the decision to disallow price discussion was made based on input from forum members & moderators,
whih were reviewed by the administrator - it was a democratic process, with more that were in favor of it
due to inappropriate inflammatory remarks & accusations being directed at forum members,
the degeneration of the discussion & the defensive nature that was developing, the thread was closed
i do wish that question raised here had been directed to the moderator who closed the thread,
rather than a blanket statement being issued, placing blame on all moderators & the forum administrator
there have been comparisons made that reference this forum & it's operation to the AGF -
JR chose to do what was appropriate for his forum & Josh has chosen to do the same here as well
Josh asked for input on all nearly aspects of the forum (rules, subforums, member preapproval process)
rather than opening the forum with all structure set in place because he wanted it to be accommodating as possible
with a forum, there will be many differences in opinion & inevitably decisions will be made
that every member will not agree with &, unfortunately, it is not possible to please everyone,
but please do know that the decisions are meant to maintain a friendly & helpful community here -
out of respect for Josh, Cindy, Boone & myself, if there is a concern regarding a matter such as this,
please feel free to contact the person who performed the task if it was felt to be inappropriate
i spoke to Josh yesterday for 2 1/2 hr & i was awake until 5:45AM, not trying to justify my actions,
but to present it in the fashion in which i felt was the most acceptable & complete answer
regarding the moderator thread -
Cindy's decision to edit & subquently lock the thread was executed in the way that either
Boone or Josh or I would have done it. upon further review, the thread was deleted by me &
the forum members that were involved & concerned concern with this thread were contacted
i would like to draw attention to this, if i may
2. No bashing of others personally, or their opinions. If at any time you feel that you have been personally called out please
contact me or one of our other wonderful moderators. You count here and are welcome on this forum.
a blanket statement was made to Josh & the other moderators -
our names are listed when posts are edited or other actions taken
if one feels that the action was unjust or if one feels they are on the receiving end of an accusation,
please feel free to contact, Cindy, Boone or Josh & we will be glad to help resolve it best we can
unfortunately. the reason why i decided to lock the thread in question was i saw it taking the
direction this thread seemed to be taking as well, with a scattering of accusational & defensive posts -
i do appreciate the understanding of several forum members & i would like to think the 'right call' was made
the previous thread was posted 2 days after the decision had been made to refrain from price discussion -
the topic of the discussion was, in our opinion, a valid one, but the way the discussion was headed was not
thank you for support & participation in this forum & please help us make this place continue to be enjoyable & informative -
i hope that everyone feels a sense of community here & that this forum would be
a place that one would be proud to invite your friends to participate in as well
Josh, Cindy, Boone & myself would like to wish everyone here & their families & friends
i hope that 2012 is off to great start for everyone & that this year will exceed all of your personal expectations
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