OK, i'm a newcomer here. But in my humble opinion, this forum could be arrange in the way a Japanese house or Japanese teahouse are made. For example, in our bellydance forum
www.bellydance.ru moderators keep forum in a order:
Entrance (all announcements, introducements),
bazaar or Market (you can buy whatever you want); the
Observatorium of Stars(no matter how big thoose stars are); the
Sultan's Big Hall (questions about dance, tecnique, styles of dance, schools, music, etc);
Harem (or "forbidden place" in Arabic. It is a General chat about everything, from love and dating to the weather, political issues, movies... whatever you want); The
Mirror room or a Changing Room (everything about beauty); the
Window in the World (every other cultures besides of Bellydance); the
Kitchen (your recipes and opinios about restorants); the
Gate in the Far Corner of the Yard (about jobs); the
Security place (all questions and suggestions about forum: complains and etc). Again, I do not have an idea about Japanese houses are made.
I know, everybody from moders is busy, it was just an idea.