I'm sure no one will use it, but could we have a CAD focus group? It is pretty different from the others...

Why don't you start a thread in the Support and Focus Groups Forum for CAD and see what develops?

Karen

A few sub-forums for each distinct group of similar plans has always been in the back of my mind.

I thought of dividing up the forums as such:

1. General low-carbing (existing daily forum). For general lowcarbing issues, and the rest is for specifics.
2. Atkins and PP
3. Cad
4. Zone
5. Schwarzbein and Sommersizing
6. Bernstein
7. Neanderhin/Paleolithic
8. Others (and plan in this forum that develops it's own following, gets a new sub-forum of it's own).
I came close to doing this way, and then had second doubts.

What do you guys think?

Wa'il

I think dividing things up promotes growth. There will always be some people who are more comfortable with only one or two places to post, but I think people will gravitate to small groups if given an option.

I'd suggest making Protein Power separate from Atkins. As one who's done both, they are different. I'm rereading PPLP right now, and it's more obvious to me than it was the first time I read it how different they are.

Karen's "start a thread and see if it grows" idea is a good one too. Can you do a search on profiles and find out how many people are doing what? I haven't noticed many Zoners (but I may have missed them).

(I also think Schwarzbein is quite different from Sommercising.)

I'd post in a Protein Power forum and read the others for info, for what that's worth

I'd like to suggest the current Daily LowCarber become LowCarbing General, in principle (needn't even change the name), as you've suggested Wa'il, with specific Plan subforums beneath that as the threads arise...

I think I'd agree on generally not combining Plans in subForums (for instance, Somercising "takes from" basic Food Combining and goes from there, as does Montignac, and has been somewhat 'endorsed' by Schwarzbein) ... but adherents to the different plans would probably prefer their own Forum and "combiners" like myself would probably be fine posting in the "parent" Daily LowCarber...

My CA$0.25

I'd second that suggestion. Making the special plans subgroups of the Daily forum would make them easier to find, and keep the group together.

I think separating the Daily Low Carber into plans is a good idea, while still keeping the main forum for general issues. In the meantime, I'll start a CAD thread like Karen suggested.

Thank you, Wa'il! I think the new forums look terrific. AND you even thought to move in appropriate posts, so no one will get lonely. Thank you.