Great, thanks Mike. It looks like I skipped a step - I'll need to you create a new thread in the Staging Forum, per these instructions. Then I'll go ahead and make that one live and archive this one. 
Thanks! 
 
CREATE YOUR MENTOR GROUP/THREAD: 
 
For those willing to take on this challenge, please START A NEW THREAD in this forum via the 'New Thread' button top right in the mentor staging area forum 
 
 
SUBJECT LINE: John Doe's Group - OPEN 
 
 
Post/Message Content: 
 
 
GROUP FOCUS: 
(sprints, long course, weightloss, etc
) 
 
 
NAME: Your username / first name   
 
 
STORY: A short paragraph of who you are, why you triathlon 
 
 
FAMILY STATUS: Family situation 
(single/married/family
)   
 
 
CURRENT TRAINING: How you train in general 
(what race distances in 2013 or any races so far in 2014, technical or not
) 
 
 
THIS YEAR'S RACES: Just a little summary of what you have recently done.  
 
 
UPCOMING YEAR'S RACES:  If your season is ready, list your races, if not, your training goals. 
 
 
WEIGHTLOSS: And any weightloss goals that you have 
(or the weight lost so far as a triathlete
).   
 
 
WHAT WILL MAKE ME A GOOD MENTOR: A brief paragraph on how you intend to be a responsive and capable mentor to your group for the next 3 months.  
 
 
*NOTE, you can have a co-mentor too!  If you want to split the help duties with another person, have them fill out a bio by replying the one you created here. 
 
 
YOU WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY GO TO THE 'LIVE' FORUM. WE PUBLISH NEW GROUPS GRADUALLY SO EVERYONE FILLS-UP WITH PEOPLE IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.  It may take a week or two until you go live. We will notify you when your group goes live so you can close it when you have enough people. 
 
 
When you have a full group 
(10-15 people
), you can change your original posts subject line from "OPEN" to 'Full' via the 'edit' button in your original post.