| Eric last year I was indeed a member, and as stated in another thread I was even awarded by the MT at last years dinner dance for the number of posts in one year on this very forum, in excess of 5500 currently and I've been posting here for over 5 years.I have an opinion which you do not clearly agree with which is fair enough, but I'm still here posting even under the current grey clouds.To say you need to pay to access the forum would be commercial suicide for the DSC, would you pay money towards something and not know what you would get for your money?Truth of the matter is I don't have access to DSC Topics (I believe???) which is for paid up members only, so there is an area just for people who have contributed on a financial level. So there is some segregation but not a complete ban as you would like.My comments on UpNorth have been taken out of context by yourself, as has since been highlighted a thread was started by a non-DSC member who was shocked at the threads on this board and the problems and friction amongst it's posters, I made a comment which as I have stated earlier I'm not very PC so forgive me there, it was actually a bit tongue in cheek if you knew me you would understand my humour.All this is doing is adding more fuel to the already burning fire at the moment, something I'm keen to put out and resolve, if all the issues from the last AGM (did you go?) are finally resolved and the MT accept the new constitution that's been put before them, and the running of the club, the funds become more transparent to it's members I'd rejoin in a flash until such time I'll keep my 20 quid or so and put it to good use with riders for health (oh I did that earlier in the year when I lost a bet with TP on the board) or maybe the air ambulance service.Jon |