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I will ask him about all this as soon as he gets back.
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Please do. Could you also ask him why that link to my website is still on his damn landing page. I am realy sick of that.
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He took some time off and will be back soon. As soon as he is back I will address all of the issues with him including your link.
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Thank you. We will be waiting to hear from him or you.
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All drama aside, please be sure all of you are letting everyone know they are back up at a new address. Sandeep emailed all registered members, but it is in everyone's best interest to continue to get the word out. These forums were/are so valuable only due to the level of participation. We are only back up to 115+ active members (recent activity) so far...but it is early. It was over 500 when I gave up the site with a total of over 3,000 members in all. Put www.germanlook.net in your signature in other forums and spread the word in general.
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I wish I could get a voice mail off my cell phone and into an mp3 so I could upload it and everyone could hear Supermans measage to me on April 14th (same day he posted his "They Hi-Jacked My forums" thread. His measage confirmed that we did things just as he asked us to in the first place. That would be all the proof of our story needed.
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I spoke with Superman and he is going to take NO_H2O's link off of the GL.com site. He also said that he has no problems with the way you set up the GL.net site ie. sepatating it from the GL.com site and hosting it yourselves. We hope this is water under the bridge and let's all get back to enjoying SuperBeetles, Beetles, GermanLook, EuroLook or any kind of other VW's that you may play with. I have only one last comment on the origin/creation of GermanLook.com and then I am done with the subject. Take a look at this thread on the STF from 2001 and you will see how GermanLook.com got started. That being said, We are just glad the GermanLook Forums are back up and running no matter who is at the helm.
Edit: Fixed Bad Link
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In Pursuit of Superior Handling! Last edited by Bugorsh; April 21st 2009 at 21:41. |
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Ok he was in on the GL.com in the begining. I am glad he was. But he did not build the site, as we all know Alex and Sandeep did that. As I said before the domain name was trasfered from Alex to Zen and then to Superman, This we know to be a fact.The rest of the history has been covered well here. I am glad he has no problem with the way we rebuilt this site. He did not say that in the thread in question posted April 14th on SBO. Did he or did he not agree to delet the thread in question on SBO and will he or will he not apologise to us for him comments. They were way out of line. They were not true. They were a direct stab at the people here who brought this site back from the ashes left by him. They were nothing short of slander.
I am not busting on you Bugorsche. I am glad you are here. I am just looking for the right answer from him. He posted that as a stab at us trying to make us look dishonest and slander us, we posted this thread so that people would know the truth. Every word of his post is a lie. I want to hear the right answer. If I mess up something I step up and take my lumps but I will not let someone make me out to be dishonest or slander me when I have done nothing wrong. He has done just that. If he does not have the right answer, I will do all I can to make sure the truth is know. Again, I want to hear the right answer. Untill today I had forgoten all about the voicmail he left on the 14th and that I had saved it. BTW. I can forward the voicmail I got from Superman on April 14th giving us congrats for getting the website/forums up and running again. The same day he posted on SBO that we hi-jacked it and that we didn't work with him and we do not know how to conduct business because he has a degree in business managment and we don't. I would love to convert it to mp3 and post it. If you would like to hear it PM me your number and I will forward it to you so you will know who is telling the truth and who is not.
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Superman originally built the GL.com site on Ikon board software and hosted it for a while, Steve Carter can verify this as he is still around and posting on various VW forums, if anyone could locate Alex, he too could corroborate this part of the story. There was not alot of traffic on the site at that time so Superman took it down for about 6 mos. or so. Alex and Sandeep created a GermanLook Forums site on a .org domain. Superman offered to host their GL Forums on the Germanlook.com domain and they agreed. Alex was Admin and Sandeep was the webmaster. Alex then turned the Adimin. job over to Zen who, after it was taking up too much of his personal time, turned it back over to Superman once again. Superman originated and owned the GL.com domain name and assigned it to Alex with the stipulation it would revert back to Superman if he left he scene, Alex then assigned it to Zen with Supermans permission and Zen took over with the understanding that when he got tired of being the Admin, he would sign it back over to Superman which is exactly what happened. Personal time spent to be the Admin appears to be the main factor for it being transferred to all these different people as it takes up alot of time to keep things up to date and running smoothly. The content of the site and all the articles belong to all the members who have helped to make this the great place it is today which is why it has been passed to Sandeep for safe keeping so that all the members can keep contributing and enjoying this GermanLook site. The derogatory post on SBO! will be dealt with and NO_H2O's link will be removed from the GL.com site, so let's all just relax and get back to our VW's.
Edit: to correct factual content
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In Pursuit of Superior Handling! Last edited by Bugorsh; April 22nd 2009 at 20:24. |
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The link to my website on the germanlook tunning page has been removed and I am happy about that. That you Bugorsh for relaying my feelings on that. I have stated all I care to as well. We have told the truth, acted honestly and acted within the bounds that Superman gave us. I can not speak about the money that many gave to James to keep this site up and running as we have not had any of it transfered to us and I do not have a dog in that fight nor do I want to be a part of it. Please no more of Supermans acounts of how things were started or who created what or who owned what. They have been picked apart and there is not enough merit left there to argue over. Please do not do anymore speaking for Superman. If he wants to say something let him say it. You are a good member here and a good person and you do not need to be flamed because you were given bad information to post for someone who could not muster the testicular fortitude to do it on thier own. Don't put yourself out on them limb anymore. We can all hear it cracking.
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I am done with it too. (said as I am wrapping rope to repair limb and get back to tree)
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So, why won't Superman come into this discussion and answer to all of this personally? Is he so busy that he has to have a mouthpiece to do it for him?
We appreciate your explanations Bugorsh, and I don't mean any disrespect to you by saying that. Seriously, this speaks strongly of James' level of integrity.
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Wow......I am speachless.
Germanlook.com was created really with a lot of money of the GL community. We all gave money to Superman to get it going. Supe had personal problems back then and the site was going nowhere. To those that originaly donated to Superman I apologize that I forgot your names to give you credit. This when Sandeep and I took over which I did discuss with Superman and he was totally fine with it. Ownership of the domain transferred then as well. Even when Sandeep and I discussed the passing the site along there was always an understanding between the two of us that the site belongs to the community. Advertising cost were kept low (100$ per year) so that only the cost of running the site was covered. The forum software was bought by me. I was very lucky to partner with Sandeep on the site and I believe that was the reason that germanlook.com got such a good start. Well.....I do not drive a beetle anymore....I still have (technically) an aircooled VW (NSU was taken over 69 by AUDI which was/is owned by VW....so if you guys need help I am willing. ;-) It is hard for me to let go and see something struggle along which some of us worked and fought hard for. Regards, Alex |
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Great to hear from you Alex. I hope life has been good to you. The History leason is now complete.
I know this site is a hand full to keep up and running. We don't have anyone to hand off to right now so if we devide the work between us so that it is not more that any one person can handle, maybe we can keep it rolling along. I will do what I can. It will not be the first time I had to learn something new.
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