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Gossip · Senior Member Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 295 Location: USA

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But not in competition with the GPWA

Surfing the webmaster's forum at Winneronline can be both astonishing and informative, and this week we had a small taste of both.

The astonishing aspect is the sheer intensity of the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association (GPWA) and ex-GPWA members' exchanges on what appear to be largely procedural disputes that cannot seemingly be confined to the home-site. Hence the battlefield being pitched at WOL, and believe us 'battlefield' is not an understatement!

In the thick of it as usual is founder Cynthia Carley using the 'handle' Slycin, with rebellious members and expelled former members going head to head with her in often bitter exchanges. Other GPWA stalwarts arrive like the cavalry from time to time and that alternately seems to calm and revitalise the debates.

All of this public slanging does not project a reassuringly professional image of an association that undoubtedly offers much to its members, but nevertheless seems to lose webmasters on unfriendly terms with some frequency. Some of the posts indicate that attempts are being made to get members to sign agreements not to talk about the GPWA outside the home site. Whilst that may seem to be stifling the free expression of opinion, there may be some merit in the concept, judging by some of this week's WOL postings!

Talking professionalism, one of the more amicable departures from the GPWA seems to be a character called J. Todd, who after courteously preparing the way with the GPWA management is now setting up a new gambling webmasters' association called the Association of Professional Casino Webmasters (APCW)

Interested readers can find out all about this interesting new grouping on the informative website at http://apcw.org/