I agree. The VIP photo area was a way to grasp in a photo format what was happening. This area was really more widely visited by the VIP members than the forum. I'm very dissapointed in how this website transition has taken place. It's been without any appreciation for what the long term members enjoyed about the old website - like the comments on the photos. I'm personally fairly web-hip having developed several myself as well as upgrading others. This was mishandled and in my opinion it is still being mishandled.

When CRT was sold, the forum was down for a couple of days......then came back up essentially unchanged. That is a GOOD thing, because the forum has worked well for many years, and it is the core of CRT. We like the forum and use it with very few complaints.

I can understand how new owners of ANYTHING want to make their investment to be in their own style, with improvements that they think are a benefit to the users. I have seen some changes on CRT that are a welcomed benefit, including some changes related to pictures, such as new categories and editing related to particular countries.

HOWEVER, in the wonderful world of high-tech wizardry, there should be a way to make changes (improvements??) to the picture functions of CRT while still retaining the old "New VIP Gallery" essentially unchanged.......just like the forum was left unchanged.

What we have now, are some minor additions and minor improvements accompanied by a SUBSTANTIAL loss of the VIP gallery and its search function. IMHO, that is a BIG step in the wrong direction.....and a substantial, net loss to our brotherhood.

When the dust settles, I hope that we will have the old "NEW VIP GALLERY" restored and unchanged and searchable.......with other new and improved functions on CRT. That approach would be a positive step in the RIGHT direction. If we talk it up enough, it might happen.