Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-93604-20130124101640/@comment-5275700-20130128185121

It's important to note that the Founder & Admin Forums are focused on a specific subset of users, and part of a dedicated section of Community Central. That section is clearly visible on the wiki navigation and, given the nature of that subset of users, they probably won't have too much trouble finding it.

The main Support Forum, on the other hand, is meant for all users. Having the first thing on the page be a link to some other set of forums is likely to cause confusion since, as you said, most websites have only one set of central forums.

There's a Community Management board there which does cover some of the same subject areas as the Founder & Admin Forums. Since it sounds like you're concerned about users not being aware of the Founder & Admin Forums, one option might be to glance through the Community Management threads periodically and post links to relevant info/threads on the other Forum. Creating those types of connections, based on specific questions, will probably be more helpful to newer admins than a general link, and less confusing for non-admin users.

Timeshifter wrote: There needs to be a way to alert staff to a particular thread that needs staff attention.

The way to do this is via Special:Contact. There is no need for an extensive summary to come with the submission, in most cases just a direct link may be enough. I can assure you that the Community Support staff will follow up.

Note that still works in the Founder & Admin Forums and you are certainly welcome to use it there as needed.