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« on: May 22, 2010, 01:44:11 pm » |
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Hello everyone,
Once again an apology for the length of time it took to get the forums up and running. I'd not be surprised if we've lost a huge number of members in the meantime. Without a doubt people are curious as to why it has taken so long to fix, but more importantly what we will be doing to make sure it does not happen again.
On a personal side, many of you know that my wife has been facing a terrible and deadly brain cancer. It has been 17 months since diagnosis and she is defying the odds and is, overall, stable. Taking care of her full time and the household while trying to maintain my business has been an enormous challenge. Despite our good health care here in Canada, not everything is covered including her extremely expensive cancer drugs. My focus clearly has been to care for her while maintaining an income to keep her alive. I've heard of many stories of families with a cancer stricken family member, who eventually succumbs to their disease while the family is left in financial ruin. Chances are your family or friends may be in this situation. As a public service announcement, please please give to your local cancer agency! For me, a good many non-priority things had to be sacrificed, unfortunately Carc Central was one of them. I'm finally at a place where I have a bit more time again while she is stable. I've really missed you guys & gals!
How do we prevent the site & forums from this happening again? I've decided that I'm not doing anyone any favours by continuing to maintain this site, so I'm passing ownership & responsibility along to Matt, who has been co-owner all along. This process will take a bit of time, and hopefully Matt will also have a backup plan in case he is unable to carry on with the site.
Please note that I'll not be participating in Carc gaming discussion, but for the time being will have to be solely focused on administrative tasks including the transfer of the site to Matt.
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2010, 02:40:51 pm » |
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It's good to have CC back up and running again!
All the best Gantry for you and your family.
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« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2010, 02:43:53 pm » |
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I second that, and welcome back!
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2010, 03:33:41 pm » |
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Gantry, best of luck to your wife. I hope she stays stable. You made the right choice.
Thank you for taking the time to fix the forums, I really appreciate it!
Hello to everyone else! I made most of the ocean tiles, but am stuck on the Delta ones. Maybe I'll finish them now.
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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2010, 04:02:10 pm » |
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Thanks Gantry, for resurrecting the forums. I wish you all the best with your difficult situation, this is for you and your wife  . |
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« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2010, 04:05:27 pm » |
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Hey Gantry
I had almost given up on this mate. However I fully understand where you are at and fully support you and Matt. I am glad to hear that your wife is stable and fighting, my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.
With best regaards
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2010, 12:00:30 am » |
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Hi Gantry,
Thanks for getting the site up and running again. I understand the difficulties you must be going through and I wish you all the best in your situation.
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2010, 02:40:27 am » |
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Well Gantry, to me you don't have to apologize. Everybody will understand that you have other priorities. But I am very glad that the forum is backa again, allthough I am a silent member.
Gantry I wish you and your family good luck and lots of strainght for dealing with your wife's sickness.
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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2010, 03:41:57 am » |
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All the best to you and your family, Gantry. If there's anything we can do...
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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2010, 05:11:25 pm » |
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Greetings from OZ. Thanks for all the work you put into the site. Best wishes to your family Neversitstill |
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« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2010, 10:23:16 pm » |
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Glad to be up and running again. All the best to you friend!
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« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2010, 05:14:07 pm » |
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Thanks for the well wishes all, by the way, this weekend there have been some site errors, this is a problem with a host ISP not the site, they're working on it.
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« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2010, 06:42:29 pm » |
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Gantry, all the best to you and yours.
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« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2010, 01:23:15 pm » |
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Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Gantry.
Take care.
Matt
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« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2010, 09:29:03 am » |
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I had a feeling this was the reason for the extended downtime, and that's what made me really worried. Glad to hear that she is stable.
Thanks to novelty for letting me the forums were back up, though I was checking every few weeks. (hadn't completely given up hope)
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