> This post is primarily targeted at new members.

> For several months the mods have had the idea.  Now, after the help of
> many people, we are about to release it.  We're moving the Google is
> Awesome and Firefox is Awesome groups to a forum
> <http://www.googleisawesome.com>.  It is hosted by the generous people
> over at Raydi Hosting, I bought the domain, I set up the forum
> <http://www.googleisawesome.com>, and the mods from GIA and FIA will
> also be mods in the new forum.  But there have been changes made.  The
> users will have more options, there will be a new interface, and the
> mods will have more control over the look and feel of the community.  I
> put AdSense ads on the bottom of the forum (just the bottom, we're
> considerate of our users here at the IA groups ;-), and we'll be
> earning money from them, whereas we did not earn any money from the
> AdSense ads on the original group.  This money will mainly go into
> events and site upgrades.  Now that we have an income, we'll give out
> real prizes to go with our monthly events: itunes certificates, TLDs,
> certificates at geek stores...everything we have the budget for.

> >From now on, we ask you to post only in the forum.  You cannot post
> here any more.  Posts are moderated, and we will not let anything get
> past.  At best, your post will be reposted into the forum, at worst, it
> will be deleted.

> Enjoy the forum.  Thanks for being part of the FIA community.