The reason I mentioned having more than one discussion board on a fellowship is simple. If a player signs to 5 separate games at 5 separate fellowships then reading all of those general messages will be daunting, however if there is a game specific board that they can subscribe to at each fellowship it will make life much easier for them, and also perhaps encourage them to read the boards. If I sit down and see 50 new messages on a board and have limited time I tend to ignore the board all together and I am sure there are many other time limited players at this site.
At Goldtoken I am president or co- prez of 6 clubs now, 5 of those clubs play under the one club name but are separated into separate game types, with their own club page, and boards, this again makes it easier for players who wish to play one game for one club and another for a different club. I think one reader saw this as segregation which it most certainly isn't, it just makes it easier for team members to share their loyalties around.
I keep using Goldtoken as a guideline as it is the only site I have seen with this kind of team/club/fellowship thing before, but also I feel it is one of the strongest attractions that site has, and many of the good points would be well implemented here.
As to Harleys suggestion of big bosses getting tougher and insisting players join teams or leave, I am in agreement in this sense, I would personally prefer players ONLY joined my fellowship because they wish to play for one of our teams not because I have sent a player I dont know a random invite. I guess its up to Big Bosses to be responsible here. I would not like to see players getting random invites to join all the big fellowships as soon as they become members, then being thrown out because they haven't signed to play for a team.
Also I must mention at GT there are many clubs which are open to all members, for other reasons than to play for a team, in fact these clubs do not officially play any games, they exist for social and fun reasons. This will be an option open to people setting up fellowships, but they should make their intentions very clear so people do not join what they think is a fun club, and then get pressured into joining a team