I would like to remind all that we have taken what we feel is appropriate action to:
1) Address the original issue
2) Prevent a conflict of interest occuring in the future
This process has clearly taken a lot of admin and moderator time whilst past posts were reviewed and discussed in great depth and a number of next step options were considered and voted on.
I for one would like to welcome Jimbob back and look forward to his continued excellent support of our community.
as a foreign member I'm not sure I have the right to talk in that subject..
however, I think I have the excuse to be a relatively old member..
from that long distance I see the problem very different than you including the admins..
first of all, we all make mistakes from time to time.. thats inevitable as we are not robots..
first and most important , we are not in the condition of judging anyone with their behaviours and this is not a court..
a debate/argument/dispute or shooting match occured between members/mods/admins.. so what ?
this happens in every forum nearly everyday on earth.. we dont have to love each other
if we start to ban sides of disputes I'm afraid we will loose many members within short time..
as I said before it could be solved with apologies from both sides in a civil way.. and in case necessary, a face to face talk could solve many things simply.. (but obviously needs some time for the sides to cool down)
so to cut the story short, I wish to see all members back again .. even if the same problem occurs..