I’ve added a forum plugin to our website to see if it facilitates member discussions. (Right now no one knows it exists so only BOD people can experiment). If we want this facility for membership, we can also have a private board forum as well. This all-member would be open to all members from the moment they join until they fail to renew. It would be announced in Welcome emails and in one Member Only email if we decide to keep it. Members can then create topics of interest and discuss them. It is not currently advised to have an open community forum since they are prone to spamming.
So, this is an example of a ‘topic’. You can respond to it and then it becomes a conversations.
Right now, I am testing it so all comments welcome and don’t assume this is it’s final form. I haven’t figured it all out yet (and anyone with more current knowledge of forum setups please raise your hand!)