You have a good knowledge of the problems here! All we can do is keep working it and grow the best we can. I wrote this post a while ago with minnow tips. They are working for me - especially the delegated sp. Maybe they will help you too. There is a lot of potential here and some of us minnows will have to grow to make the place succeed. Let's hope you and I are two of those successful ones :)
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