Holy Crap, the SAME kind of talk that is going on here IS EXACTLY the SAME talk going on over at GPNA.com.... Zoomer, I recall you making post on ClubGP in favor of paying Vendor FEES regardless if you are a Company or a "littleman".... Am I right here?

I posted this on ClubGP in hopes it helps some...
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Let me give you guys an example. Over at the Cadillac Forums, (CF), they have what would be called an OT Section.... BUT.. There are plenty of level headed mods that DO NOT tolerate any kind of politics or personal attacks ANYWHERE on that site... PLAINLY stated in the rules BEFORE you hit the registration button....

I have learned MORE about the Northstar V8 in 3 months than I've learned about the L67 in 4 years......

The overall mood is friendlier and the newbies are helped. They are MORE than willing to STAY and become supporting members.... .. Plus the place is conducted in a professional manner to the point that several large Cadillac Dealerships have come on board to be major sponsors along with a couple high profile Vendors..

There is no E-Battles between dealerships OR vendors ( Like the ZZP -Intense crap there is here)

The advertising rates are on a STICKY.

The Admin. of the CF is a "car nut". Not just a businessperson who wants to put MONEY in his pocket. Or a CONTROL FREAK.

They offer Supporting Membership which is $5 a month.... You can sign up for as many months as you like. I usually sign up for $20 A TIME. It is the ONLY site to date so far that I have supported with money because of it's professionalism and willingness to help people learn about their cars and diagnose problems without being called whatever names I have seen used on ClubGP...

I can take the verbal crap that spews from some people on here. That's not the point. The point is the professional appearance, integrity & character of an online community is degraded by the actions of a few disrespectful members.
I am NOT in favor of bringing ClubGP (or any other club) down. But when unfairness hits on a mass scale like it has at ClubGP, the masses are going to react. It might not have been unfairness on Mike N's part, but the inconsistanties with enforcing the rules over there SURE makes it seem like unfairness to quite a few people. I don't think Mike N. expected CLUBGP to grow as much as it has now when he created it in '98. I know that Mike saw alot of what happened to SEGPA. And that probably scared him a bit. Not wanting what had happened to SEGPA to happen to ClubGP, Mike wished to retain MOST of the control . I can understand this. But when you outgrow even your OWN expectations, you need to do more than run things with just yourself and 4 or 5 Mods... Cato even said in his own words, ClubGP was becoming a CHORE. Because the mods were being forced to read EVERY post... Things need to change over there and FAST... Or ClubGP as already seen it's heyday.