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Martin's passing and the future of TWC Today

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twcclassics:
I am still shocked by the news. The last time I talked to Martin was a few months ago. Strangely enough, it was about the future of this site. I noticed that he had been absent lately and asked if he had thought about having someone else take over the site. He said that he had, but wasn't able to find anyone (at that point) that a) had the skills b) had the time. Naturally I expressed my interest, and he seemed receptive. He said he would get back to me later in the week, but never did. I tried twice to reconnect, but he never responded. So I will add my name to the list of people that are willing to help keep things going.

Zach:
I'm also here as well. Seeing that a lot of us are here and willing to keep the site's legacy going, then we should at least be able to have a community effort to get a lot more content up (especially during those years of like 2009-2011 when a lot of us were still around).

May Martin rest in peace though. I'm still at a loss of words myself. :(

wxmancanada:
I'm not sure who is still active here from the admin team, but I know I have some usernames/passwords to things stashed away somewhere. I'll help out wherever I can.

I'd also be willing to host the site, forums, and whatnot, in the event that the current hosting solution falls through. I know Martin would want to keep the site alive and well.

Truly tragic news. Rest in peace, Martin.

cc17926:
First thing first, I am still beside myself with the passing of Martin. It hasn't fully sunk in quite yet. Martin's drive and passion towards weather and technology, especially at his young age was nothing short of exceptional. It makes me extremely sad to hear of such a young energetic person leaving us.

Second, Martin kept me in charge of maintaining the back-end of TWCToday, while the Forum admin's and moderators kept everything sane on the front-end. To that extent, I do have the keys to the kingdom, but NOT the deed to it (if you follow me). When the forum was having its hosting hiccup a few weeks ago, I discussed this with him, and he advised me that everything should be in good shape. Unfortunately, I did not push for him to relay any of the billing back-end info to me just in-case (as we all knew he was a busy person).

What does this mean for us forum-dwellers? The forum and content wont be lost (still off-loading and backing it up at the moment), but we will need to find a new domain that will carry the torch forward. Never at any point are we to forget about the roots of this particular site and the meaning of it.

As myself, a supporter of the intermediate TWC time spanning 1994 through 2003, whom the 'core TWC audience' watched and welcomed into their homes. I believe a name that covers the scope of the channel, the weather, the forecasting, the people that made not only all of this possible, but also inspired people, like Martin, to fall in love with, where without TWC, he may have been otherwise been involved with something else (probably less interesting) in life.

As a member of the TWC community, I know what it feels like to be knocked around and beat up as a fan, especially over the last few years since the NBC acquisition. Fortunately for us, I believe they the head-execs have heard our outcry and are re-aligning the channel to us.

In closing, I would like to open a discussion with the other Admins here on the forum and discuss what would be a suitable domain name to keep us together and strong, despite this hard time. Once a name has been determined, we will have this published and this site will point to there until the hosting on this domain expires.

Brian

Tyler:
I'm beside myself. I was just talking to Martin the other day. How very sad. I'm not as involved as I used to be, however I still check the forums on an almost daily basis. Whatever I can do to assist in this transition, please let me know.

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