While I choose not to be a member of the "club", I have, and continue to have, a great relationship with those on the board that are club members. I have traded chips with, purchased from, and had chips purchased by club members that post on this board. I am not able to be part of some contests, which I understand are to increase membership in the club (needed to keep it going), and I except that. I believe that if I was part of the club, I would want to promote it. What better place to do that than the most visible avenue in the chip collecting world, this bulletin board. The board and the club are two seperate entities. I see them as such, and as a non-member and a chip collector I am able to function here, have a positive relationship with others who share the same hobby as me, and be welcomed. I do not see a problem?!