[John Robinson]

A Commonwealth forum sounds like a good idea, but it is something you will have to sell to Jim.

Yes, please have your friend contact me, john@Robinson-DeFehr.com. I am very interested in a Java-based chat with voice capability.

[jjbrouwer]

Thanks John. I'll get him to email you.

Regarding the Commonwealth Forum: In terms of selling the idea to Jim, the major question is always going to be, 'Sure but what do I get out of it?'

One suggestion is that we could initially all make a tinsy donation to FR just to pay for the running costs.

Perhaps you could stick a paypal visa link up on the page and basically insist anyone who joined the locale had to pay five bucks. Small enough not to put anyone off, hopefully large enough to start the ball rolling.

That would be quite apart from whatever money we might earn the site from fundraisers during the year etc.

The guy who makes the chat rooms is of Australian descent so perhaps he could also occasionally offer you technical advice to help out the site in return for membership of a Commonwealth forum.