[Esqui]

Hi everyone,

As some of you may have noticed, my name is no longer red. After 7 years (I still can't believe it's been that long), I am relinquishing my admin duties. The reason for this is purely personal - I have a lot going on in my personal and work lives, and the admin role here often makes things too much. While I do enjoy it mostly, it's not fair on anyone for me to pick and choose the bits I want to do, and the time has come to step back.

I am not leaving the forum, nor intending to be here any less. I will retain some basic housekeeping functions (e.g. deleting duplicate posts, merging identical topics, etc) - and I've not ruled out returning to the admin role when personal circumstances are better.

In the meantime, we're all in the more-than-capable hands of Timbo, Lord Kobel and Daley Mayle.

So it's a bit of a goodbye-but-not-goodbye post. I'd also like to personally thank all of you for being part of such a wonderful forum. Yes, we've had some awkward times, but compared to other forums, these are few and far between - not bad at all for a place that frequently deals with the internet equivalent of dynamite - politics and religion. By and large though, the debate has been polite, high quality and respectful, and that's why we're still here 7 and a half years later.

Thank you for reading,

Alice

[Malcolm Armsteen]

And thank you for your patience.

[lambswool]

Thank you for treating us all with such courtesy, esqui.

Best of luck x

[Siuan]

Thank you Esqui - that's a lot of work for one squirrel to do!

[sporran]

Cheers for the hard work, esqui - glad you're sticking around still.

[Esqui]

If I left, I'd feel empty inside

[Lord Brett]

I know what you mean - I miss the place when I can't access it, even if I don't post as often as I'd like. Thanks for all your work over the years.

[Watchman]

Best wishes for the future

[shyamz]

I'm glad you aren't leaving as well. Best of luck with everything.

[mojojojo]

+ 1

(a term I learnt on here )

[Abernathy]

Yeah, good luck, Alice.