phantom Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Steve. I had to clear 326 SPAMS this morning. PLEASE, give a couple more guys mod power. And PLEASE make new members answer a couple of questions to become members. That alone will slow this dump of spam I am dealing with from Korea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terrysumner Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Not sure you can ask membership questions on this forum like on FB... Can you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terrysumner Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I know it works on the FB group...I've pretty much eradicated all SPAM there... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 No idea Terry. But as you know, it would be a good idea. If you have contact with Steve, can you let him know. Oh, we also have a GB that needs happening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 I cleared as many as I could, have to shovel the driveway and get to work. Will clear more tonight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Do we have an ARC member that lives near Steve? Concerned that a welfare check might be in order.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 1:58 PM, habu2 said: Do we have an ARC member that lives near Steve? Concerned that a welfare check might be in order.... Very good question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoFo Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Alvis is in the same town and is friends with Steve. I've just sent him a PM to try to reach out to Steve for some help. I also sent a PM to Neo, who is an admin on the site, so should(?) have the same powers as Steve (ie.,he can appoint mods, too), but has been on here as recently as today, though apparently only posts in the B/S/T section now. Being Super Moderators, it's possible that both Alvis and Terry Sumner might be able to appoint new mods, too. It's been a while since I dug around in IPB. (at the very least, they CAN help delete the SPAM). Are any of these four on Facebook? Maybe it'd help to try reaching out there, too. Or if anyone has a direct email to them, reach out that way. Though it seems like there isn't much actual interest, concern or will to do anything about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Steve and his wife's YT channel hasn't had an update in 4 months either ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I don't mind saying I've been pretty worried about Steve for some time now..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Roof Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 For those not on Facebook, there has been no activity on his personal page since August of 2021, and those were birthday wishes by friends that weren't acknowledged by Steve himself. An email sent a few months ago was never returned either. Admittedly, I was initially a bit irritated as he appeared to just be blowing everyone off. Now, like others, I am growing increasingly concerned. Sincerely hope everything is okay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terrysumner Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Steve is ok BUT, ARC isn't bringing in any financial gains and due to some other problems he is now forced to work three jobs and over 110 hours a week. So he has no time at the present to maintain the daily postings on the ARC main page. I would help him but unfortunately I don't know the first thing about doing web sites. I maintain the Facebook presence for him but that's all I can do... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) ...maybe a little uncalled for? For the past few decades now, Steve's generosity to provide this wonderful online home for us has been unwavering and incredibly selfless. Now that awful times have beset his family, we should be able to cut him some slack.... Edited February 16, 2022 by phantom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) More like unbelievable the poor guy is working so many hours. Edited February 16, 2022 by phantom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Hi guys So the forums licence has expired, removing spam protection. Another point that may happen is hosting and domain might also expire at some point. I've mention this in the mod section and in pm's i do have admin rights on the forums from when i helped restore the forums after the big crash and doing the group builds modifications, but i do not have Steve's concent todo any modifications. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 11 hours ago, Neo said: Hi guys So the forums licence has expired, removing spam protection. Another point that may happen is hosting and domain might also expire at some point. I've mention this in the mod section and in pm's i do have admin rights on the forums from when i helped restore the forums after the big crash and doing the group builds modifications, but i do not have Steve's concent todo any modifications. I hope we do not lose the forums. There is much information on here, especially on build topics with photos et.al Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 53 minutes ago, Mr Matt Foley said: I hope we do not lose the forums. There is much information on here, especially on build topics with photos et.al Agree, it's probably the best one out there. Lot's of great, very talented people on here. The fact that we haven't heard from Steve is very concerning, hopefully he is ok. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 It would appear that we couldn't even give money to the cause as no one can even communicate with Steve. Last one out the door, turn off the lights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I noticed that his wife updated her youtube-channel some days ago - maybe it´s worth reaching out to her and ask her? HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terrysumner Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I called Steve but got his answering service. Hopefully he'll get my message... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 10:24 PM, Neo said: Hi guys So the forums licence has expired, removing spam protection. Another point that may happen is hosting and domain might also expire at some point. I've mention this in the mod section and in pm's i do have admin rights on the forums from when i helped restore the forums after the big crash and doing the group builds modifications, but i do not have Steve's concent todo any modifications. Neo, can you set up the two running GBs? F-16 and F-18 are currently running out of the in progress section. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Does anyone know if the forums are still being backed up on a regular basis? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 So I tried to connect with him and send a message but not giving much luck.. MY "connection" is pending and I can't send a message as his profile is restricted... to ME anyways!! https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sbarc-0996341a2/?trk=public_profile_browsemap_profile-result-card_result-card_full-click&originalSubdomain=ca Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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