Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. (Winston Churchill)
It has been eight months since the events of last July set us on our present path. Establishing the truth has involved a long period of examination and analysis. We might have been able to publish our findings a little earlier but we have experienced illness, surgery and other real life situations which took priority.
lChris, dyebat and I have been lied about publicly in particularly vicious ways. I have been a victim of malicious communication by CB, approved by SBFII staff, and so it is of particular importance to me to make it a matter of public record that this was done without foundation.
For four months we put our faith in the Board of Directors of (the now) SBFII and took them at their word when they promised a full investigation as to what had taken place.
When, after months the promised report failed to appear, Knudt, lChris & Dyebat and I started to blog, in order to bring the truth to light by putting pressure on the Board to have a full examination of the forum record and the results made public. Our actions did appear to have some effect.
A report from the Board of Directors was finally posted in mid November but it became apparent that no thorough investigation had been taken, and that no honest disclosure would be forthcoming.
lChris, dyebat and I have been lied about publicly in particularly vicious ways. I have been a victim of malicious communication by CB, approved by SBFII staff, and so it is of particular importance to me to make it a matter of public record that this was done without foundation.
For four months we put our faith in the Board of Directors of (the now) SBFII and took them at their word when they promised a full investigation as to what had taken place.
When, after months the promised report failed to appear, Knudt, lChris & Dyebat and I started to blog, in order to bring the truth to light by putting pressure on the Board to have a full examination of the forum record and the results made public. Our actions did appear to have some effect.
A report from the Board of Directors was finally posted in mid November but it became apparent that no thorough investigation had been taken, and that no honest disclosure would be forthcoming.
So we continued with our own investigation. We examined relevant threads from the July period, establishing a time-line and converting times for data into EST, which is 'forum time'. We continued to blog and to continue to try to clear our names.
By December, it became quite obvious that the administrators at SBFII were not prepared to bring the truth to light and so I made the decision to resign. So did lChris and dyebat. Knudt did not resign, but was (soon) banned.
It was at this point that dyebat decided that knudt and I could be handed some of the Hostgator records (for the period during which she had been the owner) to carry out a thorough investigation.
By December, it became quite obvious that the administrators at SBFII were not prepared to bring the truth to light and so I made the decision to resign. So did lChris and dyebat. Knudt did not resign, but was (soon) banned.
It was at this point that dyebat decided that knudt and I could be handed some of the Hostgator records (for the period during which she had been the owner) to carry out a thorough investigation.
In January we received the first part of the database. We then had to learn how to read, search, analyse and interpret it. We sometimes had to search in several places to find the truth, when attempts had been made to cover it up.
We received more of the database in March. The pieces of the puzzle began to come together at last. Despite the delay and the length of the journey to truth, I am able to confirm that we did get definitive answers. We are now posting our findings.
It is regrettable that those responsible for the events of July 18th - 21st did not step forward in an honourable way to admit their parts in what happened. That would have saved a lot of time and further angst from within the community.
We received more of the database in March. The pieces of the puzzle began to come together at last. Despite the delay and the length of the journey to truth, I am able to confirm that we did get definitive answers. We are now posting our findings.
It is regrettable that those responsible for the events of July 18th - 21st did not step forward in an honourable way to admit their parts in what happened. That would have saved a lot of time and further angst from within the community.
