I understand moreless' desire to discuss these types of issues with people in the community.
I also agree with LD Di's argument that these types of discussion do not serve new people.
I really think that the ultimate answer will be having access to more than one forum.
Then we could have a forum just for beginners...one where we discussed the dynamics of creating and growing the community of people...and as many advanced level discussion on different subject areas (i.e. BRIX/gardening, Baths and variations, Drink and variations, Electromagnetic energy etc.).
I could take a crack at producing something like this over the weekend and letting people test it out.