I would support having a bulletin board with a topic for each new blog post, as well as ongoing topics and a social area. I regularly use a couple of bulletine boards and have ongoing friendships with the folks.

However, it doesn't seem that FDL wants to support this effort now. I wonder if one of the top level people would be willing to post a link to a poll to check the general level of interest.

Also, Dan, the 13 requirements seem to be making things pretty complex. But I'm posting this in the middle of the Giuliani 12 commandment thread, so my viewpoint may be jaded.