As I am sure some of you have noticed, the past few years have proven very difficult for Patti and I to stay as involved in RB as we had been in the past when the site was younger. Actually, to be truthful about it, I have been fairly disappointed in the general lack of involvement and upkeep that has been the norm for me lately. Life has been keeping us super busy with the growing of our business and raising our little girl (who loves airplanes more than her daddy does)
Patti and I started this place about 10 years ago due to frustration born out of the cliques and non-nonsensical self importance that some were forming on the internet related to EAB and RV's especially. EAB, and RV's (as fast as they were growing) were things to us that had great opportunity to engender camaraderie, relationship, and learning and needed a place that could do just that without providing the risk of ridicule or general unfriendliness.
Over the years I think we have achieved that vision, and not just Patti and I, but all of us. We like to think of RB as '(y)our' place, not Patti or John's place. You guys have made it possible, and for that we will forever be grateful.
With that said, it is unfair to you all for us to keep ownership of RB. We are not currently building, and quite honestly, not currently being active enough to demonstrate to you that there is enough support here to maintain this as a long term viable meeting place for our family. Patti and I have had many very long conversations about this and have come to the decision that it is time for us to turn over the reigns of the site. After working through all of the scenarios and talked to various people, Mike B. has graciously accepted the role of the proprietor and care taker of RB moving forward. Patti and I are very confident that he is ultimately the right choice for us moving forward. We are still intending to stick around and participating, just as the old farts in the corner
Please thank Mike for his willingness to do this and help him continue making this a welcoming place for people moving forward. Over then next few days we will be migrating servers to RB's new home. As the software has already been transitioned Mike and I are expecting this to be a fairly painless process. It should result in only a small lapse of availability while the dns and db records are moved over.
One last thought I wanted to share before Mike takes this thing over; Patti and I knowingly started RB as a place where we didn't want the flow of dollars to influence the acceptability of content. In order to preserve that tenet we have been pretty happy to pay the bills associated with hosting, etc. Mike having graciously taken RB over, has done so without ever a conversation related to costs, etc. He has just picked up the ball and run with it. Please keep this in and if the situation arises where Mike needs some help on this front please dont hesitate to help him out.
Spike
CJ
