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<blockquote data-quote="Pete Appleton" data-source="post: 3579" data-attributes="member: 145"><p><strong>Diplomacy</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Russell has expressed much the same view as I did in the earlier thread but he is clearly a lot more diplomatic than me. There is nothing wrong with having a Forum for everyone. If that is what you want to be a part of then fine. </p><p></p><p>I totally agree with Russ about the Forum becoming dominated by non club members. What I suggested, admitedly in fairly inflamatory terms, was a way for each member to choose whether to take part only in club discussion or the open to everyone setup that we have at the moment. In fact the 'free for all' aspect of Jtan may be one of it's main failings.</p><p>It would be usefull for any member posting a technical query to be able to know that the answers they get are from people who actually have a connection to Vincents without recourse to checking member profiles.</p><p></p><p>Graham made it clear that the Forum is 'his baby' and that it is paid for by sponsorship rather than out of club funds. As the Forum 'drifts', becomes less Vincent orientated and more random are the sponsors getting value for money?</p><p></p><p>I came in for some fairly 'spirited' criticism last time from people thinking that I was trying to exclude them. The fact that we were reading this in the members only section of the site means that we have all paid our dues to the club, why shouldn't everyone else? It seems to me that with only about 10% of members regularly attending rallies ( I would estimate), the club shop being taken over by a commercial enterprise (the spares company) and the Forum encroaching on the preserve of MPH there is reason for 90% of members to wonder why they are paying club subscriptions when non members are getting much the same for free.</p><p></p><p>Ok Hiding under the desk now <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>Pete</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pete Appleton, post: 3579, member: 145"] [b]Diplomacy[/b] Russell has expressed much the same view as I did in the earlier thread but he is clearly a lot more diplomatic than me. There is nothing wrong with having a Forum for everyone. If that is what you want to be a part of then fine. I totally agree with Russ about the Forum becoming dominated by non club members. What I suggested, admitedly in fairly inflamatory terms, was a way for each member to choose whether to take part only in club discussion or the open to everyone setup that we have at the moment. In fact the 'free for all' aspect of Jtan may be one of it's main failings. It would be usefull for any member posting a technical query to be able to know that the answers they get are from people who actually have a connection to Vincents without recourse to checking member profiles. Graham made it clear that the Forum is 'his baby' and that it is paid for by sponsorship rather than out of club funds. As the Forum 'drifts', becomes less Vincent orientated and more random are the sponsors getting value for money? I came in for some fairly 'spirited' criticism last time from people thinking that I was trying to exclude them. The fact that we were reading this in the members only section of the site means that we have all paid our dues to the club, why shouldn't everyone else? It seems to me that with only about 10% of members regularly attending rallies ( I would estimate), the club shop being taken over by a commercial enterprise (the spares company) and the Forum encroaching on the preserve of MPH there is reason for 90% of members to wonder why they are paying club subscriptions when non members are getting much the same for free. Ok Hiding under the desk now :eek: Pete [/QUOTE]
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