Although many of the newer members may not know me I hope some of our older members will remember my years of moderating here at Bonnevilleamerica.com and understand I was just taking a break from the daily tasks.
When John took over the site he trusted Chy, Moe and myself with the keys to the kingdom as insurance. I believe neither one of us gave it a second thought but even from the afterlife John has shown more wisdom than the three of us combined.
As Chy stated above, this site will go on. First and foremost every single one of the mods here think of the site as a family and that it is unique in that sense.
The mods of BA.com have always been it's heart with John being the site's soul and conscience. Even though we have lost him that soul will live on here.
John's way of doing things was to ask our opinions before making a decision but also to back each of us when we made a move on our own. Even during my hiatus John never cut me out of the loop, at times going out of his way to make sure I knew when something major was being discussed. We don't see a need to change any of that one bit.
At this time we do ask the membership for two things; patience as we need to wrap our heads around what needs to get done and how we can each do our best but most of all we need the time to get over the shock and to mourn the loss of our friend. Thank you.