Conquer Club

I'm sure this topic has been broached before but, I find it very hard to team up with someone who I only know here on Conquerclub. Say I want to make a public game and I want to team with someone I play with here. By the time that other player gets my mail message about the open game someone else has already signed on. I wonder if there's a way to make that easier to do. It would also be great if I could see if one of my conquerclub friends are on-line. I think that would solve my dilemma too.
By the way. I LOOOOVVVVVEEEEE Conquerclub. I spend way too much time playing it! (That's a good thing!)

You can always make private games so that your partner can join before anyone else.

And 'My Friend' List is already on the to-do list.