Well anyway ~ That's the long and short of it. Pity because I think we all enjoyed his contributions.
"Admin" (BM, Wenchy and I have discussed this at length) and we agree with GOS when he says that we do probably frighten off some would be contributors. In fact all but the most hardy of souls run a mile when we get going but all boards do that and our collective decision was that we should let the board evolve organically rather than try to direct it (as some others do).