In the last six months or so, we've noticed some, ah, troubling trends on this site. I'm here to see if maybe we can address some of them by having all of us come together as a community to make this site what it *ought* to be -- a thriving, expert-filled space for production-focused people.

Our biggest concerns break into two broad issues:

1. **A lack of community engagement** -- We have a site that is pretty, for lack of a better term, listless. The front page has a lot of bumps by the Community ♦ user, which implies two things: a lack of question-asking activity, and a lot of unanswered, older material. Solving the second may help with the former. Beyond that, I'd love to see more voting, more closures, more flags, more editing, and more meta activity, especially about dealing with your scope/FAQ and site-promotion efforts, or even about handling low-quality contributions and staving off the entropy that comes with age.

2. **Broadening of the scope** -- We added video production to this site's scope several months ago, which I believe has helped your traffic. However, it's time to really ask yourselves what your site's identity is now. AVP is a large field that encompasses a number of different practices, from DJing and mashup work all the way to running a truck for a sportscast. It has tons of pieces that fit together into a larger picture. The question is now, how far into the edges do you want to go? This *should and must* be a series of meta posts for the community. You've discussed this somewhat already. I think it might be time to revisit this discussion.

Most importantly: *you are not in trouble*. There is time to turn this ship around. A lot of work will need to be done, but this community has massive amounts of potential to be something truly amazing. I for one want to see this happen, but it will require *all of you* to pull together for the site to take off.