Hello Susan, I assist in setting up Slashdot style sites all the time, and would be happy to put something together, if there is enough interest. That being said, mailing lists do not always translate well into forum sites. In fact, the result is usually an unused forum that does not server a real purpose. I'd like to see what type of interest, if any, there is in a forum style site. In order to avoid wasting bandwidth, you are welcome to reply to me private with a +/-1 and I will be happy to post the results. Thursday, March 14, 2002, 8:58:13 AM, you wrote: SH> It'd be great if we had our own Slashdot site, with sections for outage SH> reports, bulletins, and threaded discussions that were spun off from the SH> main NANOG list because they were only of interest to a small group. The SH> Slashdot source is available but the install sounds fairly complex - SH> multiple perl modules, mySQL, etc. We've thought about developing a SH> prototype at Merit, but volunteers would certainly be welcome. allan -- allan allan@allan.org http://www.allan.org