That's Great amergin its quite a relief to know that it not going to be all hard work if Mudcat just has unlocked rooms. I'm now convinced that there must be some good ones out there as I am convinced that there are so many more Bad ones. Please excuse my poor attempt at both praising and sympathising with the great jobs that administrators do!

My question is are you happy that the Choice of Mudcater's being able to meet in a room that is locked and set aside just for Mudcater's will no longer be their? If we do little to prevent it's closure due to the high running costs of such a room! The sense of belonging has a lot of appeal to many Mudcater's and I know many support the idea of Mudcat only Gatherings rather than to link them to other festivals. However that has never kept them away from the other festivals they also like to mix and meet new people who are of like mind.

I have just sent personal messages to some Mudcater's inviting them to join in this discussion (including your good self). It will be interesting to hear their views. Many have already stated that they have installed Paltalk because of the recommendation of other Mudcater's. Let's see just how happy they are now that Paltalk seems to be able to move the goal posts just as and when they please! Just because they have a monopoly! PS. Just read the threads regarding miss reading my replies. Not my fault! not your fault! I'm the one that's Dyslexic. I'm a lot better at talking than writing any day come to think of it! It's better for people to see my face when I talking then they can see the twinkle in my eyes. So they know that I'm not upset or getting too uptight. Jon I agree you have misread my comments. I have read it again! and how I read it is! It looks to me as if! And at this point I was referring to the web site that you had directed me to! not that each and every unlocked room! was commercial. I went on to point out how an unlocked room could become commercial. now at this point I had miss read the letter from Paltalk! Had I not done so I would have pointed out that songs with a refrain of By Broom Bessom's buy them when there new. According to Paltalk would POSSIBLY (I Repeat Possibly) constitute the room being commercial would we then have to pay a fee! Well that's how I read their letter but then again I'm dyslexic. But I'm sure that what it said "User groups conducting ANY commercial activity and ALL locked rooms hosting more than 10 simultaneous users will be required to register and pay for a Commercial Room." Ok my example of the Song "Buy Broom Bessoms" maybe over the top but just how are you going to stop singer song writers etc from entering your room and verbally advertising their new CD just before they sing it! Or advertising their next gig? I think I'm just pointing out the need to negotiate with Paltalk and taking on board your own view that they think that we are too small to worry about. So if my above comments are valid then we could receive plenty of support from all the other rooms locked or unlocked. At least you should have something in writing preventing The Mudcat being landed with a Bill.