Agreed. I love this hobby and this is an amazing club, but there’s definitely negativity. Thankfully up to this point, the good has outweighed the bad but I have definitely questioned myself a couple times. When my membership expired not to long ago I really held off and thought about whether or not I wanted to renew. I ended up renewing because I have seen a lot of the good that comes from this club but to people that are just joining or lurking as Guests, I can definitely understand why they don’t jump to be supporting members. Anytime I sell/give away anything outside of this club, I bring up BAR to spread the word. It’s unfortunate the times I get a sour reaction. I think what
@popper is doing is a generous and cool thing. It’s his coral and what he chooses to do with it, is up to him. I also think people are jumping to conclusions on the context of his conversation with these people. I’m sure it’s no so much of “join BAR and we’ll give you free coral” like people are assuming… I would agree that probably wont attract the kind of people that believe in the ethos. At the end of the day, I hope people wanting to join or are new members see what this club is really about and not the negativity.