Peter, I am trying to figure your motive. Right now, despite my email to you you still seem to want to stir the pot. Perhaps you can correct me about your motives which seem designed to inflict the greatest amount of turmoil for Jim while he is trying to do the best he can for those of us in POG.

Your dumb comment about wanting to know what is going on behind the scenes is a perfect example. I would bet in your business you never revealed all of your motives to either your customers or employees, but you expect Jim to reveal his.

If you took the time to read my email you know the reason for the absence of Joe and that reason does not have to be made public. Despite the great posts made by Joe and the help he has provided to others he apparently has made a choice.

With regard to your other questions, if you can back off of making this topic about personalities and focus discussion on shaping policy or creating a more open group it would make sense to discuss them. But as long as you make the discussion about individuals the discussion will quickly disintegrate.

I thought you were a bigger man. You have a twisted sense of humor and values and I love most of your posts because of that, but right now I agree maybe you should let your membership lapse.