Just a thought: Now that there is a great new home page and Ultrasabers has a TV advert, I think that there will be a lot of new members joining our community. I know that thers is a lot of new people anyway but I think we'll see a massive increase.
With that in mind, I worry that our moderators will be overworked moving threads to their correct places and instructing new members on some of the basics.
How about a padawan system? Where each new member can opt to have an experienced mentor show them around the forums. It could work on a volunteer basis, say, on a stickied thread. That way, any experienced member could request a padawan and any neewbie could also request a tutor. They could then be paired up. That way, any question a "padawan" has they could pm their "mentor" who could advise them on where to post etc. It could also be very helpful in breaking the ice, give new members confidence and make old timers feel like they are helping their community.
Hopefully, it would ease the workload on the mods and make the forums look tidier.
Any thoughts? Got the idea from TFU boards.