So right now people have trouble remembering we are here because for some unknown reason many of our warning system features aren't working. I have unfortunately no control over these that includes notification and pop-up windows for new private messages. You're just going to unfortunately have to check those on a "As you remember" basis. Sometimes the icons take their good old time to change to new, which is why I tell people don't look at those but look at the dates next to those topic sections/categories. Sometimes it's just better to open the categories up and read what's there in case you miss something of interest.
In all when I realize people are missing out on some awesome topic discussion that's when I send out a newsletter with all encompassing new information and some old but still relevant as well. Right now I try to keep it to monthly, quartly, or annually, but mostly right now as an "As Needed" basis. Last thing I want to do is annoy you guys with all my silly newsletters in case you get annoyed with them already (cause no one's given me feedback about them yet, please do guys! Your opinions do matter!).

So in light of all this, in order to make sure you guys are reminded this place is here and what is going on, would you like me to do a Newsletter like every three days, once a week, once every two weeks, on a triquarterly basis (every 3 months), Annual basis (every 4 months), or once a year? It's up to you guys. Or do you feel the "As Needed" system is working just fine. Tell me what you guys think!

i'd like every 3 or 4days lease. i like to be updated.

That's helpful to know. Thank you Twilight. I hope to hear more feedback as we go.

^_^ i'm always happy to voice my thoughts.

Well it is appreciated.

if i may make another suggestion... that perhaps form a sort of set-aside discussions thing? like, organize to have an at-large discussion group for an important topic of the week or month, and then have it discussed in smaller specific groups based on age and gender and religion/path peramiters? and from there, break them down into comoumd-specific smaller groups? like a zen diagram.

here is an example.

the forum at large.

the guys

the girls

the grade-schoolers

the middle-schoolers

the high-schoolers

the college students

the graduates or otherwise done with school

the christians

the satanists

the wiccans

the traitional witches

the pagans

the druids

the atheists

the new-age healers

the grade-school guys

the high-school girls

the pagan college student guys

like that. ^_^ since it is a forum, those falling in the three or four categories that they will fall into can be in them all at once anyway. it's easy. ^_^ i suppose that sounds pretty big for such a small forum, but another idea is to have this as the small forum, and still have a larger one that we could have bannrs for, and advertise and try to attract alot of peopel to. that way, this kind of arrangement could fit.

That's where I'm just skeptical of how affectual that would be. That could be absolutely great for publicity, while it could be a complete risk and possibly lead to failure. While I understand risks are needed at times, I'm not especially in a big mood to try and start yet another group/forum. On Gaia I was half contemplating turning the old Roleplaying forum I had into a spiritual/metaphysical group, but I wasn't sure that was a good idea. I still felt the Roleplaying Society was important, but it seems there isn't a big interest for those, except with those that are already well established. It sucks when you're small and you're having serious trouble getting your feet wet.

But right now, we need any activity. To try and pull something off like what your talking about would take a miracle. Even with the newsletters I send out I hardly see any marginal increases in member activity after doing so. So I definitely think it's a bit too soon to try something like this.

;-; i guess i've always been one to reach for the stars.

While I am one who tries to be a little realistic about what goals I can accomplish. ^_^ While still trying to maintain a sense of trying to shoot for those stars.

i see all these great oppurtunities to just cannonball our ways there, and yeah it's reckless... it always feels like you shoot me down when you express your worries that you arn't ready to try the big steps...

I'm sorry hun, I don't mean to. I'm not a reckless person really anymore though. I think my way through things these days, least I try. I'm used to trying to do everything myself that I want the honor of figuring out the solution to the problem without outside help if possible, but I don't believe in this case that I will get that. XD

XD is realy ok, i know you don't mean to be discouraging. :3 i just have such a hard time dealing with letting oppurtunities pass by is all.

Like I've stated before, our numbers are just a bit too few. If I saw more people making efforts to visit and post I might say we could try something like that, but right now you and me are doing most of the interactions at this point....What's the point in debate people if you do not post? Just a thought.

good point... ugh.. there doesn't much that can be done with such a small and closed off forum...

Closed off? How so? If that is our main problem that is definitely what we need to focus on fixing.