Mark Moran
 
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Posted at 2008-9-29 08:54 PM
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Farewell and Goodbye
It is with a heavy heart and much gravitas in my voice (which you can't hear, but believe me -- it is totally there) that I must bid a fond farewell to The Official Jet Li Website and alivenotdead.com.
Yes, I'm leaving. I officially stop working at alivenotdead on October 31. After that I will slowly help transition maintenance and the redesign of jetli.com over to others. By the end of the year I will be here only as a user and fan.
It is a little bitter-sweet, as I'm not really disappearing. I might be leaving, but I won't truly be "gone". I still plan to be around from time to time, lending a hand when needed, but no longer as the webmaster for JetLi's website.
It hasn't been decided who at alivenotdead will take over in my stead, but I'm sure it will be someone that can move this website forward in a positive, growth-oriented and dynamic direction. From what I understand the future of jetli.com should be a good one. They have some great things planned and even though I won't be a part of it, I am really looking forward to experiencing the progress this site will continue to make in the years to come. This site has some great potential and I hope it can someday be realized.
I'd also like to thank Jet Li. He may never read this, but meh .. whatever. I'll thank him anyway. He's been a great supporter of this website and it has been a pleasure and an honor working with him for all these years. Truly an experience I will never forget (and will unfortunately never be able to write down thanks to an NDA I signed back in 1999.) 
Thanks also to Beaver, Jason, Ryan, Vincent, Jenn, Susy and the billion other people I've met over the years working for Jet. I won't write more than that since I'm still friends with them and its not like I can't just call them up and thank them in person.
It has been a long journey. Over 10 years now since the inception of this website. I helped give birth to it .. I've been working here, coding and designing every square inch of the place for such a long time. Its weird to think that it is all coming to an end.
Some years were good and we had Jet coming on the website all the time, interacting with the users and filling our pages with content. And some years were not so good, where Jet was busy with other things, and I was spread too thin to adequately keep up the site.
But through all of that you fans have been here supporting our efforts and keeping the community alive. You've been the glue that has held this place together; you are the mortar that keeps our bricks from tumbling down; you are the reason there is a jetli.com at all.
For all of your support and positive encouragement over the years, I thank you.
For all the friends that have come in to my life through this website, I am wonderfully grateful.
And for a future we all might share together, bright with promise and anticipation I am so very excited.
Take care of yourselves, take care of each other, and I wish you and your families all the best.
- Mark

April 2, 2001 - With Jet on the set of "The One", making a video for version 2.0 of the website in his trailer.
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