I've thought about this for a long time. I've also posed this question to several of our Senior Members over lunch (you all know who you are). I have a long term plan with YF that will enable us to do this without repercussion and I've already started the migration process.
In the meantime, there are many considerations. I am MOST concerned with liability. We have a relatively new media that if not properly guided, could be litigated. At the very least, anything of this nature would only serve to discredit the community we've built.
I've had to overcome a certain amount of resistance to get the industry to consider our "open-to-the-public" format. It has been a huge undertaking and we are only... just in the past year or two... beginning to see the industry respect and accept YachtForums as a viable medium.
All of the above said... I am listening to your suggestions.
