MeCha Announcement: Changing of the BunnyGuard Hi all! Beginning today, I end my just-short-of-2-year stint as a MeCha co-Admin, (along with my pal and co-conspirator Boring Postcards), and hand over the official co-Admin scepter, crown, and pooper scooper to the ever-lovin', ever-loyal gaspode. BP will remain in place as the 2nd co-Admin, so you should experience no interruption in the fine service to which you are accustomed. Thanks podey, and BP, and modly crew, and everyone!→[More:]I'm starting to get super busy in my life, back in graduate school and working hard at it, and my job has increased in intensity too. I love MetaChat but could use to get a few things off my plate, and decided it was time to hand things off.

It's never been too onerous a task, thanks to all of you people of goodwill, and thanks especially to the team of kindly mods who have kept this place on the reals and worked together beautifully. I have really appreciated the chance to contribute to a community I love and which, in fact, really changed my life at some important points. I was looking through my posting history trying to figure out when BP and I started adminning in the first place, and it's enough to choke a person up, seeing all the wonderful water under the bridge. We've had our low moments, but on the whole - given that we have hundreds of more choices for socializing online than we did when this site was started in 2005 - I feel great that the community has maintained, even grown, and that we still have lots of new users popping in and carrying on the chattin'. I'm most proud of the site guidelines, which were a project I cared a lot about and which were truly community-compiled, group-edited, and have been really useful in setting a tone. Fortunately, there have actually been very few times we needed to even call them into play. I like to think that means they're working.

A shout-out to the wonderful and helpful mod team and of course to BP - it was a wonderful and smooth working relationship, and I so admire BP's contributions to the site like sidebar art and Friday Night Questions. Gaspode will be a terrific co-Admin and I will enjoy participating with this thoughtful and helpful team in place.

So thanks everyone for staying on MeCha and keeping things lively, thanks taz for your years of stewardship and for managing the last transition, and welcome to the 3rd generation of MeCha overlords! Huzzah!