For myself, I had been pretty active in an British based forum & gotten a little adrift by some of the goings on and the new platform they went with "tapatalk" I found it horrible to use and so much previous information was lost in the transfer that it was no longer a joy for me...then Gil came up with the "office of steam" forum, he wasn't ready to start a forum at that time but in true Gil fashion pulled a good (like minded) group of people together with some Tech help from Steve Tyner and viola, we have what you now are all able to enjoy easily, without ads and very little disturbance to normal operations.
I say with a most sincere heart...thanks Gil & all the leadership/mentors & members that make this forum what it is.