Hey Doc..!
Sorry about that and making it confusing in my above post - but these Forums would not change at all..!!
Rather, just a new "discussion" area on the LugerForum (something like "Specialized Luger Symposiums" - or whatever...). I could also update the title to reflect the Subject - like: "Luger Symposium - Police Banners", so folks would always know what is being discussed. However - to access those discussions - they simply request permission, as I noted above - and approval from the person who is presenting those topics. (so, if it were Ron's presentation, and you wanted access - Ron approves or denies your request. I guess it's sort of like Ron could choose to invite you over to his house to see his "collection", if you see what I mean??)
If they make the request - they get a a short reminder about the "ground rules" and their acknowledgement that this specialized Forum area is different then other Forums on this site...??
Honestly - and personally for me, I have some HKs I've never shown in "public" - even on a closed site such as this. I probably would never "disclose" them. But, if I knew it was you, Ron, Frank, Thor, Pete, John S., etc - - or serious HK collectors, I would post them in a "private" way - and elicit your feedback and comments. A "closed area" of this Forum affords us that capability, if you see what I mean?
I'm not really concerned with the activity on this Forum, as with nearly 1700 Registered - it's plenty active already
We really do have some outstanding folks here..!!!