Just to be clear, at the time Willnever posted the Official Statement from Sciforums High Society, there were 16 members.
On the same day, he posted a call to arms on the group page and gave link to the official statement post on the board. So, at the time he posted the statement, it wasn't after other members' consent (at least, not after my consent).
Around that time, GeoffP and Cluelusshusband joined the group, so the total members become 18 people.
One day after that (12.03.2010, ETC time zone), I got an email notification from Willnever to the said official statement. I checked my email 2 days after that (14.03.2010), but as I was busy, I didn't post on the board. I only left the group. I noticed that Scifes has also left the group. So the members become 18-2 = 16.
Since then, 4 people left the group:
- alien cockroach (possibly because he was banned)
- tiassa
- GeoffP
- lucysnow ('fired' by Willnever)
[So the current members is 12. If he now said that 7 people (including himself) agreeing with his statament are majority, it's only true after the members become 12, because at the time he posted the said statement, it was a minority, in fact it was a statement of himself. I want to make this clear not because I am against WIllnever, but I feel that as I know about this, I should come clean.
I also say this not because I am on James' side instead of SAM's side, I am neutral. Me thinks SAM is more than capable to defend herself. And me, being not following the whole things, don't want to make things more complicated]
The screenshot that I took of the PM when I left the group on 14.3.2010 (I then emptied my inbox, because it reached the maximum quota):