I don't think it's down to the success of the club one way or another and I wouldn't ever suggest otherwise. I've absolutely no idea about how the club is doing outside of our region and outside of that to be honest, is only an objective guess based on what I know about how these things work.
I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion you have done but essentially, the point I was trying to make is this: I don't think Phil et al would do anything other that their absolute best for this club and that anything they do decide to do, be it adding adverts to the forum or otherwise, would purely be in the best interests of the club... why would they sacrifice all the hard work and dedication that's gone into SIDC at the expense of a few ads???
Surely if the ads are so offensive, it's not out of the question to consider getting rid of them a benefit of being a full member is it?