[gary osborne]

First of all, I don't know how many members we have because I have not counted them. What I DO know is that most of us are far more interested in the quality of the forum which directly reflects the quality of the membership and it is better than ever right now. I also know that we have far more than we predicted we would have which also makes us happy. The forum has always represented a minority of SPF owners. Part of that is due to the number of SPF owners who do not even know SCOF exists. Others simply do not have time to participate in a email type forum. It is funny to see how many x-members still pop up asking why they can no longer access the information after their memberships were deleted months ago....LOL. That just shows they don't use it much. There are always a lot of lurkers on any forum. When it costs money to play, the ones who spend all the their time on the bench not contributing or benefiting tend to leave....which is fine in my personal opinion. It certainly does not feel like there are fewer members and some who were lurkers in the past now contribute regularly. So for my money, it really is better than ever and I loved it before.