10-08-2023, 12:00 AM
I'm was hammered on imperial stouts the afternoon TGC finally closed its doors. Up until that point I guess I felt like you did. I was long over the idea of having a busy board like in the old days, but I would have been happy with a handful of people hanging out every few days and being a community without the cynicism and drama you find everywhere else online these days.
After we closed that last board I eventually resigned myself to the idea that TGC was done for good. It looked like TGC had become yet another past glory - present failure that it was time for me to move on from (like our local running club that I managed for a decade but could do nothing about the growing indifference of the community.) I get it, people change. But personally, I only ever change slowly, and have a history of hanging on to things long past their expiration date.
Although I almost emailed you a couple of times early on after the last board closed, I eventually moved on. But I was surprised and happy to get your email. The last few weeks have been invigorating. I really enjoyed digging up our history to preserve, and I was hopeful that we might draw a few people in. Clearly that hasn't happened, but I'm hopeful, and will continue to work toward that goad... in whatever ways I can short of joining social media again.
I'm game to check in a couple times each day and see what you are up to. That's a routine I became quite familiar with across TGC's history.
After we closed that last board I eventually resigned myself to the idea that TGC was done for good. It looked like TGC had become yet another past glory - present failure that it was time for me to move on from (like our local running club that I managed for a decade but could do nothing about the growing indifference of the community.) I get it, people change. But personally, I only ever change slowly, and have a history of hanging on to things long past their expiration date.
Although I almost emailed you a couple of times early on after the last board closed, I eventually moved on. But I was surprised and happy to get your email. The last few weeks have been invigorating. I really enjoyed digging up our history to preserve, and I was hopeful that we might draw a few people in. Clearly that hasn't happened, but I'm hopeful, and will continue to work toward that goad... in whatever ways I can short of joining social media again.
I'm game to check in a couple times each day and see what you are up to. That's a routine I became quite familiar with across TGC's history.