Hi Ted,
Welcome to the forum. I moved your post from the Terms of Service category to this one. It seems to fit better here.
You commented that it seems that we are in the early stages of development here. That is true and we have not done any "formal" announcements or advertisements yet and won't until we have the rest of the site completed.
You also stated that "finding info explaining the purpose and benefits of the forum are elusive."
Ted, the purpose of the forum is among other things for education and networking. I guess each individual will have to decide for him/herself what benefits there are for participating.
Back to the "elusive" comment for just a sec... Out of all of the categories we have taken the time to start did you not get some idea what the forum was about? Feel free to jump right in and pick a topic or two to contribute to or ask questions.
Thanks again for visiting,
-Jim