[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Xenon

Of course it's a bit messy right now, but you should all realize, that vb3.5 is still in BETA.

Fair enough, even though 3.5 may not go gold for several months.

I guess my comment was about some fundamentals in forum management:

1. Do you guys want vb.org to be suitable to vb.org staff first and foremost, or do you want it to be suitable for vb.org staff, members, developers, style artists, and all hack/mod/plugin/style users.

2. Do you want vb.org to be outstanding in it's offerings and capabilities, or do you want to just meat the minimum needs, nothing beyond what is is absolutely required.

I hope you'd throw this in for a quick check in your meetings.

The majority of vb.org members (all members) run various online communities and are aware of the dynamics of successful online communities. They are your friends, not "the others", and can be very helpful simply by the knowledge and experience they have.

You may gain a lot of insight if you simply announce your plans in advance and seek their input and feedback, they may surprise you by ideas and solution you never thought of, and make things a lot easier for everyone. Not to change things first, and say "that's how it" is later, or "what do you need that for..", or "stop talking about it".. etc..