Hi All,
I am not at all happy with what has just happened and though earlier Roger got a bit hot under the collar he is in principal correct. Moderation is just that - moderate not extreme. Joel's phrase was "to moderate with the lightest possible touch" and that mantra was and still is correct.
Many of us weighed in and contributed in good part to Derek's posts. The only posts that needed to be removed were the ones that caused offence to some including me.
In case there is any doubt in anyone's mind this is not about Derek and I regret mentioning his name however he was an obvious choice to search upon to see what impact the recent change of forum hosting service has had upon the forum and as freely admitted by Mike he appears to have been the finger on the trigger.
After a long absence I have of late been trying to contribute again to the forum in an honest and earnest endeavour to help promote the usefulness of this forum in the vain hope that this might stimulate interest by subscribers into becoming Guild members but if all of that work can be consigned to the trash can because someone gets upset and can't control themselves then I think that posting here might well be a waste of time.
The vast majority of forum posts form a Guild resource that vistors, subscribers and members can search to find information and in my opinion destroying this demonstrates a distinct lack of respect for us all.
Mike I think that you owe all of us an apology for your recent actions.
Ken Hume
