yes, I will gladly change the name when/if BT1 returns. I don't see that as a given at this point, though.

John

DocJohn--do you know something we dont? Really, OBT has helped many. It has also changed a lot over the years but one thing was for certain--it crashed and went off line on a regular basis.

Forums are made up of people and this one or any other will be what "we" make it for the most part.
JL has not vanished--he can be seen on-line at his other sites. Why he doesnt communicate is anyones guess--he never was very good at keeping us updated when the thing went down.

For myself --the frequent crashes caused me to back off and enter lurkdom as I found it was making me far to irritated for my own good.
BUT--I still felt--"ah BT will be there to help when i really need it" and last week was one of those times.

I went searching and found it still wasnt back but I found this one and was very happy I did cause the people who are most likely to help me for my current crisis are here!

So--I have nothing agasint JL but understand those that are upset. I am not so sure OBT is coming back at all. I disagree that JL doesnt owe the people something.
I think he owes common courtesy and respect by way of a 3 sentence notification regarding whats up or not.

As alwats this is nothing more than my opinion which isnt worth a hill of beans anyway lol

[DocJohn]

I heard back from one of the BT board members last week and JL told him it would be back online last weekend, but that didn't happen. He mentioned that JL had been very busy at Linden, and has been unable to fix the BT software installation. I don't think JL will give up trying, however, and if it can be done, I'm fairly confident he will find a way to do it.

John