Hi everyone
I have had an opportunity to say my goodbye's to the moderators and forum sponsors and wish to convey the same message to all of you.
Its time for me to hand over the running of the forum to Jandre. I have been providing the forum captaincy for two and a half years and have not had a break (at all) during this time. The time is right for a new leadership style, fresh ideas, a new forum influence and a new captain. Needless to say this decision was not taken lightly. I will return on 5 January 2014 (if God will) as a normal member to focus exclusively on Rennzport business.
The reasons for taking a long recess are as follows:
1. The six months should give Jandre & the mods enough time to establish their own footprint as management and consolidate the new moderators into the team.
2. I will be working on a very exciting project (off the forum) that will strengthen the BMWfanatics name, concept & endeavours. This initiative will take a considerable amount of my time but I am extremely excited to start working on it. My workload on the forum has not enabled me to kick-start this project. But handing over the leadership to Jandre & his team will free me up to make the initiative a reality.
You may have noticed but for the past couple of months we have put various policies & structures in place on the forum to help us deliver a more effective service to our growing membership and our committed sponsors. We appointed new moderators to focus on value added services that needed improvement such as Twitter, Facebook, homepage maintenance and spam prevention.
The moderators and Jandre will continue to be supported by our website back end support - Nic_s & Charl Hill. The moderator team is armed with amazing competencies, skills, experience and talent to ensure that forum operations run even smoother than before.
As members you are very valuable to the forum and will remain top priority in the oversight execution role that moderators perform. The moderators ensure you of their best intentions at all times.
* I always had only one desire for the forum and that is to cultivate a passion for the BMW brand.
* I firmly believe that forum participation must always be free and voluntary. Members are free to stay as long as they want but are also free to leave at anytime.
* The forum is a nucleus of South African society. Young and old from all walks of life access the forum and are members. We have an opportunity to shape thinking and ideas and instill values of compassion, inclusivity, acceptance, creativity and fun.
I will miss the forum but my absence will help the forum grow - my personal perspective. I have made many friends on this forum and consider myself part of this family. I will always be a part of this community even if i have to serve it in a different capacity.
All the best to Jandre & the moderators.![Thumbs]( "Thumbs")
Cheers & thanks to you all.
I have had an opportunity to say my goodbye's to the moderators and forum sponsors and wish to convey the same message to all of you.
Its time for me to hand over the running of the forum to Jandre. I have been providing the forum captaincy for two and a half years and have not had a break (at all) during this time. The time is right for a new leadership style, fresh ideas, a new forum influence and a new captain. Needless to say this decision was not taken lightly. I will return on 5 January 2014 (if God will) as a normal member to focus exclusively on Rennzport business.
The reasons for taking a long recess are as follows:
1. The six months should give Jandre & the mods enough time to establish their own footprint as management and consolidate the new moderators into the team.
2. I will be working on a very exciting project (off the forum) that will strengthen the BMWfanatics name, concept & endeavours. This initiative will take a considerable amount of my time but I am extremely excited to start working on it. My workload on the forum has not enabled me to kick-start this project. But handing over the leadership to Jandre & his team will free me up to make the initiative a reality.
You may have noticed but for the past couple of months we have put various policies & structures in place on the forum to help us deliver a more effective service to our growing membership and our committed sponsors. We appointed new moderators to focus on value added services that needed improvement such as Twitter, Facebook, homepage maintenance and spam prevention.
The moderators and Jandre will continue to be supported by our website back end support - Nic_s & Charl Hill. The moderator team is armed with amazing competencies, skills, experience and talent to ensure that forum operations run even smoother than before.
As members you are very valuable to the forum and will remain top priority in the oversight execution role that moderators perform. The moderators ensure you of their best intentions at all times.
* I always had only one desire for the forum and that is to cultivate a passion for the BMW brand.
* I firmly believe that forum participation must always be free and voluntary. Members are free to stay as long as they want but are also free to leave at anytime.
* The forum is a nucleus of South African society. Young and old from all walks of life access the forum and are members. We have an opportunity to shape thinking and ideas and instill values of compassion, inclusivity, acceptance, creativity and fun.
I will miss the forum but my absence will help the forum grow - my personal perspective. I have made many friends on this forum and consider myself part of this family. I will always be a part of this community even if i have to serve it in a different capacity.
All the best to Jandre & the moderators.
Cheers & thanks to you all.