Re: Forum status

Hi Pastor Don...

Thank you for posting this here and taking the initiative to update everyone on the status of this group since the sad passing of our friend Friedhelm.  Your help in this -- not to mention your many years of service to the Ecco community -- is greatly appreciated.  I can't help with any way to contact either Nick or Tom, but sadly my recollection about Tom is the same as yours.  I haven't seen anything from either of them in years.

I think you are making the right recommendation about consolidating on the ecco_pro group and advising everyone to move there.  Although I understand the history and reasons, and always respected both camps, I think the split group has been a source of tension for a long time and has cast a bit of a shadow over the community.  Not only do I think it would serve the community better to have a single group (even if it has to be in a lousy Yahoo forum!), but it would be more efficient and maybe put some of that tension behind us once and for all.

And, speaking for myself at least, it just seems kind of sad to be here without Friedhelm.  Seems fitting to me that this forum should be frozen as a respectful memorial to him.  But that's just a personal view and I don't mean to suggest that it would be disrespectful if a decision is made to keep it active.

Anyway, thank you for stepping in, stepping up, and giving us all some good guidance in this transition.