Chris,
I think my second post on this thread answers that in that in the past there has been negativety on here. It doesn't happen any more and it's the only forum I'm comfortable posting on (maybe cos over the past couple of years I've met so many people in the real world).
I like Neil's analagy of the Shop Window and I think Peter is exactly right : it's like an on going monthly meeting
Here's another question : what % of the membership go to monthly meetings ? Has anyone collected that statistic