I've been an admin and moderator on several non-related boards for years, and this is an important and crucial decision on the part of the administrators. As expensive and time consuming it is to run a community (many have no idea how taxing it can be). An example is Admin's post. The alienation new registrants and non supporters means less sales to dealers, which in turn leads to, well, less money to RWG. they'll go somewhere else. Several things to consider; The boards main funding should come from the dealers. they are the benifactors of the membership. limiting acess to dealers to 'suporters' only will kill this board. As Edge stated Less than 8% of members are infact RWG suppoters. However, there should be a RWG private supporter area, offering deals extra support from the team,dealers,ect. I'm sure this will help increase supporting donations and keep this fantastic site alive and strong!
I'm off to the survey...
http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey....fehvffl0p219642