The catalyst for this thread's creation comes from the discussion in the re-opened thread 'Recruiting for SWC members because....':http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=3837

A couple of relevant posts have been edited and copied over.

Perhaps this challenge has appeared before in discussions and maybe even a thread, for as one recent poster noted:
Groundhog Day. I felt like I was making the same arguments over and over.