Important Announcement

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To all the Ladies and Gentlemen of X Marks the Scot,

With both gratitude and some sadness the owner and Moderating staff announce that with the start of this New Year Freelander Sporrano, Cajunscot, and Colin will be retiring as members of the “Mod Squad”.

Rudyard Kipling wrote in his poem “If”

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

And held on they have.

These gentlemen have been part of the volunteer staff of xmarksthescot.com longer than most of us have been members. They have been fundamental in shaping the development of this forum and each has dedicated many hours and a lot of effort over the years to make this the premier kilt forum on the world wide web.

David, Todd, and Colin will still be part of our forum but it is their wish to participate and contribute as members from now on.

Hank, Nelson, Glen, Bradley, and myself understand and are grateful for the chance to work with, share, and laugh with these very fine gentlemen.

The current “Mod Squad” do have a list of some wonderful people here on our forum we are considering approaching to become new members of our little band. However, we all wanted to address this in the New Year and after we have had a chance to properly thank these three gentlemen for all their help over the years.

Very shortly their titles will change to reflect this.

The last official vote that Colin and David participated in was to decide if a member of this forum deserved the very rarely given "Honored Member" status.

The individual in question has always conducted himself as a gentleman and has been a valuable and reliable resource for History, Heraldry, and matters Burnsian here on X Marks the Scot.com.

It was the unanimous decision of almost the entire "Mod Squad" and the owner of this forum to designate our own cajunscot as an "Honored Member" and bestow on him the unique title "Kilted Historian".


We hope that all of you will join us in thanking for all three for all their good work and congratulating Todd on a well deserved recognition for his contributions as a member of XMTS.

Sincerely

Jamie, Hank, Nelson, Glen, and Bradley