Got an answer.... the consensus was that the sharing of a single account by a group of people is definitely a no-go. So while forming a group in that manner is something you couldn't do, as Misha has suggested there may be other ways to manage a group if you were really wanting to do so... Although at the moment I'm hard pressed to find anything that would be very simple. As Misha has said they do sometimes add forums, sub-forums? well that I've never seen in the long time that I've been here, and somehow suspect would not be forthcoming very quickly... again there does need to be an enthusiastic interest for things to be added... The Catgories in the gallery are by Software (which makes sense, since this is a 3D/CGI website for the most part), with a couple of exceptions... 2D and Photography, Mixed Medium (maybe a couple of others) which are not software specific... the genre imho are pretty thorough, and do cover photographic needs... Remember that as long as it pertains to photography it's welcome here, so there is no reason why you couldn't try to drum up discussions on certain topics here in the forum, or even try to get an unofficial challenges of some sort going (unofficial means: very unofficial..the moderators are not involved in handling or running it) as long as is doesn't interfere with the way we handle the forum on a day to day basis, it should be fine.... however we are a very varied group with lots of different interests, so I couldn't guarentee what sort of response you'd get... I really think it's a wonderful idea and I hope I'm not discouraging you.. I'm just trying to be realistic here... Maybe you can come up with something that will work without too much difficulty... You can always IM if you have any other questions.....

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