Guys, I am not looking for any new moderators at this stage, because the new owner of the site/forum will appoint his/her/their own.

Ooops... must be the paint fume playing tricks with my already poor command of English...

Ken, I would bet big money that your command of English is far better than most others here of your language... :D

His command of English is better then mine, and it's the only language I speak.

I wonder if G. already got offers, I just curious about how much this forum is worth in terms of $$$ to an interested party.

Offers were received and are being considered. The $$$ is a private matter.

A transfer of ownership is currently in progress, and expected to be completely concluded in about a week or two.

LOL!!

We can know the new Boss?

Sad but still understandable.

Farewell to the king
le roi est mort vive le roi

The new owner will become known in due course. He has been a member here for a long time and I don't think that anyone will have any problems with the new management. I have committed myself to him for a changeover period and I really believe that there won't even be a ripple.

Congratulations and thank you Gerald.

If I were a betting man ;), I'd bet that the legacy you've started will continue for a long time and will touch many people.

Best regards always,

Jeff & Erick

It is my pleasure to announce that Mike (aka MetalHead) of Alabama has stepped in to pick up the reins. Thanks everyone for the support in the past, and I trust that Mike will continue to enjoy the same support in the future.

Mike,

Congratulations! Good luck.

Congrats Mike :)

Nice to see Gerland waving hands and taking rest for all the support he has given us over the past years.

Wish Gerald & Mike good luck for a bright future.

The Story of the Big Blue Beast continues (Part II Director:Mike).........:)

Congrats Mike :)

We hope the community will flourish further under your helm.

Gerald,
All the best wishes to you. Please do let us participate in your future projects.

Mike,

congrats, I think the community will be very happy with you as a lead.

Gerald, you have done an outstanding job building this site and plans and a lot of people all grateful for that.

Thanks!

Congrats Mike!
Eish, this is a sad day for us. Gerald I hope you will check in frequently, because who is going to k.. us out when you are gone. Hennie is always pointing fingers at me but he needs to be kept in line the most of the time. :D:D:D
Sorry ou Hennie.

Hi Mike very good of you to take over this great site ,wish you great time as new owner.

Gerald making gold with crap !

I dont watch tv ,this is like my best sitcom with my morning coffe .And you are my favorite actor ,been following your career closely, just wondering what the sequel will be. I think you are upfor an oscar

Good Luck to you Mike and best wishes to Gerald.

Normand,

How can you live in Canada and not be watching the Olympics????

I have been off of this site for a bit over a year for alot of reasons, this past week when I logged back on one of the first threads that caught my eye was this one. A bit apprehensive it made me as I have a couple of thousand in electronics and motors collecting dust and I am just now getting ready to resume and our leader is leaving. I have reread the entire forum in 2 days and must say I was confident before that plenty of people on here with successful builds could help but now even more people have completed I feel confident that even with Gerald leaving I should be in good hands. I do have to ask though Gerald, what ever became of the project to embed trashcans with microchips? Perhaps thats why Gerald is making gold from trash.

Trashcans with microchips have been very common in Europe - there is no novelty in that. Out here, we are applying a slightly different flavour, at much lower cost. But that is not what this thread is about. ;)

Congratulations Mike!

Lets hear from the new admin what are his plans, Gerald, I trully hope you keep checking the forum on a regular basis.

Best of luck on your other endeavours!

Pablo - I was giving folks a while to respond.

I plan on leaving this forum as is. Its great group of people and information was why I came here in the first place.

We will do a few things, but they will make the whole experience even better.

But for now I have just grabed the flag so Gerald can do other projects he is working on.

So I am looking forward to the future and I will ask all: If you like the content and knowledge in this forum as much as I do , please donate (Donate button at the top of the page) to help me keep the MechMate ship underway into the future !!!

Mike

Mike,

I have a simple request. Could you make the build spreadsheet a stickey under the completed build and not allow users to add comments. I request this because there have been a number of times that I have wanted to look up a builders info for reference and I had to search the log thread. I think you should keep the log thread also.

Thanks

Great idea and done !!!

Congrats to you Mike!

I'm pleased to hear that the forum is being handed off to another member to keep the forum alive.

Best wishes to you Gerald and your new adventures you seek.

Travis

Well, wishing MIKE as the new owner LOTS of pleasure with this bold move !!
To GERALD, hoping to have a chance to prove your patience with me was worth it. We shared some communication difference & difficulties, but I always respected your work & your involvement in this. Hopping this passing the torch will give you some easier time and more to devote to some other passion of yours.
Thanks you for your GREAT support and starting this superb forum.
Mike, I will try my deepest effort to behave and continue to be active and support this GREAT community. Soon I’ll be getting back in gear with my project which I had to put on hold for some obvious reasons.
Well, congratulation to both you guys….
Amicalement, Robert ;)

Well done Mike and all of the best. Thanks Gerald and have a nice rest from us..:p

Thanks for bearing the torch here, Mike!

Thanks Gerald for design the MechMate and make his sense (hard work)

Mike we are with you in this.
But remember, you are the boss and we need left hand with the order controll and spam.
Be hard with us :D

I can call myself lucky to have joined this unique Forum getting to know Gerald who has made possible this amazing Project, and all Members giving quality input.
Mike, wishing you fun with your new Project.

Greetings

Many thanks to Gerald for all he has given.
Many thanks to Mike for taking over & best wishes going forward.

Cheers
Greeny

My best wishes to you Mike for taking over this site.
I wish you strength and patience to bare all of us :D.

Thanks Gerald for sharing with us your remarkable project.

Best wishes
 

I want to send my best wishes to Gerarld and Mike.