Post #183794 by PiPhiRho on Thu, Sep 1, 2005 11:06 PM

OK, I was not going to get involved in this, but considering Monkeyman's challenge about Grand Members not commenting I decided I do need to chime in.

If this is not about bandwidth, but about bringing Tiki Central back to a focus on tiki, then I don't see how this move necessarily does that. If Beyond and Bilge are a problem, then why not just get rid of them altogether rather than make them accessible only to Grand Members? Grand Members already have a forum that is exclusive to them (us). What is the need for two more?

I became a grand member not for the GM forum, but to support Tiki Central, which I see as a valuable community. I will continue to do that as long as I can, regardless of Bilge and Beyond and even regardless of the GM forum itself. Tiki Central itself is worth my support, and if some others cannot support it for whatever reason I am happy to contribute so that it remains available to the community. But this is a community, and being able to use it to send things such as birthday greetings or keeping track of distant friends when distasters strike or whatever other little things that might be somewhat off-topic have a place. So, if I am being asked for my opinion, I guess I have to go down as opposed as well.

I support whatever decision you make in any case. I just hope that it has been well thought out.