Passing the baton

It's been about 6 years since I took over stewardship of Turns All Year from Charles and it's time to hand over the reins once more.  I've never been much of a businessman and I'm far less skilled than Charles at the technical side of running a website, but it's been a lot of fun to hack my way through it and get to know this great community a bit better.  Chris Mosetick has volunteered to lead the charge in the next phase of TAY's growth.

With big career changes in the past few years and a lot less free time, TAY has languished somewhat and needs a more capable caretaker with the time and enthusiasm to keep it from becoming defunct.  Facebook and the host of social media have had an interesting impact on post volumes - I'll be curious to watch from the sidelines as Chris takes over.

Thank you all for being an awesome community of (mostly, but not overly) likeminded folks.  It's been a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to finding a seat in the peanut gallery again.

Marcus,

Thanks for all the effort and keeping things rolling along...

... one good turn...

Marcus,

Thank you so much for your all efforts over the last six years. I'm also looking forward to this next phase of TAY! If anyone has any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments here, or email me privately at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

cheers,
Chris Mosetick

Thank you so much, Marcus! Thank you, too, Chris!

Add mine to the chorus of thanks, Marcus. Safe journeys wherever life takes you!

Mark

Thanks for all you have done here, and for the community as a whole. Charles chose well, sorry to see you go.

Also, super stoked you found Hopi!

Congrats to Mosetick! He's a good guy. Active and involved. I'M m sure you left us in good hands.

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Thanks for all you have done for TAY Marcus and I wish you and your family good fortune on all your future endeavors.
You did a great job.

Marcus - thanks for all your work keeping TAY running over the years!

Chris - TAY.v3 is in your hands.  Many thanks for taking the reigns and may the code debt be swift to repay.

Good Job and think snow brother of the snow.

Marcus, that was a great run. I've been impressed with your performance with TAY, especially knowing that you went through nursing school, did S & R missions worked a real job, and all the other things that life throws our way, during your term. The old adage "if you want a job done right give it to a busy person" sure seems to ring true in your case; I don't know how you could have been much busier during your stewardship of TAY. Excellent work.

Chris, I don't know you well but from what I do know of you it is obvious that you will be an apt and efficient steward of our backcountry community. Backcountry skiing has grown immensely since Charles, Jeanette and I discussed the pros and cons of adding an interactive forum to Charles' small  collection of personal trip reports he called Turns All Year during a backcountry tour at Crystal Mountain many years ago. It will be fun to see how it all continues to grows under your tutelage. You have my complete support.

Well done, all the best, thanks heaps, the site is truly something worthwhile and a real part of a skiers life.
The future is bright

Thank you Marcus for your work on TAY, and congratulations to Mosetick!

Thanks Marcus! And I love how passing on the baton keeps the community and page alive for future TAY enthusiasts. Wonderful work.

Thank you for your hard work!

Social media has made changes in how we share, but I'd rather come here and see just skiing than wade through all the b.s. on social media. The photo quality is better to.

Thank you Marcus for taking care of TAY, a thankless job until now I am sure

Thanks for the work on the site - it is a very useful resource

Yahoo! 

I had planned to send this email as a private message, but I really want folks who follow the TAY site to know a little about you.

I would say that you never give up, but keep your head focused on what really needs to be done in life.  Many times life has different things that move to the top of the list.  Here are some of the things on your life list that I noticed in the 6 years :

·         The transfer of TAY from Charles to you
·         Your medical classes and training
·         The best part  -- your life with Anastacia
·         Your Sprinter conversion into a travel condo
·         Your new 4-pawed ‘buddy’ that scared you on a big day hike
·         The avy incident on a powder day across the road from Alpental
·         Your medical training with the Mountain Rescue team
·         Your climbing on ‘the walls’
·         The sailing and touring trip with Martin and Gina Volken on the west coast of Norway (Jill and I  were there this August)

TAY

We look forward to future trip reports about your adventures.

Thanks!

Zap & Jill

Marcus time just slips by, hard to think you have been at the tiller for six years. I know you have been a busy guy, I have no idea how hard it must be to keep all the balls in the air, and still take care of TAY. I suppose it must be a labor of love/hate, thanks for the great job. I love this place and it has enriched my life in so many ways, know that sounds corny but it is true. Thanks so much, I look forward to your comments from the peanut gallery!

Thanks for your stewardship of TAY, Marcus!

Though I've started to use Facebook as well, I think TAY remains far superior for discussions and trip reports. Each medium has its place.

I'm looking forward to TAY remaining vibrant under Chris Mosetick's guidance.

Onward!

Cheers to Marcus for his care and feeding of the site. Thank you Chris for taking the reins.

I would like to echo the thanks here Marcus .... great of you to keep this community rolling along! Good on you Chris for steppin up!