Buckeye is the keeper of the ping list. It's no more a secret group than any other ping list. I have several ping lists which I don't share with everyone. Many times when there is a Fred Thompson thread or Ann Coulter thread or someone sees a thread relating to going Galt, I'm the only one pinged because I'm the list holder. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Can you provide the link where there welcome committee was discussed on FR? I would like to see it, see how the conversation went. TY