Well I made a decision last night that I've been considering since the summer and I'm not going to be a moderator here any longer. It is very much my decision and I have jumped rather than being pushed.
The very abridged version of this is I decided that regarding keeping this forum fresh and improving things for members here that if I wasn't being part of the solution that I was part of the problem and in 6 months barely anything has changed, my views aren't listened to. I'm not part of the main clique of staff and don't want to be either.
I hadn't really made my mind up but 2 things happened at the Christmas meet that sealed it for me. Firstly we didn't have a car meet that included everyone, everyone buggered off to go and do something completely un car related that most of us couldn't afford to do and secondly and most importantly when I went to get some parts off a member one of the other moderators very publicly told people that he didn't trust me, told the other member not to trust me and basically accused me of trying to steal the parts with no grounds. I wont work with someone who thinks that of me especially as I consider my honesty and trustworthiness some of my best qualities.
I'm still staying here, I'm still gonna build stupid projects and own too many cars and most importantly I still want to see us a one big happy community.
The very abridged version of this is I decided that regarding keeping this forum fresh and improving things for members here that if I wasn't being part of the solution that I was part of the problem and in 6 months barely anything has changed, my views aren't listened to. I'm not part of the main clique of staff and don't want to be either.
I hadn't really made my mind up but 2 things happened at the Christmas meet that sealed it for me. Firstly we didn't have a car meet that included everyone, everyone buggered off to go and do something completely un car related that most of us couldn't afford to do and secondly and most importantly when I went to get some parts off a member one of the other moderators very publicly told people that he didn't trust me, told the other member not to trust me and basically accused me of trying to steal the parts with no grounds. I wont work with someone who thinks that of me especially as I consider my honesty and trustworthiness some of my best qualities.
I'm still staying here, I'm still gonna build stupid projects and own too many cars and most importantly I still want to see us a one big happy community.
