You make a lot of good points there westfw.
I agree that the need to 'avoid' threads is not a need at all. [I was talking about the typical 'how many' 'how do I' 'library for' threds that always seems to pop up. Not bothering me or anything, but would 'clean' up the forum]
How about a new general forum and a contact list of peoples willing to support 'synchronously'?