I found the link a bit after I posted the initial posts in this thread, and I started using it right away. It did help some, but there were far too many instances where it did not help.

I totally think that glossary, and other helpful tips should be under the FAQ section. That is the standard place to look for such help.

I haven't read the responses to my post in the AC forum yet, so can't comment, but from the sounds of things I'll have more info there shortly. Again, info in the FAQ would be best.

A thread or sticky where people can ask, what is...?, how does...work? would be nice too. For example, I spent a good while the other night reading about people looking for upgrade sponsors and such, and after reading dozens of posts, it was still not clear how that process worked. It was just all, "I need a sponsor", "I'm willing to sponsor", etc.. Well, somewhere where the question of "what the heck is a sponsor anyway?" could be answered and new folks could find it QUICKLY would be nice too.

Just my thoughts.

And to the couple of folks who said I'm incorrect about the # of posts being a limiting factor here, sorry, but YOU'RE incorrect. Just the other night I ran accross several posts offering their lounge passes and such to people who have over 200 or over 500 posts. People wouldn't do that if there wasn't a precident and culture of that happening on the board. People do as people see.

I'm not saying the board isn't helpful, far from it. I wouldn't have been on here lurking about for over a year if that was the case, but I hang out on other boards too..(cruisecritic, airliners.net, etc..) and this board is by FAR the most cliquey and most difficult for new users.