In the interests of transparency and improving inter-club relations here is copy of the relevant section of my reply that I sent after reviewing the matter:
In this case I'd like to think Clee's remarks were to a great point meant in jest as he was replying to Simon 21's positive comment above 'I am pleased as it's all good coverage for the marque it does not really matter which club did it really' and Simon T's subsequent teasing of Simon 21 suggesting he had been on a management course and being very politically correct. Then BIGMVS who's in both clubs (as are many other members) sent a photo aiming the comment straight back at Clee instead. They are always winding each other up.
In fact look at turbo 5's reply, he's a CAR member and he took it as a joke as well. You must remember that at least half of all the visitors are in both clubs. If Clee had been really offensive plenty of people would have let him know.
I've already moderated Clee a couple of times recently and he's picked up on it so I don't want to mod him too much. Technically there was no offensive language as he'd used a # and there were plenty of exclamation marks to indicate he was joking. There were also a few jokes about the missing letter by CAR members. There is an element of freedom of speech here and yes there have been some direct personal comments on forum members for various reasons in the past, some of which have been moderated and some of which have been allowed. For example if someone feels they have had good or bad service from a supplier and want to let people know, it's hardly my place to tell them what they can or can't say. Anyone can defend themself if they wish to do so and many do. In addition the forum is too large now and has too many visitors and posts for me to read and moderate every post on every thread, but you'll normally find that someone will let me know (like you have) if they are particularly upset about something. Don't forget you can always reply yourself directly to a thread if you feel that someone is out of place and I'm happy to post up your comments and my reply if you like.
Please remember as with text messages unless you know the person well and their frame of mind and general nature it's all too easy to read too much into written words or comments and put a different slant on things to that intended. Clee's just a bit of a joker and I'm sure he didn't mean to be obscene.
Committee members like yourself and myself always take things more personally (I know I do) and you'll often find it just goes straight over the head of regular members who have much less of a personal investment of time and effort. By the way Clee's getting more involved with RTOC than RAOC. He even runs the shop for them. He's got great big RTOC stickers down the side of his Alpine and is always winding me up for not sending him big enough RAOC stickers! So who knows what club he'll be in, in 10 let alone 20 years time. I'd like to think he'll still be with us if he has a Renault of some sort, but the way things are going all our Alpines may be banned or fitted with electric motors!
I have since spoken to Clee and he has agreed for my reply to be published publicly. He suggested a forum ban for a short period but I declined his offer as I did not think it was necessary.
I have also checked the obscenity filters on the site and they seem to be working correctly.
Although I have recieved no further response to my reply, I trust this brings matters to a satisfactory conclusion. [/quote]
but I think it was a little too late by then...
? Fix that faulty speedo!
