[Cleverley]

encouragement and acceptance...i agree "dreams" you can only lead a horse to water but you cannot make him post on exasco...its the hooves that make it hard to type.

but yes we need to recruit and make it easy for people to make contact...i think the only things i can think of that would put people off are...

1. talking about themselves (encouragement and acceptance)
2. overwhelmed by the topics we have under discussion (i.e. somebody might not be expecting to read about suicide or cutting when they visit to talk about relationships...though i would say they both go hand in hand lol)

thing is, we cant make these issues hidden for the sake of new members, we can also only do so much...just keep nagging and im sure they'll do it eventually...thats how girlfriends think and it seems to work out lol.

for you americans, that was a joke...and the fact that i singled out americans was a joke too...

wow i managed to offend my target audience for relationships (im looking for a yank missus) might have shot myself in the foot.

anyway this is off topic.

i would suggest mark gives a position to a new admin when he has time (no rush, college is important) then go from there...doing a few things properly is better rather than lots of things half done...plus the 2nd admin can train mods to alleviate the issue of mark being at college.

for the record...i can think of about 3 people better suited for that than me.