Who owns or started lapband talk?

[rene2005 0]

Just wanted to know who owns this site.

thanks

[Guest j. lynn]

I asked once too and never got an answer. Too bad, eh? Feels kind of decietful to not know.

jayme

[paula 4]

Hi Rene.

The owner/starter of LBT is Alex B. He's not around much, but if you need him, Alexandra (moderator) is able to contact him. Its a little confusing - owner is named Alex (male). Moderator is Alexandra (female). 2 different people.

Hope this helps.

[rene2005 0]

Yes thanks. I thought maybe Alex (female) did but wasn't sure.

Rene

[My_o_My 0]

I did a whois and got an address from Brooklyn, New York for the administrative contract. The Administrative contact is the person referred to as the 'owner' technically. They registered the site using something that is *not* a name - Admin Sys.

[Ruthie 2]

I've wondered the same thing!

It seems really nice that they let us use it free of charge. there's no advertisments and they don't sell product so I'm wondering how it's kept afloat.

I know it's none of my business i'm jsut really curious! seems to good to be true!

[Alexandra 55]

Alex B. is the owner, and he works for or owns a company that has access to server space which is donated for the cause. He's a bandster himself and about two years ago started this site just because there wasn't a dedicated bandster-only message board that he liked. I volunteered at that time to be a moderator just because I agreed--this user interface is MUCH better than the Yahoo boards or the one at Obesityhelp, so I just wanted to support this board.

There's no commercial support and absolutely nothing nefarious about it. It's one of the few truly commerce-free places on the web!

[My_o_My 0]

It is not extremely expensive to operate a site as long as you get inexpensive hosting and use an inexpensive domain name service. I do several and my cost per YEAR is about $32. minus the original set up of the site. Especially if you have someone like Alexandra who's willing to moderate for you -

Thanks to you both!

[vinesqueen 2]

We have a whole host of moderators. (pun intended ) They do a terrific job, and I appreicate each and every one.

Thanks again Alex B, I don't have the words to express my gratitude.

[Ruthie 2]

I too am grateful to have this place to come to. Thank you so much!

[Barb 0]

Thanks from me too! This is the best site I found when I was researching. Now that I have made the decision and am getting the band this will be my support site.

Tell Alex B. thanks for a great site and many thanks to all the moderators for the time you donate to making this site the best one out there!