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Forwarding this from a Facebook Wall post.

Anyone who fishes in the Lake Ontario or Bay of Quinte or Trent River area, or possibly knows someone who knows someone who knows someone... please pass along this information. Charlie Dopking was last seen at around 6:30 on Tuesday November 19th. He was seen boarding a red aluminum fishing boat about 12-14 feet. Witness thinks the boat was operated by a man named Gus or possibly "Goose". No description of Gus because it was dark and he was wearing a headlamp.
They were meant to be back at the Dufferin Street launch at 7pm and never arrived. Not a sign has been seen of the men or a boat, nor any debris.
Police so far have not been able to figure out who Gus is. Please if you know anyone, or know someone who knows someone who fishes, get the word out that we need to identify this man. No one has been reported missing so it is possible he is on a lengthy trip and not expected home yet. If you have neighbours who fish please check and see if they are home or check with their family if they are supposed to be home.
The police are searching non stop but it is hard to know what to look for if they don't know who "Gus" is or what his boat looks like.
Please help spread the word, even if you don't know any fishermen, maybe you know someone who does and can help solve this mystery. Thank you.

Love the way you ended your rant with another photo!. I enjoy all of them. Keep on sharing!

IMO you will just create division among the members, Those why pay/d, those who didn't. To some of us, 5, 10, 50$ isn't anything, To others it's a bag of milk, gas, etc. There is really no need for it. I think there just needs to be a lil more motivation for new members to become active. Make some of the forums private. Minimum post count to view certain sections. As low as 15 post just to get new members active with chat. Given they don't spam the welcome thread and get 15 posts in 5 minutes etc. then never post again. Ive come to the board a few times and not noticed I wasn't logged in and was able to browse a ton of stuff as a guest. Guest shouldn't be able to see anything IMO. Cept maybe the new members section. Delete inactive members, 0 posts yet log in actively. ive been a member since 2007, only 150ish? post so far, Im not overly active but I work my life away for the most part and get involed when I can. I keep to PMs with a few members for locations, gathering etc. Tryin to be more active.!!!

Just signed out and can view any forum/thread I want. That needs to change.

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All those guest freely browse anything they want.

As someone else said. If its raffles, giveaways, prizes etc people want. Create that button off to the side. If people wanna participate and spend their money on raffles, prize drawing etc then they will click and participate, If they don't they don't. If it's a money issue to keep the forum up and running add a donate button. Im sure people will help out if they can. If there ends up being a membership subscription I would think those who don't want to pay or simply can't afford to would feel left out, or perhaps seen as an outsider. 

 No need to have a "paid members" area. Eerythign suggested can be done in more "private" areas of the forum for active participants.

Just my 2.5 cents