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Duke · 03-01-2008, 10:58 PM

I appreciate that Luba but the problem is that as much as I love Lifesupporters.com, I really cannot commit the rest of my life to living here. I spend much of my idle time doing something onsite and it's only serving to stagnate any other projects I'd like to dive into such as learning 3dsmax, building and promoting GameMovieMaking.com/2dfilms, filming gaming movies, programming, starting/running a business and most important of all, being a loving father to my child.

I've given 4 years and countless dollars to keeping this site online and its not something I can continue to do primarily on my own indefinitely. I only plan on putting in another 2 to 3 years here as the clear site leader and then handing the reigns over to someone as passionate about this site and it's focus as I am. Of course I don't mean selling Lifesupporters (even though I've had a few offers), I'm referring to a person or group responsible for running, maintaining and continually building on the rock solid foundation we've already laid.

I figure by the time 2011 gets here we should have in the neighborhood of 2500 - 5000 members if current growth estimates hold any accuracy. We nearly doubled our membership last year alone and it's all due to a software change and a few extra dollars committed to moving forward. I see no reason to believe this growing trend will not continue given our forum content, news content, blog content and wiki content soon to be crosslinked in every respect.

I'm hoping by 2010 - 2011, we'll have enough of a dedicated staff and members here to ensure that the original vision of Lifesupporters.com is not tainted, adjusted or blemished; these are the people I intend to have run this site, not myself.

Of course I'll still be active within the community and do my best to help out whenever possible but running this site is something better left to people with less time commitments than mine.

For the record though I'd like to touch on something mentioned earlier in my post; to date I've had half a dozen offers to purchase Lifesupporters.com. The offers have ranged from ridiculous to very tempting in nature but I want to state for the record, Lifesupporters.com is not and will never be for sale.

Anyway, I'm not pissing or moaning about my commitment here as this site has been one of the most worthwhile projects I've ever done in my life. All I'm saying is that the time will come that I need to move forward with other things. I can only hope there are others who will want to help this site continue well off into the future by taking some of the burden when the time comes.

FYI, according to dnScoop, Lifesupporters.com is currently worth $37,950, up about $30,000 from this time last year. Rest assured, this site would not be for sale at 10X the price.

03-01-2008, 10:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
Duke Founder Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The back of my mind. Posts: 19,689	Re: Custom Website Themes. I appreciate that Luba but the problem is that as much as I love Lifesupporters.com, I really cannot commit the rest of my life to living here. I spend much of my idle time doing something onsite and it's only serving to stagnate any other projects I'd like to dive into such as learning 3dsmax, building and promoting GameMovieMaking.com/2dfilms, filming gaming movies, programming, starting/running a business and most important of all, being a loving father to my child. I've given 4 years and countless dollars to keeping this site online and its not something I can continue to do primarily on my own indefinitely. I only plan on putting in another 2 to 3 years here as the clear site leader and then handing the reigns over to someone as passionate about this site and it's focus as I am. Of course I don't mean selling Lifesupporters (even though I've had a few offers), I'm referring to a person or group responsible for running, maintaining and continually building on the rock solid foundation we've already laid. I figure by the time 2011 gets here we should have in the neighborhood of 2500 - 5000 members if current growth estimates hold any accuracy. We nearly doubled our membership last year alone and it's all due to a software change and a few extra dollars committed to moving forward. I see no reason to believe this growing trend will not continue given our forum content, news content, blog content and wiki content soon to be crosslinked in every respect. I'm hoping by 2010 - 2011, we'll have enough of a dedicated staff and members here to ensure that the original vision of Lifesupporters.com is not tainted, adjusted or blemished; these are the people I intend to have run this site, not myself. Of course I'll still be active within the community and do my best to help out whenever possible but running this site is something better left to people with less time commitments than mine. For the record though I'd like to touch on something mentioned earlier in my post; to date I've had half a dozen offers to purchase Lifesupporters.com. The offers have ranged from ridiculous to very tempting in nature but I want to state for the record, Lifesupporters.com is not and will never be for sale. Anyway, I'm not pissing or moaning about my commitment here as this site has been one of the most worthwhile projects I've ever done in my life. All I'm saying is that the time will come that I need to move forward with other things. I can only hope there are others who will want to help this site continue well off into the future by taking some of the burden when the time comes. FYI, according to dnScoop, Lifesupporters.com is currently worth $37,950, up about $30,000 from this time last year. Rest assured, this site would not be for sale at 10X the price. __________________ Help Support Us: Help us help you. My Daughter Rules!