@everyone What do you guys think of me setting up two channels for each topic: one for the SMEs to post their how-tos in and one for discussion? This might be a good way to prevent the how tos from getting lost in the discussions. Give a thumbs up if you think I should do it.

@everyone Okay, so I went ahead and split each topic into a lesson-only channel and a discussion channel. Hopefully this will preserve the how-to posts into an easy to access channel without creating too many channels so as to be difficult to read. Let me know if I messed anything up with the permissions.

@everyone If yesterday showed me anything, it’s our need to be self-reliant. Looking back at how the whole thing played out, it felt like a slow ambush between the police, BLM, and Antifa. Worse still is the (sadly predictable) media ambush. It sometimes feels like it’s us against the world (though it appears we have a lot of silent backers out there). In any event, let’s keep up our work here. It is our strength, intelligence, and ingenuity that separate us from our enemies. And the heavens know we’re gonna need good medics in the future!

@everyone Reminder that all of the rules that apply to our main server apply on this server.

@everyone We've added two new topics: financier and techie. The former is for discussing personal finance and investment, and the latter is for discussing computers, phone, etc. We need an SME for each, so if you have experience in these areas and are willing to pitch in, please send me a DM.

@everyone Please welcome @Tycho Brahe as an SME in finance. Mike has a lot of experience in the area of finance and we're grateful for his willingness to share it with us.

@everyone Please welcome our three new SMEs @Deleted User, @Zyzz, and (heaven help us) @Deleted User. I thank all three of them for sharing their time and expertise with us.

@everyone ZOG smashed our main server. Stand by while we regroup and bounce back *more powerful than you can possibly imagine.*

@everyone We've had an influx of lots of new people over the last few days and I'd like to formally welcome everyone. Meanwhile, I think one or two of them is a mechanic and I'm looking for a mechanic SME to replace the one we lost a while back. If interested, please DM me. Anyone else who wants me to consider addding topics is welcome to DM about them as well. Also DM me if you want an invite to our fitness server.

Please welcome @Brenten.Ryan-AZ as our new mechanic!

We recommend @everyone stop in at the <#362542521659686922> channel, where @Brandon Ironside- ND has taken the initiative to post a pair of very helpful articles on the road to self-improvement.

@everyone Channel list has been re-organized into categories. Should help make things a little more compact.

@everyone @bostoneuropean Has been designated as an SME in mechanics. His area of specialty is in car sales, and he can offer good advice when it comes to purchasing and selling cars. If you think you have something to offer as an SME, or an idea for a channel that is not already covered, please DM me.

@everyone new <#390542955079008257> channel by popular demand

@everyone new <#390735997639589891> channel for practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last.

@everyone We want to thank @ThisIsChris for everything he's done for this server since we added academics to the mix. In light of his great work, and in keeping with IE's general vision of encouraging leaders into leadership positions, I'm going to transfer ownership of the server to him. We know he'll continue to do a high-energy and top-quality job!

Thanks @Deleted User! I look forward to continuing to curate this platform that has become a great knowledge resource by and for IE's members. I encourage members to ping me whenever they have an idea for improving the server.

@everyone the #finance channel has been split into <#393499059752796160> and <#352760194775777282>

@everyone new channel: <#416473082304266240>

@everyone new rule for all conversation in <#436337973001322508> <#436337773579075585> and <#436337800405581824> : All conversation must be constructive. Practically this means nothing MGTOW-y. I will say that most commenters have indeed been constructive, thank you for your contributions!

@everyone

N E W F E A T U R E

For all Practical Skills you can now ping all the people for that skill directly like so:

<@&403278493468852237>

<@&403278581272150016>

<@&403278635898765325>

<@&403278679230382080>

<@&403278683579875339>

<@&435155863217504256>