vBulletin.org staffing changes

[IB Adrian]

Everyone,

I would like to announce that there are some staffing changes on vbulletin.org
Carrie and Lynne (Usernames: calorie and Lynne respectively) will be collectively taking over Marco van Herwaarden's responsibilities as the vbulletin.org site coordinator.
We would like to have you join us in welcoming Carrie and Lynne into this role, and take the time to thank Marco for his contributions to the site over his time here.

Thanks,
Adrian - vBulletin

[vbenhancer]

ok, so i'm the only one here who's sad to see Marco overtaken by the job?

i may be his biggest fan *(aside of his wife and kids, but hey, you know...)

btw, welcome in your new rank, Carrie and Lynne...

[Ohiosweetheart]

Congrats Carrie and Lynne!

[Boofo]

Two of the best staff members here got the job! Congrats!

[DataHero]

Congratulations to the both of you!

[exyuteam]

Congratulations to the both of you - Carrie and Lynne!

[-=Leb=-]

Congrats to both of you :) , i'm sure you both will do a great job as always, but i will miss marco he was a great coordinator <3

[Hippy]

congratz Carrie and Lynne
all the best marco

[JacquiiDesigns]

Wow! Interesting news. Marco and I have had many clashes here at the .org - so I can't in all honesty say I'm sad to see him go... But I wish him well.

Congrats to both of you Carrie and Lynn! Excellent choices for the Coordinator position(s) if I may so so meself.

Jacquii.

[fanyap]

This is GREAT news, many people had clashes with Marco. He was holding this site back a lot, I expressed my concerns about the way he was running this site for about two years. I AM VERY GLAD TO READ THIS NEWS, "Thanks" for everything you did Marco, but personally I won't miss him at all. This is a great decision and I can't wait to see more positive steps taken.

[Brandon Sheley]

Congrats
btw, I didn't know IB ran the shots here :)

[8thos]

Brief Bio on these people? Only one I know is Lynne. She's frigging awesome, I love her! 4 months ago, I didn't know anything about running a vbulletin site. When I asked questions she was friendly and answered them on time.

[RobbieZ]

Congrats
btw, I didn't know IB ran the shots here :)



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To extend vBulletin.
To educate members.
To help solve problems.
To support the entire member base professionally and equally.
To provide a place where people can attain and share information about vBulletin.

[JacquiiDesigns]

Modifications (also known as "hacks") allows the users to modify the vBulletin in many ways. vBulletin's official sister site vBulletin.org gives the ability to download thousands of modifications which are primarily written by volunteers who are vBulletin customers. The official written purpose of vBulletin.org is:
To extend vBulletin.
To educate members.
To help solve problems.
To support the entire member base professionally and equally.
To provide a place where people can attain and share information about vBulletin.

I'm pretty sure Brandon knows much about vBulletin and it's official sites LOL
But what has your post to do with his statement about IB??? o.O

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This is GREAT news, many people had clashes with Marco. He was holding this site back a lot, I expressed my concerns about the way he was running this site for about two years. I AM VERY GLAD TO READ THIS NEWS, "Thanks" for everything you did Marco, but personally I won't miss him at all. This is a great decision and I can't wait to see more positive steps taken.

Hmmm - I thought I was the only one with such clash hahahahaha!
It'll be interesting to see if the staff changes will bring about additional functionaly changes, etc. and a new ambiance to this community.

[Lynne]

Thank you guys. Carrie and I will be doing our best to work with the rest of the Staff and see what we can do here to help the site get going again.

And thank you to Marco for always being patient when showing me the ropes here. :)

And Brandon, IB doesn't call all the shots here. Marco was the interface before between vb.org and vb.com and now Carrie and I are doing that. That's all that has really changed. It just may seem strange at first since Carrie and I were both mods here and now are mods over on vb.com. So, we are seen on both sites even though the sites are actually separately run.

[Atakan KOC]

Congratulations....

[MaryTheG(r)eek]

I can't say that I'm sad that Marco gone from here. Actually this is great news for me. I admit that he is a honest guy, and he tried his best to keep the community working under the rules. But he was missing something. He was unable to understand that you don't ban a coder with 5 active modes for 15 days, just because he/she wrote a price in a post, and let the other members awaiting for support for such a long time.

Same applies for Calorie, I don't count her as helpfull person here, except if you're asking support for her Photoplog.

I need pages of pages to write for Lynne, but I prefer to say just a phrase: "She can keep this site active and all members happy, just by her presence."

Maria

[Simon Lloyd]

I agree, Lynne is a fantastic choice, great disposition and patient too :)

[FreshFroot]

Glad to see you two get the new spots. You've always helped me out here especially you Lynne. So thanks a lot and congrads :D

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I can't say that I'm sad that Marco gone from here. Actually this is great news for me. I admit that he is a honest guy, and he tried his best to keep the community working under the rules. But he was missing something. He was unable to understand that you don't ban a coder with 5 active modes for 15 days, just because he/she wrote a price in a post, and let the other members awaiting for support for such a long time.

Same applies for Calorie, I don't count her as helpfull person here, except if you're asking support for her Photoplog.

I need pages of pages to write for Lynne, but I prefer to say just a phrase: "She can keep this site active and all members happy, just by her presence."

Maria


So true.. if there is one person in the world who keeps vB.org sane! It''s Lynne!

[marcopolo]

All I can say is big congrats to Lynne from personal experience, wherever she's posting she's a constant source of help and advice and a massive asset to have. :)

[toolmanwill]

BIG congrats to Lynne!! I have never dealt with Carrie but i have been friends for many years with Lynne and she has helped me GREATLY!!! Good luck to you both :)

[BirdOPrey5]

I don't think I've ever heard of "Carrie" ??? But Lynne. I'm sure she'll make a great Admin.

I know Marco didn't come across as the easiest person to get along with... I remember on our debate on the .co domain extension I was so sure I was going to be right and Marco was actually wrong about something... but no... I got owned... he was right all along and the registrar companies were lying. :p

Is Marco leaving the .org altogether or will he still be around after this change?

[Alfa1]

Lynne is one of the most helpful people I have come across on the net. I have a lot of respect for her.

I hope Marco sticks around.

[MaryTheG(r)eek]

Simple Statistics from their profiles:

Calorie (since 2003): Posts 2,756 .. 1 post perday (in most cases even this post is to support her Mod).

Lynne (since 2004): Posts 26,017 ... 11,49 posts per day, all helpfull.

The numbers talked.....

[Brandon Sheley]

And Brandon, IB doesn't call all the shots here. Marco was the interface before between vb.org and vb.com and now Carrie and I are doing that. That's all that has really changed. It just may seem strange at first since Carrie and I were both mods here and now are mods over on vb.com. So, we are seen on both sites even though the sites are actually separately run.

Thanks for the breakdown, I guess I just found it odd that Adrian was posting the announcement.

Either way, congrats to everyone :)

I'm pretty sure Brandon knows much about vBulletin and it's official sites LOL

Thanks, I LOL'd too :p

[Princeton]

Congrats to Carrie and Lynne :up:

[realmr]

congrats to Carrie and Lynne :) Wish u all the best :D

[Paul M]

Is Marco leaving the .org altogether or will he still be around after this change?
I believe he has left IB, so I dont know, I guess that will be up to him. :)

[Vinyljunky]

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Well done :up:

[Reeve of shinra]

Lynne is awesome!

[TheLastSuperman]

Two of the best staff members here got the job! Congrats!

Ditto! (Well I can vouch for Lynne, I have only noticed references of Calorie before and used one of her mods so the only reason is I don't know her well enough to vouch lol)

Thank you guys. Carrie and I will be doing our best to work with the rest of the Staff and see what we can do here to help the site get going again.

And Brandon, IB doesn't call all the shots here. Marco was the interface before between vb.org and vb.com and now Carrie and I are doing that. That's all that has really changed. It just may seem strange at first since Carrie and I were both mods here and now are mods over on vb.com. So, we are seen on both sites even though the sites are actually separately run.

I can't say that I'm sad that Marco gone from here. Actually this is great news for me. I admit that he is a honest guy, and he tried his best to keep the community working under the rules. But he was missing something. He was unable to understand that you don't ban a coder with 5 active modes for 15 days, just because he/she wrote a price in a post, and let the other members awaiting for support for such a long time.

Same applies for Calorie, I don't count her as helpfull person here, except if you're asking support for her Photoplog.

I need pages of pages to write for Lynne, but I prefer to say just a phrase: "She can keep this site active and all members happy, just by her presence."

Maria

Well let's just be harsh and kick a man when he's down eh? Gosh let's all cheer up, no one likes change but we have it here and Marco's heading out so I can't be confused with an arse-kisser therfor long story short he had rules and principles as do we all! I had a infraction once, I PM'd him to clear things up and it was reversed, that's how ethical he was however imo he did not like to put up with whining or showing true colors of any sort but again, imo I will not speak for him but believe I know him well enough to know he's a good guy and did not deserve that being publicly plastered on the site he has ran and maintained for years, that was quite honestly, rude in the very sense of the word.

Enough of all that though, I truly LOVE that Lynne was promoted and I know it's going to be a lot of hard work for her... we just lost some of those hours she puts into helping us all with helpful posts.. I'm sad about that (kidding) however I know she'll be faster than a speeding bullet i.e. faster than Superman, well she's always better than me so no worries here this is going to... I must go back to my early years here but "Rock" with Lynne :D.

CONGRATS!

[MaryTheG(r)eek]

Well let's just be harsh and kick a man when he's down eh?

What I wrote here now, it's something that I've told to Marco (and Calorie) 2 years ago, and much more I post it in a support ticket to vb.com. I was never been a double faced person. Similar situation exists with Paul M too, but I can't say anything against him. His almost 20,000 posts, his mods and articles are very helpfull to the community. Just we don't like each other.

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I can see IB Adrian here. At least someone who is not hidding his online status. That's good. Very good I can say. And if he decide to hear what members are saying, should be the best.

[IB Adrian]

Everyone, just to respond to a few questions/comments.

I would like to re-iterate our thanks for Marco's contributions to the site, whatever personal differences you may have had, we are very grateful for the effort that Marco placed into vb.org

Internet Brands - while technically owning vb.org aren't going to be overseeing its day to day operation - you received this announcement from me as it involved vBulletin's official representative on vb.org - I would like to participate more in the community going forward, but the site will continue to be run by vb.org members, we (vBulletin) are very grateful to have a community like vbulletin.org to support our product with modifications in the manner than everyone here does, and I would like to participate more in it to see how we can support it better. :)

Thanks,
Adrian

[Atakan KOC]

Everyone, just to respond to a few questions/comments.

I would like to re-iterate our thanks for Marco's contributions to the site, whatever personal differences you may have had, we are very grateful for the effort that Marco placed into vb.org

Internet Brands - while technically owning vb.org aren't going to be overseeing its day to day operation - you received this announcement from me as it involved vBulletin's official representative on vb.org - I would like to participate more in the community going forward, but it will continue to be run by vb.org members

Thanks,
Adrian

Who are you? :)


I can't say that I'm sad that Marco gone from here.

Calm down Maria. :) Look into the future and remember the past...

[MaryTheG(r)eek]

Who are you? :)




Calm down Maria. :) Look into the future and remember the past...

Remember or ...forget the past? ...lol.. Happy to see you again back. Didn't liked the "Advisor's" title, or.... ???:p

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....., we are very grateful for the effort that Marco placed into vb.org

If I remember well, you said something similar for Ken when he gone. Come on Adrian. As you said, here is not vb.com to be official. Let yourlselve talk free. Free up your mind. Believe me you'll feel an ulimited freedom like being at the edge of a high mountain :-)).

[Atakan KOC]

"Advisor?" Hehehee... Even if I forgot....

[IB Adrian]

Who are you? :)Good question - I'll introduce myself in the Community Lounge :)

[Atakan KOC]

Good question - I'll introduce myself in the Community Lounge :)
Then ... Welcome to forum. :)

[MaryTheG(r)eek]

... and I would like to participate more in it to see how we can support it better. :)



Its simple as 1-2-3.
Find a "Lynne" living in Europe
Ask Administrators to decide in which camp they belong. vBulletin or xenForo. To have a big community working well, must exist trust between Admins and Members. What type of trust to give to someone who is Admin here, and on the same time is posting a module at xenForo on how to transfer posts from vB to xenForo?
Restrict Admins to have commercial mods.Maria

[IB Adrian]

Then ... Welcome to forum. :)Thankyou :)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2131515#post2131515

[TheLastSuperman]

Lynne is awesome!


Carrie / Morgan / Calorie:

I am also concerned about her representation here when she effectively left so many people stranded on the legacy vbgeek products.

MicroHellas also raises some interesting points about the level of support seen here.

Its simple as 1-2-3.
Find a "Lynne" living in Europe
Ask Administrators to decide in which camp they belong. vBulletin or xenForo. To have a big community working well, must exist trust between Admins and Members. What type of trust to give to someone who is Admin here, and on the same time is posting a module at xenForo on how to transfer posts from vB to xenForo?
Restrict Admins to have commercial mods.Maria

^

4. Make it so mod authors/creators can yes discontinue or remove thier mod however instead of the Graveyard (use that for people who blatantly released someone else's mod or situations like that i.e. style ripp offs etc) create a new area to move the mod's thread for discussion and support by other members yet the .zip is removed OR only available if you have downloaded it in the past that could be an idea as well. I don't know how many times a friend or a client has come to me asking about a mod they have installed by MicroHellas above and it was yanked per her night and day temperaments or health issues so to deprive them of a place to post and possibly be helped by others (like me or someone else who can help with the mod) is not fair and in a sense makes no sense, follow?

This allows us to respect the author's wishes in cases like MicroHellas above by removing yet leaving a place for members who have installed and use to possibly receive support, much more fitting then everything to the graveyard imo.

I do highly agree with her statement about vB / Xf but that's a touchy subject for me as they were and are friends, they should not be "told" they can't do this or that but at the same time there's so many circumstances we are not aware of in regards to all of this so that there must be left up to IB Adrian or others I reckon as that's all I have to say can't argue when your not 100% up to par on something now can we? :D.

[Boofo]

Lynne is awesome!


Carrie / Morgan / Calorie:

I am also concerned about her representation here when she effectively left so many people stranded on the legacy vbgeek products.

MicroHellas also raises some interesting points about the level of support seen here.

Aw, come one, now. Give Carrie a chance. She is VERY knowledgeable about the inner workings of vb. I think she will do great in the new position. She and Lynne make an unbeatable team.

[MaryTheG(r)eek]

... installed by MicroHellas above and it was yanked per her night and day temperaments or health issues so to deprive them of a place to post and possibly be helped by others (like me or someone else who can help with the mod) is not fair and in a sense makes no sense, follow?

This allows us to respect the author's wishes in cases like MicroHellas above by removing yet leaving a place for members who have installed and use to possibly receive support, much more fitting then everything to the graveyard imo.

I do agree with "per her night and day temperaments", but on this you have to pay attention in some hidden points. Let's get as example my last ban. I'll not discuss if it was correct or not, but at least I was expecting (while I was unable to logon and post), someone from Admins to post in my theads that I'm banned that's why I can't reply. This is something that nobody did. What happen after all? As I never hidden my email address, I was getting dozens of emails a day, most of them rude, so I had to explain to everybody that I was banned that's why I was unable to reply.

But that's the past. As Atakan said, is better to forget it. If you haven't noticed, after my last surgery and feeling unable for hard mental work, I offered full copyright transfer to anybody who wants to continue upgrading and supporting them, and have some income from donations and brand free. I didn't kept anything for me.

Maria

[frbmjb]

hi
why utf8 search no fixing in vbulletin 4 ?
tnx

[Paul M]

This is a thread to announce the departure of Marco and the fact that Lynne and Carrie have taken up his role, not a thread for taking up grievences against current or previous staff members, or questions about vb4 - please stay on topic. Thanks. :)

[Cyamia]

I just like Lynne. Welcome Lynne to your new position! I liked you first the time I was reading your posts when explaining how to create a new tab. Your are really helpful. I welcome you.

I welcome others too. Who knows, they may improve what you think it's not good enough for you. Just have some hope and encourage them.

[Dismounted]

Congrats and have fun with the new roles, Carrie and Lynne! :)

[dacho]

Good luck to you friends

[vijayninel]

Many congratulations to calorie and Lynne. :)

Sad to see the "Iron man" of vb.org leave. Thanks to marco for mercilessly deleting all the spam here over the years.

[MaryTheG(r)eek]

This is a thread to announce the departure of Marco and the fact that Lynne and Carrie have taken up his role, not a thread for taking up grievences against current or previous staff members, or questions about vb4 - please stay on topic. Thanks. :)

If it was just an announcement then it has to be closed for posts, otherwise is an open for discussion thread. And in a discussion forum everybody must accept the fact that not all posters have the same opinion. That's the main rule of Democracy if I remember well, ...or not?:D

As I seen IB Andrian had no problem to read and reply the comments and didn't found our posts out of topic. Actually on his #34 post he is writting "Everyone, just to respond to a few questions/comments.", so comments allowed.

[zelnik]

Congrats Lynne you're so deserving of this position.

[asylum119]

Thanks to all involved, Both past and future

[jscieza]

I love you Lynne. Seriously.

[Digital Jedi]

Does this mean there's a couple of positions now available...<ahem>

I mean, congratulations ladies! Yeah, that's what I meant...:P

[DragonByte Tech]

Big congrats to you guys - Definitely seems like an onwards and upwards improvement for vb.org

[★Slap]

Well sorry to see Marco gone, but good job on the promotion Lynne & Carrie, Lynne will you still be providing support via ticket because i find you as the best person to talk to :)

[AuroraStorm]

I don't know Carrie, Marco I vaguely remember chatting with, but Lynne is almost universally adored so I'm glad for her promotion...

Carrie, congrats and Marco, good luck to you...

[Big-K]

Congrats, Lynne - the absolute awesomest VB team member ever.

[punchbowl]

Congrats!

[merk_aus]

congrats tot he both of you in your new role

[Sunka]

Congratulation to both of you!

[COL NIL SATIS]

Congrats Carrie and Lynne,well deserved!

[gsmlover4u]

congratulation you
i will miss marco he was a great coordinator

[abbasbsp]

@ Lynne you deserve a star

thank you a lot to help us, hopefully with these increases, vborg gets better again

[Eplexx]

Great work guys!

[mikey1991]

Congratulations Lynne :) Sorry to see Marco go :)

* mikey1991 is surprised no-one has said "does this mean vb.org will be upgraded?" :p

[JacquiiDesigns]

Congratulations Lynne :) Sorry to see Marco go :)

* mikey1991 is surprised no-one has said "does this mean vb.org will be upgraded?" :p

Paul actually mentioned it in this thread (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=255024) :)

[Eric]

Congrats Carrie and Lynne :)

[BlackThorn]

Congrats Lynne :)

[cykelmyggen]

Congrats to both of you.

[Lynne]

All comments regarding third party scripts removed from the thread.

[ChiNa]

I know its an old post, but I would want to say Welcome to both of them! And I had a few things to say
now after 2 years that they have been members on here..

To Lynne: Now 2 years later, You are still an amazing person! Since I started on vBulletin.com late in Juli 2012, you been helping me, if you remember. The hardest for me was the vB3.8 Upgrade to vB4.x. You kept answering my post that was not even visible as the last post, but you remembered and helped me. And you provided me you tutorial about how to Upgrade helped me ALOT.

Now 2 years I have seen this post, and I had to reply an answer, It showes you never gave up or stopped providing help. And not only me but you have an amazing reputation and your help on vBulletin.com and on here have really made me think that you deserve a lot and especially to be the Admin of vBulletin.org

Thanks you very much Lynne...and Welcome to Both of you

by ChiNa-Man