Looks like elgg 1.0 is out....

(elgg 0.9 is the platform that the current Jammunity site is built on)

There seems to be a post on upgrading in the elgg forum:

http://classic.elgg.org/mod/vanillaforum/vanilla/comments.php?DiscussionID=2011

It seems to me that there are plusses and minusses to changing platforms (apparently 1.0 is hugely different):

One plus is that we'd be kinda future proofing with new features. Also, if we decide to switch late (ie. after we are fully up and running with members) we MAY lose all old posts. 

The minus is that the new platform probably does not support all the old plugins. So we would have to make do with all the basic features (which, in the first instance, seem pretty good) until new/upgraded plugins become available. Also, since its new, we dont know all the bugs that may be in there.....

Of course, another minus is the workload involved in the upgrade  

Any thoughts? 

Now, surely somebody can think up of a cooler name than 'general chat' for the ..er, general chat community. How bout:

The Mad Hatter's Party (or 'General Chat')   - maybe too nutty

or

The Gathering of Nomadic Whispers (or 'General Chat')   - maybe too mystical and serious sounding

It kinda sux with the "(or 'General Chat')" bit, but maybe it will make it easier for newbies to know whats happening... Other suggestions?

PS - General Chat's scope is exactly that, ranging from profound to ape-shit-insane to meaningless topics of discussion