I'm a member of another bulletin board that uses the same software as the Collector Forums. This particular board is sponsored by my association or union. It is a members only board and not open to the general public or people on my job that are not members of the association.

We have approximately 1600 union members. We only have 293 registered members at the bulletin board. We have about a dozen members that post items of interest on a regular basis. I believe many come to read but few punch the keyboard to leave a reply or start a new topic.

I ask guys on my job why they don't participate. Most say it's a pain in the butt to get to the board because it requires two separate passwords. Poor excuse as far as I'm concerned.

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."

See you in a week kids! I'm off on vacation.

Bob