How about doing something to cut down on the OOC arguments? Things like that are fine every now and then, but when we have them as often as we do here it tends to push away newer members, thinking that the RP has an unfriendly or unsportsmanlike community. Not that they'd be entirely wrong, but still. If we want to engage more members, we need to make the entire board, IC and OOC, more user-friendly. Look at what happened with Null. We nearly went and pushed him away with all that crap. I know you guys are proud of what you make, but you still need to be reasonable and understand that this is an RP, a place where everyone builds off of everyone else. Diversity is not only encouraged, it's practically inevitable. Trying to stifle it will only serve to tear the community, and thus the board itself, apart.
We also need to collaborate in gathering up the information people will need and make it easy to find and understand. Beginner's stuff should be separated from advanced stuff, and available in as few clicks from the board index as possible. This'll be made a lot easier once we finally get the website off the ground, but still. That's also not something we staff can do alone, there's simply too much information, and what may seem simple to us staff members may, in truth, be not simple at all.
Getting ready for the new season is gonna take some help from everyone, and if I'm still able to RP here when that time comes, I'd be glad to have your help.
