Mods: I go with Prism's comment there... What if the manager is not active anymore? He/she should have let someone to at least take over of the group to accept the requests otherwise close the group for it's inactiveness and let someone create a new group.

What's the benefit of joining the group? same benefit why you join QL in the first place.. sharing info's.. sharing your output and input to others...

As I've mentioned just like in book group- we can trade some books and get reviews thru a healthy, fun discussion. (same with movies) and to avoid QL'ers saying "post it in there and that", "you're on a wrong thread" "why is this thread posted in whatever"... lol