I have had a bit of time to catch up on developments and am now reasonably well up with the play. First of all I want to make it clear my strong preference is to keep KNTB as an open board allowing anyone to join. Any breaches of the rules should result in the member concerned being banned. In the past we have had members here who joined after they had been banned from other groups (Lord Upminster is one example) and their behaviour here has been exemplary. You will note that I have demoted myself to an assistant manager and that Backgrounddude is the new manager. Backgrounddude is actually me but I created the new ID solely to fulfil the role as a nominal manager. The only additional functions a manager has in addition to that of the assistant managers is the ability to delete the group and the ability to change any promotions or demotions made by assistant managers.In all likelihood Backgrounddude will never be required to do anything. That is what I am hoping for anyway. So the effective management of the group will be by the assistant managers. Now that Xtra has gone the membership here will increase but not to the extent of Xtra 2. Nonetheless since I want to keep this group as open membership it will be prudent to ensure that the group is well monitored and well managed. So will all existing assistant managers please indicate whether they are happy to continue and will anyone who would like to volunteer to be an assistant manager please put their name forward. Thanks.