upon more careful thought ive come up with this. It would be pretty hard to come up with an upgrade specifically for welcoming new members. however a good set of promotions help, but most of all its about the people in the community that make new comers feel welcomed and are more apt to enjoy there visit here. If someone new to the site comes along and asks a VERY simple question that most of us older members barely give thought to, its best to politely welcome them and help them as best you can learn to navigate the site. Too many times in the archives I found a newbie asking questions and people were to engrossed in their conversations to be helpful and courteous (im not excluding myself either, ive done it.....could have been of the utmost help to some of these new guys that show up but get far too engrossed in what im saying to care much. on the converse i think ive also warmly welcomed a good chunk of people). So my point is clear the objective is to get the message across to your core group to be more aware of the presence of a newbie and to be warm and welcoming to them. No one likes to come to a site where a bunch of strange people are talking and you politely want to obtain some knowledge and NO ONE will answer you.