1: Thread Title: " How can I get my shirts to local stores?" started by member rrobinlive.

A topic that started off with a simple question and ended up with some great tips from an actual retailer who makes those kind of buying decisions.

2: Thread Title: "legal question - legality of using a photo of a city street sign" started by member brickyardd.

Although this was one of those seemingly slippery legal topics, the member asking the question got some great responses, opinions and ideas. He ended up going to the source (the city) and reporting back the answer he received from his city which could help others in the future who may be in a similar situation.

Fluid!

Richard (better known as Fluid around these parts) is an established graphic designer, screen printer and father. Even with all those hats, he still takes time out of his day to help out new (and experienced) forum members by sharing his years of experience.

You can see him in the Screen Printing section of the forum helping with questions about screen printing techniques, equipment suggestions, and sharing general tips about the craft.

You can also find him answering questions in the Graphics and Design Help about graphic design, offering t-shirt design tips, and passing on his wealth of CorelDraw ninja wisdom!

Fluid won $100 cashola and is sporting a shiny new graphite gray t-shirt avatar next to his posts with the special M.H.M. monogram Thanks Fluid!

I want to thank all those members who really took on the spirit of Member Appreciation Month and made it a huge success.

I really saw an increase in the number of people taking the time out to make a helpful post with relevant info instead of just defaulting to the "use the search" response I also saw an increase in the number of people answering the unanswered questions that had "0" posts for a day or more.

I'm a bit biased, but I would say that overall, T-ShirtForums has a much higher signal to noise ratio (the ratio of quality/helpful/informative posts to less helpful posts) than many other forums online. But this August, even the high bar that we've set for ourselves got raised even higher.

Thank you to all who contribute to making the forums a great place for t-shirt information!