Visibility for non-members

Would it be useful to have a "About Us / Welcome" forum topic that is visible to non-members?
I'm just thinking that when a non-member lands on the page there is only "boring" admin stuff like TOS.
A friendly topic (locked) that introduces what we're trying to achieve etc might nice.

Well said Wendy, will fix won't we John/neptune

Something I put together for your perusal.........does it need to be change...added to...etc?


Welcome to the Rosetalk Australia - home of roses and friendship.

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Certainly a good start!

That sounds great, very well put and I probably wouldn’t worry about a disclaimer. If RTA is understood to be a community based interaction site, people understand that our comments are not based on the same rigorous scientific method they might expect from a horticultural journal.
I would also suggest RTA brush up its photo gallery and make that available to the public, adding a “join us” link, to asks members questions about these roses and more. Is there a way we can have all our photos displayed in an album format?