[darkpuppet]

Hi Everyone,

I guess I should apologize for not being as active on the site lately. I could say I've had 'one of those years - or two', but it boils down to a few key things really:
1) Family stuff (mother with Alzheimer's, legal stuff, etc.)
2) Personal stuff (work, struggles with depression and medication)

So it's been difficult to sit down and do real work on the site other than doing what I can to make sure the Script Kiddies™ don't win.

But now it's the new year... so what's on deck you ask?

Well, first off, there is a bit of renewed interest in the focus from folks like turbotom, so there's a bit of work that I've been doing including the following:
1) getting the CMS side (blogging, user garages) programmed and up and running
2) getting an online store up and running that's native to the site.

I usually make the big push for these things over the Holidays, but it just isn't reasonable to do so anymore with the family things.

I haven't forgotten about them, I'm just not getting as much time as I'd like to work on it. Winter is a pretty good time though when it's dark and cold, so I hope to get back to it by February once work settles down.

That's where things currently stand, but there's also some administrative stuff I'd like to address (thanks ZTWSquared for poking me awake from hibernation).

Moderators
I want to go over the list of moderators and start promoting active members to moderators, and removing some moderators that aren't as active any more.

As such, if you're a current moderator, please feel free to respond here if you'd like to remain a moderator.

If you're not a moderator, and would like to become one, or know someone who meets the following criteria, please let me know.

Moderator responsibilities include
- banning bots and Script Kiddies from the site
- disabling posts that are not appropriate
- approving posts by sellers
- keeping the peace and being helpful to new/existing users.

I'll do my best to post more frequent updates on what's going on with the site, so bear with me as we continue to slowly move forward.

thanks to all our members for their continued dedication and contribution to FocusCanada, and from me to you,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!