Hi Michal,
ok, so I’ll be patient a bit longer… 
I agree with the PM policy in principle - it was one of my aims to follow up on how peoples problems were solved after they PMed.
However, in some rare cases it would be good, especially since the response time is often much better, especially with your Team. Also it is a good way to exchange more private information like email addresses for further communication or download links - not sure you want to read all that in the forum. Maybe there could be a way to make certain members “friends” so they can see those details?
One example would be that I wanted to ask you if and when you will be at the intergeo because I would like to say hello.
Advanced search was possible in the old forum - a more complex search screen with different parameters. Although I am a friend of simplicity, I fear the forum is a bit too much bare bones at this stage.