Originally Posted by patpur
Someone mentioned administrators........we do what we can with the tools we have and right now that ain't much. Admins that are reachable? We are all "reachable" by pm, e-mail. Julian is the only one who is hard to reach. Please understand he has tied our hands here as well. If we could fix the problems we would have a long time ago.
You're right, there are many people on here that are reachable and very quick to respond.
We already have admins, mods, super-mods, etc... they do a great job of helping to steer the car, but none have the keys to it.
That is why I headed off my statement the way I did... We all need to do our part to contact him, it shouldn't just fall on the hands of FP, Andrew, and Gary.
I guarantee if Julian's number was distributed to other trusted members that would be cordial but direct, after about three dozen calls, he would respond in some fashion. Debt collectors don't simply call once and forget about you; instead, they ring your freaking phone off the hook. If he tries to sue us for harassment, we'll countersue for misappropriation of funds.
Julian has a debt to us. Sure, he owns the site, but every contributing member has a stake in the site. If he loves the miserly income this site generates and refuses to hand over the keys, he should fully refund our contributions. Otherwise, I believe it is only right and just that we have a say.
Even a mistreated girlfriend normally has a key to the house if she's getting screwed. We're getting the shaft and can't even get a return phonecall, much less a spare key. As a result, we're out in the cold.
We need to rectify this.
Post Julian's contact info... email, phone, etc.
I'll contact him on myspace if his account is still active, he added me roughly a year or two ago.
Persistence will pay off. He'll either throw a tantrum or throw us the keys. But he WILL respond. And I dare say he will calculate that it isn't worth the BS or his time, and he'll allow us an avenue to acquire the site.
IF all that fails, then we have a task on our hands. Copy all stickies, all TSB's, all how-to's, any data we can get our hands on.
Julian might own the site, but we own the data... after all, we're the author of the book he is hosting. Once the data is copied and moved elsewhere, let's have our admins/moderators delete chunks of the site and render it useless. If Julian plays hardball and insists on keeping a site he refuses to nurture, we'll make it so destitute that it won't generate a dime.
If he plays nicely, we won't have to do any of this. I really hope this will be the case.