Fivecats: I agree full-heartedly, this group is setup in a very annoying way . Very similar solutions have been suggested several times  before. The thing is,  you can only choose one gallery and one genre. Many people are not happy giving up the clasification of their image with a specific gallery or a specific genre. It should be made possible to select more than one gallery anyhow(eg poser and photoshop) and more than one genre (eg surrealistic & people).  If that was setup you could easily add 'critique group' as an additional genre (or gallery) without loosing your previously preferred  associations.
I was told, although never by official rendo people, that this is not practical and would involve a lot of programing. It sems very primitive to me, but I'm no expert in this particular field. It would be nice to have the issue considered officially and seriousely, because we keep coming back to it and the group's existance may depend on it. I understand that this only involves a small group of people, but it still deserves serious consideration by the staff. 
I am very sorry to see the mass exodus, and still hope it can be resolved, I like the critiques, and was introduced to people and work I wouldnt have seen otherwise.

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