Lack of new people is killing the backroom and the entire forum

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Perhaps we need to see beyond simply what we want if we want this place to survive? Why label yourself as a "person that dislikes change", for starters you're too young to have your views set in stone (leave that to the likes of me) and change is necessary to liven things up and brush away the cobwebs.

You're happy with your avatar and that's great, but what about others?

The Senior Membership may suit you (though you've said that you felt undeserving?), but to the majority of our members that are not seniors and to those on the outside, it probably looks very different. I admit that I don't think Senior Membership is the major issue here, but it's still an important one. The removal of JMs and the lifting of restrictions on avatars is more important IMHO.