It seems clear

[rebus]

That my position of administrator of The GPG is a conflict of interest. It has been fine up till now but as heckles are raised on both sides, and as it seems, more stormy waters ahead, it makes the task of adminstering the gpg as a BFC employee difficult - if not impossible.

It has been something that I have been thinking about for a while and today's "events" sealed that.

I have no quarrel with Ed, but it was language of the poll (not the poll itself) which caused the problem. You just can't go around calling people these things, no matter who or what they are. It was perhaps ironic that Ed broke the code of conduct he himself drafted!

As the majority seem to want, the link from the official site will be removed ASAP, a shame, as most of the traffic came from that source.

This board is and has remained independent, no matter what anyone says. It could have been very easy for me to put club related banner advertising on here, banned members, deleted threads but in the vast majority of cases I decided not to.

It has been hard work, but at the same time fun running the gpg, and I hope it goes from strength to strength.

 

[Nada Bee]

Can i be administrator?

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[bees66]

the link from the official site will be removed ASAP, a shame, as most of the traffic came from that source.

Mark couldn't some sort of arrangement be used without being so brutal.

 

[Sweepy]

Can i be administrator?

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Me and you I reckon Lew! We'll kick this board into line!

 

[Sweepy]

Re: Re: It seems clear

Mark couldn't some sort of arrangement be used without being so brutal.

No, it must be a Ron Noades style petulant solution.

 

[GlasgowBee]

Facts are sacred (CP Scott) only if shared

Ignorance is strength (E Blair) only if applied

 

[GlasgowBee]

May I be so bold as to say this smacks of the baby throwing the rattle out of the pram?

 

[Wee Dave]

Can I be the first to say that you'll be missed, Mark. I think you've done a great job, one which must have taken up one sod of a large amount of time and effort.

Thanks for everything.

 

[Nada Bee]

yeah thanks mark, and a special thanks for that chat room

 

[rebus]

May I be so bold as to say this smacks of the baby throwing the rattle out of the pram?

not really, I'm just following what the clear majority would like to be done.

 

[Edmundo]

I think (and hope) that Mark and I will be able to make an arrangement over this. Despite all this furore, I'd still like to count Mark as a friend and there can be no doubt that he has done an awful lot for the GPG. Hopefully it will all be resolved in the next couple of days.

 

[Simon T]

Mark, thank you for all the effort you put into running the board, I hope your successor(s) do as good a job. Can I also say it shows guts to stand up and admit mistakes, hopefully there will be a time soon when there is less open warfare between the board and the fans and you will be less constrained in what you write here.

 

[abee]

Before you go Mark can you tell us about Roberto Forzoni

 

[rebus]

Before you go Mark can you tell us about Roberto Forzoni

Cheers...abee!

 

[GlasgowBee]

I will admit that things seem a bit heated at present, but tomorrow is another day.

Once again I call for some sort of cooling down between all parties involved, club and fans.

All parties realise what wounds their quotes inflict on either side.

The ones on here are directed at the Officials at the club and the ones in the official releases are aimed at those with a vioce on here.

Hand-bags at dawn.

No-one else gives a toss and that is the important thing to remember. The sum of the whole is greater than the aggregate of the individuals.

Mark, the job you have done is admirable over the time, and yes it is obvious the conflict of interests you have had to navigate, but even you must admit your actions of today in removing a moderator without discussion with them only served to illustrate the utter contempt that all parties seem to have with each other.

Again I offer these observations from an outsiders perspective.

 

[davebee]

thanks for your effort mark. there is only a conflict of interest where one makes it so. from what i have seen you havent unnecessarily edited/deleted posts so i really dont see what the problem is. i dont know what all this about edmundos adminstration rights are but then its none of my business. in fact may i be so bold to say that its nobody's business except mark and edmundos?

 

[Jay Bee]

in fact may i be so bold to say that its nobody's business except mark and edmundos?

Blame whoever started the "Edmundo sacked" thread then

 

[davebee]

Blame whoever started the "Edmundo sacked thread" then

fair point !!!

 

[GlasgowBee]

On both this and other posts Ed and Mark refer to each other as friends and that they hope they can talk about things soon. Pardon a trite observation but if this is what friends are doing to each other with a complete lack of dialogue then God help us.

You two need your heads banged together.

One phone the other arrange to meet in a boozer tomorrow, have a pint, make up and then go out to buy matching gold sovereign rings and bond.

 

[Queen Of The South]

have a nice sloppy kiss, a cuddle and put it all behind you. I speak as a 10 year long bee when i say it aint worth scrapping over.

Everyone just chill out a little.

 

[Sweepy]

On that note, they're currently dancing to "love will tear us apart" by Joy Division on the Celebrity Big Brother Live. Some 80's night.

Quite appropriate I think.

 

[Brickie Chap]

Correct call Mark IMHO but thanks for what you have done. Lets hope then when the Old Fool finally goes we can get things back to normal

 

['Ayes B]

I dont really know what all this about and I dont want take sides.

All I hope is taht you do settle your differences and remain friends.

I would like to thank Mark for all of his help in building one of the greatest message boards in the country.

 

[Leicester Bee]

I do agree that whilst alot of traffic on this site came from the official site, I disagree that there should be a link on the official site, because this site is supposed to be independent of the football club.

However, Mark Chapman, whilst I sometimes diagree with his posts, actions, etc, is a throughly loyal Brentford supporters, and a thoroughly nice bloke, if you've ever met him. I personally think that his position on this board became difficult because he does actually care about the Bees, and nothing else. Ok, I might be wrong, but thanks to Mark for a superb job in maintaining this board.

 

[Bucks Bee]

Here Here LB!!

Do you reckon Mark will be next pandora - inside info galore. May I suggest you change your sign in name to something like 'James Bond', then you can continue to post, spill the beans and no-one will be any the wiser its you!!

Cheers for all your effort!