Originally Posted by Stephok:
“Wow Stephanite's gone ............Hope Lee's ok !”
Here's the news story, grabbed from google's cache:
Quote:
“Friday 20th February : 16:30 - Full Statement, Lee (Inver-Nessie) Leaves position as site leader.
It is with great sadness that earlier today I decided to leave the position as site leader for personal and health reasons.
This decision was not easy because anybody who knows me, knows how much I have enjoyed being a site leader here on Stephanites. And it goes without saying that I truly believe that Stephanites.co.uk has a great future in its continued support of Stephanie, and I am sure this will continue with Maria taking over full ownership of the website, So I would like to personally wish her all the best in her leadership, and personally wish Stephanie all the best in her continued success with everything that she goes on to achieve. I would also like to ask that all visitors and members keep supporting her as the good times will continue to come.
I started this website as a fan and if I am being honest at the start neither Maria or Myself knew what would happen and it is probably fair to say we didn’t expect the site to last this long let alone be as successful as it has become.
I personally have made friends and contacts that I never expected to make and it is to them that I say the biggest Thankyou's because without them and their support the website would never be here and would never have been supplied with the information it has received to print and I will always be grateful to them for giving us the time of day when in reality they could have very easily turned their back on us and had nothing to do with the website and I look forward to continuing them frienships away from the website in the future.
The most important thing I would like to say is that I have loved every minute of running the website, and if I’ve brought a smile to even just one person from doing this website that’s a success to me.
But now the future of the site is with Maria who I thank for coming on board with me in this from the start and she will continue where I leave, she has got a good site here that can be a huge success if continued to be guided in the right direction and I fully support her to do that.
Finally it is ironic I leave by repeating the words that Stephanie herself once said when she left the Big Brother house back in June last year -
(I am) Gutted (to be leaving).
Thank you and keep supporting.
LEE.”
It sounds like the intention was for the site to continue without a break. Yet the web site and the forum are both gone.
I have a lot of good memories from this summer, from Stephanite night shifts, spotting "Steph mentions", and so on.
It's hard to believe Steph was in the show for only a week. She had more impact than most HMs, imo.