I supported your actions and the way you conducted it in here. If I remember correctly it was Mike, pcsni who highjacked the thread and attempted to take it off topic.
I have a problem when a post is made in here asking people to go to a closed board. I ask myself why. Could the reason be to prevent open debate. If information is sought it should be collected from the Forum that the request was made in.
I felt your excercise was usefull in that you were willing to accept suggestions from the so called "anti group", which in my opinion was the way to go. I would have thought that members of PUG would have learned from that excercise, but obviously I was wrong.