Currently the IhmcCmapForum appears to have a bottleneck: it's the subforum, titled Suggestions, originally aimed at giving feedback how to improve the software.
Actually it has taken a form where more general feedback and crosscommunication between users become visible.
All the other subforums like Announcements, FAQ, Bug reports can't fill the need for "getting connected" as an online-community culture.
Therefore I suggest to the admin:
Please open additionally a general subforum, called WhatCanWeDoForEachOther.
Reason for the name:
* Easy to remember and to refer to via Google ( with high probability to get search rank Nr.1, when written as CamelCase )
* It can be taken additionally as a Focusing Question of a community collaborated Cmap knowledge model
* It has the magic of an open invitation for both, the existing community as well as for many newcomers from other communities.
* It opens a horizon to expand indefinitely into a big knowledge soup over many linked Cmaps
* It can be seen as a blessing Affirmation, expressing the spirit of a friendly and productive community
* It is compliant with the Golden Rule as e.g. sketched in the Meatball wiki-community, focused on collaboration and building collaborative online communities <-> http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?FosterEachOther
Let's amplify each other's light
Fridemar
