Ebay is so far from what I was talking about that it never even occurred to me that someone might suggest it instead. Ebay is a commerically run auction system where people place items for bid by other people. I'm talking about a simple little "cork board" to use an earlier analogy, solely for this commmunity. It is not a unique idea, but neither are the ideas behind this online commmunity. I'm just looking at another method to foster communityness.