Many of you are probably aware that the boards have a reputation as being less than friendly to newcomers. This isn't necessarily by design, but rather simply inaction by the moderators. Myself and a few others are in the process of trying to remedy this and will begin actually enforcing the rules.
If you're not familiar with them, take a moment to read through this post: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26039
A list of the general form moderators can be found here: memberlist.php?mode=group&g=17
Feel free to let me or any of the other mods know if you have any questions or concerns.