[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

The forum as you see it here is laid out into a series of categories and subforums designed to capitalize on the myriad interests of our worldwide readership. In the old format, everything was lumped into one, and too often, older topics on specific subjects would disappear rapidly as new topics pushed them down the list; here, the most popular subjects in past have been assigned their own forums, such that readers with specific interests, for example carriers, can easily access the existing pool of expertise without wading through pages and pages of other topics they may not be interested in.

Does this work for you? If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment here.

In addition, you'll note that the 'B' Echelon category allows a general area for topics not associated with any of the other fora, plus an Events forum and an area where people can post stuff they'd like to buy or sell. In the latter two cases, this is probably the fastest way to reach your potential audience, whether they're regular members or just lurkers.

In the case of the For Sale or Trade forum, we will restrict posts to items applicable to the general interest of the members of the MLU Forum as a whole. Non-applicable items will be deleted, and if the offending posts can be considered "spam" by popular definition, the posting privileges of the individual(s) responsible will be withdrawn. It's the best we can do when offering a service of this type.

Again, your comments on this overall layout are welcome; feel free to post in this thread. At the beginning at least, what you see here is not necessarily "cast in stone", but I do feel it best exemplifies our range of mutual interests.

Geoff