A few days ago a forum member asked whether it is time for the class to consolidate and close the open discussion as per this forum. At that time I would have disagreed but on reflection I think it maybe time to have an " official " forum where only members can openly discuss.

My reasoning for this is that as has been shown, an unmoderated forum can become hugely distracting from the real issues, those that pertain only to the F16 community, not those of a non member wishing to influence.

I have also been noticing over the winter period that a lot of the British F16 boat owners are no longer contributing to the forum, I do suspect it is due to malaise and disillusionment with the current forum, these are the very people we need to be representing.

My question is how do we set up an "official" moderated forum ?