Rich..As you might guess the Forum owner, John Dunkle has complete control over the structure of the Forum. Only he can make the changes you suggest. I don't know if he has been considering any or all of these types of things.
What all of us can do in the meantime is contribute if we can. Any dollar raised or contributed takes a dollar's worth of burden off of John.
For those of you who don't know..John has many interests..Lugers are not the only one! He has several other Forums and he and his lovely Wife Jen are instrumental in supporting a childrens orphanage in Haiti. They built and operate it. A more generous and humanitarian gesture is unknown to me.
Any dollar spent by John here is a dollar taken away from serious human needs at his orphanage and that is what has me concerned. If we do not take some of the support for this Forum on ourselves.. it might very well disappear.
Take a look at what John and Jen do in Haiti..if you take the time to see Rennwish you will be amazed that John spends what he does here.
http://rennwish.net/place_of_hope.htm