Goodbye for now and the future of ABUG South

[JudgeBeeb]

There have been some significant developments in both my personal and professional life and, sadly, I am going to have to step away from all things retro. So, you won't see me on the forums and I am unlikely to reply to PMs. Please don't ask me what is going on; it is really very private.

The next ABUG South is on 10 to 12 November 2023. I will continue to organise this and it will go ahead. So I will post the booking thread in due course and I will be sending and responding to PMs that relate to this event.

However, and this is the important bit, I will not be organising any future ABUGs. It really is a fantastic venue and organising events there is really very straightforward. So, we really need someone to volunteer to organise the events in the future. If no one volunteers to organise further ABUG South events, there will be no further events there (or indeed, as matters currently stand, anywhere else).

If someone is interested in volunteering - please PM me and I will talk you through what is involved.

[davidb]

Thanks for all your efforts with ABUG South. Although I've not had the opportunity to attend any of them, I get the impression from discussions here that they have all been well-organised and appreciated.

All the best with the other, non-retro things.

[VectorEyes]

Just a note to say thankyou for organising so many ABUGs. I have really enjoyed them.

[tricky]

Thank You for all your work supporting this community, I will miss you and hope to see you again sometime.

[1024MAK]

Sorry to hear that you are stepping back from the hobby Robert.

Many thanks for organising the past (and the upcoming November) ABug South meet ups.

You will be missed.

Mark

[lovebug]

sad to see you go, thanks for all your effort and I wish you the best

[MillieTD83]

Wishing you all the best. Self-care comes before anything.

[philpem]

Thanks for all your hard work, JudgeBeeb - it won't be the same around here without you!

[BigEd]

Yes indeed, thanks for everything!

[tom_seddon]

Sorry to hear you're having to put retro stuff to one side, and thanks very much for organising the previous ABUG events, which I've enjoyed attending. Best wishes for the future.

--Tom

[danielj]

All the best, Sir - hope you're able to make it back into the fray in time.

[markusher]

Your contributions to the community will be greatly missed. Thank you for everything you have done.

[gfoot]

Thanks for being so welcoming at the last ABUG and sorry to see you go, I hope you will be able to return at some point in the future but wish you all the best in the meantime.

[0xC0DE]

All the best, Robert!

[daveejhitchins]

Missing you already Hope you manage to return, one day? And many thanks for what you have done over the years.

Dave H.

[roland]

Hi Robert,

I also want to thank you for your contributions to this forum. I keep fond memories about my first visit to an ABUG (Bolton, 2016) when you picked me up from the railway station, my first experience on the English roads Thanks for your advises when I tried to organised retro-computer meetings and of course I have the BeebOPL for my Atom to keep the memories alive

A big for your community work.

Whishing you all the best,
Hope to see you back one day - either here or in person,
Greetings from the South of the Netherlands,
Roland

[oss003]

Hi Robert,

I also attended a few ABUGS in the past and enjoyed them very much.
A big thanks for organising the ABUG events and hopefully you can enjoy retro computing again soon ...

Greetings
Kees

[jubber]

Thanks for the great work in setting up the ABUG meetings - I've been to just a handful, but I've really enjoyed them and learnt loads. I was hoping to come to the next one, partly to say hello again and thank you for your help with my A3010. So many thanks Robert

Cheers,
Robin

[steve3000]

Thanks for all the work setting these up, and welcoming me to my first ABUG, back in January! Hoping you will return when the time is right. Best wishes for the future.

[leenew]

I will echo the thanks that others have given.
Good luck for the future Robert.

Lee

[Multiwizard]

Thanks for all the things you have done trying to give people a happy time enjoying this awesome nice hobby...

Stay well...

Greetings, Wim...

[pixelblip]

Sorry to hear you are stepping down Robert. A shame I haven't made it to one yet. Too busy doing BBC art
I've always enjoyed reading your posts.
I hope even if you put all your stuff away you can still enjoy reading the forum from time to time and still dive into those past issues of Acorn User every now and then.
All the best to you
Mike

[BeebMaster]

Goodbye and thanks for all the snakes!

Though I really do hope it will be a temporary pause.

[RobC]

Thanks for all you've done Robert and hope things settle down and allow you to return in the future.

[Soruk]

Sorry to see you go, I hope it is only temporary. My first ABUG was at the start of this year, thank you for making me feel welcome, and for the opportunity to get my Master up and running again. Sadly I won't be able to make this November one as the date clashes with my son's application and audition process to join a choir school. Best of luck for wherever your future takes you.

[KarateEd]

I just saw this and though I've not attended one ABUG in the UK live, I appreciate everything you've done. Your reputation precedes you sir and I know this community will miss you big time.

I've bought some things from you and I am totally thankful for your support.

Best wishes in all your future endevours and may the force be with you always.