are you kidding me?? why has everything gotten so despotic?? even if he was a partner, what difference would it make?? employees of our LFS's are always welcome to harp on how awesome their employer is as long as the fish store paid their sponsorship dues. how is this any different??? people plug stuff all the time, and if a person is willing to be that kind of conduit for a place that has evidently done him a solid, why is it the duty of maast to interfere??? this kind of attitude is why i didn't participate when i was on the board. it was a little too "fearless leader" for me. it is truly sickening to see members of a club dedicated to the spread of knowledge about fish and coral crushing the kindred spirit and goodwill that should exist.