Whoa, right now in the CH!
Whoa!
 
I guess we need a strike then.
On Strike, for better reading and posting conditions.
(and of course, CH hosts should maybe pay to be down here.)
(We can split the pay).
(not with forum hosts).
 

Well there you go. Pop will eat itself...(incidently a good band I happened to work with namedrop etc).

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Some people are just barking up the wrong key!
 

I have debated with myself whether or not to participate in this thread. I have decided to say this and nothing more. I will do my very best to serve the forums as best I can. I will not try to control it in any way that is not part of being a host. I am personally against censorship and I wont censor opinions even if they are directed at me. In my view the forums have, on their own, done things well. To me, we the hosts, are here to serve and help. We are not here to push members around or cause further conflict.  
 
I believe that a very light touch and a near appearance of absence will serve these forums better than any other approach. I will remove spam whenever I see it if that is one of my duties. I will try hard not to interfere with ongoing threads that maybe "hot" but don't violate the TOS as it will be rewritten. 
 
I will be here to help and greet and make people feel at home.  Right now I am not completely sure what I am going to be required to do, fully. These forums have done well all these years without us and I don't think you will see that anything has changed. 
 
If any of you think what I have said is unacceptable please PM me with your objections. I will not post any more in this thread.
 
Thank you 
 
 

Thanks John I'm sorry I wasn't as diplomatic as you have been here (regarding the other threads I have commented upon recently).

That's what I said from the beginning Alex. This will turn ya'll into something ya'll are not.

Be yourself. Don't be sorry. Your a good person as you were.

Look at what John posted. He is always a welcoming person to new people. And always helpful. But if he believes in something then damn it, he states it good or bad. That is John.

Your contributions now will be weighed based on how you think others will judge you. Ya'll are doing it already. And no one has been named "hosts" yet.

You all will no longer be the contributors to the forums that you once were.

Will you still contribute? Yes. But not like you did before this.

Like I said before, this is CW's place. I will abide by whatever they decide. And I will wish all of you the best of luck.

I really mean no ill will.

Grem I have absolutely no idea. Thanks.

Grem
Will you still contribute? Yes. But not like you did before this.

Then you don't know me.
 
I will continue to post as I unchanged whether or not I decide, in the end, to stay on as a host. And if I do stay on and it gets me fired, so be it.
 
Over my many years, in business, I have learned how to be a leader (bad analogy here I know) and a team member. IOW, put the appropriate hat on at the appropriate time.
 
Straummy has many times in the past stated that he feels he should acts on a forum the way he does in public. Since I have met him in person and talked to him at great length in the phone I can say i believe this to be true of him. I wholeheartedly believe in that approach too.
 
"Bapu", as you all see me here, is who I am in public. Why would/should I change that?
 
 

bapu
 
"Bapu", as you all see me here, is who I am in public. Why would/should I change that?
 
 

I guess you walk around with "have you heard my latest tune?" written on your shirt all the time then ? ;)