1) "Fanboyism" is prohibited. No brand wars here.
2) Advertising of personal sales should be in Garage Sales
3) Get your recommendations at the Recommendations Thread!
4) For any photography events, you may start the thread in Events & Gathering section. We encourage you to use the pinned thread for Events, Workshops and Seminars
5) As for gatherings, we're allowing you to start a thread here but make sure you tag it with the gathering tag. *Inappropriate threads may be deleted without notice.