That's my question as well Mike - who is the room being closed to?

We appear to have aquired three kinds of human beings:-
1.FRIENDS - as in those of Noreen and Kat - I certainly don't fit into that catagory - I have never met or conversed with either
2.MUDCATTERS which I presume I am having registered and gained a 'mudcat'name but I was not aware that this gave me extra-ordinary privileges
3.OUTSIDERS - which I once was and would still be if the site had been locked, as I would never have had the courage to force my way in and I can't remember ever having had a special invitation.

Open rooms are more difficult to manage - they have to be 'run' in the same way as you would 'run' a folk club'( they are not a place to have a half hour chat with your mates ) but unless you teach people the rules they will always behave in a way that is not acceptable
I am saddened by this division and hope that the matter is resolved very quickly