Post #145723 by Kono on Wed, Mar 9, 2005 7:13 PM

fatuhiva, maybe you could ask Hula why he posted the email. Maybe he has a reason.

My only gripe with the forum is that kohalacharms has invited TCers who do not have massive collections but have extensive knowledge to be members of his forum, yet they are required not to speak of things they learn on said forum. That is both bizarre and selfish. I think that undermines THIS forum and what it is all about. Kohala has taken knowledge from TC, as we all have, but he has given NOTHING back, and now he wants to up the ante. This is not about tiki or the "spirit of aloha," this is about greed and amassing a huge collection. This is just another tool for an (I'm learning) infamous ebay collector who has other "darker shades of gray" tools in his belt.

Why would you ask non-high roller tiki experts to be members and not divulge anything discussed on the forums to outsiders? Give me a good reason. I don't care that you have mugs I don't have. I do care when someone is trying to recruit expert tiki lovers into actively keeping information secret from me and others who just want to learn more. That is my only gripe! What is the purpose of the secrecy? fatuhiva, Have you been ridiculed and made to feel traumatized here on TC because of your collection? Why the frick should Sven have to watch what he says here on TC about tiki because he may give up something he learned on the secret forum?

Folks want to have a secret club and play like Donald Trump and Imelda Marcos I don't care. I don't blame you at all. Just don't recruit valuable contributing TC members and tell them what they learn about tiki on the secret forum (which will be less than they teach) cannot be shared with the TC ohana. That's just parasitic and manipulative. Hell, maybe you guys will figure it out on your own eventually.