Post #208737 by tikiskip on Thu, Jan 19, 2006 10:53 AM

WOW! This kind of thread kills me. I was a lurker for many years before I joined TC. Not knowing about TC is part of the reason, And posts like this is the other part. you can feel the divison. Let's take a look at some of these newbies, Bungy, daughter of the great ely hedley! Umeone, daughter of the creator of the kahiki. Hop louies, daughter of stockton islander creator. Who let them in? But they were born into tiki, Grandfathered in if you will. So what about the other newbies? Kaha ki'l or johnny p, how about this tiki beat by marcus thorn guy. They all make and sell tiki! (I love your stuff guys) What "we" need here. Can I say "we"? I'm a member, but have I joined yet? What you guys need is less divison. I've been to many tiki events, but have met very few TC hierachy. I have to get on a plane to get there! Only to be snubed. If you sell anything tiki you need newbies, If you are a hostest that is paid to give an event, If you want to keep buying tiki mag, tiki farm, or food/drinks at a tiki bars.ECT... you need newbies! These days it takes a large customer base to keep anything alive. Bringing more people into TC only helps tiki. I love reading posts from the newbies I listed. It makes me wonder how many lurkers have been scared away by threads like this!

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2006-01-19 11:51 ]

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2006-07-07 14:09 ]