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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I'm also a "frequent lurker". I really enjoy the forum and stop in once or twice a week; it's intelligent, the work posted is very good,( often excellent), and it's nice to visit a forum of dedicated, trained artists. There's a different attitude amoung the members - it's serious and professional. I have no issue w/ the process of jurying in members, I beleive it's what keeps the integrity of the forum intact.
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I'm glad you find it valuable. The jurying process became necessary when many were registering and posting who had not even a beginning of drawing basics - the Forum was growing so fast that the demands for critiques started to overtax our resources. Those professionals who do critiques were and still are few in numbers and their contributory nature and time became over-taxed by posters who likely would never become professional. So, we had to make a decision. I think that some see the Forum as a separate, stand-alone entity. However, from the time I conceived it, it was always intended to be a reflection of the main site.