I wasn't slating you, but if you were in the position I am, regularly visiting The Hollies, you would possibly feel the same way when someone appears to suggest that sharing is acceptable, even if that wasn't exactly what was meant. Unfortunately, a lot of people have the misconception that sharing is acceptable, and seem to think that it is OK because they are the only one doing it, right? - but that is not the case, and the point I was trying to get over is that sharing increases subscription rates, decreases membership numbers and eventually kills off the organisation in question. This is why the Guild had to stop the group memberships - they desperately need to increase their income if they are going to survive. It is good that you both support the Guild, and I wasn't in any way apportioning blame, just expressing my frustration that a lot of people think this course of action (whether it is called "sharing" or "buying co-operatively" it has the same potential consequence) is acceptable in the first place. I was under the impression from what I was told was that the reason the Circle failed was a bit of both - lack of members and lack of members willing to serve on their Committee.
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