Well, as the several threads in this sub forum show, there has been in fact a change of ownership of the forums.
Most of the people that know me, know that the site is in good hands, however some may be in doubt due to previous, quick internet dealings with me, I am a person that speaks their mind, and because of that I may have left a sour taste in your mouth, don't worry that taste will definately sweeten in time as you get to know my intentions with rebuilding this site.
Let start with the dramatic resignations in General Discussion in the last 24 hours.
Kace: You have been a hard working admin, however in the last 6 or so months, your work, and your lack of interests have grown. Thanks for doing a great job, and it was a pleasure working with you.
Footose: You have helped quite a bit with change overs, updates, and you were one of the few guys that actually deleted/edited posts when it was necassary, I hate to see you go, however in the past there have been several occasions where we didnt quite see eye-to-eye.
Skuce: Who are you kidding? You were the only moderator that didnt actually resign. I removed your powers the second you started making things up and insulting me in mod/admin.
VM in 2007
1) I have no intention in making and money from this forum, infact, I will more then likely lose money. Advertisers, and Google ads will be removed as soon as the board moves into its new home (Faster Server), until further notice (more then likely forever).
2) I purchased this site as I saw it going to shit, and quickly. There was alot of hypocricy with what was being said, and how it was run, therefore a new moderating team is the only long term solution, as well as strickter rulers for the mod team to follow, I will announce the new mods before the 1st of Jan.
3) The Official members section always caused alot of discrimination between members and regular users, this made the regular users feel like shit, expecially those that have been around for a long time, offered plenty of help and were rejectes stricktly because of their car choice, or their inability to modifiy their car due to financial constraints. This section will be removed, along with the status for 2007.
4) New Forum; You will be introduced to a entirely new forum, New logo, new colors, new setup. Alot more features will be aloted to you then in the past, this alone will have the potential to save VM.
5) My Main focus: My main focus is not winning trophys at every show, it is however a large attendance at CSCS, and most importantly bringing weekly WED night meets back. I will go as far as renting a parking lot to make this happen, I have alot of ideas, it will take a little time however to bring them to life.
That pretty much sais it all, I appologize for not making this announcement sooner, I did however want to play things out differently then how some of the old moderators have played them.
Please let me know any comments, questions etc. my PM box is always open for suggestions, problems, issues.