Hi, If you are interested in the Volunteer Council idea, maybe you will enjoy looking at Metagovernment. <http://www.metagovernment.org/wiki/Main_Page> It kind of looks like slashdot-style karma plus... I'm not sure what else. There might be some interesting ideas for us though. Or, we might be able to point out ideas that we know won't work. ;) cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/