>P.S. I am new here and am unfamiliar with proper etiquette. Should I forward copies of replies to members?

This is up to you, but I try to only forward to people that I know will be specifically interested in my reply. I am personally a little annoyed when my box is filled with messages to me just because I made one comment in the thread 3 days ago, and someone "CC"s me just because they CC everybody in the list.

But, to each, his own.