There are some really good ideas here. I should have a fair bit of down time in a few months during which I plan to really overhaul the site. However, it might be time now to open up the moderation duties to some new blood - to get those new ideas happening sooner?
Over the years many serious hobbyists have leveraged arowanaclub.ca to achieve all sorts of hobby related goals. It almost always strengthens the forum community at the same time.
In the next day or so I will send out pm's to everyone who has contributed to this thread to discuss further.