Autumn 2025 - General Discussion

It’s turned out to be a lovely Halloween afternoon here in Dublin and I’m sure other parts of the country as well. Great that it’s dry for the trick r treaters. Darkness is almost upon us.. 👻

Ah thanks, Im just sitting down to dinner that the servants have prepared🎃👻.

You had it sussed to a tee!

It was perfect for trick & treating so mild and dry.

The rain at 9pm also means the local fireworks have stopped so the kids will actually sleep(provided they dont wake up feeling sick from all the treats 👻🫣😱)

An absolutely stunning day here in Dublin today, I always find a gin blue winter sky so beautiful.

It will be a cold one tonight though.

Saved for another year anyway.

That said, maybe the news spurs some more subscriptions where more people will feel that at least they’ll get something for their months, 6 months, or 12 months sub, because up till the news that boards has enough funds now for another year, there was no guarantee that boards wouldn't imminently close regardless of someone subbing due to the full target not being reached and with no mention of refunds in that scenario.

ie. The news might actually be what was needed to help achieve enough subs to hit the target amount (albeit a little latter than the set date). Perhaps it would have been easily reached on time and without fuss if they had been more clear about refunds if the target was not meant and boards closed.

The ‘argument’ that most of us had gotten enough value from boards already over the last decade….or two in my case, to not feel hard done by if we subbed but boards still closed, well that worked on me and I subbed without expectation for boards survival, but for younger newer members maybe it didn't and they need some assurance they’ll actually get value going forward out of their sub.