| no don't think it was an advert it was a question as posted above it was deleted by accident and we invited mav to post it again as he has done.
Now the advertising issue in answer to my brummie friend:
Probably best that Eamonn answers this one but in his absence I will chuck in my 2 cents: The answer that we came to at the AGM when it was discussed was that we would overcome this by allowing some commercial pages within the site that the seller would have control over, thereby allowing instant updates, special offers etc. The problem with this website is that 99% of its use is focussed around the message board, - we as a club need to address that by improving the other pages around it. The subject of advertising on the message board is a difficult one, my own view is that it should not be used as such, we let one in, and then we could be overrun with adverts for everything, but until we have these commercial pages we cannot offer an alternative.
Clearly there are some great “traders” that add value with their association to us, personally I wish we could do more with those guys, but we as a club get stuck in no mans land pleasing nobody by trying to retain a neutral stance.
So sorry these commercial pages should have been done before now but we all within the MT have jobs and family that come first and I am not about to ask that people put more time in; this a voluntary role that we all take. As has been said before we run this club in a business like way, without doubt there is enough work for 2 people to be employed Monday to Friday. Just taking today as an example I would estimate I have spent 4-5 hours on club business, Chris Bushell probably the same, Monty has been involved, as has Paul James, other non MT people like Charlotte and Michael Winter have spent considerable time on club business, then we have Lizzie’s almost daily work on membership, - it goes on. The club has grown significantly this year, not just membership but with events. We need more people helping and getting involved to be honest. My own view is that we need more of a Northern focus, we need more work on regional groups, sorry I am rambling (again) and going off topic.
[Edited on 25-10-2005 by Ian]  | 
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