<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Christoph Hormann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris_hormann@gmx.de" target="_blank">chris_hormann@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Friday 09 December 2016, Kate Chapman wrote:</span><span class=""><br>
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</span>I hope you noticed the smiley - I did not assume nor wanted to imply any<br>
bad intentions but i did assume you are aware of the current membership<br>
numbers.<br>
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The main point of my remark was the need to widen the membership - i<br>
hope we can all agree on that.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> I did notice the smiley, though things like this don't come across well in text. Asking a question about the content or something like that might appear less negative. Or just wait a few hours to send the comment. </div><div><br></div><div>Yes, I think we both want to increase the membership. </div></div><br></div></div>