I've gotten busy with life at various times and been away from the board- but I'm always glad when I return. This is a singular community and one which exposes me to a lot of new ideas and information. The only downside is that it has become small enough that there can be a lull between interesting discussions- when life gets busy I sometimes forget to check and lose track.

But I've participated in many forums and nothing compares to what this place is.

I suppose I'm still out of the loop as I have no idea about the tension you are referring to in this thread. I'm just glad you've been keeping the place going and enabling the interesting types of conversations we do have.