Just to keep everyone in the loop. While I had planned to hold off making a recommendation for a week this issue obviously has hit a hot button for some folks so after reviewing this thread and all the input via PM. Below are the recommendations I am making to the other mods. We will kick it around, come to agreement, then kick it up to the Admins for approval.
I am recommending two area:
Open forum: Woman Hammock Specific Questions
Donating Area: Woman Outdoor Questions
I will write up a set of guidelines for each area and while the men will be asked to not respond to questions they will be free to post and open threads to ask questions. Just to be very clear, there is no way the moderators will be able to police the area to remove men from the conversations nor would we want to!
I am going to step up to be the primary moderator for the new sub forums since I happen to be a woman but the other moderators can and will be providing me assistance just as they currently do in the Market Place.
If you follow the Market Place you know I am a pretty tight moderator and follow the TOS very closely. You can expect that I will enforce the guidelines and the TOS to ensure the high emotions shown in this thread are kept to a very, VERY low level. If that can't happen, I will shut the area down.
If you have questions, concerns or more input, please PM me. I concur with O&B closing this thread as it was getting way to emotional from many parties.
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