[2006alum]

Hey folks, sorry to chime in at the last minute- really busy past week at work. (Yes, Xmas week, sigh.) 

To contextualize a bit, closing this board had been up for discussion among the admins and mods for a while; I think the admins, in particular, are keen to run a sports board, and among the mods, I suspect I was probably the one most in favor of keeping this board open, but also the one without the time to do an adequate job reading and moderating rather than just doing drive-by Terry Rule invocations when they happened to come to my attention. 

So, I, too, am sad it will be closing, sadder still that nearly 9 months after it opened we're STILL no where near the end of this, and especially grateful for the many, many, many helpful posts, insights, links, debates, etc.

And FWIW, if folks aren't able to settle on a workaround board before midnight tonight, I'm sure we'd all be glad to have one thread on the sports board that exists *solely* to hash out the details of a new COVID board. If that happens, though, PLEASE do not start discussing COVID "on the merits" or we will close it and that will be it.

Thanks, and happy new year. May it be a better one than the one we've just survived...

[2006alum]

Hey folks, sorry to chime in at the last minute- really busy past week at work. (Yes, Xmas week, sigh.) 

To contextualize a bit, closing this board had been up for discussion among the admins and mods for a while; I think the admins, in particular, are keen to run a sports board, and among the mods, I suspect I was probably the one most in favor of keeping this board open, but also the one without the time to do an adequate job reading and moderating rather than just doing drive-by Terry Rule invocations when they happened to come to my attention. 

So, I, too, am sad it will be closing, sadder still that nearly 9 months after it opened we're STILL no where near the end of this, and especially grateful for the many, many, many helpful posts, insights, links, debates, etc.

And FWIW, if folks aren't able to settle on a workaround board before midnight tonight, I'm sure we'd all be glad to have one thread on the sports board that exists *solely* to hash out the details of a new COVID board. If that happens, though, PLEASE do not start discussing COVID "on the merits" or we will close it and that will be it.

Thanks, and happy new year. May it be a better one than the one we've just survived...