Should we have a Welcome Board? (Please vote!)

[Lord J Esq]

There is nothing going on at Zeal Palace at the moment. Your disappointment is of your own making, Zep. When and if it gets going, it will serve as a board where general conversation can be held to a higher intellectual caliber.

Anyhow, the vote on a new welcome board is not yet convincing enough for me. Are there any other voices out there with an opinion on this?

[Maelstrom]

A "hello" board would serve a few purposes:

1) As stated, it gets all "hello" threads into one forum.

2) If we had one from the get go, it would easily rank at least in the middle of the pack (of all boards) in terms of activity.  In other words, it will get used a significant amount.

3) It *invites* members to introduce themselves.  This gives them an opportunity to establish their interests and objectives.  If they provide implicit questions ("I want to be able to do blah blah blah"), someone can give them some pointers.  If they join and establish they have a certain skill, they can be immediately recruited for one of our projects.  If nothing else, it helps break the ice, which should increase the activity on our boards a bit (can't really say how much, though).

Besides, what harm is there in having a 24th public board when you already have 23?