Maybe there needs to be a mission statement for the organization and another for the forum, lol.
Or I suppose you could just shut down the website and focus on the FB group. I mean, several members have alluded to the group dying off and there is some truth to that. I know several members have splintered off and do more texting amongst themselves than post here. Then you have to wonder what would be left if you took away the Happy Birthday and WWYD threads...
Someone posted something in this thread about, if the FB group were embraced, how we might look forward to old guys like Ike, and Jose, and Efren looking to play in MOT events. But I have to ask: why would we look to that as a positive? If I want to play those guys, as well as a whole slew of other top-flight players across the age spectrum, I can go the DCC, or The Open, or any number of other events. And I've probably played in more of those events than anyone else here. When I'm in the mood it's great.
But the MOTs are a different flavor event. Unless I'm grossly mistaken, they are about friendship and camaraderie. So no, I don't want to see Ike, or Jose, or Efren, or Varner, or any other player I'm not acquaintances or friends with here at a MOT. The VB event hasn't drawn a big turn out for a number of reasons. I suspect future events will fare better.
And unless it's just about numbers for the sake of numbers, we don't need the FB crowd.
Lou Figueroa