I hope RAT stays an open forum

[Robert Vermaat]

If some people can’t share information without it being conditional, then I hope it stays to those few, and doesn’t spread to the many.

Hi Steve. I hear you and I share your sentiments. However, I do hope that you realise that you are part of the problem. You ask for information from others but when push comes to shove you refrain from sharing. I believe that's why the members who pulled out of the discussion acted like they did.

Now, this does not mean that you must offer the information on the forum. You could choose to contact the person(s) involved in the discussion and share the information privately. I have done so on more than one occasion and received private material with the promise not to publish it in any way. This worked out perfectly.

It's a two-way system - you want information, you share information. If for some justified reason your information can't be shared on the forum, that's OK, but you can't expect an open discussion under those restrictions.