Forgive me Ady for what I'm about to write...
If there was anything that would get me to join, I guess this is as good a subject as any. Since Ulan is probably not going to join to defend himself, I might as well step into the breech...
Oh please. Get overyourself Don. Ulan didn't do anything to you - quit defending the old group. This isn't the official AA forum - let it go.
There was bad blood between Tim and Ulan - we've only heard Tim's side of things - not Ulan's, so anything Tim says is from Tim's POV - it's important to keep that in mind. Ulan spoke out against Tim and the AACC. He was also quite vocal about how AA was running/not running the website - constant promises of updates that never materialized, constant promises about exclusive info coming from AA more frequently (yet, somehow other sites always got the scoop first...), etc.
Tim was no angel - he abandoned the AACC when things got out of control. He didn't respond to several emails and PM's from AACC members (yes, I was one of them) and then got upset when I reported him to Paypal for not mailing my membership stuff. He proceeded to get snippy after the exclusives I purchased were sent - almost like I was the one being a d!ck for expecting to get something for my $$. Imagine that.
Point is, Ulan might have been a lot of things - antagonistic, abrasive, intimidating, etc - but - if you posessed half a brain while posting, he wouldn't bother you in the least.
BTW, just so this is on topic, I won't be going back to AA's site - much less any future forum. I can get my news elsewhere. (I've been doing that for the past 2 year, why stop now?)
*back to lurking*