(07-04-2016, 10:13 AM)Tsunamy Wrote:

(07-02-2016, 05:30 AM)Roavin Wrote: A common registration forum may be easiest in the Introduction section. This would include registration for Legislator status, Fellowship Program, and the SPSF.

I'm personally not stoked on having one forum with all of the registration stuff in it. The way it stands now I think our Introduction forum is a dump that I never read. I'd sooner get it into something workable than have 70-plus page threads going down that people barely read. I also don't think it promotes as much as we'd like. I'll follow everyone else's lead here, but that's my general thoughts on having a combined forum.

I get where you're coming from with the current welcome area being a bit of a mess but to be honest it's a section that's mostly full of lots of new, short term threads and regardless of what we do I think any actual 'introductions' section is always going to be like that unless maybe we use one large mega-thread for new users to introduce themselves in instead to reduce that clutter?

I really do think that a general 'starter' section, as it's going to be the first place new members visit, would be the best place for things like the SPSF sign ups. I think it's important to show them what they can get involved in right away while they're fresh, ambitious and keen.  

How about something a little more like this? ~

[Introduction Welcome Category]
>>[Introduction Forum]
>>[Get Involved Forum]
>>[Registration Forum]
>>[Information Forum]
>>[Administration Forum]
>>>>>>[Private Administration Forum]

If we really want to reduce the number of nested forums then we could have an intro mega-thread, general regional information threads and registrations all together under that main 'Welcome' header for quick and easy access straight away without the need for any sub-forums and if we lock it to new threads then it wont become the jumble our current one is?
If we don't want the sign up threads under that main section as well or don't want to use one big thread for the new user introductions then maybe we roll them and their relevant information threads into their own sub-forums instead? I don't think the SPSF in particular needs one thread explaining what it is and another to sign up anyway as we have currently. One could do that same job just as easily, look tidier and save interested partied from having to click about and having the intros in one place will help keep the main section looking tidy.

As for the Military Affairs section, I have no objections to it's current position in the proposed layout. If it's set up similarly to the current SPSF section with the SPSF group only view then I think adding a second, password protected forums below it, maybe named SPSF HQ or similar for the General Corps like this should do nicely. ~

>>[Military Affairs Private Forum]
>>>>>>[Passworded General Corps Forum]