i don't know if someone posted this already..


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I was just on the phone with Tech Mike up at MondoPro and he did shed a little more light on the demise of the AN Medical Forum. Basically, the call to pull the plug came from the top execs at AN. Neither MondoPro, Dakone, Medibud or anyone had any advanced notice this was going to happen. Mike, who is Darkone's brother, told me that D1 is extremely pissed that he wasn't made aware that it was coming down and, now, D1 is out of work. So he really has something to be pissed about. He has a family to feed and no longer any income to do it with. Mike says he'll be okay for a while and is using the time to "decompress" and get his head back together. Mike is also out as the Technical Support Rep for AN as well but has ownership interest in MondoPro, so he'll still be around there.

Mike echoed what Shawn has told me that there WILL be two sites eventually. The one site will be an A-Z on plant/vegetable growing. The other site, as I thought, is going to be setup by an "unconnected" relation to AN so as to keep an "arm's length" for AN itself. Because of all the "hub-bub" surrounding the Hydro Expo in San Francisco this weekend, not much if any attention has been paid to the website situation, according to Mike. At this point it is unclear as to when the site will be restored. Also, it is unclear at this point who will Admin the site. Mike said that D1 is still so pissed that he's not sure he wants to right now. Mike thinks, in time, D1 will come around and consider it again IF the site is truly independent of AN (he's not real happy with them at the mo'). However, Mike also told me that there was discussion about taking the rest of the Summer off. So, I wouldn't expect to see these new sites up until Fall.

Now, get this. As I said before, the "legit" site will be an A-Z on plant vegetable growing. Having said that, they are wanting to put a link AT THE LEGIT SITE under "C" (for Cannabis, obviously ) that will take you to the "other new site" that has the old site's content in place (which, again, Mike said all threads, pics and, YES, even PM's are still in tact!). My first comment to Mike was, "Well Hell, if they're going to link the old site FROM the new site, why the hell unplug it in the first place?". His reply was, "that's the kind of pressure that the store owners have been bringing on Advanced to distance from cannabis if they want continued sales. They were threatening to not carry the products anymore because of the website and the tech support line. Now, maybe everyone can see why AN had to do this. Now, we just need to see if by JUST having a link on the new site, rather than illicit grow threads right there, will satisfy the store owners complaints or not."

Mike also told me that much dialogue will be had with the various hydro store owners this weekend at the Party about the two websites to read the store owners reactions. So, they're obviously trying to see what it's going to take to satisfy their accounts before they take any real action on restoring the old site. If the response from the store owners is positive, we might see some quicker movement on the restoration of the old site and the launching of the new legit site. However, I wouldn't look for the old site to be called Advanced Nutrients Medical anymore. I'm sure they'll change the name to further distance from it.

Once again, sorry to be so long-winded but I know info on this is hard to come by and I just happen to be talking directly to the cats affected by all of this. Just thought I'd pass on what I know to those AN refugees here. I'll post more as I know more. Peace.


RB

[Dutchgrown]

Has already been a post by Rellik over a week ago here:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php...&postcount=151

Same info in the link.

Thread closed....let's keep it all in one place.

dg