Ok, gonna weigh in myself, finally. First, sorry to Shoshanna and SndCastie -- got too busy to ever follow through. Better choices were made, though :) Insofar as the forum's basic elements: I didn't really see you ask about that. Read it twice more after seeing the huge number of software changes I saw being asked for, and I'm still trying to figure out how they got in there in the first place. So I'm not going to suggest anything regarding software because that's pretty obviously not the point. I am incredibly concerned about the "Poser community" as a whole. My reasons for it are personal and run fairly deep emotially, but there is a great amount of intellectual interest in it as well. I "came back" to 'rosity for the same reason I left it -- the spirit of the forums had turned ugly and dark and was filled with whiny, spiteful, antagonistic posts and responses. I left because it disgusted me (ok, yeah, there have Always been some, but for a while there it was incredibly bad). Although some elements can be laid on the moderating team that was in place, the bulk of it was due, pretty much entirely, to a group of folks who seemed to think that Renderosity "owed" them something akin to miniature fiefdoms and special privileges. I came back because it bugged me that every time I did peek in, things weren't any better, and then, one day, I figured that if no one else was going to do anything, then I might as well. So I started posting. I chided the bad folks and commended the good ones. It was brought to bear in my head fully when Geep nearly quit. Since that time, things have changed. Dramatically. Even the names across the top there have changed. The forum is suddenly a better place to be again. People are exchanging ideas without getting bitter, and yes, folks are sorta treading on eggshells and ya know what: they damn well oughta. Now, I do not make always popular suggestions. Nor do I recieve them. I live in a hot place, though, so heat doesn't bother me. 1 - Create a general forum. Mentioned twice before. I liked the names it was given earliest. Let that forum linked to VERY prominently -- I suggest one of three banners at the top of the page -- sorta like an extra backroom. 2 - The proposal I would give on OT topics is exactly what you stated, Sho. 3 - A second one of the banners should be to the existing backroom, which, as this thread already shows, is both outdated and pretty much forgotten or unknown. Shake out the cobwebs and dress that puppy up. (I'll even offer up the few scant tenths of a second I have each day to assist) 4 - The third of those banners should be to a sort of weekly feature. Between you, Carolly, SndCastie, nemirc, and now Ferguson, ya'll shouldn't have much trouble finding something cool to point out. lol Don't limit it, though -- do all of the above. Make it another backroom, where you (or perhaps members) can spotlight all of the suggestions above: Freebie makers, general members, the contests, new challenges, etc. Renderosity was, long go and when I first joined, not called Renderosity. The heart and soul of it was and is still Poser. Recognize that and use it. My last suggestion is a simple no brainer, but it's the one that gets ya'll the most flak: Keep it up. Enforce the TOS as consistently as you can (which you do now, though some don't always see the greater picture) and strive harder to remind more frequently about using the flags. (ok, gonna take a step into programming and say check freebies for nudity flags, please) and when folks say things like be less agressive, ignore them. I would tend to be more agressive than less, but I am a self confessed Prude who is married to a bigger one and has to deal with the scowl potential everytime I get online. ;) I'm also crazy :) Huggs to ya.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)