The calendar is much more effective as a community tool without all the Birthdays included. I'd much prefer to see the kilt nights and highland games than anything else. Surely the CZ Mods could be equipped to run some basic query searches on the database to get the CZ material they need.

Rankings could be based mainly on seniority with a Moderator Over-ride to allow for members who really "know-there stuff" or are contributing great input to the forum.

Nothing makes me go "What the... ?" more than someone with a post count of over 1000 asking "Can I wear any tartan?" or "has anyone seen Stillwater Kilts Nightstalker tartan?"

This will:
1 - reduce the newbie flooding the forum with un-informative posts and encourage them to spend their time learning.
2 - encourage the use of the search function
3 - Better identify those who are reliable resources for information.

Yes, there will be those who after 7 years have little to say but odds are they won't be around in 7 years.