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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Chairman" data-source="post: 1335481" data-attributes="member: 53066">The DBC committee (or for that matter any committee) are in place primarily to serve the membership of the club. Regarding the sightings page etc the general concensus among the committee (based upon discussions and opinion of members with whom committee members regularly meet) was that it would be a benefit of membership to have certain parts of the website for members only. It is clear from some of the postings that certain people disagree with this approach whereas others think it is appropriate. Other people have opposing views on various aspects of club business. Everyone is entitled to an opinion and the commitee respect individual views. Much more than that it is very helpful to the committee who have to decide on DBC policy to have members views aired.What is difficult to gauge however is the overall opinion of the membership as the vast majority remain silent on issues for whatever reason. Is it reasonable for the committee to take this as an indication that almost everyone is satisfied with the way things are run?You tell me. Feedback and constructive criticism is welcomed by the committee. It helps us to run the club the way you want it (or how we assume you want it) to be run.Remember it is YOUR club - help us to run it the way you want it.</blockquote>