Vicki,
I don't think starting another board would be a good idea. It would be much too confusing going back and forth between two boards.
This needs to be fairly well thought out. You want potential users to be able to browse through the boards and get some idea as to what is going on. But, you don't want non members or even members posting anything and everything they want.
I guess it would be advantageous for potential AC users to be able to ask questions on the board just as I post questions on other boards which I am not a member of. I also don't mind PMs or emails from potential ACers and, in fact, I have taken several phone calls for same.
There was a time when members had to be approved. I know that Vinny did that then. I am not sure if he had admin status then, because I don't see that in my options as a global mod. I can, ban users for a set amount of time or indefinitely. I have only had to do that once.
Maybe during registration, the information gathering should include something more like an NDI number. A member who didn't own AC could have to put certain info in as well. I don't think there is a perfect solution other than for users to point out people who they think are vendors or spammers rather than true members to me or Jon.
