[Roger Slater]

Ross, I didn't twist your words. I quoted them. And I made my points directly to you, so I don't understand why you are suggesting otherwise.

I also acknowledged more than once that a perfectly valid reason to leave the workshop threads open would be to attract new members, so yes, to answer your question, it did occur to me. In fact, that's why I suggested allowing for a guest sign-in.

I'm confused why you are taking such a hostile tone. You're acting like I attacked you personally because I disagreed with you, and it has caused you to disown your own words, ignore what I actually said, and to make snotty comments about my supposed use of the royal we and my dedication to the "elite." I suspect what's really going on here is that I recently failed to appreciate some of the art you posted in another forum, and your feelings were hurt.

But to clarify for your sake, in this thread I only said that we (in my opinion) don't need spectators or an idle audience in the workshop threads, but if people want to sit in and watch what goes on in a workshop thread without becoming a registered member it would be a good idea for the sake of privacy and pre-publication concerns to require them to log in as a guest or register as a member. I never said that worshopping is a special event for the elite, nor did I say anything to suggest that this is what I believe.