Thanks for all the comments & suggestions!
The main reason I suggested the possibility of adding non greek-related forums is because there seems to be a growing interest in these types of discussions here. People are now using greekchat.com not only to discuss greek-business but also to discuss more general non-greek-related topics with fellow greeks. By opening up new forums for these kinds of topics we will be able to keep the forums which are focused on greek-business free of the more general non-greek-related discussions.
About the "Sex & Relationships" potential forum, I should have thought a bit more about the name - "Dating & Relationships" would probably be a better forum title. I know the topic itself, especially if the word sex was in the title, could make for some inappropriate discussions - but I can assure you all that these forums, & this one in particular, will be actively moderated with any inappropriate posts being dealt with right away. Each forum can have up to 4 moderators, so maybe with a "Dating & Relationships" forum - having 4 moderators might be a good idea.
About having a place for affiliation in profiles - I will work on getting this added into a future upgrade of this forum software.
Regarding the chat system - yes, there is a *situation* with greek nationals having a large presence in the chat rooms. I can kind of understand the confusion for them, the domain name "greekchat.com" kind of makes sense for their use I guess. I'll probably do something similar to what michelle_azd suggested and if that doesn't help we will work towards setting up a second chat system that integrates directly with this message board system - one which only registered users can access & moderators will have some control over users who abuse the chat.
AlphaChiGirl - Public Relations sounds like a good one to consider, thanks for this suggestion.
equeen - about the forum you suggest for groups which are smaller than nationals but larger than locals, what do you think we could title that kind of forum?
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John Hammell
Network Administrator, GreekChat.com
[This message has been edited by John Hammell (edited June 22, 2000).]