hopeandlove posted at 5:22PM Tue, 01 March 2016 - #4258490

"Maybe it is time to take a deep breath and look at the situation again, clearly Hope has done this perhaps the membership needs to do the same. That is not to say the members should stop complaining but if we are to move forward, at some point, we have to let go of the hurt and the anger, justified as it may have been. We also have to accept, on both sides, that there is a lot gone wrong here and it is not going to be put right in days or weeks. The Prime club for example needs to be rethought and relaunched it is way past tweaking in my view."

I understand the hurt and pain that has stemmed from the last few years. I do get it and I do empathize with you guys on that. I am very sorry for how things were in the previous years. Unfortunately, we cannot undo the past. Boy would I like to undo a few decisions I've made, but life doesn't work like that. Instead of looking toward the past, I would like to move forward - like hornet3d suggests. He makes a good point in letting some of the anger and hostility go. It will take time to heal, but I'm fully confident that it can happen.

And... the reason why I closed those threads was because there was no longer any constructive criticism. If you guys have suggestions on how to make this community better, I'd love to hear them. Again, I'm open to hearing your opinion. Just because we don't go with what you suggest does not mean we're not listening. We always hear what you're saying, but we then decide as a team whether it's a good idea or not. It's nothing personal - I promise. But, I apologize if you felt as if I was treating you guys like children. That was not my intention and I'm sure most of you already know that.

@IceEmpress - If you can suggest a way we can explain this new TOS rule a bit further, I'm open to hearing it! Please let me know so I can make it a bit clearer.

Johnny, the other mods/coords and I all want the same thing for the community. We can a friendly and helpful environment people can come to.

Thanks everyone.

We where still talking though and you do not really know what comment would have come after x .w or z's , so just closing a thread because * in your opinion * there was nothing left to discuss was just wrong. I have been a member on many forums, and the ones that turned to stop freedom of speech just like that are long gone.

YES you can close a thread if people are rude, if people threatening one another, but not just because YOU think there is * nothing left to discuss *.

People need to vent and talk with each other when they are unhappy, sometimes you get * constructive critique * sometimes you won't, but what you get are members that are happy to have a place where they can talk.