Hi Mark - thanks for hosting this conversation which I think is really important. Here is the world according to Marmot - just my opinion (as requested!)... 1. Static un-managed threads for major activities. e.g. one for KF, one for Trials, one for daily, one for NFs and other strikes, one for banana, one for quests, one for 'miscellaneous'. This would provide a flexible and low overhead way of people getting together at times and for activities that suit them. Some of this gets done on the wall but you have to be lucky/constantly vigilant to pick stuff up that way. 2. Regular weekly managed posts for guided raids. HABO is awesome - the bedrock of the group - thanks to EM for starting and Darknight for the outstanding work he's doing. The days / times rarely fit with my availability so I almost never get to join but I do check out the thread from time to time. What I often see is popular slots filling up quickly with familiar names and I wonder if this is stopping new guys from signing up / getting spaces. Perhaps running raid events with 2/3 slots reserved for those with little / no experience would be useful. Hard work for the guides but, hey, that's what makes them so awesome for stepping up and they always have lots of pals they can call on to fill slots at the last moment if only 1 or 2 noobs sign up. 3. the100. - great site and used to use it before I found a home in DoD GMT. Don't see it being the right way for our community to go purely because of its limit of 100 - meaning that it either becomes an exclusive sub-group or it has to open events up to be seen publicly which risks those dreaded randoms infesting us. 4. Your Wednesday night slot - how about nostalgia night? Scheduled Non-KF raids and PoE. Or perhaps trophy hunters - team people up then they each nominate a trophy to go for and then help each other get them. I see some of this posted up from time to time and participation is a bit of a mixed bag but it's another opportunity for people to meet and expand their friend's list. Well, that's about it. Hope some of the above strikes a chord with others and..... stay frosty!