I've been thinking about this newsletter idea over the last couple of days and here are some more thoughts, in no particular order...

1) First - bryan, perhaps it would be worth putting a post somewhere "higher" up on the board, like in "Buzz", or better yet "Community" asking for suggestions, or maybe redirecting people to this thread. Quite frankly, I'm not sure how many people regularly check "Suggestions". (Although, you might prove me wrong if you've gotten lots of off-line responses from the FT community that I'm not aware of.)

2) Depending on the amount of resources @ InsideFlyer and/or your own sanity, maybe you want to start out with a less ambitious schedule, like every other week for the newsletter? Of course, that might make it tougher to summarize the latest happenings on the board.

3) I believe Randy mentioned elsewhere that you guys are working on tweaking the site software to track stats on numbers of times a thread has been viewed, etc. I think some stats like that would be interesting as well. Number of new threads. Number of overall posts. (Better watch out - the accountant in me in showing now...)

4) While I think it would be entirely valid to share the latest FF tips, etc in the newsletter, I think you might have to pay attention that you don't end up duplicating a lot of the type of material which is already covered in InsideFlyer. If there is some way to keep the focus of the newsletter more on the community and experience which is FT, that's more what I'd be looking for.

5) In that vein, perhaps each newsletter, or on a periodic basis, could include a bio of a FT member. I know there might be concerns about privacy, but enuf people might be willing to open up.

To some degree a bio function is already served by Who We All Are I, II & III, but perhaps something like this has its place in the newsletter. Maybe it's as simple as highlighting the newest people who've posted to WWAA.

Another alternative just now occurs to me: the bio could be focused exclusively on "life" on FT. For instance, "Catman, and the role he's play on FT over the last year", or something like that. This would also address privacy concerns by not going into external (to FT) issues.

Okay, enuf ideas for one post.