Hey Chris,
That is a fair solution, it treats all equally, which was all I wanted to begin with. Whether you realize it or not, this is not personal, but is an issue of the santity of the committee. If in fact committee proceedings were made available to open debate, there would be no purpose for committees. As committee chairman, it is my duty to protect the santity if the committee, and due to the nature of the committee, to take into account the effect to the membership as a whole. Being a creature of duty, I must discharge my duties to the best of my ability.
 As I recall, 2 years ago, active membership was at about 5,975, now it is somewhere in the range of 6,200. That is not the increase I would expect, what I would expect is to see something in the range of 500 per year. The problem I see with the website is there is too much conflict, and this is created by the few, which is detrimental to the many. I sometimes visit the CAT collectors website, they don't have this problem, why? Perhaps you may wish to visit it, ACMOC.org, you might contact their webmaster, maybe they can tell you how they deal with this problem. All you will find on their website is collectors dealing with their Caterpillars, the parts, and problems associated with the machines.
Take care!!!!
Andy