Joel, I knew you were a sponsor. I'm not a paying member but thank you for help making it possible.
I enjoy this forum even though I don't post much, there are some great people here! I will say that this is thought of on the outside as a club with too small of a board, too closely knit, and everything may not always be above board. I do not know any of you personally, that is just what I have heard. Please do not read anything else into it. If someone asked for my personal opinion I would offer the club has some experienced hobbiests willing to share and an occasional good deal in the for sale forums! I hope it can be pulled together, this thread and the meeting thread do expose that there are some problems, hopefully you all get them resolved.
To the OP, you gave up your right to totally free speech when you accepted the terms of membership. Mods have a right to moderate how they see fit, we may not agree with it but we submitted when we accepted. If a mod is going rogue, the board of directors has to deal with that. I would go to a meeting and express your concern, or PM one or all of them!