I agree with you, Payne.

I do make an effort to respond to those poster's (new and old) who aren't receiving any responses to their post. I, myself, have felt that no one gave a hoot about my troubles a time or two. Those are very hard times, so I try to do what I can to prevent those in my subject arenas from feeling as though no one cares about them.

Unfortunately, I can't go into the New Member Welcome room. That room always overwhelms me! Hopefully, those who can go into the New Member Room will read this post and get the word out to others to make their trips into that room more regularly. It's a good thing to remind active members every now and again to keep our ears open to those in need of a shoulder to cry on.