I don't mean to sound like a nag, but why can't I respond to your PM Trout? I can't send/respond to any PM... Anyway, we should be allowed to send PMs as soon as we join up with the board... + your forum board is a little confusing... there isn't anything to allure to whom is a moderator/admin and who is a regular user except for user name colour... If I hadn't noticed that legend at the bottom of the homepage, I would have never guessed. Another thing I think should be made clear is what status the user has (moderator, global moderator, site admin) on their profile page. That would help too... I'm just saying... I've been running a forum board (with practically no members) for 2 years... I've implemented these settings and the users I DO have said that it was a very easy board to navigate and understand. That's just my standpoint though...
BTW - are you ever going to respond to my emails or what? This site didn't just magically appear so that means you are around somewhere... >.>