Response to where's Reddo

[Jennison]

Mark, Why can I not comment or reply to this post. People do not want private " off the record conversations/ explanations" for all your recent decisions.This forum has succeeded due to open honest participative discussion and comment.
I simply cannot fathom why you are coming down so hard on Reddo and also myself.
We are both long term participative supporters of this forum yet the last few postings I have made asking simple , polite and reasonable questions regarding your change of direction have been summarily deleted!!
Your Answer.... Ring for a private discussion/explanation......
Mark many of your participating members feel a strong sense of ownership of this forum... In fact many , including myself, happily donated financially (at your request some years back) to help ensure its viability!!
A forum by definition means people participating in an open discussion!?
My questions re what's happening were not unreasonable.
As for your blanket ban on Reddo advertising an autumn tour on vv.com in a non nats year( like next year)?? It is totally inexplicable ? These have been an events highlight on vv.com for years.
Come on, lighten up and open up... Keep vv.com an open participative meeting place for all VV enthusiasts.
Reddo is a cornerstone of vv.coms success over these many years and deserves credit FOR the forums success more than most.
Get back on track mate..... be inclusive not exclusive.
Whatever happened to our wonderfull motto.....no fees, no judging and NO RULES?

Jenno

[Administrator]

Hi Jennison,

I simply cannot understand why you won't phone phone me, I have never come down hard on you.

You are the grandson of one of the legends of the vintage caravanning world, and bare his name. Your enthusiasm and assistance with step by step tracing the history of your grandfather's achievements has contributed greatly to the historical relevance of this forum. You are one of our most respected members.

Last we met (Adelaide February 2013 at the Grand Parade) we were friendly and amicable. Please do tell me what has changed your attitude towards myself?

As a forum owner, I am not going to devulge my plans on an open forum. In the past, others have taken my ideas and started their own very similar forums. Why would I devulge my plans to other forum owners?
I have openly invited any & every member of this forum to phone me and I will openly discuss my plans, in fact I have already discussed with several members. My phone No has been placed on this forum several times over the past couple of months.

If you carefully read my post of 18th May whereby I announced a change of moderators, I have honoured every part of that announcement by making changes I planned, but not changing the everday operation of the forum. With the 10th anniversary of our forum now over (did you get your cake!), I will be requesting volunteers for modertors. Franklin1 is moderating our Technical section and Don R (as always) is moderating the DHL section.

AS for donations requested back in 2011 (to which you are referring), they were to enable the transfer of the DHL section to the vc.com website. Every dollar raised was paid to a computer company in Perth to download every word, photo and diagram from DHL section on this forum to a disc in preparation for uploading to the main website. I still have the receipt from "P C Madness" for the lengthy & time consuming work they did, and I still have a list of the donations made. The completed expensive CD was handed to Don Ricardo in November 2011 when I flew to Melbourne to attend the Bendigo swap.

I never have asked for donations to keep the website and forum viable, these minimal costs have been paid via small profits from calender, shirt sales etc.

As for Reddo, he clearly had an "anti nats sentiment" happening (as many members have bought to my attention), with his plans to grow his Autumn tours, which were planned at exactly the same time as the vc.com Nationals. As the owner of this forum, I made the choice to focus our forum exclusively on our Nationals events.

For years Reddo (by his own admission) has been pushing the patience of the moderators with his antics. Everybody is aware of that fact.

As for his being banned?.... His choice….! He placed a post on this forum stating that a new project he his starting can be followed on another forum, and placed a link to the other forum. I phoned him twice to discuss, but didn't get to speak to him. I edited his post and placed a ban on his membership until further discussion. I subsequently received an email to the "[e-mail]" email box saying not to bother calling him again, and telling me to "stick my forum".

Reddo will not be returning to this forum.

Jennison …….I hope you take note of these points, (call me to discuss further if you wish), and continue to be the valuable member of this fantastic forum....... The times I have met you have been pleasant, not to mention our very similar interests (long live the Caprice!)

Think not so much of Reddo, but what we have here, and what I started.

Incidently, the forum statistics of last few weeks have been excellent!

Mark
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[greedy53]

sounds fair

[murray]

I never realised the forum was "owned"
Murray

[Administrator]

fair comment Murray ....administrator ....founder .....whatever