Hi Brian,

I dont have any grand ideas to put forth on how to configure the chapters, but I have a couple of things that I can do from where I am to help the group in seattle.

out of the 30 or 40 artists that I have been lucky enough to rub elbows with at the showcases - only 4 or 5 have I seen on the boards, and only Scott Andrew and Howling Hobbit have posted regularly.
I have run across a couple of amateur musicians that I have sent this way but for the most part the folks at the showcases dont need the boards except when they have a question or a special gig coming up. which would be about twice a year judging from the posts.
I have run across several people who really could use the lyric and mp3 boards, and I tell them when I find them.

getting back to the things I can do personally.
I can start posting more in the seattle boards asking for usefull information from the professional musicians that I may not need but someone who is just looking around might. Theres a lot of folks who are looking for information but dont know exactly what they are looking for until they find it.

secondly, when my holiday overtime paycheck comes in I am joining a local musicians support group called Victory Music.
http://www.victorymusic.org/

I can join as a musician but I think it might be better to join as an organization.
They dont have a message board, they do have a musicians referal, they hold open mics at several different places every week. If its possible to join as a member of JPF then that would send more puget sound musicians here and those here to them for the things JPF cant currently do.

If I cant join as an organization then I will just join as a musician and point them here anyway.

Doug

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