Look to the bottom of the page of your board. "Admin Center".

http://boards.rootsweb.com/default.aspx?o_iid=33216&o_li...

Also visit:

http://boards.rootsweb.com/admin/admininfo.aspx

You don't actually "set up" a new board. The architecture is already there. You can post a thread or wait til someone else does. That gets the board "begun" if you have not adopted one which exists.

When you go to your board and click on "board info" it should already have your contact information.

You can edit the Board Info to personalise it. However it is not a requirement.

Board "culture" is different than list culture. "Welcome to the Board" is not on topic for any board as a message post. I may have misunderstood your last sentence.

To be perfectly frank, most board users have no clue what "Board Information" is or what it contains ... nor do most notice it is there. The only required item is your contact information so people can email you. It must be a visible email address, not a link. The system automatically enters your email (encoded) when you go through the board establishment or adoption process.

Since they changed how the boards behave, mostly your "job" is to watch for spam, delete spam messages. There is no requirement to add names or delete names not in the message from the surname box. That is the only thing Admins can edit any more. We can no longer edit subject lines. You are also tasked with "keeping the integrity of the board." This means you will move posts that are not on topic. Threads evolve. Any post that is responsive to the opening post on the thread is, generally, considered on topic.

When in Admin Mode/View, you will see icons at the bottom of the message box. Moving your mouse cursor over them will expose an explanation for the symbol. If you delete a post via the objections, you will remove the responses to that particular message. If you delete a single post in a thread, there will be a message stating that the Admin removed the post.