Hi

There has been quite a bit of talk about the future of UKSW and the state it's currently in.

As you know for the last 18 months or so I've been promoting a blog (http://xmetman.wordpress.com) that I've built, as well as publicise my Central England Temperature web site (http://www.centralenglandtemperature.co.uk/). Its not easy on both scores to interest people in weather and climate when there are so many sites across the internet trying to do the same thing, but I have been heartened over the last couple of weeks since starting to post to the Net Weather forum that finally (after a lot of hard work) my blog is starting to pick up some interest.

I don't think that anyone of us can fix what's wrong with UKSW, it's a reflection of all the people who still bother to post to it, many out of habit.

What I'm currently doing is cross posting topics to both UKSW and the appropriate forum at Net Weather and seeing what kind of response (if any) I get..

Its the acid test for me, and I think if you try it I think you'll find it refreshing and a lot more pleasant.

Bruce.