Dale, I recall awhile back making a post that drew others' attention to Hawksquawk, which is the Atlanta Hawks board that I began not quite ten years ago. Back then, I was using ezBoard, Bravenet and anything else I could possibly find to piece together a site that the majority of Hawks fans would visit because the only alternative was a lackluster, nondescript ESPN or CNNSI (as it was back then) or Atlanta Constitution-Journal board. Arguably the thing that made the biggest difference in traffic was when I was fortunate to get into good graces with the Hawks PR guy, who in turn, made arrangements for the Hawks general manager to do a Q&A about two or three times that season...
But I digress...
What I really want to get around to saying is that I was so proud of the job that the guys who took over that board have done, and I let others know that.
For what it's worth...
I think I'm more proud of the job you've done here, though. Unlike myself who lateralled the ball to others when I found some headwinds coming at me, you've held on and just continued to improve and improve as you could, and now I'm excited that you're going to have some funds with which to do some additional things you have in-mind.
Congratulations on the new look, and without knowing exactly what you have planned, I am sold-out that this thing is just going to continue to develop as THE ESSENTIAL message board for fans of the Marshall University Thundering Herd.