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21/3/2010 10:42:18

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Hmmm.....At the risk of sounding syncophantic:

I have to say the administrator's role is a nightmare!

Never has it been more true to say..." Youcan please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all the people all of the time!"

It has to be said that this forum has been blessed to date with a lack of the spometimes childish back biting and slanging matches that go on on other forums.....and I am casting the net wide here to include all forums on many subjects......I had a jolly laugh a few weeks ago when the moderators on a photographer / modelling forum went all........."it's my ball and you can't play" and cut off their noses to spite their faces ......at least here you can have a different view / opinion and we don't have gatekeepers, moderators and all the other censorship that some have and for the most part debate is pleasant and informative and normally avoids becoming personal.

Gavin set this Forum up when a number of us enthusiasts felt the Owners club wasn't giving us what we wanted, no criticism of the club offered here....... just we wanted a less rigid format and impromptu meets etc etc at a time when the club didn't appear to want to. Several times before Brian took it on, the Forum creaked financially and a number of us rallied to help Gavin out. Both the Forum and the Club have moved on and as the Forum has developed I think Brian has done extremely well with it's development. As indeed the origins were a breakaway from the owners club then there will always be splinter groups.......I have seen it happen with owners clubs many times in the last 30 to 40 years as "owners registers" break away from "owners clubs" etc etc. There is room for all.

I for one am grateful that Brian invested time and money and took over the forum from Gavin keeping the Forum running at a time when it seemed it wasn't going to last a lot longer and changed the model to ensure it's longevity. There is wealth of information on the Forum and a fantastic cross section of members. Most of us have met new friends and had enjoyed social meets. A club without subscriptions, we have membership not ownership. Maserati owners have come and gone and most have benefitted from the Forum whilst in ownership of their Masers, in fact one wonders if the cars are the members....several cars have changed hands and the new owners have joined the forum..............Now maybe that should be a thread, which car has had the most owners in continuous membership of the Forum...............

Long may the Forum continue............... it is no doubt bigger than all of us.......................

Just my thoughts

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