Dear John, wow that sounds weird. I hope you can work through this and keep this forum functioning as you have. Several years ago when I was overseeing a group of 500+ Hunter Education instructors I learned a couple of things real fast. First, no matter what I did I would never please them all. I figured if I was keeping 400 of them satisfied I was doing a good job. Same principle applies here for you. I also learned that the volunteers contributed at different levels and in different ways. Some guys were in drag race to hold the title of teaching the most courses, other guys were simply happy to help with the upkeep of the public archery ranges. I learned that anybody contributing anything was valuable, no matter how little it all helped me run the program.
This forum is the premiere double gun site. This forum is a communication tool. From informing us of shoots, coordinating our attendance at them, reloading recipes, guns for sale, on-line diagnosis of gun problems, recommendations of gun smiths, nice pictures to look at, stories of hunts, on-line appraisals, parts for sale, hunting stories, tall tales, good natured ribbing etc. etc. etc.
If you saw a nice picture, got a piece of useful advice, a line on a gun or part for sale, a reloading recipe, advice on a gunsmith, does it matter if you got it from a member of the BOD, Life, Annual, Forum member or even a lurker? Everybody here has a love of the Parker Gun, they may have a large collection or a single Trojan. Everyone who has read or participated in this forum for a short period of time has either gained or given something to the love of all things Parker.
You can be proud of all this. I hope and encourage you to brush it all off and continue what you are doing.
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