Hello
Bruce, Mods and MembersI wish all a happy and festive Christmas for 2016.
It would be difficult to argue that 2016 was a great year for the World ...
but then again, neither was 1916.
I have come even stronger to believe in the ODK forum format,
in a world of abbreviated social media, where LMAO and LOL and
emoticons reign supreme. It's all a bit false ...
I feel ODK is committed to the
forum format - because it can deliver
more in-depth observation, commentary and analysis. It encourages
thoughtful posts, rather than stream-of-consciousness one liners.
This takes nothing away from other formats. In fact, Member Kye runs
a very successful Buy, Swap and Sell Facebook page. Some discoveries
have been made there, that have not surfaced here. We simply do
different things and engage different clientele.
The ODK forums are as busy as ever, but there is a clear change
in the popularity of some, and the decline of others. Like the
Robert Frost poem, nothing gold can stay...
The new success stories must be the
Lawn Care and
Greenfield forums.
Many thanks to the folks that define those territories.
We are as sure as ever that these forums be
led by members.
I am so impressed by members who have 'given-back' over many years.
We have had amazing help this year - from folks far away ... from
Tasmania to Tennessee. The reality is, ODK is mainly a transient
group of forums - with most folk coming for a single purpose and
then leaving.
We personally thank the specialist members who have frequented the
forums this year, giving quality, expert advice time and time again.
I won't single out members - you know who you are. Thank You!
A big thank you to the man they call
Bruce for ODK. His vision,
decades ago, has built up a huge cache of valuable repair information.
A big thank you to the
Moderators who oversee ODK. We do not
intrude unless we have something to say, or have something to do.
Sincere thanks to
Doug, Manfred and Theo.All the way with
ODK.----------------------------
Jack